Water, Volume 18, Issue 1

This study investigates the permeability evolution in floor fault damage zones under stress–seepage–damage coupling, with a focus on water inrush risks caused by confined water upward conduction during deep mining. A stochastic fracture g...

Understanding the spatiotemporal evolution of soil salinization is essential for elucidating its driving mechanisms and supporting sustainable land and water management in arid regions. In this study, the Alar Reclamation Area in Xinjiang, a typical...

With increasing contamination in aquatic ecosystems, effective monitoring is crucial to preserve biodiversity and protect public health. This study quantified bioindicators (red swamp crayfish (Pcla), Genji-firefly (Lcr2), Ayu fish (Paa), and caddisf...

This study develops a conjunctive-use framework that couples a surface water allocation model with the MODFLOW groundwater model to evaluate the interactions between surface water operations and groundwater recharge and pumping. The framework enables...

Hazard impacts are increasing in complexity as the world population grows. No universal strategies are available to minimize or eliminate the impacts of all scenarios. In this paper, a priority scenario-based strategy methodology is proposed using a...

In the context of micro-polluted water sources, the performance decline of filtration units is a major challenge for the operational management of water supply plants. Therefore, it is necessary to systematically analyze the mechanism underlying the...

This paper takes a fully caving face in a coal mine in western China as an example and analyzes several water-inrush cases in the roof-bed separation of the first mining face. Various causes and characteristics of water inrush in bed separation are a...

This study takes the source region of the Yellow River from 2000 to 2024 as the research area, and integrates multi-source remote sensing, long-term meteorological observation, and land use data from 2000 to 2024. Using GIS spatial analysis, the stan...

To elucidate the driving factors and regulatory mechanisms of epilithic algal communities in subtropical rural rivers, we investigated the water physicochemical parameters, sediment characteristics, phytoplankton, macroinvertebrates, and epilithic al...

Antibiotics are persistent organic pollutants that pose a serious problem for water resources, ultimately having a detrimental effect on human and animal health. The most important aspect of controlling and preventing the spread of antibiotics and th...

Complex water networks face prominent contradictions among flood control, water supply, and ecological protection, and traditional scheduling models struggle to address multi-dimensional water security challenges. To solve this problem, this study pr...

Irrigation effects on processing tomato have been comprehensively studied, whereas the integrated effects of irrigation and agronomic measures lack systematic investigations. This study employed a two-year field experiment to investigate the interact...

Freshwater scarcity increasingly constrains agricultural sustainability and global food security, particularly where crop production and trade shape national water balances. This study quantifies Ecuador’s green (soil moisture/rainfall) and blu...

Grouting to seal the recharge channels of water-bearing aquifers is an effective method for reducing mine water inflow. Evaluating effectiveness and establishing a hierarchical classification system are crucial for assessing project quality. Taking t...

Hunan Province from 2000 to 2023 is the study area. Based on NOAA precipitation data and county-level rice yield statistics in Hunan Province, the Mann–Kendall test, extreme precipitation indices, and wavelet analysis examine the spatial and te...

Hydrological forecasting has evolved rapidly in response to intensifying climate variability, increasing data availability, and advances in computational modeling. This review synthesizes developments from 2006 to 2025, examining four major forecasti...

Rating curves are derived from the combined measurement of water levels and discharges in rivers. This curve is used to convert observed water levels into flow rates, thereby generating discharge time series. Traditionally, rating curves are computed...

In this study, we investigated the impact of varying iron (Fe) and aluminum (Al) contents on the adsorption of phosphonates to activated sludge. Phosphonates originating from household applications account for up to 40% of the non-reactive dissolved...

The behavior of the carbon cycle within the Land-Ocean Aquatic Continuum (LOAC) is shaped not only by aquatic processes but also by chemical interactions occurring at the atmosphere–water interface. In particular, the transport of acid rain pre...

Few hydrogeological studies have focused on possible per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination in groundwater with particular attention to the role of hydraulic interconnections and to the interdigitations present between shallow and d...

Sewage pumps often handle complex multiphase flows containing rigid solid particles and flexible fibrous debris. These fibers can deform, entangle, and alter the flow, leading to clogging and the uneven erosion of pump components. In this study, we u...

Heavy metal (HM) pollution in the southern Tibetan Plateau has attracted global attention. Prior studies have noted HM enrichment and water issues in Tibetan rivers, but seasonal variation, sources, and controlling factors remain unclear. This study...

Failures in clean water service lines can disrupt supply, increase operational costs, and reduce customer satisfaction. This study develops a machine learning framework to predict such failures, providing a proactive tool for utility asset management...

Within the context of China’s green economy aimed at sustainable development, research on the linkage between water resources and industry has garnered considerable attention in the academic community. However, the impact of total body water (T...

Salinity shock severely impairs the partial denitrification/anammox (PD/A) process, leading to prolonged functional deterioration and slow reactivation of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (anammox). To develop an effective strategy for mitigatin...

Urban floods increasingly threaten the mega-regions’ sustainable development, yet the pace and causes of change in urban flood resilience (UFR) remain elusive. This study proposes a new index system for UFR from three dimensions: resistance, re...

The study evaluated the feasibility of using the activated sludge process to treat real wastewater from used oil installations containing petroleum hydrocarbons, boron (B), and adsorbable organic halides (AOX). The aim was to determine the maximum ra...

This study introduces the Badland Dissection Index (BDI), a new morphometric parameter that quantifies the internal dissection and drainage maturity of badland basins. The index was applied to 87 calanchi basins developed on marine clays in the Ionia...

Understanding hydrochemical evolution and apportioning pollution sources are prerequisites for effective groundwater protection at the regional scale; nevertheless, the governing processes and anthropogenic drivers in arid regions remain poorly const...

Rapid urbanization has intensified nitrate pollution in megacity rivers, posing severe challenges to urban water governance and sustainable nitrate management. This study presents nitrate dual-isotope signatures (δ¹⁵N-NO₃⁻ and δ¹⁸O-...

Microplastics are increasingly recognized as contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater systems, where treatment plants act both as sinks and as point sources. However, Central Asian wastewater infrastructures are under-represented in the literat...

Heavy precipitation, and its dependence on atmospheric circulation, is one of the most important weather features in Central Europe. The Polish–Czech Sudetes Mountains and their northern foreland are one of the regions where such precipitation,...

Based on an analysis of monitoring data from the Liaohe estuary, the distribution of inorganic nitrogen and active phosphate is related to the type of shoreline. The pollutant concentrations in the port area are 16% (inorganic nitrogen) and 59% (acti...

Establishing a mechanism for ecological product value realizing (EPVR) is a critical component of China’s ecological civilization strategy, aimed at translating the concept that “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets&rdquo...

This paper proposes a novel framework for embedding the Fixed And Variable Area Discharge (FAVAD) equation into the software EPANET 2.2 for the simulation of water distribution networks (WDNs). This framework yields a realistic model of leakage outfl...

Despite the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (STS) more than 30 years ago, water continues to transport radioactive contamination beyond the boundaries of the “Degelen” test site. Therefore, assessing the formation of water...

This study compares and evaluates the performance of a statistical model, Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), and a deep learning model, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), for predicting monthly mean temperature in the Han River Basin, South Korea. Predict...

Peroxynitrite (ONOOH/ONOO⁻) is increasingly recognized as a key intermediate in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), yet its role in water treatment remains insufficiently defined. This study provides mechanistic insights into peroxynitrite-med...

In the review, the collection of population genetics papers from 1973 to 2025 comprises 400 publications, 81 of which were significant and consulted with representatives from water and sewage companies. Reviewed Proteobacteria (mean H_S = 0.42), Firmi...

In recent decades, rapid socioeconomic development and population growth have led to the degradation of river and lake health worldwide, posing severe challenges to watershed ecological management. The growing intensity of land-use has significantly...

Studying sedimentary distribution in water reservoirs is essential to understand the depositional processes and develop sustainable environmental management strategies. Characterization of deposited sediments provides information about the sources of...

With the accelerating pace of urbanization, cities are increasingly affected by rainstorm and flood disasters, which pose severe threats to the safety of residents’ lives and property. Existing models are increasingly inadequate in meeting the...

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) serves as a critical indicator for assessing the extent of water pollution caused by organic matter. This study proposes an integrated COD detection methodology that combines laser absorption spectroscopy with laser-induc...

To explore the hydrogeochemical characteristics and dominant water–rock interaction processes of thermal water in Lindian geothermal field (northern Songliao Basin, NE China), this study analyzed 16 thermal water samples (1900–3000 m dept...

The small freshwater lakes of Spitsbergen remain poorly studied compared to surrounding marine ecosystems despite their sensitivity to rapid environmental changes. During the short ablation season, these shallow lakes exhibit physicochemical variabil...

This study investigates the coupled relationship between groundwater chemistry, lithology, and structural features in the dry zone of Netiyagama, Sri Lanka, within a fractured crystalline basement. Groundwater chemistry fundamentally reflects geologi...

The present study presents long-term monitoring data on the dynamics of bedload transport processes in alpine gravel-bed river systems in Austria (Urslau, Strobler-Weißenbach) using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The detectio...

The drainage of groundwater in mountainous tunnel projects always leads to substantial decline of the regional water table, which may induce numerous environmental issues, such as spring depletion, surface subsidence, vegetation degradation, and impa...

The deep areas and surface slopes of mines exhibit complex geological conditions [...]

For an alpine inland river basin affected by climate change, the interaction between groundwater (GW) and surface water (SW) within the watershed plays a crucial role in water resource management. To explore the bidirectional dynamic coupling of surf...