We are pleased to highlight several papers written by academicians that were published in Water (ISSN: 2073-4441) in 2024. We invite you to read the papers listed below.

1. “Short-Term Contribution of Conservation Practice Implementation to Water Quality Impairments in Small Streams”
by Audrey McCrary, John P. Brooks, Renotta K. Smith, Leslie M. Burger, Andrew Lucore, John J. Ramirez-Avila, Tim Schauwecker, Joby M. Prince Czarnecki, Loren Wes Burger, Jr. and Beth H. Baker
Water 2024, 16(2), 261; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16020261
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/2/261

2. “Groundwater Quality Assessment in the Area of the Zinc Smelter in Miasteczko Śląskie (Poland) Using Selected Metal Indices”
by Andrzej J. Witkowski, Dominika Dabrowska and Jacek Wróbel
Water 2024, 16(2), 279; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16020279
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/2/279

3. “The Impact of Underground Structures on Urban Flood Models”
by Martina Hauser, Stefan Reinstaller, Martin Oberascher, Dirk Muschalla and Manfred Kleidorfer
Water 2024, 16(1), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16010170
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/1/170

4. “Characteristics of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Constructed Wetlands Vegetated with Myriophyllum aquatic: The Effects of Influent C/N Ratio and Microbial Responses”
by Biaoyi Wang, Hongfang Li, Xiaonan Du, Yixiang Cai, Jianwei Peng, Shunan Zhang and Feng Liu
Water 2024, 16(2), 308; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16020308
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/2/308

5. “A Pragmatic Approach for Chlorine Decay Modeling in Multiple-Source Water Distribution Networks Based on Trace Analysis”
by Alice Zaghini, Francesca Gagliardi, Valentina Marsili, Filippo Mazzoni, Lorenzo Tirello, Stefano Alvisi and Marco Franchini
Water 2024, 16(2), 345; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16020345
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/2/345

6. “The Role of Stream Restoration in Mitigating Sediment and Phosphorous Loads in Urbanizing Watersheds”
by Kevin MacKenzie, Steve Auger, Sara Beitollahpour and Bahram Gharabaghi
Water 2024, 16(2), 363; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16020363
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/2/363

7. “Identification and Distribution Characteristics of Odorous Compounds in Sediments of a Shallow Water Reservoir”
by Jiahe Wang, Hongbin Zhu, Cong Wang, Longji Zhang, Rong Zhang, Cancan Jiang, Lei Wang, Yingyu Tan, Yi He, Shengjun Xu et al.
Water 2024, 16(3), 455; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16030455
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/3/455

8. “Study on the Cavitation Performance in the Impeller Region of a Mixed-Flow Pump Under Different Flow Rates”
by Xu Yang, Jianzhong Zhu, Yi Zhang, Buqing Chen, Yiping Tang, Rui Jiang, Kan Kan, Changliang Ye and Yuan Zheng
Water 2024, 16(22), 3195; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16223195
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/22/3195

9. “Numerical Study of the Cavitation Performance of an Ice-Blocked Propeller Considering the Free Surface Effect”
by Li Zhou, Anwen Zhang, Shifeng Ding, Sen Han, Fang Li and Pentti Kujala
Water 2024, 16(22), 3260; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16223260
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/22/3260

10. “Waste Bauxite Residue Valorization as Trace Metal Sorbent: Application to Acid Mine Drainage Remediation”
by Arnaud Gauthier, Brenda Omana, Fouad Amin and Philipe Le Coustumer
Water 2024, 16(22), 3255; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16223255
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/22/3255