2026 June-2 - 145 articles
This study investigates the influence of organic matter properties in surface waters on the efficiency of single- and two-stage coagulation processes in drinking water treatment plants. The research was conducted at three treatment plants supplied by...
Understanding the spatiotemporal variability of nanoplastics (NPs) in porous media is vital for environmental risk assessment, yet quantitative in-media analysis of NP distributions during transport remains limited. To address this, we innovatively a...
Drought is a major global hazard, yet critical knowledge gaps persist regarding how the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) modulates it in topographically complex equatorial regions. This study characterizes ENSO’s spatiotemporal...
The treatment of high-salinity, low-carbon marine aquaculture wastewater poses significant challenges for biological denitrification. This study systematically evaluated the performance of a polycaprolactone (PCL)-based aerobic denitrification biofil...
Freshwater pollution by nutrients is a global concern. While agriculture is the largest contributor globally, domestic and industrial emissions are responsible for substantial emission hotspots worldwide. To this end, this paper presents the global g...
Tunnel seepage in heterogeneous ground can trigger hydrogeological hazards such as concentrated water inflow, groundwater depletion, deformation of surrounding structures, and subsequent eco-environmental degradation. However, these processes are sti...
Reliable prediction of post-initiation run-out distance of rainfall-induced landslides is essential for hazard assessment, evacuation planning, and disaster-risk mitigation. However, most existing data-driven approaches formulate run-out prediction a...
Baiyangdian Lake, the largest freshwater lake in North China, plays a critical role in the ecological security of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei urban agglomeration. This study conducted systematic monitoring of Baiyangdian Lake from April 202...
Climate change and rapid urbanization increasingly threaten water security in large river basins, yet existing assessments often fail to capture the multi-scale interactions between hydroclimatic extremes and human activities. To address this gap, we...
The localized high hydraulic gradient at the bottom of concrete cutoff walls in deep overburden foundations poses a significant seepage failure risk. This stability is heavily influenced by the high-stress state, a critical factor often overlooked in...
Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile is a seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean Sea and a significant contributor to human well-being through a variety of ecosystem functions, such as carbon cycling. Despite its ecological significance, most methods for es...
The increasing discharge of cobalt-containing effluents from metallurgical, electroplating, and battery-related industries necessitates the development of efficient and stable separation technologies. In this study, a sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-ass...
Hydrologic modeling helps identify the responses of a watershed under different conditions to understand its dynamics. Angat Dam Watershed is a heavily regulated reservoir in the Philippines, essential for supplying water for domestic use, irrigation...
With the increasing levels of toxic heavy metals such as Pb(II) and Cd(II), their discharge poses serious threats to environmental safety and human health, necessitating efficient remediation technologies. Biochar has emerged as a promising eco-frien...
Drought is a slowly evolving, multi-driver hydro-meteorological hazard whose accurate early prediction is a cornerstone of climate-smart agriculture and water-resource planning. Existing data-driven drought forecasting frameworks suffer from three pe...
This study evaluates the impact of long-term mining activities on stream surface waters in the Danube Basin in eastern Serbia. Seasonal variations in water chemistry were investigated during three hydrological periods to assess current contamination...
Soil erosion is a critical environmental issue restricting ecological security and agricultural sustainable development in China. Traditional studies have predominantly focused on physical driving factors such as hydraulic and wind erosion, while the...
As a pivotal unit in water treatment, filters undergo significant media aging during long-term operation, altering their physicochemical properties and heavy metal accumulation behavior. This study investigated long-term operated filter sands from a...
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is increasingly being realized as an important approach to improve water security in arid and semi-arid environments where there is a low amount of surface water and high climatic variability. This paper introduces a un...
Improving the irrigation water effective utilization coefficient (IWEUC, η) is important for improving agricultural water management and reducing pressure on agricultural water resources. However, in humid agricultural regions, the main factors a...
Microbial degradation of organic matter is a key driver of iodine enrichment in groundwater. Using stable carbon isotopes (δ13C-DIC and δ13C-DOC), this study investigates the role of microbial processes and organic matter biodegradation i...
Spatial and temporal variability of macrozoobenthic communities were investigated around three offshore gas structures with different architecture (a subsea well-site, a four-leg platform, and a one-leg platform) in the NW Adriatic Sea. Four post-ins...
Sea level rise poses a major threat to dry beach areas, particularly in low-lying and managed coastal environments. Reliable assessments of future beach vulnerability therefore require the combined consideration of sea level rise, tidal regime, meteo...
Cascade hydropower alters river hydrological regimes and threatens aquatic ecosystems, calling for robust ecological risk assessment (ERA). Conventional assessments often rigidly apply the full five-layer Driving Force–Pressure–State&ndas...
Water pumping systems play a critical role in various industries, including water supply, cooling, heating, and HVAC systems (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning systems), by ensuring efficient fluid transfer. In the control of pumps, Proporti...
Using an upstream tailings pond in Beijing as the prototype, this study constructed a 1:150 physical model to investigate the internal response and overtopping failure evolution of tailings dams under continuous rainfall (T1) and intermittent rainfal...
Nutrient-rich inputs into surface waters can promote harmful blooms of Prymnesium parvum by stimulating growth under favorable environmental conditions. Glyphosate can enter aquatic ecosystems and affect algal growth, potentially further influencing...
This study aimed to establish an assessment system for rural water-cycle soundness across standard watersheds in Korea and to determine priorities for project implementation. As climate change, water-quality deterioration, and population aging in rur...
Local scour and vortex-induced vibrations around cylindrical structures in curved channels pose significant risks to the safety and stability of critical hydraulic infrastructure, such as bridge piers. To address these engineering challenges and eluc...
This study developed a novel framework integrating UAV-derived orthophotography, deep learning-based substrate classification, two-dimensional hydraulic modeling, Froude number (Fr) analysis, and multispecies habitat suitability assessment to evaluat...
Potable water reuse (direct and indirect; DPR/IPR) is increasingly proposed to strengthen urban water security under climate variability, water scarcity, and rising demand. Although technological barriers have decreased considerably, many projects co...
Background: Sapropelic mud from Techirghiol Lake has been used therapeutically under medical supervision for more than 170 years; however, its comprehensive physicochemical characterization under application-relevant conditions remains insufficiently...
Estuarine and coastal ecosystems are facing significant threats from compounded pressures, such as land-based pollution and mariculture activities. These ecosystems confront severe challenges, including increasing environmental burdens and declining...
To reveal the overtopping dam-break mechanism under extreme rainfall conditions and assess downstream flood risk, a series of dam-break flume tests, flood routing simulations and inundation risk assessments were conducted. Using the Hubuling Reservoi...
This study investigated the granule development and pollutant removal performance of algae–aerobic granular sludge (AAGS) and aerobic granular sludge (AGS) for wastewater treatment, as well as the characterization of the fatty acid methyl ester...
We conducted experiments to assess the importance of the effects of interactions between individuals of co-occurring species, the Common Gudgeon Gobio gobio, native to Europe, and the invasive Monkey Goby Neogobius fluviatilis. We examined the influe...
Both variability in precipitation and rainfall extremes are key drivers of landslide activity, yet their combined influence with antecedent moisture conditions remains insufficiently quantified at regional or local scales. In this study, daily precip...
Non-revenue water (NRW) entails serious problems for water distribution networks (WDNs), including contamination, leakage, unauthorized use, and inefficient invoicing. These issues lead to large financial losses and operational inefficiencies. This w...
Yangcheng Lake, the third largest freshwater lake in the Taihu Plain (118.68 km2), serves critical functions in drinking water supply, aquaculture, and ecological regulation. This study aims to address the challenge of optimizing total phosphorus loa...
Most water supply systems rely on free chlorine residual to ensure disinfection through the network and at the user’s tap. Temperature increase is known to accelerate the chlorine decay process and is typically associated with water quality det...
The quality of riverine water is largely influenced by anthropogenic activity; however, worldwide monitoring practices remain largely limited to assessing water physicochemical parameters. To evaluate the potential of river contaminants to cause biol...
The management of water availability in urban areas has become progressively more complex due to adverse climatic conditions and the continuous growth in water demand. These concerns have driven the search for alternative water supply sources, such a...
Food loss and waste (FLW) represent a significant source of resource inefficiency in water-scarce economies. This study quantifies the water footprint (WF) of FLW in Saudi Arabia using product-level blue, green, and grey WF coefficients from the Wate...
Small decentralized water supply systems are often sensitive to local pollution and require a clear understanding of recharge conditions and the hydrodynamics within the water resource catchment. This study develops a conceptual hydrogeological model...
To address runoff forecasting inaccuracies caused by data gaps in reservoir operations, this paper proposes a collaborative modeling framework integrating deep learning, signal decomposition, uncertainty quantification, and transfer learning. Validat...
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