Water, Volume 10, Issue 5 (May 2018): Hydrology, Urban Water Management, Water Quality and Ecosystems, Management and Governance, and More!

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Cover Story

Sub-Seasonal Snowpack Trends in the Rocky Mountain National Park Area, Colorado, USA

Steven R. Fassnacht, Niah B.H. Venable, Daniel McGrath and Glenn G. Patterson

Water 2018, 10(5), 562; doi:10.3390/w10050562

 

Featured Papers

Optimizing Re-Chlorination Injection Points for Water Supply Networks Using Harmony Search Algorithm

Do Guen Yoo, Sang Myoung Lee, Ho Min Lee, Young Hwan Choi and Joong Hoon Kim

Water 2018, 10(5), 547; doi:10.3390/w10050547

Waves and Currents at a River Mouth: The Role of Macrovortices, Sub-Grid Turbulence and Seabed Friction

Lorenzo Melito, Matteo Postacchini, Giovanna Darvini and Maurizio Brocchini

Water 2018, 10(5), 550; doi:10.3390/w10050550

Quantitative Evaluation of the Impact of Climate Change and Human Activity on Runoff Change in the Dongjiang River Basin, China

Yuliang Zhou, Chengguang Lai, Zhaoli Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Zhaoyang Zeng, Jiachao Chen and Xiaoyan Bai

Water 2018, 10(5), 571; doi:10.3390/w10050571

Assessment of the Water Treatment Process’s Empirical Model Predictions for the Management of Aesthetic and Health Risks Associated with Cyanobacteria

Arash Zamyadi, Rita K. Henderson, Kelly Newton, Jose Capelo-Neto and Gayle Newcombe

Water 2018, 10(5), 590; doi:10.3390/w10050590

Avoiding the Use of Exhausted Drinking Water Filters: A Filter-Clock Based on Rusting Iron

Arnaud Igor Ndé-Tchoupé, Mesia Lufingo, Rui Hu, Willis Gwenzi, Seteno Karabo Obed Ntwampe, Chicgoua Noubactep and Karoli N. Njau

Water 2018, 10(5), 591; doi:10.3390/w10050591

Integrated Evaluation of Hybrid Water Supply Systems Using a PROMETHEE–GAIA Approach

Mukta Sapkota, Meenakshi Arora, Hector Malano, Ashok Sharma and Magnus Moglia

Water 2018, 10(5), 610; doi:10.3390/w10050610

Effects of Input Data Content on the Uncertainty of Simulating Water Resources

Carla Camargos, Stefan Julich, Tobias Houska, Martin Bach and Lutz Breuer

Water 2018, 10(5), 621; doi:10.3390/w10050621

An Investigation on Performance and Structure of Ecological Revetment in a Sub-Tropical Area: A Case Study on Cuatien River, Vinh City, Vietnam

Van Tai Tang, Dafang Fu, Tran Ngoc Binh, Eldon R. Rene, Tang Thi Thanh Sang and Rajendra Prasad Singh

Water 2018, 10(5), 636; doi:10.3390/w10050636

Alaska Snowpack Response to Climate Change: Statewide Snowfall Equivalent and Snowpack Water Scenarios

Jeremy S. Littell, Stephanie A. McAfee and Gregory D. Hayward

Water 2018, 10(5), 668; doi:10.3390/w10050668

 

Review

Water–Food–Energy Nexus

Central Asia’s Ili River Ecosystem as a Wicked Problem: Unraveling Complex Interrelationships at the Interface of Water, Energy, and Food

Steven G. Pueppke, Sabir T. Nurtazin, Norman A. Graham and Jiaguo Qi

Water 2018, 10(5), 541; doi:10.3390/w10050541

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Value-Added Products Derived from Waste Activated Sludge: A Biorefinery Perspective

Wei Zhang, Juan Pablo Alvarez-Gaitan, Wafa Dastyar, Christopher P. Saint, Ming Zhao and Michael D. Short

Water 2018, 10(5), 545; doi:10.3390/w10050545

Progress in Understanding the Mechanism of Cr^VI Removal in Fe⁰-Based Filtration Systems

Marius Gheju

Water 2018, 10(5), 651; doi:10.3390/w10050651

Water Resources Management and Governance

An Overview of Hydropower Reservoirs in Brazil: Current Situation, Future Perspectives and Impacts of Climate Change

Viviane de Souza Dias, Marta Pereira da Luz, Gabriela M. Medero and Diego Tarley Ferreira Nascimento

Water 2018, 10(5), 592; doi:10.3390/w10050592

Further Publication

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Climate Risks and Opportunities in Southern Africa

Luxon Nhamo, Bekithemba Ndlela, Charles Nhemachena, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Sylvester Mpandeli and Greenwell Matchaya

Water 2018, 10(5), 567; doi:10.3390/w10050567

 

Research

Water Quality and Ecosystems

Occurrences and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments from Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

Niguse Bekele Dirbaba, Xue Yan, Hongjuan Wu, Luanettee’ Lydia Colebrooke and Jun Wang

Water 2018, 10(5), 535; doi:10.3390/w10050535

On the Relationship between Aquatic Plant Stem Characteristics and Drag Force: Is a Modeling Application Possible?

Anna Maria Łoboda, Mikołaj Karpiński and Robert Józef Bialik

Water 2018, 10(5), 540; doi:10.3390/w10050540

Impacts of Land Use Change and Summer Monsoon on Nutrients and Sediment Exports from an Agricultural Catchment

Kiyong Kim, Bomchul Kim, Jaesung Eum, Bumsuk Seo, Christopher L. Shope and Stefan Peiffer

Water 2018, 10(5), 544; doi:10.3390/w10050544

Antibiotic Resistance and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Production of Escherichia coli Isolated from Irrigation Waters in Selected Urban Farms in Metro Manila, Philippines

Pierangeli G. Vital, Enrico S. Zara, Cielo Emar M. Paraoan, Ma. Angela Z. Dimasupil, Joseth Jermaine M. Abello, Iñigo Teodoro G. Santos and Windell L. Rivera

Water 2018, 10(5), 548; doi:10.3390/w10050548

The Impact of Shrubby Floodplain Vegetation Growth on the Discharge Capacity of River Valleys

Natalia Walczak, Zbigniew Walczak, Tomasz Kałuża, Mateusz Hämmerling and Piotr Stachowski

Water 2018, 10(5), 556; doi:10.3390/w10050556

Numerical Modeling of Long-Term Biogeochemical Processes and Its Application to Sedimentary Bed Formation in Tokyo Bay

Mangala Amunugama and Jun Sasaki

Water 2018, 10(5), 572; doi:10.3390/w10050572

Influence of an Extended Domestic Drinking Water System on the Drinking Water Quality

Ljiljana Zlatanović, Aleksandra Knezev, Jan Peter van der Hoek and Jan H. G. Vreeburg

Water 2018, 10(5), 582; doi:10.3390/w10050582

Spatial Variation in Trophic Structure of Dominant Fish Species in Lake Dongting, China during Dry Season

Jia Yu, Longgen Guo, Huan Zhang, Jun Xu, Huaming Hu, Ting Xue, Congqiang Luo, Chunlong Yi, Yufei Hu, Kaluwa Handi Wasana Lalanthi De Silva and Ping Xie

Water 2018, 10(5), 602; doi:10.3390/w10050602

Evaluation of Unified Algorithms for Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll-a and Turbidity in Lake Shinji and Lake Nakaumi of Japan and the Vaal Dam Reservoir of South Africa under Eutrophic and Ultra-Turbid Conditions

Yuji Sakuno, Hiroshi Yajima, Yumi Yoshioka, Shogo Sugahara, Mohamed A. M. Abd Elbasit, Elhadi Adam and Johannes George Chirima

Water 2018, 10(5), 618; doi:10.3390/w10050618

Occurrence and Health-Risk Assessment of Trace Metals in Raw and Boiled Drinking Water from Rural Areas of China

Junhua Wu, Yi Man, Guangyi Sun and Lihai Shang

Water 2018, 10(5), 641; doi:10.3390/w10050641

Application of Microbial Technology Used in Bioremediation of Urban Polluted River: A Case Study of Chengnan River, China

Hong Gao, Yuebo Xie, Sarfraz Hashim, Alamgir Akhtar Khan, Xiaolin Wang and Huiyong Xu

Water 2018, 10(5), 643; doi:10.3390/w10050643

Recognizing the Relationship between Spatial Patterns in Water Quality and Land-Use/Cover Types: A Case Study of the Jinghe Oasis in Xinjiang, China

Fei Zhang, Juan Wang and Xiaoping Wang

Water 2018, 10(5), 646; doi:10.3390/w10050646

Removal of Pb²⁺ from Water by Synthesized Tannin Resins from Invasive South African Trees

Bamidele J. Okoli, Patience M. Shilowa, Gabriel O. Anyanwu and Johannes S. Modise

Water 2018, 10(5), 648; doi:10.3390/w10050648

Potential Impact of In-Situ Oil Shale Exploitation on Aquifer System

Shuya Hu, Changlai Xiao, Xue Jiang and Xiujuan Liang

Water 2018, 10(5), 649; doi:10.3390/w10050649

Evaluation of a UAV-Assisted Autonomous Water Sampling

Cengiz Koparan, Ali Bulent Koc, Charles V. Privette, Calvin B. Sawyer and Julia L. Sharp

Water 2018, 10(5), 655; doi:10.3390/w10050655

Temperature Rise of Seawater Simulation under the Influence of Sediment-Water Heat Exchange

Yaqiong Guo and Jinrong Ma

Water 2018, 10(5), 656; doi:10.3390/w10050656

Assessment of Key Environmental Factors Influencing the Sedimentation and Aggregation Behavior of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Aquatic Environment

Rizwan Khan, Muhammad Ali Inam, Saba Zam Zam, Du Ri Park and Ick Tae Yeom

Water 2018, 10(5), 660; doi:10.3390/w10050660

Stream Health Evaluation Using a Combined Approach of Multi-Metric Chemical Pollution and Biological Integrity Models

Usman Atique and Kwang-Guk An

Water 2018, 10(5), 661; doi:10.3390/w10050661

Water Resources Management and Governance

Effect of Sand Mulches of Different Particle Sizes on Soil Evaporation during the Freeze–Thaw Period

Huijun Feng, Junfeng Chen, Xiuqing Zheng, Jing Xue, Chunyan Miao, Qi Du and Yongxin Xu

Water 2018, 10(5), 536; doi:10.3390/w10050536

Analysis of Current and Future Water Demands in the Upper Indus Basin under IPCC Climate and Socio-Economic Scenarios Using a Hydro-Economic WEAP Model

Ali Amin, Javed Iqbal, Areesha Asghar and Lars Ribbe

Water 2018, 10(5), 537; doi:10.3390/w10050537

Community-Based Monitoring in Response to Local Concerns: Creating Usable Knowledge for Water Management in Rural Land

Adriana C. Flores-Díaz, Alexander Quevedo Chacón, Rosaura Páez Bistrain, M. Isabel Ramírez and Alejandra Larrazábal

Water 2018, 10(5), 542; doi:10.3390/w10050542

Evaluation of the Spatiotemporal Variation of Sustainable Utilization of Water Resources: Case Study from Henan Province (China)

Yizhen Jia, Juqin Shen, Han Wang, Guanghua Dong and Fuhua Sun

Water 2018, 10(5), 554; doi:10.3390/w10050554

The Application of a Multi-Beam Echo-Sounder in the Analysis of the Sedimentation Situation of a Large Reservoir after an Earthquake

Zhong-Luan Yan, Lei-Lei Qin, Rui Wang, Jia Li, Xiao-Ming Wang, Xi-Liang Tang and Rui-Dong An

Water 2018, 10(5), 557; doi:10.3390/w10050557

Spatio-Temporal Variations of the Stable H-O Isotopes and Characterization of Mixing Processes between the Mainstream and Tributary of the Three Gorges Reservoir

Rong Jiang, Yufei Bao, Yong Shui, Yuchun Wang, Mingming Hu, Yao Cheng, Aiming Cai, Pengcheng Du and Zhenya Ye

Water 2018, 10(5), 563; doi:10.3390/w10050563

Phytoplankton Composition and Water Quality of Kamil Abduş Lagoon (Tuzla Lake), Istanbul-Turkey

Nese Yilmaz, Cumhur Haldun Yardimci, Mohamed Elhag and Cristina Alina Dumitrache

Water 2018, 10(5), 603; doi:10.3390/w10050603

Performance of National Maps of Watershed Integrity at Watershed Scales

Anne Kuhn, Scott G. Leibowitz, Zachary C. Johnson, Jiajia Lin, Jordan A. Massie, Jeffrey W. Hollister, Joseph L. Ebersole, James L. Lake, Jonathan R. Serbst, Jennifer James, Micah G. Bennett, J. Renée Brooks, Christopher T. Nietch, Nathan J. Smucker, Joseph E. Flotemersch, Laurie C. Alexander and Jana E. Compton

Water 2018, 10(5), 604; doi:10.3390/w10050604

Risk Analysis for Reservoir Real-Time Optimal Operation Using the Scenario Tree-Based Stochastic Optimization Method

Yimeng Sun, Feilin Zhu, Juan Chen and Jinshu Li

Water 2018, 10(5), 606; doi:10.3390/w10050606

Impacts of Land Use Change on River Systems for a River Network Plain

Lei Wu, Youpeng Xu, Jia Yuan, Yu Xu, Qiang Wang, Xing Xu and Haiyan Wen

Water 2018, 10(5), 609; doi:10.3390/w10050609

Morphometric Change Detection of Lake Hawassa in the Ethiopian Rift Valley

Yonas Abebe, Menberu Bitew, Tenalem Ayenew, Clement Alo, Assegid Cherinet and Mulugeta Dadi

Water 2018, 10(5), 625; doi:10.3390/w10050625

A Simulation-Based Linear Fractional Programming Model for Adaptable Water Allocation Planning in the Main Stream of the Songhua River Basin, China

Qiang Fu, Linqi Li, Mo Li, Tianxiao Li, Dong Liu and Song Cui

Water 2018, 10(5), 627; doi:10.3390/w10050627

Experimental Analysis of the Hydraulic Performance of Filtering Cartridges in Drinking Water Networks

Giacomo Viccione, Stefania Evangelista and Giovanni de Marinis

Water 2018, 10(5), 629; doi:10.3390/w10050629

New Screening tool for Obtaining Concentration Statistics of Pollution Generated by Rivers in Estuaries

Morena Galešić, Roko Andričević, Vladimir Divić and Robert Šakić Troglić

Water 2018, 10(5), 639; doi:10.3390/w10050639

Evaluation of Multi-Satellite Precipitation Products for Streamflow Simulations: A Case Study for the Han River Basin in the Korean Peninsula, East Asia

Thom Thi Vu, Li Li and Kyung Soo Jun

Water 2018, 10(5), 642; doi:10.3390/w10050642

Subpixel Surface Water Extraction (SSWE) Using Landsat 8 OLI Data

Longhai Xiong, Ruru Deng, Jun Li, Xulong Liu, Yan Qin, Yeheng Liang and Yingfei Liu

Water 2018, 10(5), 653; doi:10.3390/w10050653

Evaluation of the Water Allocation and Delivery Performance of Jiamakou Irrigation Scheme, Shanxi, China

Yumiao Fan, Zhanyi Gao, Shaoli Wang, Haorui Chen and Jing Liu

Water 2018, 10(5), 654; doi:10.3390/w10050654

Water Use and Scarcity

Water Footprints of Vegetable Crop Wastage along the Supply Chain in Gauteng, South Africa

Betsie le Roux, Michael van der Laan, Teunis Vahrmeijer, John G. Annandale and Keith L. Bristow

Water 2018, 10(5), 539; doi:10.3390/w10050539

Simulation of Soil Wetting Pattern of Vertical Moistube-Irrigation

Yan-Wei Fan, Ning Huang, Jie Zhang and Tong Zhao

Water 2018, 10(5), 601; doi:10.3390/w10050601

Performance Analysis of Ageing Single-Jet Water Meters for Measuring Residential Water Consumption

Francisco J. Arregui, Francesc J. Gavara, Javier Soriano and Laura Pastor-Jabaloyes

Water 2018, 10(5), 612; doi:10.3390/w10050612

Year-Round Irrigation Schedule for a Tomato–Maize Rotation System in Reservoir-Based Irrigation Schemes in Ghana

Ephraim Sekyi-Annan, Bernhard Tischbein, Bernd Diekkrüger and Asia Khamzina

Water 2018, 10(5), 624; doi:10.3390/w10050624

Simplified Direct Water Footprint Model to Support Urban Water Management

Wieslaw Fialkiewicz, Ewa Burszta-Adamiak, Anna Kolonko-Wiercik, Alessandro Manzardo, Andrea Loss, Christian Mikovits and Antonio Scipioni

Water 2018, 10(5), 630; doi:10.3390/w10050630

Simulation of Crop Growth and Water-Saving Irrigation Scenarios for Lettuce: A Monsoon-Climate Case Study in Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia

Pinnara Ket, Sarah Garré, Chantha Oeurng, Lyda Hok and Aurore Degré

Water 2018, 10(5), 666; doi:10.3390/w10050666

Hydrology

How Unusual Was 2015 in the 1984–2015 Period of the North Cascade Glacier Annual Mass Balance?

Mauri S. Pelto

Water 2018, 10(5), 543; doi:10.3390/w10050543

Topography-Related Glacier Area Changes in Central Tianshan from 1989 to 2015 Derived from Landsat Images and ASTER GDEM Data

Xianwei Wang, Huijiao Chen and Yaning Chen

Water 2018, 10(5), 555; doi:10.3390/w10050555

Design Flood Estimation Methods for Cascade Reservoirs Based on Copulas

Shenglian Guo, Rizwan Muhammad, Zhangjun Liu, Feng Xiong and Jiabo Yin

Water 2018, 10(5), 560; doi:10.3390/w10050560

Assessing Long-Term Hydrological Impact of Climate Change Using an Ensemble Approach and Comparison with Global Gridded Model-A Case Study on Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed

Sagar Gautam, Christine Costello, Claire Baffaut, Allen Thompson, Bohumil M. Svoma, Quang A. Phung and Edward J. Sadler

Water 2018, 10(5), 564; doi:10.3390/w10050564

Analysis of the Precipitation Regime over the Ligurian Sea

Sara Pensieri, Maria Elisabetta Schiano, Paola Picco, Marco Tizzi and Roberto Bozzano

Water 2018, 10(5), 566; doi:10.3390/w10050566

Translocation of Soil Particles during Secondary Soil Tillage along Contour Lines

Novák Petr and Hůla Josef

Water 2018, 10(5), 568; doi:10.3390/w10050568

Effect of Environmental Conditions and Morphometric Parameters on Surface Water Temperature in Polish Lakes

Mariusz Ptak, Mariusz Sojka, Adam Choiński and Bogumił Nowak

Water 2018, 10(5), 580; doi:10.3390/w10050580

Extraction of Urban Water Bodies from High-Resolution Remote-Sensing Imagery Using Deep Learning

Yang Chen, Rongshuang Fan, Xiucheng Yang, Jingxue Wang and Aamir Latif

Water 2018, 10(5), 585; doi:10.3390/w10050585

Hydrogeological Properties Estimation from Groundwater Level Natural Fluctuations Analysis as a Low-Cost Tool for the Mexicali Valley Aquifer

Mario A. Fuentes-Arreazola, Jorge Ramírez-Hernández and Rogelio Vázquez-González

Water 2018, 10(5), 586; doi:10.3390/w10050586

Assessment of Historical Flood Risk to the Groundwater Regime: Case Study of the Kolubara Coal Basin, Serbia

Dušan Polomčić, Dragoljub Bajić and Jelena Ratković

Water 2018, 10(5), 588; doi:10.3390/w10050588

Modeling Hydroclimatic Change in Southwest Louisiana Rivers

Z. George Xue, David J. Gochis, Wei Yu, Barry D. Keim, Robert V. Rohli, Zhengchen Zang, Kevin Sampson, Aubrey Dugger, David Sathiaraj and Qian Ge

Water 2018, 10(5), 596; doi:10.3390/w10050596

Quantitative Assessment of Flow Regime Alteration Using a Revised Range of Variability Methods

Jinjin Ge, Wenqi Peng, Wei Huang, Xiaodong Qu and Shailesh Kumar Singh

Water 2018, 10(5), 597; doi:10.3390/w10050597

Assessing the Influence of Precipitation on Shallow Groundwater Table Response Using a Combination of Singular Value Decomposition and Cross-Wavelet Approaches

Peng Qi, Guangxin Zhang, Y. Jun Xu, Lei Wang, Changchun Ding and Chunyang Cheng

Water 2018, 10(5), 598; doi:10.3390/w10050598

Hydrological Modeling in Data-Scarce Catchments: The Kilombero Floodplain in Tanzania

Kristian Näschen, Bernd Diekkrüger, Constanze Leemhuis, Stefanie Steinbach, Larisa S. Seregina, Frank Thonfeld and Roderick van der Linden

Water 2018, 10(5), 599; doi:10.3390/w10050599

Ecological Flow Assessment to Improve the Spawning Habitat for the Four Major Species of Carp of the Yangtze River: A Study on Habitat Suitability Based on Ultrasonic Telemetry

Lixiong Yu, Junqiang Lin, Daqing Chen, Xinbin Duan, Qidong Peng and Shaoping Liu

Water 2018, 10(5), 600; doi:10.3390/w10050600

Use of a Non-Ionic Water Surfactant in Lettuce Fertigation for Optimizing Water Use, Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency, and Increasing Crop Quality

Alessandra Trinchera and Valentina Baratella

Water 2018, 10(5), 613; doi:10.3390/w10050613

Case Study: On Objective Functions for the Peak Flow Calibration and for the Representative Parameter Estimation of the Basin

Jungwook Kim, Deokhwan Kim, Hongjun Joo, Huiseong Noh, Jongso Lee and Hung Soo Kim

Water 2018, 10(5), 614; doi:10.3390/w10050614

Time-Lapse Photography of the Edge-of-Water Line Displacements of a Sandbar as a Proxy of Riverine Morphodynamics

Michael Nones, Renata Archetti and Massimo Guerrero

Water 2018, 10(5), 617; doi:10.3390/w10050617

Decrease in Snow Cover over the Aysén River Catchment in Patagonia, Chile

Tomás Pérez, Cristian Mattar and Rodrigo Fuster

Water 2018, 10(5), 619; doi:10.3390/w10050619

Data Pre-Analysis and Ensemble of Various Artificial Neural Networks for Monthly Streamflow Forecasting

Jianzhong Zhou, Tian Peng, Chu Zhang and Na Sun

Water 2018, 10(5), 628; doi:10.3390/w10050628

Effects of Land Cover Change on Urban Floods and Rainwater Harvesting: A Case Study in Sharjah, UAE

Abdallah Shanableh, Rami Al-Ruzouq, Abdullah Gokhan Yilmaz, Mohsin Siddique, Tarek Merabtene and Monzur Alam Imteaz

Water 2018, 10(5), 631; doi:10.3390/w10050631

Physical Hybrid Neural Network Model to Forecast Typhoon Floods

You-Da Jhong, Chang-Shian Chen, Hsin-Ping Lin and Shien-Tsung Chen

Water 2018, 10(5), 632; doi:10.3390/w10050632

Integrated Effects of Land Use and Topography on Streamflow Response to Precipitation in an Agriculture-Forest Dominated Northern Watershed

Chunying Wang, Songhao Shang, Dongdong Jia, Yuping Han, Sabine Sauvage, José-Miguel Sánchez-Pérez, Kanta Kuramochi and Ryusuke Hatano

Water 2018, 10(5), 633; doi:10.3390/w10050633

Estimation of Future Probable Maximum Precipitation in Korea Using Multiple Regional Climate Models

Okjeong Lee and Sangdan Kim

Water 2018, 10(5), 637; doi:10.3390/w10050637

Daily Evapotranspiration Estimation at the Field Scale: Using the Modified SEBS Model and HJ-1 Data in a Desert-Oasis Area, Northwestern China

Zhenyan Yi, Hongli Zhao, Yunzhong Jiang, Haowen Yan, Yin Cao, Yanyan Huang and Zhen Hao

Water 2018, 10(5), 640; doi:10.3390/w10050640

Prediction of Typhoon-Induced Flood Flows at Ungauged Catchments Using Simple Regression and Generalized Estimating Equation Approaches

Hyosang Lee, Neil McIntyre, Joungyoun Kim, Sunggu Kim and Hojin Lee

Water 2018, 10(5), 647; doi:10.3390/w10050647

Physical Simulation of Strata Failure and Its Impact on Overlying Unconsolidated Aquifer at Various Mining Depths

Shuyuan Xu, Yongbo Zhang, Hong Shi, Kai Wang, Yipeng Geng and Junfeng Chen

Water 2018, 10(5), 650; doi:10.3390/w10050650

Evaluation and Bias Correction of Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates for Modelling Flash Floods over the Mediterranean region: Application to Karpuz River Basin, Turkey

Mohamed Saber and Koray K. Yilmaz

Water 2018, 10(5), 657; doi:10.3390/w10050657

Satellite-Based, Multi-Indices for Evaluation of Agricultural Droughts in a Highly Dynamic Tropical Catchment, Central Vietnam

Tien Le Thuy Du, Duong Du Bui, Minh Duc Nguyen and Hyongki Lee

Water 2018, 10(5), 659; doi:10.3390/w10050659

TWI Computations and Topographic Analysis of Depression-Dominated Surfaces

Kendall Grimm, Mohsen Tahmasebi Nasab and Xuefeng Chu

Water 2018, 10(5), 663; doi:10.3390/w10050663

Simulation of Soil Water Content in Mediterranean Ecosystems by Biogeochemical and Remote Sensing Models

Piero Battista, Marta Chiesi, Luca Fibbi, Lorenzo Gardin, Bernardo Rapi, Stefano Romanelli, Maurizio Romani, Francesco Sabatini, Elena Salerni, Claudia Perini and Fabio Maselli

Water 2018, 10(5), 665; doi:10.3390/w10050665

Assessing the Influence of the Three Gorges Dam on Hydrological Drought Using GRACE Data

Fupeng Li, Zhengtao Wang, Nengfang Chao and Qingyi Song

Water 2018, 10(5), 669; doi:10.3390/w10050669

Urban Water Management

Sustainable Urban Water Management under a Changing Climate: The Role of Spatial Planning

Anna Hurlimann and Elizabeth Wilson

Water 2018, 10(5), 546; doi:10.3390/w10050546

Rebuild by Design in Hoboken: A Design Competition as a Means for Achieving Flood Resilience of Urban Areas through the Implementation of Green Infrastructure

Robert Šakić Trogrlić, Jeroen Rijke, Nanco Dolman and Chris Zevenbergen

Water 2018, 10(5), 553; doi:10.3390/w10050553

Towards Development of an Optimization Model to Identify Contamination Source in a Water Distribution Network

Oluwaseye Samson Adedoja, Yskandar Hamam, Baset Khalaf and Rotimi Sadiku

Water 2018, 10(5), 579; doi:10.3390/w10050579

Sustainability Evaluation Framework of Urban Stormwater Drainage Options for Arid Environments Using Hydraulic Modeling and Multicriteria Decision-Making

Mohammad Alhumaid, Abul Razzaq Ghumman, Husnain Haider, Ibrahim Saleh Al-Salamah and Yousry Mahmoud Ghazaw

Water 2018, 10(5), 581; doi:10.3390/w10050581

Hydraulic Performance of Lined Permeable Pavement Systems in the Built Environment

Jan Støvring, Torben Dam and Marina Bergen Jensen

Water 2018, 10(5), 587; doi:10.3390/w10050587

Hidden Cost of Drinking Water Treatment and Its Relation with Socioeconomic Status in Nepalese Urban Context

Khadga Bahadur Shrestha, Bhesh Raj Thapa, Yoko Aihara, Sadhana Shrestha, Arun P. Bhattarai, Niranjan Bista, Futaba Kazama and Junko Shindo

Water 2018, 10(5), 607; doi:10.3390/w10050607

Indirect Damage of Urban Flooding: Investigation of Flood-Induced Traffic Congestion Using Dynamic Modeling

Jingxuan Zhu, Qiang Dai, Yinghui Deng, Aorui Zhang, Yingzhe Zhang and Shuliang Zhang

Water 2018, 10(5), 622; doi:10.3390/w10050622

Objectives and Indexes for Implementation of Sponge Cities—A Case Study of Changzhou City, China

Zhengzhao Li, Mingjing Dong, Tony Wong, Jianbing Wang, Alagarasan Jagadeesh Kumar and Rajendra Prasad Singh

Water 2018, 10(5), 623; doi:10.3390/w10050623

Impact of the Storm Sewer Network Complexity on Flood Simulations According to the Stroke Scaling Method

Qiqi Yang, Qiang Dai, Dawei Han, Xuehong Zhu and Shuliang Zhang

Water 2018, 10(5), 645; doi:10.3390/w10050645

Performance of Two Advanced Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Washington DC

Andrea Braga, Hayley O’Grady, Turgay Dabak and Cecilia Lane

Water 2018, 10(5), 667; doi:10.3390/w10050667

Water–Food–Energy Nexus

Precision Irrigation Scheduling Using ECH₂O Moisture Sensors for Lettuce Cultivated in a Soilless Substrate Culture

Zhigang Liu and Qinchao Xu

Water 2018, 10(5), 549; doi:10.3390/w10050549

Evapotranspiration Partition and Crop Coefficients of Tifton 85 Bermudagrass as Affected by the Frequency of Cuttings. Application of the FAO56 Dual K_c Model

Paula Paredes, Geraldo J. Rodrigues, Mirta T. Petry, Paula O. Severo, Reimar Carlesso and Luis Santos Pereira

Water 2018, 10(5), 558; doi:10.3390/w10050558

Influence of Straw Amendment on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Crop Yield on a Consecutive Mollisol Slope in Northeastern China

Shaoliang Zhang, Yao Wang and Qingsong Shen

Water 2018, 10(5), 559; doi:10.3390/w10050559

Draining Effects on Recent Accumulation Rates of C and N in Zoige Alpine Peatland in the Tibetan Plateau

Chunyi Li, Yilan Huang, Huanhuan Guo, Lijuan Cui and Wei Li

Water 2018, 10(5), 576; doi:10.3390/w10050576

Effect of Alternative Irrigation Strategies on Yield and Quality of Fiesta Raisin Grapes Grown in California

Isabel Abrisqueta and James E. Ayars

Water 2018, 10(5), 583; doi:10.3390/w10050583

Analyzing the Role of Shallow Groundwater Systems in the Water Use of Different Land-Use Types in Arid Irrigated Regions

Dongyang Ren, Xu Xu, Quanzhong Huang, Zailin Huo, Yunwu Xiong and Guanhua Huang

Water 2018, 10(5), 634; doi:10.3390/w10050634

Measuring the Value of Farmland-Elevating Engineering in the Reservoir Area of a Key Water Conservancy Project in China

Jiyong Ding, Wujuan Zhai and Leichuang Hu

Water 2018, 10(5), 658; doi:10.3390/w10050658

Research on Fuzzy Cooperative Game Model of Allocation of Pollution Discharge Rights

Xiaoyu Huang, Xiaohong Chen and Ping Huang

Water 2018, 10(5), 662; doi:10.3390/w10050662

The Water–Energy–Food Nexus: A Fuzzy-Cognitive Mapping Approach to Support Nexus-Compliant Policies in Andalusia (Spain)

Pilar Martinez, Maria Blanco and Bente Castro-Campos

Water 2018, 10(5), 664; doi:10.3390/w10050664

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Assessment of Excess Sludge Ultrasonic, Mechanical and Hybrid Pretreatment in Relation to the Energy Parameters

Łukasz Skórkowski, Ewa Zielewicz, Artur Kawczyński and Bożena Gil

Water 2018, 10(5), 551; doi:10.3390/w10050551

Groundwater Abstraction through Siphon Wells—Hydraulic Design and Energy Savings

Rico Bartak and Thomas Grischek

Water 2018, 10(5), 570; doi:10.3390/w10050570

Assessment of a Field Tidal Flow Constructed Wetland in Treatment of Swine Wastewater: Life Cycle Approach

Tong Wang, Ranbin Liu, Kate O’Meara, Emmet Mullan and Yaqian Zhao

Water 2018, 10(5), 573; doi:10.3390/w10050573

The Effect of Bioaugmentation with Archaea on the Oxygen Uptake Rate in a Sequencing Batch Reactor

Aleksandra Szaja, Grzegorz Łagód, Katarzyna Jaromin-Gleń and Agnieszka Montusiewicz

Water 2018, 10(5), 575; doi:10.3390/w10050575

Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches for Water-Energy Balance in Portuguese Supply Systems

Aisha Mamade, Dália Loureiro, Helena Alegre and Dídia Covas

Water 2018, 10(5), 577; doi:10.3390/w10050577

Modified Septic Tank: Innovative Onsite Wastewater Treatment System

Bassim E. Abbassi, Raihan Abuharb, Bashaar Ammary, Naser Almanaseer and Christopher Kinsley

Water 2018, 10(5), 578; doi:10.3390/w10050578

Evaluation of Different Clinoptilolite Zeolites as Adsorbent for Ammonium Removal from Highly Concentrated Synthetic Wastewater

Stephan Wasielewski, Eduard Rott, Ralf Minke and Heidrun Steinmetz

Water 2018, 10(5), 584; doi:10.3390/w10050584

Prediction and Optimization of the Fenton Process for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate Using an Artificial Neural Network

Anita Maslahati Roudi, Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan, Wan Hanna Melini Wan Mohtar and Hesam Kamyab

Water 2018, 10(5), 595; doi:10.3390/w10050595

Potential of Biofilters for Treatment of De-Icing Chemicals

Gema Sakti Raspati, Hanna Kristine Haug Lindseth, Tone Merete Muthanna and Kamal Azrague

Water 2018, 10(5), 620; doi:10.3390/w10050620

Bioremediation of Aluminium from the Waste Water of a Conventional Water Treatment Plant Using the Freshwater Macroalga Oedogonium

David A. Roberts, Laura Shiels, Julian Tickle, Rocky de Nys and Nicholas A. Paul

Water 2018, 10(5), 626; doi:10.3390/w10050626

Long-Term Monitoring of a Surface Flow Constructed Wetland Treating Agricultural Drainage Water in Northern Italy

Stevo Lavrnić, Ilaria Braschi, Stefano Anconelli, Sonia Blasioli, Domenico Solimando, Paolo Mannini and Attilio Toscano

Water 2018, 10(5), 644; doi:10.3390/w10050644

Hydraulics

Influence of Gravel-Bed Porosity and Grain Orientation on Bulk Flow Resistance

Christy Ushanth Navaratnam, Jochen Aberle, Jie Qin and Pierre-Yves Henry

Water 2018, 10(5), 561; doi:10.3390/w10050561

Lagoon Sediment Dynamics: A Coupled Model to Study a Medium-Term Silting of Tidal Channels

Marco Petti, Silvia Bosa and Sara Pascolo

Water 2018, 10(5), 569; doi:10.3390/w10050569

Fast Simulation of Large-Scale Floods Based on GPU Parallel Computing

Qiang Liu, Yi Qin and Guodong Li

Water 2018, 10(5), 589; doi:10.3390/w10050589

Brooks–Corey Modeling by One-Dimensional Vertical Infiltration Method

Xuguang Xing, Heng Wang and Xiaoyi Ma

Water 2018, 10(5), 593; doi:10.3390/w10050593

Opportunities and Limits of Using Meteorological Reanalysis Data for Simulating Seasonal to Sub-Daily Water Temperature Dynamics in a Large Shallow Lake

Marieke A. Frassl, Bertram Boehrer, Peter L. Holtermann, Weiping Hu, Knut Klingbeil, Zhaoliang Peng, Jinge Zhu and Karsten Rinke

Water 2018, 10(5), 594; doi:10.3390/w10050594

Experimental and Numerical Modelling of Bottom Intake Racks with Circular Bars

José M. Carrillo, Juan T. García and Luis G. Castillo

Water 2018, 10(5), 605; doi:10.3390/w10050605

An Unstructured-Grid Based Morphodynamic Model for Sandbar Simulation in the Modaomen Estuary, China

Xiaozhang Hu, Fang Yang, Lixiang Song and Hangang Wang

Water 2018, 10(5), 611; doi:10.3390/w10050611

Application of a Steady Meandering River with Piers Using a Lattice Boltzmann Sub-Grid Model in Curvilinear Coordinate Grid

Liping Chen, Zhuangming Zhao and Ping Huang

Water 2018, 10(5), 615; doi:10.3390/w10050615

A Non-Equilibrium Sediment Transport Model for Dam Break Flow over Moveable Bed Based on Non-Uniform Rectangular Mesh

Gangfeng Wu, Zhehao Yang, Kefeng Zhang, Ping Dong and Ying-Tien Lin

Water 2018, 10(5), 616; doi:10.3390/w10050616

Computational Fluid Dynamics for Modeling Gravity Currents in the Presence of Oscillatory Ambient Flow

Laura Maria Stancanelli, Rosaria Ester Musumeci and Enrico Foti

Water 2018, 10(5), 635; doi:10.3390/w10050635

Experimental and Numerical Study of Free-Surface Flows in a Corrugated Pipe

Francesco Calomino, Giancarlo Alfonsi, Roberto Gaudio, Antonino D’Ippolito, Agostino Lauria, Ali Tafarojnoruz and Serena Artese

Water 2018, 10(5), 638; doi:10.3390/w10050638

On Strong Nearshore Wind-Induced Currents in Flow-Through Gulfs: Variations on a Theme by Csanady

Georgios M. Horsch and Nikolaos Th. Fourniotis

Water 2018, 10(5), 652; doi:10.3390/w10050652

Further Publications

Simulation of Propagation and Run-Up of Three Dimensional Landslide-Induced Waves Using a Meshless Method

Shih-Chun Hsiao, Ming-Yang Shih and Nan-Jing Wu

Water 2018, 10(5), 552; doi:10.3390/w10050552

An Optimization Model for Water Management Based on Water Resources and Environmental Carrying Capacities: A Case Study of the Yinma River Basin, Northeast China

Chong Meng, Xiaolei Wang and Yu Li

Water 2018, 10(5), 565; doi:10.3390/w10050565

  

Case Report

Application of Stable Isotope Tracer to Study Runoff Generation during Different Types of Rainfall Events

Jianfeng Gou, Simin Qu, Peng Shi, Dachen Li, Xueqiu Chen, Yifan Wang, Shuai Shan and Wei Si

Water 2018, 10(5), 538; doi:10.3390/w10050538

A Case Study for the Application of an Operational Two-Dimensional Real-Time Flooding Forecasting System and Smart Water Level Gauges on Roads in Tainan City, Taiwan

Che-Hao Chang, Ming-Ko Chung, Song-Yue Yang, Chih-Tsung Hsu and Shiang-Jen Wu

Water 2018, 10(5), 574; doi:10.3390/w10050574

 

Editorial

A Review on Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Water Resources and Flood Risk Management

Xianwei Wang and Hongjie Xie

Water 2018, 10(5), 608; doi:10.3390/w10050608

 

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