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Water, Volume 17, Issue 8

April-2 2025 - 133 articles

Cover Story: Floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems play an important role in energy transition. Yet, so far, not much is known about the effects of FPV systems on water quality and ecology. A sun-tracking FPV system (24% coverage) was installed on a shallow drinking water reservoir. We observed for the first time that benthic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), which can deteriorate water quality by producing toxins and taste and odour compounds, developed massively under the FPV system, while macrophytes and benthic algae, such as Chara (stonewort), mostly disappeared. Calculations of light availability explain this shift. In addition, the impacts on several other aquatic organisms and water quality parameters were studied. Overall, these new insights can aid water managers and governmental institutions in assessing the risks of FPV systems on water quality and the ecology of inland waters. View this paper
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Articles (133)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
975 Views
21 Pages

Analysis of Response Surface and Artificial Neural Network for Cr(Ⅵ) Removal Column Experiment

  • Zhongyu Ren,
  • Zhicong Li,
  • Haokai Tang,
  • Lin Yang,
  • Jinrun Zhu and
  • Qi Jing

18 April 2025

In this study, inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and biodegradable cellulose filter paper was used to load nano zero-valent iron (nZVI), effectively improving the dispersibility of nZVI and successfully preparing the supported modified cellulose...

  • Article
  • Open Access
795 Views
12 Pages

18 April 2025

Lake Żarnowieckie, one of the largest lakes in northern Poland, hosts a high number of waterfowl during the non-breeding season. This study presents data on bird abundance from two periods. From 1986 to 1990, coinciding with the early colonizati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
993 Views
23 Pages

17 April 2025

Promoting water conservation is crucial for building a modern ecological civilization. The water resource tax helps enforce water-saving policies and strict usage controls. The difference-in-differences (DID) method avoids endogeneity and omitted var...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,022 Views
13 Pages

17 April 2025

To elucidate the structural characteristics and environmental drivers of plankton communities in alpine reservoirs, we examined phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Daqing Reservoir (China) across 13 sampling sites. Redundancy analysis (RDA) and Pear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
816 Views
20 Pages

17 April 2025

The effect of low-molecular-weight dissolved organic matter (LDOM) on antimony enrichment in groundwater remains unclear. In this study, the spectroscopic and molecular characteristics of high- and low-Sb groundwater are compared using optical spectr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,359 Views
25 Pages

Integrating Resilient Water Infrastructure and Environmental Impact Assessment in Borderland River Basins

  • Sérgio Lousada,
  • José Manuel Naranjo Gómez,
  • Silvia Vilčekova and
  • Svitlana Delehan

17 April 2025

Climate-induced hydrological risks and deteriorating infrastructure present major challenges for small river basins in border regions, particularly in non-EU countries with limited institutional capacity and funding. These issues are especially acute...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,502 Views
16 Pages

Wastewater Surveillance for Benzodiazepines in Wuhu, China: Occurrence, Removal, and Consumption Patterns

  • Menglin Zhao,
  • Zhu Zhu,
  • Ruyue Zhang,
  • Ke Ma,
  • Lingrong Zhang,
  • Dandan Li and
  • Peng Du

17 April 2025

Benzodiazepines (BZDs), potent sedative and hypnotic drugs widely prescribed in psychiatry, pose a high risk of dependence and are globally abused. This study used wastewater-based epidemiology to investigate the consumption patterns of BZDs across f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,283 Views
18 Pages

17 April 2025

Comparison of soil water sensors for irrigation scheduling requires an accurate reference measurement. An Acclima TDR-310H soil water content sensor was calibrated and validated for sand, loamy sand, clay loam, sandy clay loam, and sandy loam soils....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,761 Views
29 Pages

16 April 2025

With the frequent occurrence of extreme weather events worldwide, the compound frequency of drought and flood events has significantly increased, imposing multidimensional pressures on agricultural water resource management. Agricultural water consum...

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