Water, 7 (7) - July 2015: Special Issues + IWRM, Mongolia, Haiti, Syria, China, Nepal, Desal, Tankers & More! (Open Access)

Now available! Water, Volume 7, Issue 7 (July 2015), Pages 3166-4025

All articles are freely downloadable. If you cannot download the articles here, visit the issue's WWW site.

Special Issues. You'll note there are several 'Special Issues' in this issue, some with just one or a few papers and some of which have appeared before. Water has many special issues in progress at any given time. What happens is that when a special issue paper is accepted, it immediately goes into the next online issue of Water. If you click on the special issue title, it should take you to all the current papers in that special issue. 

Enjoy!

Special Issue: Water Quality Control and Management

Article: Initial Characterization and Water Quality Assessment of Stream Landscapes in Northern Mongolia
by Jürgen Hofmann, Daniel Karthe, Ralf Ibisch, Michael Schäffer, Saulyegul Avlyush, Sonja Heldt and Andrew Kaus
Water 2015, 7(7), 3166-3205; doi:10.3390/w7073166 Supplementary Files

Article: Spatio-Temporal Impacts of Biofuel Production and Climate Variability on Water Quantity and Quality in Upper Mississippi River Basin
by Debjani Deb, Pushpa Tuppad, Prasad Daggupati, Raghavan Srinivasan and Deepa Varma
Water 2015, 7(7), 3283-3305; doi:10.3390/w7073283

 
Special Issue: Study, Development and Management of Water in Volcanic Areas

Article: Spatial Distribution of Field Physico-Chemical Parameters in the Vulcano Island (Italy) Coastal Aquifer: Volcanological and Hydrogeological Implications
by Paolo Madonia, Giorgio Capasso, Rocco Favara, Salvatore Francofonte and Paolo Tommasi
Water 2015, 7(7), 3206-3224; doi:10.3390/w7073206

Article: Quantification of Fog Water Collection in Three Locations of Tenerife (Canary Islands)
by Axel Ritter, Carlos M. Regalado and Juan Carlos Guerra
Water 2015, 7(7), 3306-3319; doi:10.3390/w7073306

 

Special Issue: Sustainable Water Management and Decision Making under limited Data Availability

Article: Uncertainty Estimation and Evaluation of Shallow Aquifers’ Exploitability: The Case Study of the Adige Valley Aquifer (Italy)
by Marta Castagna, Alberto Bellin and Gabriele Chiogna
Water 2015, 7(7), 3367-3395; doi:10.3390/w7073367  Supplementary Files

Article: Assessing the Water Parallel Pricing System against Drought in China: A Study Based on a CGE Model with Multi-Provincial Irrigation Water
by Shuai Zhong, Lei Shen, Jinghua Sha, Mitsuru Okiyama, Suminori Tokunaga, Litao Liu and Jingjing Yan
Water 2015, 7(7), 3431-3465; doi:10.3390/w7073431

Article: Science-Based IWRM Implementation in a Data-Scarce Central Asian Region: Experiences from a Research and Development Project in the Kharaa River Basin, Mongolia
by Daniel Karthe, Jürgen Hofmann, Ralf Ibisch, Sonja Heldt, Katja Westphal, Lucas Menzel, Saulyegul Avlyush and Marcus Malsy
Water 2015, 7(7), 3486-3514; doi:10.3390/w7073486  Supplementary Files

Article: Flood Risk Management in Remote and Impoverished Areas—A Case Study of Onaville, Haiti
by Valentin Heimhuber, Johann-Christian Hannemann and Wolfgang Rieger
Water 2015, 7(7), 3832-3860; doi:10.3390/w7073832

Article: Optimizing Dredge-and-Dump Activities for River Navigability Using a Hydro-Morphodynamic Model
by Andries J. Paarlberg, Massimo Guerrero, Fredrik Huthoff and Mariano Re
Water 2015, 7(7), 3943-3962; doi:10.3390/w7073943

Article: Groundwater Modeling as an Alternative Approach to Limited Data in the Northeastern Part of Mt. Hermon (Syria), to Develop a Preliminary Water Budget
by Nazeer M. Asmael, Alain Dupuy, Frédéric Huneau, Salim Hamid and Philippe Le Coustumer
Water 2015, 7(7), 3978-3996; doi:10.3390/w7073978

Special Issue: Water Consumption and Water End-uses in Buildings

Article: Modeling Residential Water Consumption in Amman: The Role of Intermittency, Storage, and Pricing for Piped and Tanker Water
by Christian Klassert, Katja Sigel, Erik Gawel and Bernd Klauer
Water 2015, 7(7), 3643-3670; doi:10.3390/w7073643

 

Special Issue: Hydro-Ecological Modeling

Article: Experimenting with Coupled Hydro-Ecological Models to Explore Measure Plans and Water Quality Goals in a Semi-Enclosed Swedish Bay
by Berit Arheimer, Johanna Nilsson and Göran Lindström
Water 2015, 7(7), 3906-3924; doi:10.3390/w7073906

Special Issue: Use of Meta-Heuristic Techniques in Rainfall-Runoff Modelling

Article: Parameter Automatic Calibration Approach for Neural-Network-Based Cyclonic Precipitation Forecast Models
by Der-Chang Lo, Chih-Chiang Wei and En-Ping Tsai
Water 2015, 7(7), 3963-3977; doi:10.3390/w7073963

Further Publications

Article: Determination of Algae and Macrophyte Species Distribution in Three Wastewater Stabilization Ponds Using Metagenomics Analysis
by Jack Wallace, Pascale Champagne, Geof Hall, Zhaochu Yin and Xudong Liu
Water 2015, 7(7), 3225-3242; doi:10.3390/w7073225

Article: Rainfall Variability in the Huangfuchuang Watershed and Its Relationship with ENSO
by Thelma Dede Baddoo, Yiqing Guan, Danrong Zhang and Samuel A. Andam-Akorful
Water 2015, 7(7), 3243-3262; doi:10.3390/w7073243

Article: The Effects of Operational and Environmental Variables on Efficiency of Danish Water and Wastewater Utilities
by Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano, Chiara Leardini and Martina Martini
Water 2015, 7(7), 3263-3282; doi:10.3390/w7073263

Article: Runoff Response to Climate Warming and Forest Disturbance in a Mid-Mountain Basin
by Jakub Langhammer, Ye Su and Jana Bernsteinová
Water 2015, 7(7), 3320-3342; doi:10.3390/w7073320 Supplementary Files

Article: A Comparative Analysis of Runoff and Soil Loss Characteristics between “Extreme Precipitation Year” and “Normal Precipitation Year” at the Plot Scale: A Case Study in the Loess Plateau in China
by Qiang Feng, Xudong Guo, Wenwu Zhao, Yang Qiu and Xiao Zhang
Water 2015, 7(7), 3343-3366; doi:10.3390/w7073343

Article: Stochastic Urban Pluvial Flood Hazard Maps Based upon a Spatial-Temporal Rainfall Generator
by Nuno Eduardo Simões, Susana Ochoa-Rodríguez, Li-Pen Wang, Rui Daniel Pina, Alfeu Sá Marques, Christian Onof and João P. Leitão
Water 2015, 7(7), 3396-3406; doi:10.3390/w7073396

Article: Stormwater Field Evaluation and Its Challenges of a Sediment Basin with Skimmer and Baffles at a Highway Construction Site
by Xing Fang, Wesley C. Zech and Christopher P. Logan
Water 2015, 7(7), 3407-3430; doi:10.3390/w7073407

Article: Performance of a Rain Barrel Sharing Network under Climate Change
by Seong Jin Noh, Eun-Sung Chung and Yongwon Seo
Water 2015, 7(7), 3466-3485; doi:10.3390/w7073466

Article: Characterization of the Corrosive Action of Mineral Waters from Thermal Sources: A Case Study at Azores Archipelago, Portugal
by Helena Cristina Vasconcelos, Bibiana María Fernández-Pérez, Sergio González, Ricardo Manuel Souto and Juan José Santana
Water 2015, 7(7), 3515-3530; doi:10.3390/w7073515

Article: Modeling Flood Hazard Zones at the Sub-District Level with the Rational Model Integrated with GIS and Remote Sensing Approaches
by Daniel Asare-Kyei, Gerald Forkuor and Valentijn Venus
Water 2015, 7(7), 3531-3564; doi:10.3390/w7073531

Article: Impacts of Climate Change on Mean Annual Water Balance for Watersheds in Michigan, USA
by Yinqin Zhang, Bernard Engel, Laurent Ahiablame and Junmin Liu
Water 2015, 7(7), 3565-3578; doi:10.3390/w7073565

Article: Modeling the Projected Changes of River Flow in Central Vietnam under Different Climate Change Scenarios
by Tuan B. Le and Hatim O. Sharif
Water 2015, 7(7), 3579-3598; doi:10.3390/w7073579

Article: The Challenge of Producing and Marketing Colloidal Silver Water Filters in Nepal
by Anne Bogler and Regula Meierhofer
Water 2015, 7(7), 3599-3612; doi:10.3390/w7073599

Communication: Multiobjective Optimization of Water Distribution Networks Using Fuzzy Theory and Harmony Search
by Zong Woo Geem
Water 2015, 7(7), 3613-3625; doi:10.3390/w7073613

Article: Evaluation of a Modified Monod Model for Predicting Algal Dynamics in Lake Tai
by Jian Huang, Qiujin Xu, Xixi Wang, Beidou Xi, Keli Jia, Shouliang Huo, Hongliang Liu, Changyou Li and Bingbing Xu
Water 2015, 7(7), 3626-3642; doi:10.3390/w7073626

Article: Desalination of Water Using ZVI (Fe⁰)
by David D. J. Antia
Water 2015, 7(7), 3671-3831; doi:10.3390/w7073671

Article: Comparative Analysis of Water Quality between the Runoff Entrance and Middle of Recycling Irrigation Reservoirs
by Haibo Zhang, Patricia A. Richardson, Bruk E. Belayneh, Andrew Ristvey, John Lea-Cox, Warren E. Copes, Gary W. Moorman and Chuanxue Hong
Water 2015, 7(7), 3861-3877; doi:10.3390/w7073861

Article: Review of Risk Status of Groundwater Supply Wells by Tracing the Source of Coliform Contamination
by Nara Somaratne and Gary Hallas
Water 2015, 7(7), 3878-3905; doi:10.3390/w7073878

Article: Partial Least Squares Regression for Determining the Control Factors for Runoff and Suspended Sediment Yield during Rainfall Events
by Nufang Fang, Zhihua Shi, Fangxin Chen and Yixia Wang
Water 2015, 7(7), 3925-3942; doi:10.3390/w7073925

Article: Defining an Ecologically Ideal Shallow Groundwater Depth for Regional Sustainable Management: Conceptual Development and Case Study on the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China
by Xihua Wang, Guangxin Zhang, Yi Jun Xu and Xiangjun Shan
Water 2015, 7(7), 3997-4025; doi:10.3390/w7073997

 

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