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Water, Volume 18, Issue 2

January-2 2026 - 22 articles

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Articles (22)

  • Article
  • Open Access
Water2026, 18(2), 155;https://doi.org/10.3390/w18020155 
(registering DOI)

7 January 2026

Flood factors are key parameters affecting the hydraulic characteristics at a bridge site. Clarifying the development patterns and impacts of flood factors at a bridge site is of great significance for the stability assessment and service safety of b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
Water2026, 18(2), 157;https://doi.org/10.3390/w18020157 
(registering DOI)

7 January 2026

The Nile River Basin—shared by eleven countries and supporting over 300 million people—exemplifies the complexity of managing shared waters amid asymmetrical power relations, historical legacies, and competing development priorities. To a...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Massive Stranding of Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839) in the Strait of Messina (Central Mediterranean Sea): Somatic Features of Different Post-Larval Development Stages

  • Andrea Geraci,
  • Andrea Scipilliti,
  • Ylenia Guglielmo,
  • Roberta Minutoli,
  • Davide Di Paola,
  • Pierluigi Carbonara,
  • Letterio Guglielmo,
  • Simona Genovese,
  • Rosalia Ferreri and
  • Antonia Granata
Water2026, 18(2), 156;https://doi.org/10.3390/w18020156 
(registering DOI)

7 January 2026

The Strait of Messina (Central Mediterranean Sea) has always been known for the stranding of marine organisms, especially during the spring. We came across an extraordinary event of mass stranding in April 2025, with 453 specimens of Macroramphosus s...

  • Article
  • Open Access

7 January 2026

Urban lakes, as critical components of urban ecosystems, provide essential ecological services but face water quality deterioration due to rapid urbanization and associated land use changes. This study investigated the temporal and spatial characteri...

  • Article
  • Open Access

6 January 2026

This study presents a geospatial assessment and modeling of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus to enrich the sustainable paddy cultivation of the North Central Province (NCP) of Sri Lanka in the Dry Zone. Increasing climatic variability an...

  • Article
  • Open Access

6 January 2026

Groundwater constitutes a vital freshwater resource essential for sustaining agricultural productivity, industrial processes, and domestic water supply. Quantifying spatiotemporal dynamics of Groundwater Storage (GWS) across China provides a critical...

  • Article
  • Open Access

6 January 2026

As an emerging wastewater treatment technology, the membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) process is increasingly being coupled with anaerobic anoxic aerobic (AAO) process. However, there is currently a lack of systematic research and clear consens...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Assessment of Soil and Groundwater Contamination from Olive Mill Wastewater Disposal at Ben Aoun, Central Tunisia

  • Wissal Issaoui,
  • Imen Hamdi Nasr,
  • Mohamed Hédi Inoubli and
  • Ismael M. Ibraheem

6 January 2026

Olive mill wastewater (OMW) contains high organic loads and phytotoxic polyphenols. In Tunisia, OMW is often stored in unlined evaporation ponds. This practice creates a risk of soil and groundwater contamination. This study evaluates the environment...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Multi-Model Comparison of Hydrologic Simulation Performance Using DWAT, PRMS, and TANK Models

  • Deokhwan Kim,
  • Wonjin Jang,
  • Heechan Han,
  • Hyoung-Sub Shin,
  • Hyeonjun Kim and
  • Cheolhee Jang

6 January 2026

This study compares the streamflow simulation performance of a semi-distributed hydrological model, DWAT (Dynamic Water Resources Assessment Tool), and two conceptual models, PRMS and TANK, across three watersheds in the Republic of Korea representin...

  • Article
  • Open Access

6 January 2026

Enhancing blue infrastructure is a critical pathway to strengthening urban water resilience and improving living environments. However, divergent perceptions and demands among multiple stakeholders may lead to misalignment between governance prioriti...

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