Water, Volume 18, Issue 9

Electrochemical oxidation (EO) possesses numerous advantages and great potential for organic pollutant degradation. However, traditional plate anodes for EO are limited by pollutant mass transfer, leading to low oxidation efficiency and high energy c...

In recent years, the industrial decarbonization in the cement sector has introduced secondary environmental impact due to an increase in power and water demand. Deploying carbon capture, utilization, and distributed storage requires an uninterrupted...

Cyanotoxins were evaluated in seven water bodies in central Chile (Avendaño, Lo Galindo, Grande de San Pedro, Lanalhue, Vichuquén, Torca, and Llico) from October 2022 to May 2023. Microcystins (MC-RR, MC-YR, MC-LR, MC-LA) and nodularin...

The revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD, EU 2024/3019) expands the scope of the previous directive (Council Directive 91/271/EEC, 1991) by explicitly including combined sewer systems, stormwater discharges, and overflow events whil...

Driven by global warming, increasing extreme precipitation events (EPEs) threaten low-lying coastal ecosystems. This study focused on the contemporary Yellow River Delta and established a continuous framework linking extreme precipitation, groundwate...

Small streams exhibit rapid and nonlinear flood responses due to steep slopes, short flow paths, and limited storage capacity, making real-time flood prediction difficult under both computational and data constraints. This study presents a measuremen...

The Western Amazon is a global biodiversity hotspot, yet the Upper Napo River Basin (UNRB) remains understudied regarding aquatic ecosystem health along anthropogenic gradients. We integrated benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages with physicochemical...

This study investigates the role of longitudinal aquifer slope in controlling stream–aquifer interaction within bounded floodplain aquifer systems. A series of numerical simulations were conducted to analyze groundwater flow patterns, hyporheic...

Ammonium nitrogen (NH₄⁺-N) is a key biogenic pollutant in aquatic systems. This study evaluated natural diatomite (Aktobe region) and zeolite (Shankhanai, Zhetysu region) as low-cost, environmentally benign sorbents for NH₄⁺-N removal, and examined t...

A widely reproduced error in hydrogeologic maps originated from a provisional delineation drawn in the mid-1990s to depict the southern extent of the Mesilla Bolson aquifer along the western margin of the El Paso–Juárez metropolitan area...

This work focused on the Xinghua River, a typical urbanizing river, to investigate how different anthropogenic activities affect the composition, sources, and environmental impact of dissolved organic matter (DOM) during urbanization. Using fluoresce...

To clarify the control mechanism of water quality parameters on metal particle release from pipe scales in aging ductile iron water supply pipelines (service life > 20 years), this study conducted single-factor experiments to explore the effects o...

The performance of a tubular solar still in an arid region was evaluated for producing freshwater from various water sources. The water sources fed to the tubular solar still were blowdown from a seawater desalination plant, recovered water from an o...

Given the escalating impacts of global climate change and extreme weather events, the accurate stability assessment of rainfall-induced landslides necessitates a comprehensive consideration of both seepage processes and the inherent spatial variabili...

Flood risk assessment is essential for flood control and disaster mitigation in arid and semi-arid river basins, where conventional univariate and bivariate frequency analyses struggle to capture nonlinear dependence among flood variables and often u...

Plastic film mulching combined with raised bed–furrow irrigation is an effective technique for enhancing the seed yield, oil contents, and plant-level water use efficiency of sunflower cultivation, while also optimizing water footprint. In this...

This study assessed the impact of pandemic-related changes in treated wastewater on surface water quality and ecological status of the Raba River within the Natura 2000 site. Particular attention to the reliability of the Kasinka Mała wastewater...

This article analyzes the state of water resources in the Guercif Plain (Morocco) under the combined effects of drought and increasing consumption pressures. The study adopts a quantitative and analytical approach based on climatic and hydrological d...

Accurate forecasting of urban rainfall-runoff pollution across large river basins is essential for urban water management. However, this task faces formidable challenges due to the scarcity of locally monitored data and the heterogeneity in hydrologi...

The recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) marks a significant shift in global aquaculture, transitioning to controlled, land-based production. This review highlights technological advancements that enable the treatment and reuse of over 90% of water...

Geomembranes are extensively used for seepage control in the reservoir of pumped-storage power stations due to their superior deformability, ease of construction, and low cost. The deformation behavior of geomembranes under high hydraulic pressure is...

A study was conducted on the interaction of surface gravity waves with a relatively thin, free-floating ice floe compared to the height of the waves. Physical and numerical modeling, as well as analytical research, were used. An overview of scientifi...

Accurate forecasting of sediment accumulation under extreme hydrodynamic forcing is essential for coastal engineering design and harbor management. This study evaluates the performance of Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD), optimized DMD (optDMD), and...

Addressing the challenges of vague ability assessment, delayed teaching adjustment, and fixed cognitive challenge levels in sustainable engineering practice courses, this study proposes a “goal elevation-matrix evaluation-dynamic regulation” triparti...

The objective of this study was to evaluate selected analytical procedures based on EN ISO 10705-2:2001 and EN ISO 10705-3:2024 for the determination of somatic coliphages in 100 mL water samples, taking into account the requirements of Directive (EU...

Coastal aquifers are essential freshwater sources for domestic, agricultural, and industrial use, particularly in regions where surface water is limited. However, these systems face growing stress from saltwater intrusion, climate-driven reductions i...

Natural mineral waters hosted in volcanic terrains are globally significant, but the co-enrichment mechanisms of metasilicate and strontium remain poorly understood. Here we investigate a Jurassic volcanic-hosted mineral water source in eastern China...

Southern New Jersey faces increasing flood risk due to several factors including rapid development, climate change, and aging infrastructure. This study evaluated the flood vulnerability of two municipal solid waste landfills located in Gloucester an...

Groundwater-dependent communities such as De Aar require a better understanding of groundwater systems to ensure sustainable allocation. This study aims to trace recharge sources in unconfined and confined aquifers and identify processes controlling...

Agricultural byproducts cellulose-rich (~40%) sugarcane bagasse (SCB) and rice husk (RH) wastes may be used as fiber sources in biomaterials manufacturing. The hybrid biomass fibers are two kinds of fibers that should generate a biocomposite accordin...

Flood discharge observations in Japan are shifting from the conventional float-based methods to unmanned techniques such as radio-wave current meters. These approaches differ fundamentally in their measurement principles: the former is based on a Lag...

The Yangtze River, the largest river system in Asia, continues to receive substantial nitrogen loads despite the implementation of management measures. Within this vast and complex system, the spatial patterns and drivers of key nitrogen transformati...

Cascading failures of clustered landslide dams can intensify downstream hazards not only by increasing peak flood magnitude but also by accelerating the rise of water level immediately upstream of successive dams, thereby shortening the available res...

Expansive clay slopes are vulnerable to progressive strength loss induced by repeated wetting and drying, a mechanism that drives shallow failure in active moisture zones. Reproducing this degradation experimentally is time-consuming and resource-int...

Air–sea CO₂ flux (FCO₂) in the estuary–coastal continuum plays a vital role in global carbon sequestration; however, the mechanisms governing FCO₂ spatial heterogeneity during early spring remain poorly understood, particularly the roles...

In sediment-laden irrigation channels, sediment deposition upstream of hydraulic measuring structures can degrade hydraulic performance, reduce measurement reliability, and increase maintenance demand. To clarify the effects of structural optimizatio...

The traditional Muskingum model has difficulty representing complex hydraulic behaviors under high-flow conditions because it relies on simplified assumptions and fixed parameters. To address the pronounced nonlinearity and non-stationarity of flood...

This study evaluates nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) pollution in the Ankara River Sub-basin, Türkiye, using the grey water footprint (GWF) approach. A Tier-1 GWF approach was applied, complemented by a sensitivity analysis to assess the influen...

This study investigates the synthesis and kinetic behavior of a magnetic biochar derived from avocado seed biomass for the removal of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from aqueous solutions. Magnetite (Fe₃O₄) was synthesized through different routes, inc...

This review paper provides a comprehensive overview of the use of water in livestock and poultry nutrition, focusing on both quantitative requirements and quality standards. The review is based on the evaluation and synthesis of the published scienti...

Water quality classification is essential for freshwater ecosystem protection but faces challenges posed by spatiotemporal dependencies and class imbalance. To address these issues, this paper proposes the Adaptive Graph Convolutional Long Short-Term...

Water pollution control for wetland lakes has undergone a fluctuating development process. Effective pollution management requires not only scientific water quality monitoring data but also clear identification of pollution sources within the study a...

This study investigated the influence of physicochemical properties of carbon black (porosity and surface chemistry) on the adsorption of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) from aqueous solutions. Three unmodified carbon blacks (XC72, N220, and N550) with di...

Household rainwater tanks (HRWTs) have re-emerged globally as a decentralised strategy to address water scarcity, climate variability, and increasing urban water demand. In several jurisdictions, including New South Wales, Australia, rainwater tanks...

To address issues existing in current multi-media pollution assessment, such as data mismatch, parameter conflicts, and inadequate characterization of nonlinear effects, this study developed a multi-factor synergistic assessment methodological system...

Mountainous megacities face a distinctive form of pluvial waterlogging in which terrain-controlled flow convergence, accelerating imperviousness, and aging drainage interact to produce chronic, spatially clustered failures rather than stochastic even...

Groundwater–surface water interactions in volcanic hydrogeological systems represent a key process in river dynamics and were preliminarily investigated along a river draining the southern sector of the Sabatini Mountains (central Italy) using...

In view of the limitations of existing studies, in which remote sensing extraction of algal blooms is easily affected by cloud interference, and mechanistic models are constrained by excessive parameters and inadequate representation of nonlinear rel...

We analyse pebble RFID tracing observations to investigate sediment transport dynamics in gravel-bed rivers using statistical modelling. This study examines a dataset of nearly 3500 tracer displacement measurements collected during 27 sediment-mobili...

Phosphogypsum (PG) stockpiles pose a persistent threat to regional water environments, yet their differential impacts on surface water and groundwater remain unclear. This study examined the pollution characteristics, sources, mechanisms, and model-p...