Water, Volume 9, Issue 4 (April 2017): Water Quality, Urban Water, Management, Modeling, and Lots More! (Open Access)

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Table of Contents  Special Issues Special Issue Advances on Urban Stormwater Harvesting Strategies Article: An Investigation of the Relationships between Rainfall Conditions and Pollutant Wash-Off from the Paved Road by Qingke Yuan, Heidi B. Guerra and Youngchul Kim Water 2017, 9(4), 232; doi:10.3390/w9040232 Special Issue Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling in Lakes Article: Measuring the Aesthetic Value of Multifunctional Lakes Using an Enhanced Visual Quality Method by Robby Yussac Tallar and Jian-Ping Suen Water 2017, 9(4), 233; doi:10.3390/w9040233 Special Issue Water and Solute Transport in Vadose Zone Article: Understanding the Budyko Equation by Garrison Sposito Water 2017, 9(4), 236; doi:10.3390/w9040236 Article: Effects of Pore-Scale Geometry and Wettability on Two-Phase Relative Permeabilities within Elementary Cells by Emanuela Bianchi Janetti, Monica Riva and Alberto Guadagnini Water 2017, 9(4), 252; doi:10.3390/w9040252 Special Issue Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Water Science Article: A Parametric Flood Control Method for Dams with Gate-Controlled Spillways by Alvaro Sordo-Ward, Ivan Gabriel-Martin, Paola Bianucci and Luis Garrote Water 2017, 9(4), 237; doi:10.3390/w9040237 Special Issue Sustainable Water Management within Inland River Watershed Article: Prediction of Groundwater Dynamics for Sustainable Water Resource Management in Bogra District, Northwest Bangladesh by Mohammad Hasanuzzaman, Xianfang Song, Dongmei Han, Yinghua Zhang and Shakir Hussain Water 2017, 9(4), 238; doi:10.3390/w9040238 Article: Temporal Distribution Characteristics of Alpine Precipitation and Their Vertical Differentiation: A Case Study from the Upper Shule River by Qingfeng Li and Guojing Yang Water 2017, 9(4), 284; doi:10.3390/w9040284 Special Issue Geospatial Modeling of River Systems Article: Modeling of Regionalized Emissions (MoRE) into Water Bodies: An Open-Source River Basin Management System by Stephan Fuchs, Maria Kaiser, Lisa Kiemle, Steffen Kittlaus, Shari Rothvoß, Snezhina Toshovski, Adrian Wagner, Ramona Wander, Tatyana Weber and Sara Ziegler Water 2017, 9(4), 239; doi:10.3390/w9040239 Special Issue Integrated Soil and Water Management: Selected Papers from 2016 International SWAT Conference Article: Multilevel Drought Hazard Assessment under Climate Change Scenarios in Semi-Arid Regions—A Case Study of the Karkheh River Basin in Iran by Bahareh Kamali, Delaram Houshmand Kouchi, Hong Yang and Karim C. Abbaspour Water 2017, 9(4), 241; doi:10.3390/w9040241 Article: Effects of Urban Non-Point Source Pollution from Baoding City on Baiyangdian Lake, China by Chunhui Li, Xiaokang Zheng, Fen Zhao, Xuan Wang, Yanpeng Cai and Nan Zhang Water 2017, 9(4), 249; doi:10.3390/w9040249 Article: Assessment of Flood Frequency Alteration by Dam Construction via SWAT Simulation by Jeong Eun Lee, Jun-Haeng Heo, Jeongwoo Lee and Nam Won Kim Water 2017, 9(4), 264; doi:10.3390/w9040264 Article: Evaluating Various Low-Impact Development Scenarios for Optimal Design Criteria Development by Mijin Seo, Fouad Jaber and Raghavan Srinivasan Water 2017, 9(4), 270; doi:10.3390/w9040270 Special Issue The Use of Remote Sensing in Hydrology Article: Fifteen Years (1993–2007) of Surface Freshwater Storage Variability in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Basin Using Multi-Satellite Observations by Edward Salameh, Frédéric Frappart, Fabrice Papa, Andreas Güntner, Vuruputur Venugopal, Augusto Getirana, Catherine Prigent, Filipe Aires, David Labat and Benoît Laignel Water 2017, 9(4), 245; doi:10.3390/w9040245 Article: Evaluation of the Water Cycle in the European COSMO-REA6 Reanalysis Using GRACE by Anne Springer, Annette Eicker, Anika Bettge, Jürgen Kusche and Andreas Hense Water 2017, 9(4), 289; doi:10.3390/w9040289 Special Issue Urban Water Challenges Erratum: Erratum: Matos Silva, M.; Costa, J. Flood Adaptation Measures Applicable in the Design of Urban Public Spaces: Proposal for a Conceptual Framework. Water 2016, 8, 284 by Maria Matos Silva and João Pedro Costa Water 2017, 9(4), 243; doi:10.3390/w9040243 Article: Design and Operation of Decentralized Reservoirs in Urban Drainage Systems by Eui Hoon Lee and Joong Hoon Kim Water 2017, 9(4), 246; doi:10.3390/w9040246 Article: Improved or Unimproved Urban Areas Effect on Soil and Water Quality by Sally D. Logsdon and Patricia Sauer Water 2017, 9(4), 247; doi:10.3390/w9040247 Special Issue Drought Monitoring, Forecasting, and Risk Assessment Article: Anomalous Features of Water Vapor Transport during Severe Summer and Early Fall Droughts in Southwest China by Zhenchen Liu, Guihua Lu, Hai He, Zhiyong Wu and Jian He Water 2017, 9(4), 244; doi:10.3390/w9040244 Special Issue Water Quality Considerations for Managed Aquifer Recharge Systems Article: Adsorptive Removal of Carbamazepine and Diatrizoate in Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Amended Sand Column Mimicing Managed Aquifer Recharge by Soon Uk Yoon, Biswanath Mahanty and Chang Gyun Kim Water 2017, 9(4), 250; doi:10.3390/w9040250 Article: Evaluation of Clogging during Sand-Filtered Surface Water Injection for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR): Pilot Experiment in the Llobregat Delta (Barcelona, Spain) by Pere Camprovin, Marta Hernández, Sonia Fernández, Jordi Martín-Alonso, Belén Galofré and José Mesa Water 2017, 9(4), 263; doi:10.3390/w9040263 Article: The Impact of Integrated Aquifer Storage and Recovery and Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis (ASRRO) on a Coastal Groundwater System by Steven Eugenius Marijnus Ros and Koen Gerardus Zuurbier Water 2017, 9(4), 273; doi:10.3390/w9040273 Special Issue River and Lake Ice Processes—Impacts of Freshwater Ice on Aquatic Ecosystems in a Changing Globe Article: Seasonal Variation in Sediment Oxygen Demand in a Northern Chained River-Lake System by Eric Akomeah and Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt Water 2017, 9(4), 254; doi:10.3390/w9040254 Special Issue Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Article: Study on Variations in Climatic Variables and Their Influence on Runoff in the Manas River Basin, China by Lei Ren, Lian-qing Xue, Yuan-hong Liu, Jia Shi, Qiang Han and Peng-fei Yi Water 2017, 9(4), 258; doi:10.3390/w9040258 Article: Adaptation of Cascade Hydropower Station Scheduling on A Headwater Stream of the Yangtze River under Changing Climate Conditions by Ming Yang Zhai, Qian Guo Lin, Guo He Huang, Le Zhu, Kai An, Gong Chen Li and Yue Fei Huang Water 2017, 9(4), 293; doi:10.3390/w9040293 Special Issue Assessment of Water Quality and Treatment Technologies in Potable Water Use Article: Sorption Dynamics of Uranium onto Anion Exchangers by Marcel Riegel and Volker Schlitt Water 2017, 9(4), 268; doi:10.3390/w9040268 Article: Understanding and Control of Biopolymer Fouling in Ultrafiltration of Different Water Types by Xing Zheng, Frederik Zietzschmann, Stephan Plume, Hendrik Paar, Mathias Ernst, Zi Wang and Martin Jekel Water 2017, 9(4), 298; doi:10.3390/w9040298 Special Issue Advances in Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring Article: Discharge Measurements of Snowmelt Flood by Space-Time Image Velocimetry during the Night Using Far-Infrared Camera by Ichiro Fujita Water 2017, 9(4), 269; doi:10.3390/w9040269 Special Issue Stream Channel Stability, Assessment, Modeling, and Mitigation Article: Full Spectrum Analytical Channel Design with the Capacity/Supply Ratio (CSR) by Travis R. Stroth, Brian P. Bledsoe and Peter A. Nelson Water 2017, 9(4), 271; doi:10.3390/w9040271 Special Issue Water Quality and Health Article: Dynamic Assessment of Comprehensive Water Quality Considering the Release of Sediment Pollution by Tianxiang Wang, Shiguo Xu and Jianwei Liu Water 2017, 9(4), 275; doi:10.3390/w9040275 Special Issue Water Resources Management: Innovation and Challenges in a Changing World Editorial: Water Resources Management: Innovation and Challenges in a Changing World by Ashantha Goonetilleke and Meththika Vithanage Water 2017, 9(4), 281; doi:10.3390/w9040281 Special Issue Innovative Aspects in Flood Risk Evaluation, Mapping and Communication Article: Optimal Operation Research of Flood Retarding i n Plain River Network Region by Zhenye Zhu, Zengchuan Dong, Wanhong Yang, Jie Zhou, Dayong Li, Xiaohua Fu and Wei Xu Water 2017, 9(4), 280; doi:10.3390/w9040280 Article: Assessment of Social Vulnerability to Flood in Urban Côte d’Ivoire Using the MOVE Framework by Malan Ketcha Armand Kablan, Kouassi Dongo and Mamadou Coulibaly Water 2017, 9(4), 292; doi:10.3390/w9040292 Special Issue Soil Erosion by Water Article: Daily Based Morgan–Morgan–Finney (DMMF) Model: A Spatially Distributed Conceptual Soil Erosion Model to Simulate Complex Soil Surface Configurations by Kwanghun Choi, Sebastian Arnhold, Bernd Huwe and Björn Reineking Water 2017, 9(4), 278; doi:10.3390/w9040278 Special Issue Applications of Remote Sensing/GIS in Water Resources and Flooding Risk Managements Article: Large Differences between Glaciers 3D Surface Extents and 2D Planar Areas in Central Tianshan by Xianwei Wang, Huijiao Chen and Yaning Chen Water 2017, 9(4), 282; doi:10.3390/w9040282 Article: Comparison of IMERG Level-3 and TMPA 3B42V7 in Estimating Typhoon-Related Heavy Rain by Ren Wang, Jianyao Chen and Xianwei Wang Water 2017, 9(4), 276; doi:10.3390/w9040276 Special Issue Synergies in Urban Water Infrastructure Modeling Review: Urban Water Cycle Simulation/Management Models: A Review by Carlos Andrés Peña-Guzmán, Joaquín Melgarejo, Daniel Prats, Andrés Torres and Sandra Martínez Water 2017, 9(4), 285; doi:10.3390/w9040285 Special Issue Water Economics and Policy Article: Hydropower Royalties: A Comparative Analysis of Major Producing Countries (China, Brazil, Canada and the United States) by Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Lucile Tranchecoste and Yenny Vega-Cárdenas Water 2017, 9(4), 287; doi:10.3390/w9040287 Special Issue Modeling of Water Systems Article: Possibilities of Using Low Quality Digital Elevation Models of Floodplains in Hydraulic Numerical Models by Ireneusz Laks, Mariusz Sojka, Zbigniew Walczak and Rafał Wróżyński Water 2017, 9(4), 283; doi:10.3390/w9040283 Article: Numerical Simulation of Soil Evaporation with Sand Mulching and Inclusion by Wenju Zhao, Ping Yu, Xiaoyi Ma, Jie Sheng and Changquan Zhou Water 2017, 9(4), 294; doi:10.3390/w9040294 Special Issue Modeling Subsurface Flow and Heat Transport at Variable Scales in Heterogeneous Media Article: Modeling Coupled Water and Heat Transport in the Root Zone of Winter Wheat under Non-Isothermal Conditions by Rong Ren, Juanjuan Ma, Qiyun Cheng, Lijian Zheng, Xianghong Guo and Xihuan Sun Water 2017, 9(4), 290; doi:10.3390/w9040290 Special Issue Water Governance in Times of Change: Perceptions, Institutions, Praxis and Learning Article: Re-Staging La Rasgioni: Lessons Learned from Transforming a Traditional Form of Conflict Resolution to Engage Stakeholders in Agricultural Water Governance by Maria Laura Ruiu, Sante Maurizi, Simone Sassu, Giovanna Seddaiu, Olga Zuin, Chris Blackmore and Pier Paolo Roggero Water 2017, 9(4), 297; doi:10.3390/w9040297 Special Issue Oily Water Treatment Article: Performance and Yeast Tracking in A Full-Scale Oil-Containing Paromomycin Production Wastewater Treatment System Using Yeast by Chunyan Wang, Ran Ding, Yingxin Gao, Min Yang and Yu Zhang Water 2017, 9(4), 295; doi:10.3390/w9040295 Special Issue The Future of Water Management in Central Asia Article: The Paradox of Water Management Projects in Central Asia: An Institutionalist Perspective by Lioudmila Chatalova, Nodir Djanibekov, Taras Gagalyuk and Vladislav Valentinov Water 2017, 9(4), 300; doi:10.3390/w9040300 Further Publications Review: Use of Surfactant-Modified Zeolites and Clays for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Water by Martha E. Jiménez-Castañeda and Dora I. Medina Water 2017, 9(4), 235; doi:10.3390/w9040235 Article: Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation in Korea using a Regional Climate Model by Jeonghoon Lee, Jeonghyeon Choi, Okjeong Lee, Jaeyoung Yoon and Sangdan Kim Water 2017, 9(4), 240; doi:10.3390/w9040240 Article: Characterization of Droughts in Humid Subtropical Region, Upper Kafue River Basin (Southern Africa) by Muumbe K. Lweendo, Baohong Lu, Meng Wang, Hanwen Zhang and Wei Xu Water 2017, 9(4), 242; doi:10.3390/w9040242 Article: Severity Multipliers as a Methodology to Explore Potential Effects of Climate Change on Stream Bioassessment Programs by Sonja C. Jähnig, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Maria Gies, Sami Domisch, Daniel Hering and Peter Haase Water 2017, 9(4), 188; doi:10.3390/w9040188 Article: Modeling of Soil Water Regime and Water Balance in a Transplanted Rice Field Experiment with Reduced Irrigation by Yong Li, Jirka Šimůnek, Shuang Wang, Jiahui Yuan and Weiwei Zhang Water 2017, 9(4), 248; doi:10.3390/w9040248 Article: Water Quality Study on the Hot and Cold Water Supply Systems at Vietnamese Hotels by Kanako Toyosada, Takayuki Otani, Yasutoshi Shimizu and Shunsuke Managi Water 2017, 9(4), 251; doi:10.3390/w9040251 Article: Human Exposure Risk Assessment Due to Heavy Metals in Groundwater by Pollution Index and Multivariate Statistical Methods: A Case Study from South Africa by Vetrimurugan Elumalai, K. Brindha and Elango Lakshmanan Water 2017, 9(4), 234; doi:10.3390/w9040234 Article: Impacts of Hydrogen Peroxide and Copper Sulfate on the Control of Microcystis aeruginosa  and MC-LR and the Inhibition of MC-LR Degrading Bacterium Bacillus sp. by Michelline M. R. Kansole and Tsair-Fuh Lin Water 2017, 9(4), 255; doi:10.3390/w9040255 Article: Open Surface Water Mapping Algorithms: A Comparison of Water-Related Spectral Indices and Sensors by Yan Zhou, Jinwei Dong, Xiangming Xiao, Tong Xiao, Zhiqi Yang, Guosong Zhao, Zhenhua Zou and Yuanwei Qin Water 2017, 9(4), 256; doi:10.3390/w9040256 Article: Least Squares Support Vector Machine for Ranking Solutions of Multi-Objective Water Resources Allocation Optimization Models by Weilin Liu, Lina Liu and Fang Tong Water 2017, 9(4), 257; doi:10.3390/w9040257 Article: Water Quality Dynamics of Urban Water Bodies during Flooding in Can Tho City, Vietnam by Hong Quan Nguyen, Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan, Thi Thao Nguyen Huynh, Maria Luisa Baino-Salingay, Long Phi Ho, Peter Van der Steen and Assela Pathirana Water 2017, 9(4), 260; doi:10.3390/w9040260 Article: Spatial and Temporal Variations in Reference Crop Evapotranspiration in a Mountainous Island, Jeju, in South Korea by Myoung-Jin Um, Yeonjoo Kim and Daeryong Park Water 2017, 9(4), 261; doi:10.3390/w9040261 Article: Characterizing Precipitation Variability and Trends in the World’s Mediterranean-Climate Areas by Matthew J. Deitch, Michele J. Sapundjieff and Shane T. Feirer Water 2017, 9(4), 259; doi:10.3390/w9040259 Article: Mapping the Viability, Time, and Cost of Manual Borehole Drilling in Developing Regions by Pedro Martínez-Santos, Miguel Martín-Loeches, Daniel Solera, Beatriz Cano and Silvia Díaz-Alcaide Water 2017, 9(4), 262; doi:10.3390/w9040262 Article: Spatiotemporal Distribution of Droughts in the Xijiang River Basin, China and Its Responses to Global Climatic Events by Jizhong Qiu, Yunpeng Wang and Jie Xiao Water 2017, 9(4), 265; doi:10.3390/w9040265 Article: Climate Change and Its Influence on the Karst Groundwater Recharge in the Jinci Spring Region, Northern China by Zhenxing Jia, Hongfei Zang, Xiuqing Zheng and Yongxin Xu Water 2017, 9(4), 267; doi:10.3390/w9040267 Technical Note: Study on the Formation and Initial Transport for Non-Homogeneous Debris Flow by An Ping Shu, Le Wang, Xin Zhang, Guo Qiang Ou and Shu Wang Water 2017, 9(4), 253; doi:10.3390/w9040253 Article: Comparative Analysis of HRU and Grid-Based SWAT Models by Garett Pignotti, Hendrik Rathjens, Raj Cibin, Indrajeet Chaubey and Melba Crawford Water 2017, 9(4), 272; doi:10.3390/w9040272 Article: Experimental Investigation on Air-Water Interaction in a Hydropower Station Combining a Diversion Tunnel with a Tailrace Tunnel by Wen Zhang, Fulin Cai, Jianxu Zhou and Yulong Hua Water 2017, 9(4), 274; doi:10.3390/w9040274 Article: Development of an Integrated Water Quality and Macroalgae Simulation Model for Tidal Marsh Eutrophication Control Decision Support by Yan Chen, Rui Zou, Su Han, Sen Bai, Mustafa Faizullabhoy, Yueying Wu and Huaicheng Guo Water 2017, 9(4), 277; doi:10.3390/w9040277 Article: Effects of Local Weather Variation on Water-Column Stratification and Hypoxia in the Western, Sandusky, and Central Basins of Lake Erie by Melanie M. Perello, Douglas D. Kane, Phoenix Golnick, Maya C. Hughes, Matt A. Thomas and Joseph D. Conroy Water 2017, 9(4), 279; doi:10.3390/w9040279 Article: Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter in Deep Geothermal Water from Different Burial Depths Based on Three-Dimensional Fluorescence Spectra by Weifang Qiao, Xinyi Wang, Xiaoman Liu, Xiaoge Zhen, Jianwei Guo, Shidong Wang, Fang Yang, Guosheng Chen and Bo Zhang Water 2017, 9(4), 266; doi:10.3390/w9040266 Article: Can Water Abundance Compensate for Weak Water Governance? Determining and Comparing Dimensions of Irrigation Water Security in Tajikistan by Frederike Klümper, Thomas Herzfeld and Insa Theesfeld Water 2017, 9(4), 286; doi:10.3390/w9040286 Article: Unsteady State Water Level Analysis for Discharge Hydrograph Estimation in Rivers with Torrential Regime: The Case Study of the February 2016 Flood Event in the Crati River, South Italy by Eleonora Spada, Marco Sinagra, Tullio Tucciarelli and Daniela Biondi Water 2017, 9(4), 288; doi:10.3390/w9040288 Article: A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis System for Prioritizing Sites and Types of Low Impact Development Practices: Case of Korea by Jae Yeol Song and Eun-Sung Chung Water 2017, 9(4), 291; doi:10.3390/w9040291 Article: Pluvial Flooding in European Cities—A Continental Approach to Urban Flood Modelling by Selma B. Guerreiro, Vassilis Glenis, Richard J. Dawson and Chris Kilsby Water 2017, 9(4), 296; doi:10.3390/w9040296

Special Issues Open for Submissions  Integrated Soil and Water Management: Selected Papers from 2016 International SWAT Conference (Deadline: 31 May 2017) Drought Monitoring, Forecasting, and Risk Assessment (Deadline: 31 May 2017) Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling in Lakes (Deadline: 31 May 2017) World Sustainability Forum 2017—Selected Papers (Deadline: 31 May 2017) New Advances in Disinfection of Wastewater (Deadline: 31 May 2017) Variability in Mediterranean-Climate Waters: Space, Time, and Intensity (Deadline: 31 May 2017) Treatment of Wastewater and Drinking Water through Advanced Technologies (Deadline: 31 May 2017) Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources (Deadline: 31 May 2017) New Advances in Integrated River Basin Management (Deadline: 30 June 2017) Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Water Science (Deadline: 30 June 2017) To access the full list of Special Issues, please click here.

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