Water, Volume 9, Issue 1 (January 2017): SWAT, Modeling, Watersheds, Water Systems & Lots More! (Open Access)

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Water, Volume 9, Issue 1 (January 2017) 

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Table of Contents 

Special Issue Integrated Soil and Water Management: Selected Papers from 2016 International SWAT Conference

Article: The Impact of Para Rubber Expansion on Streamflow and Other Water Balance Components of the Nam Loei River Basin, Thailand
by Winai Wangpimool, Kobkiat Pongput, Nipon Tangtham, Saowanee Prachansri and Philip W. Gassman
Water 2017, 9(1), 1; doi:10.3390/w9010001

Article: Testing the SWAT Model with Gridded Weather Data of Different Spatial Resolutions
by Youen Grusson, François Anctil, Sabine Sauvage and José Miguel Sánchez Pérez
Water 2017, 9(1), 54; doi:10.3390/w9010054

Special Issue Resilient Water Management in Agriculture

Article: Impact of Water Management on Rice Varieties, Yield, and Water Productivity under the System of Rice Intensification in Southern Taiwan
by Victoriano Joseph Pascual and Yu-Min Wang
Water 2017, 9(1), 3; doi:10.3390/w9010003

Article: Prospects for Improving Gravity-Fed Surface Irrigation Systems in Mediterranean European Contexts
by Daniele Masseroni, Sandra Ricart, Francisco Ramirez de Cartagena, Joaquim Monserrat, José Manuel Gonçalves, Isabel de Lima, Arianna Facchi, Guido Sali and Claudio Gandolfi
Water 2017, 9(1), 20; doi:10.3390/w9010020

Article: Impacts of Ridge-Furrow Planting on Salt Stress and Cotton Yield under Drip Irrigation
by Chitao Sun, Di Feng, Zhaorong Mi, Caixia Li, Junpeng Zhang, Yang Gao and Jingsheng Sun
Water 2017, 9(1), 49; doi:10.3390/w9010049

 

Special Issue Water-Soil-Vegetation Dynamic Interactions in Changing Climate

Article: Effects of Nonaerated Circulation Water Velocity on Nutrient Release from Aquaculture Pond Sediments
by Xiangju Cheng, Dantong Zhu, Xixi Wang, Deguang Yu and Jun Xie
Water 2017, 9(1), 6; doi:10.3390/w9010006

Article: SWAT Modeling for Depression-Dominated Areas: How Do Depressions Manipulate Hydrologic Modeling?
by Mohsen Tahmasebi Nasab, Vishal Singh and Xuefeng Chu
Water 2017, 9(1), 58; doi:10.3390/w9010058

 

Special Issue Constructed Wetlands for Water Treatment: New Developments

Review: Applying Process-Based Models for Subsurface Flow Treatment Wetlands: Recent Developments and Challenges
by Guenter Langergraber
Water 2017, 9(1), 5; doi:10.3390/w9010005

 

Special Issue Water Quality Considerations for Managed Aquifer Recharge Systems

Article: Influence of Humic Acid on the Transport and Deposition of Colloidal Silica under Different Hydrogeochemical Conditions
by Jingjing Zhou, Wenjing Zhang, Dan Liu, Zhuo Wang and Shuo Li
Water 2017, 9(1), 10; doi:10.3390/w9010010

Article: Design and Testing of Recharge Wells in a Coastal Aquifer: Summary of Field Scale Pilot Tests
by Joseph Guttman, Ido Negev and Genadi Rubin
Water 2017, 9(1), 53; doi:10.3390/w9010053

 

Special Issue Tackling Complex Water Problems in China under Changing Environment

Article: Hydrologic Simulation of a Winter Wheat–Summer Maize Cropping System in an Irrigation District of the Lower Yellow River Basin, China
by Lei Liu, Jianqin Ma, Yi Luo, Chansheng He and Tiegang Liu
Water 2017, 9(1), 7; doi:10.3390/w9010007

 

Special Issue Applications of Remote Sensing/GIS in Water Resources and Flooding Risk Managements

Article: Monitoring of the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of the Floods in the Guayas Watershed (Ecuadorian Pacific Coast) Using Global Monitoring ENVISAT ASAR Images and Rainfall Data
by Frédéric Frappart, Luc Bourrel, Nicolas Brodu, Ximena Riofrío Salazar, Frédéric Baup, José Darrozes and Rodrigo Pombosa
Water 2017, 9(1), 12; doi:10.3390/w9010012

Article: Measuring Spatiotemporal Features of Land Subsidence, Groundwater Drawdown, and Compressible Layer Thickness in Beijing Plain, China
by Yongyong Li, Huili Gong, Lin Zhu and Xiaojuan Li
Water 2017, 9(1), 64; doi:10.3390/w9010064

 

Special Issue Aquaponics: Toward a Sustainable Water-Based Production System?

Review: Fish Welfare in Aquaponic Systems: Its Relation to Water Quality with an Emphasis on Feed and Faeces—A Review
by Hijran Yavuzcan Yildiz, Lidia Robaina, Juhani Pirhonen, Elena Mente, David Domínguez and Giuliana Parisi
Water 2017, 9(1), 13; doi:10.3390/w9010013

Article: Influence of UV Treatment on the Food Safety Status of a Model Aquaponic System
by Sai Deepikaa Elumalai, Angela M. Shaw, D. Allen Pattillo, Christopher J. Currey, Kurt A. Rosentrater and Kun Xie
Water 2017, 9(1), 27; doi:10.3390/w9010027

 

Special Issue Hillslope and Watershed Hydrology

Article: Hydrological Modeling of the Upper Indus Basin: A Case Study from a High-Altitude Glacierized Catchment Hunza
by Khan Garee, Xi Chen, Anming Bao, Yu Wang and Fanhao Meng
Water 2017, 9(1), 17; doi:10.3390/w9010017

 

Special Issue Water Footprint Assessment

Article: Water Footprints and ‘Pozas’: Conversations about Practices and Knowledges of Water Efficiency
by Carolina Domínguez Guzmán, Andres Verzijl and Margreet Zwarteveen
Water 2017, 9(1), 16; doi:10.3390/w9010016

 

Special Issue Advanced Membranes for Water Treatment

Article: Performance of a Novel Fertilizer-Drawn Forward Osmosis Aerobic Membrane Bioreactor (FDFO-MBR): Mitigating Salinity Build-Up by Integrating Microfiltration
by Jin Wang, Nirenkumar Pathak, Laura Chekli, Sherub Phuntsho, Youngjin Kim, Dengxin Li and Ho Kyong Shon
Water 2017, 9(1), 21; doi:10.3390/w9010021

 

Special Issue Lake Restoration and Management in a Climate Change Perspective

Article: Effects of Exposed Artificial Substrate on the Competition between Phytoplankton and Benthic Algae: Implications for Shallow Lake Restoration
by Hu He, Xuguang Luo, Hui Jin, Jiao Gu, Erik Jeppesen, Zhengwen Liu and Kuanyi Li
Water 2017, 9(1), 24; doi:10.3390/w9010024

Article: Repeated Fish Removal to Restore Lakes: Case Study of Lake Væng, Denmark—Two Biomanipulations during 30 Years of Monitoring
by Martin Søndergaard, Torben L. Lauridsen, Liselotte S. Johansson and Erik Jeppesen
Water 2017, 9(1), 43; doi:10.3390/w9010043

Article: Herbivory of Omnivorous Fish Shapes the Food Web Structure of a Chinese Tropical Eutrophic Lake: Evidence from Stable Isotope and Fish Gut Content Analyses
by Jian Gao, Ping Zhong, Jiajia Ning, Zhengwen Liu and Erik Jeppesen
Water 2017, 9(1), 69; doi:10.3390/w9010069

 

Topical Collection Water Policy Collection

Article: Understanding Public Perception of and Participation in Non-Revenue Water Management in Malaysia to Support Urban Water Policy
by Chee Hui Lai, Ngai Weng Chan and Ranjan Roy
Water 2017, 9(1), 26; doi:10.3390/w9010026

 

Special Issue Water Management Strategies for Addressing Long-Term Drought and Climate Uncertainty

Article: Addressing Groundwater Declines with Precision Agriculture: An Economic Comparison of Monitoring Methods for Variable-Rate Irrigation
by Grant H. West and Kent Kovacs
Water 2017, 9(1), 28; doi:10.3390/w9010028

Article: Analysing the Effects of Forest Cover and Irrigation Farm Dams on Streamflows of Water-Scarce Catchments in South Australia through the SWAT Model
by Hong Hanh Nguyen, Friedrich Recknagel, Wayne Meyer and Jacqueline Frizenschaf
Water 2017, 9(1), 33; doi:10.3390/w9010033

Article: Groundwater Governance and the Growth of Center Pivot Irrigation in Cimarron County, OK and Union County, NM: Implications for Community Vulnerability to Drought
by Kathryn Wenger, Jacqueline M. Vadjunec and Todd Fagin
Water 2017, 9(1), 39; doi:10.3390/w9010039

 

Special Issue Variability in Mediterranean-Climate Waters: Space, Time, and Intensity

Article: Restoring Summer Base Flow under a Decentralized Water Management Regime: Constraints, Opportunities, and Outcomes in Mediterranean-Climate California
by Matthew J. Deitch and Brock Dolman
Water 2017, 9(1), 29; doi:10.3390/w9010029

Review: High Variability Is a Defining Component of Mediterranean-Climate Rivers and Their Biota
by Núria Cid, Núria Bonada, Stephanie M. Carlson, Theodore E. Grantham, Avital Gasith and Vincent H. Resh
Water 2017, 9(1), 52; doi:10.3390/w9010052

 

Special Issue Water Systems towards New Future Challenges

Article: Initial Provincial Water Rights Dynamic Projection Pursuit Allocation Based on the Most Stringent Water Resources Management: A Case Study of Taihu Basin, China
by Min Ge, Feng-Ping Wu and Min You
Water 2017, 9(1), 35; doi:10.3390/w9010035

Article: Energy Saving in a Water Supply Network by Coupling a Pump and a Pump As Turbine (PAT) in a Turbopump
by Armando Carravetta, Lauro Antipodi, Umberto Golia and Oreste Fecarotta
Water 2017, 9(1), 62; doi:10.3390/w9010062

Article: Experimental Study of Air Vessel Behavior for Energy Storage or System Protection in Water Hammer Events
by Mohsen Besharat, Maria Teresa Viseu and Helena M. Ramos
Water 2017, 9(1), 63; doi:10.3390/w9010063

 

Special Issue Sediment Transport in Coastal Waters

Article: Statistical Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Multi-Elements in an Island Arc Region: Complicating Factors and Transfer by Water Currents
by Atsuyuki Ohta, Noboru Imai, Yoshiko Tachibana and Ken Ikehara
Water 2017, 9(1), 37; doi:10.3390/w9010037

 

Special Issue Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation

Project Report: Estimating the Impact of Drought on Groundwater Resources of the Marshall Islands
by Brandon L. Barkey and Ryan T. Bailey
Water 2017, 9(1), 41; doi:10.3390/w9010041

Article: Mg²⁺-Based Method for the Pertuso Spring Discharge Evaluation
by Giuseppe Sappa, Flavia Ferranti, Francesco Maria De Filippi and Giulia Cardillo
Water 2017, 9(1), 67; doi:10.3390/w9010067

 

Special Issue Emerging Contaminants: Occurrence, Fate and Transport, and Removal

Article: Impact of Volcanic Eruptions on the Occurrence of PAHs Compounds in the Aquatic Ecosystem of the Southern Part of West Spitsbergen (Hornsund Fjord, Svalbard)
by Katarzyna Kozak, Marek Ruman, Klaudia Kosek, Grzegorz Karasiński, Łukasz Stachnik and Żaneta Polkowska
Water 2017, 9(1), 42; doi:10.3390/w9010042

 

Special Issue Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture

Article: Evaluation of the Oh, Dubois and IEM Backscatter Models Using a Large Dataset of SAR Data and Experimental Soil Measurements
by Mohammad Choker, Nicolas Baghdadi, Mehrez Zribi, Mohammad El Hajj, Simonetta Paloscia, Niko E. C. Verhoest, Hans Lievens and Francesco Mattia
Water 2017, 9(1), 38; doi:10.3390/w9010038

 

Special Issue New Advances in Disinfection of Wastewater

Review: Chemical and Microbiological Quality of Effluents from Different On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems across Finland and Sweden
by Helvi Heinonen-Tanski and Ville Matikka
Water 2017, 9(1), 47; doi:10.3390/w9010047

 

Special Issue Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources

Article: Farm Typology in the Berambadi Watershed (India): Farming Systems Are Determined by Farm Size and Access to Groundwater
by Marion Robert, Alban Thomas, Muddu Sekhar, Shrinivas Badiger, Laurent Ruiz, Magali Willaume, Delphine Leenhardt and Jacques-Eric Bergez
Water 2017, 9(1), 51; doi:10.3390/w9010051

 

Special Issue Watershed Sediment Process

Article: 3D CFD Modeling of Local Scouring, Bed Armoring and Sediment Deposition
by Gergely T. Török, Sándor Baranya and Nils Rüther
Water 2017, 9(1), 56; doi:10.3390/w9010056

 

Special Issue Forecast of Extreme Events in the Water Cycle—Data, Models and Uncertainties

Article: Evaluation of TRMM Product for Monitoring Drought in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia
by Mou Leong Tan, Kok Chooi Tan, Vivien P. Chua and Ngai Weng Chan
Water 2017, 9(1), 57; doi:10.3390/w9010057

 

Special Issue Hydroinformatics and Urban Water Systems

Editorial: Twenty-Five Years of Hydroinformatics
by Zoran Vojinovic and Michael B. Abbott
Water 2017, 9(1), 59; doi:10.3390/w9010059

 

Special Issue Water Governance in Times of Change: Perceptions, Institutions, Praxis and Learning

Article: Building a Foundation for Knowledge Co-Creation in Collaborative Water Governance: Dimensions of Stakeholder Networks Facilitated through Bridging Organizations
by Wietske Medema, Jan Adamowski, Christopher Orr, Alison Furber, Arjen Wals and Nicolas Milot
Water 2017, 9(1), 60; doi:10.3390/w9010060

 

Special Issue Modeling of Water Systems

Article: Influence of Rack Slope and Approaching Conditions in Bottom Intake Systems
by Luis G. Castillo, Juan T. García and José M. Carrillo
Water 2017, 9(1), 65; doi:10.3390/w9010065

 

Special Issue Water Quality and Health

Article: Effect of Geogenic Factors on Water Quality and Its Relation to Human Health around Mount Ida, Turkey
by Alper Baba and Orhan Gündüz
Water 2017, 9(1), 66; doi:10.3390/w9010066

 

Further Publications

Article: Willingness-To-Pay for Improving Marine Biodiversity: A Case Study of Lastovo Archipelago Marine Park (Croatia)
by Michael Getzner, Michael Jungmeier and Matea Špika
Water 2017, 9(1), 2; doi:10.3390/w9010002

Article: Water Supply Source Evaluation in Unmanaged Aquifer Recharge Zones: The Mezquital Valley (Mexico) Case Study
by Antonio Hernández-Espriú, Claudia Arango-Galván, Alfonso Reyes-Pimentel, Pedro Martínez-Santos, Carlos Pita de la Paz, Sergio Macías-Medrano, Alberto Arias-Paz and José Agustín Breña-Naranjo
Water 2017, 9(1), 4; doi:10.3390/w9010004

Article: Long-Term Streamflow Forecasting Based on Relevance Vector Machine Model
by Yong Liu, Yan-Fang Sang, Xinxin Li, Jian Hu and Kang Liang
Water 2017, 9(1), 9; doi:10.3390/w9010009

Article: Fouling Communities of Two Accidental Artificial Reefs (Modern Shipwrecks) in Cyprus (Levantine Sea)
by Carlos Jimenez, Louis Hadjioannou, Antonis Petrou, Vasilis Andreou and Andreas Georgiou
Water 2017, 9(1), 11; doi:10.3390/w9010011

Article: Research on the Influencing Factors of Comprehensive Water Consumption by Impulse Response Function Analysis
by Shibiao Fang, Renfu Jia, Wenrong Tu and Zhilin Sun
Water 2017, 9(1), 18; doi:10.3390/w9010018

Article: Categorical Forecast of Precipitation Anomaly Using the Standardized Precipitation Index SPI
by Leszek Łabędzki
Water 2017, 9(1), 8; doi:10.3390/w9010008

Article: Use of Bathymetric and LiDAR Data in Generating Digital Elevation Model over the Lower Athabasca River Watershed in Alberta, Canada
by Ehsan H. Chowdhury, Quazi K. Hassan, Gopal Achari and Anil Gupta
Water 2017, 9(1), 19; doi:10.3390/w9010019

Article: Socio-Ecological Regionalization of the Urban Sub-Basins in Mexico
by Mónica Cervantes-Jiménez, Carlos Alberto Mastachi-Loza, Carlos Díaz-Delgado, Miguel Ángel Gómez-Albores and Enrique González-Sosa
Water 2017, 9(1), 14; doi:10.3390/w9010014

Article: Monitoring of Calcite Precipitation in Hardwater Lakes with Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing Archives
by Iris Heine, Achim Brauer, Birgit Heim, Sibylle Itzerott, Peter Kasprzak, Ulrike Kienel and Birgit Kleinschmit
Water 2017, 9(1), 15; doi:10.3390/w9010015

Article: Altered Precipitation and Flow Patterns in the Dunajec River Basin
by Mariola Kędra
Water 2017, 9(1), 22; doi:10.3390/w9010022

Article: Mapping Evapotranspiration Coefficients in a Temperate Maritime Climate Using the METRIC Model and Landsat TM
by Marios Spiliotopoulos, Nicholas M. Holden and Athanasios Loukas
Water 2017, 9(1), 23; doi:10.3390/w9010023

Article: Increasing Winter Baseflow in Response to Permafrost Thaw and Precipitation Regime Shifts in Northeastern China
by Liangliang Duan, Xiuling Man, Barret L. Kurylyk and Tijiu Cai
Water 2017, 9(1), 25; doi:10.3390/w9010025

Article: Impact of Water Scarcity on the Fenhe River Basin and Mitigation Strategies
by Weiwei Shao, Jingya Cai, Jiahong Liu, Qinghua Luan, Xiaomin Mao, Guiyu Yang, Jianhua Wang, Haixing Zhang and Jun Zhang
Water 2017, 9(1), 30; doi:10.3390/w9010030

Article: A Laboratory Study on the Filtration and Clogging of the Sand-Bottom Ash Mixture for Stormwater Infiltration Filter Media
by Ezequiel Q. Segismundo, Lee-Hyung Kim, Sang-Man Jeong and Byung-Sik Lee
Water 2017, 9(1), 32; doi:10.3390/w9010032

Article: Evolution of Cretan Aqueducts and Their Potential for Hydroelectric Exploitation
by Triantafyllia G. Nikolaou, Ioannis Christodoulakos, Panagiotis G. Piperidis and Andreas N. Angelakis
Water 2017, 9(1), 31; doi:10.3390/w9010031

Article: Quantification of Hydrological Responses Due to Climate Change and Human Activities over Various Time Scales in South Korea
by Sangho Lee and Sang Ug Kim
Water 2017, 9(1), 34; doi:10.3390/w9010034

Article: Prey Survival and Vulnerability of Juvenile Rhynchocypris oxycephalus in Juvenile Fish Shelters under Predation by Korean Native Piscivorous Fish (Coreoperca herzi)
by Saeromi Lee, Chang Hyuk Ahn, Ho Myeon Song, Jae Roh Park and Jin Chul Joo
Water 2017, 9(1), 36; doi:10.3390/w9010036

Article: The Role of Transnational Municipal Networks in Transboundary Water Governance
by Savitri Jetoo
Water 2017, 9(1), 40; doi:10.3390/w9010040

Editorial: Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Water in 2016
by Water Editorial Office
Water 2017, 9(1), 44; doi:10.3390/w9010044

Article: UV-LEDs Efficiently Inactivate DNA and RNA Coliphages
by Alyaa M. Zyara, Helvi Heinonen-Tanski, Anna-Maria Veijalainen and Eila Torvinen
Water 2017, 9(1), 46; doi:10.3390/w9010046

Erratum: Erratum: Xue, C., et al. Characterization and Sorptivity of the Plesiomonas shigelloides Strain and Its Potential Use to Remove Cd²⁺ from Wastewater. Water 2016, 8, 241
by Chao Xue, Peishi Qi, Mengsha Li and Yunzhi Liu
Water 2017, 9(1), 45; doi:10.3390/w9010045

Article: Application of BP Neural Network Algorithm in Traditional Hydrological Model for Flood Forecasting
by Jianjin Wang, Peng Shi, Peng Jiang, Jianwei Hu, Simin Qu, Xingyu Chen, Yingbing Chen, Yunqiu Dai and Ziwei Xiao
Water 2017, 9(1), 48; doi:10.3390/w9010048

Article: Comparing Sprinkler and Surface Irrigation for Wheat Using Multi-Criteria Analysis: Water Saving vs. Economic Returns
by Hanaa Darouich, Maria R. Cameira, José M. Gonçalves, Paula Paredes and Luis S. Pereira
Water 2017, 9(1), 50; doi:10.3390/w9010050

Review: From Flood Control to Water Management: A Journey of Bangladesh towards Integrated Water Resources Management
by Animesh K. Gain, M. Shahjahan Mondal and Rezaur Rahman
Water 2017, 9(1), 55; doi:10.3390/w9010055

Article: Hydrogeochemistry and Genesis Analysis of Thermal and Mineral Springs in Arxan, Northeastern China
by Xiaomin Gu, Qiulan Zhang, Yali Cui, Jingli Shao, Yong Xiao, Peng Zhang and Jinxing Liu
Water 2017, 9(1), 61; doi:10.3390/w9010061

Article: Assessment on the Effect of Climate Change on Streamflow in the Source Region of the Yangtze River, China
by Huanqing Bian, Haishen Lü, Ali M. Sadeghi, Yonghua Zhu, Zhongbo Yu, Fen Ouyang, Jianbin Su and Rensheng Chen
Water 2017, 9(1), 70; doi:10.3390/w9010070

Watershed Sediment Process (Deadline: 28 February 2017) Innovative Aspects in Flood Risk Evaluation, Mapping and Communication (Deadline: 28 February 2017) Electrohydrodynamic Liquid Bridges and Electrified Water (Deadline: 28 February 2017) Rainwater Harvesting: Quantity, Quality, Economics and State Regulations (Deadline: 28 February 2017) Sea Level Changes (Deadline: 28 February 2017) The Use of Remote Sensing in Hydrology (Deadline: 28 February 2017) Soil Erosion by Water (Deadline: 28 February 2017) Geospatial Modeling of River Systems (Deadline: 28 February 2017) Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation (Deadline: 28 February 2017) Urban Water Challenges (Deadline: 28 February 2017) To access the full list of Special Issues, please click here

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