Water, Volume 13, Issue 6 (March-2 2021): Hydrology & Hydrogeology; Wastewater Treatment & Reuse; Policy, Governance & Management; and More!

It's Water, Volume 13, Issue 6, March-2 2021 - 137 articles.

Cover Story

Article: From the Well to the Bottle: Identifying Sources of Microplastics in Mineral Water

Jana Weisser, Irina Beer, Benedikt Hufnagl, Thomas Hofmann, Hans Lohninger, Natalia P. Ivleva and Karl Glas

Water 2021, 13(6), 841; doi:10.3390/w13060841

 

Featured Papers

Article: Hydrogeochemical and Hydrodynamic Assessment of Tirnavos Basin, Central Greece

Ioannis Vrouhakis, Evangelos Tziritis, Andreas Panagopoulos and Georgios Stamatis

Water 2021, 13(6), 759; doi:10.3390/w13060759

Article: Efficiency and Energy Demand in Polishing Treatment of Wastewater Treatment Plants Effluents: Photoelectrocatalysis vs. Photocatalysis and Photolysis

Maria Cristina Collivignarelli, Marco Carnevale Miino, Hamed Arab, Massimiliano Bestetti and Silvia Franz

Water 2021, 13(6), 821; doi:10.3390/w13060821

Article: Modelling Microplastics in the River Thames: Sources, Sinks and Policy Implications

Paul G. Whitehead, Gianbattista Bussi, Jocelyne M. R. Hughes, Ana T. Castro-Castellon, Magnus D. Norling, Elizabeth S. Jeffers, Cordelia P. N. Rampley, Daniel S. Read and Alice A. Horton

Water 2021, 13(6), 861; doi:10.3390/w13060861

Article: Cyber-Attack Detection in Water Distribution Systems Based on Blind Sources Separation Technique

Bruno Brentan, Pedro Rezende, Daniel Barros, Gustavo Meirelles, Edevar Luvizotto and Joaquín Izquierdo

Water 2021, 13(6), 795; doi:10.3390/w13060795

Article: A Global Assessment of the Potential for Ocean-Driven Transport in Hatchling Sea Turtles

Morgan J. DuBois, Nathan F. Putman and Susan E. Piacenza

Water 2021, 13(6), 757; doi:10.3390/w13060757

Article: Movements of Non-Migrant European Eels in an Urbanised Channel Linking a Mediterranean Lagoon to the Sea

Raphaël Lagarde, Jason Peyre, Elsa Amilhat, François Bourrin, François Prellwitz, Gaël Simon and Elisabeth Faliex

Water 2021, 13(6), 839; doi:10.3390/w13060839

 

General

Article: Virtual Water Trade in the Yellow River Economic Belt: A Multi-Regional Input-Output Model

Ming Li, Qingsong Tian, Yan Yu, Yueyan Xu and Chongguang Li

Water 2021, 13(6), 748; doi:10.3390/w13060748

Article: Evaluation of Low-Head Ramped Weirs for a Potamodromous Cyprinid: Effects of Substrate Addition and Discharge on Fish Passage Performance, Stress and Fatigue

Susana D. Amaral, Paulo Branco, Filipe Romão, Maria Teresa Ferreira, António N. Pinheiro and José Maria Santos

Water 2021, 13(6), 765; doi:10.3390/w13060765

Article: A Novel Method for Regional Short-Term Forecasting of Water Level

Zejie Tu, Xingguo Gao, Jun Xu, Weikang Sun, Yuewen Sun and Dianpeng Su

Water 2021, 13(6), 820; doi:10.3390/w13060820

Article: Portraying the Water Crisis in Iranian Newspapers: An Approach Using Structure Query Language (SQL)

Farshad Amiraslani and Deirdre Dragovich

Water 2021, 13(6), 838; doi:10.3390/w13060838

Article: Study on the Evaluation of (Heavy) Metals in Water and Sediment of Skadar Lake (Montenegro), with BCF Assessment and Translocation Ability (TA) by Trapa natans and a Review of SDGs

Marijana Krivokapić

Water 2021, 13(6), 876; doi:10.3390/w13060876

Article: Assessment of the Impacts of Land Use Change on Non-Point Source Loading under Future Climate Scenarios Using the SWAT Model

Mao Feng and Zhenyao Shen

Water 2021, 13(6), 874; doi:10.3390/w13060874

Water and One Health

Review: SARS-CoV-2 from Urban to Rural Water Environment: Occurrence, Persistence, Fate, and Influence on Agriculture Irrigation. A Review

Giuseppe Mancuso, Giulio Demetrio Perulli, Stevo Lavrnić, Brunella Morandi and Attilio Toscano

Water 2021, 13(6), 764; doi:10.3390/w13060764

Article: Groundwater Quality and Potential Human Health Risk Assessment for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes: A Case Study in the Semiarid Region of North China

Feifei Chen, Leihua Yao, Gang Mei, Yinsheng Shang, Fansheng Xiong and Zhenbin Ding

Water 2021, 13(6), 783; doi:10.3390/w13060783

Article: The Effect of the Effluent from a Small-Scale Conventional Wastewater Treatment Plant Treating Municipal Wastewater on the Composition and Abundance of the Microbial Community, Antibiotic Resistome, and Pathogens in the Sediment and Water of a Receiving Stream

Kertu Tiirik, Hiie Nõlvak, Marika Truu, Angela Peeb, Margit Kõiv-Vainik and Jaak Truu

Water 2021, 13(6), 865; doi:10.3390/w13060865

Hydrology and Hydrogeology

Review: Methods in Capturing the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Flow and Biogeochemical Reactivity in Sandy Beach Aquifers: A Review

Kyra H. Kim and James W. Heiss

Water 2021, 13(6), 782; doi:10.3390/w13060782

Article: Learning Case Study of a Shallow-Water Model to Assess an Early-Warning System for Fast Alpine Muddy-Debris-Flow

Antonio Pasculli, Jacopo Cinosi, Laura Turconi and Nicola Sciarra

Water 2021, 13(6), 750; doi:10.3390/w13060750

Article: Impact Assessment of Flood Damage in Urban Areas Using RCP 8.5 Climate Change Scenarios and Building Inventory

Dong-Ho Kang, Dong-Ho Nam, Se-Jin Jeung and Byung-Sik Kim

Water 2021, 13(6), 756; doi:10.3390/w13060756

Article: Nonstationary Analyses of the Maximum and Minimum Streamflow in Tamsui River Basin, Taiwan

Jenq-Tzong Shiau and Yi-Ting Liu

Water 2021, 13(6), 762; doi:10.3390/w13060762

Article: Design of a MATLAB HEC-RAS Interface to Test Advanced Control Strategies on Water Systems

Ronan Deshays, Pablo Segovia and Eric Duviella

Water 2021, 13(6), 763; doi:10.3390/w13060763

Article: Improving Radar-Based Rainfall Forecasts by Long Short-Term Memory Network in Urban Basins

Duc Hai Nguyen, Jeong-Bae Kim and Deg-Hyo Bae

Water 2021, 13(6), 776; doi:10.3390/w13060776

Article: Medieval Relict Beaver Ponds in the Polish Plain: Studies from the Tuchola Forest

Zbigniew Śnieszko, Mirosław Rurek and Marcin Hojan

Water 2021, 13(6), 777; doi:10.3390/w13060777

Article: Coastal Erosion of Arctic Cultural Heritage in Danger: A Case Study from Svalbard, Norway

Ionut Cristi Nicu, Lena Rubensdotter, Knut Stalsberg and Erich Nau

Water 2021, 13(6), 784; doi:10.3390/w13060784

Article: Future Flood Hazard Assessment for the City of Pamplona (Spain) Using an Ensemble of Climate Change Projections

Marco Lompi, Luis Mediero and Enrica Caporali

Water 2021, 13(6), 792; doi:10.3390/w13060792

Article: Simulation of Pan-Evaporation Using Penman and Hamon Equations and Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Abdul Razzaq Ghumman, Mohammed Jamaan, Afaq Ahmad, Md. Shafiquzzaman, Husnain Haider, Ibrahim Saleh Al Salamah and Yousry Mahmoud Ghazaw

Water 2021, 13(6), 793; doi:10.3390/w13060793

Article: Improving Spatial Landslide Prediction with 3D Slope Stability Analysis and Genetic Algorithm Optimization: Application to the Oltrepò Pavese

Nunziarita Palazzolo, David J. Peres, Massimiliano Bordoni, Claudia Meisina, Enrico Creaco and Antonino Cancelliere

Water 2021, 13(6), 801; doi:10.3390/w13060801

Article: Integrating Satellite Rainfall Estimates with Hydrological Water Balance Model: Rainfall-Runoff Modeling in Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

Girma Berhe Adane, Birtukan Abebe Hirpa, Belay Manjur Gebru, Cholho Song and Woo-Kyun Lee

Water 2021, 13(6), 800; doi:10.3390/w13060800

Article: Research on the Influence of Small-Scale Terrain on Precipitation

Wenya Gu, Xiaochen Zhu, Xiangrui Meng and Xinfa Qiu

Water 2021, 13(6), 805; doi:10.3390/w13060805

Article: Is It a Drought or Only a Fluctuation in Precipitation Patterns?—Drought Reconnaissance in Poland

Emilia Karamuz, Ewa Bogdanowicz, Tesfaye Belay Senbeta, Jarosław Jan Napiórkowski and Renata Julita Romanowicz

Water 2021, 13(6), 807; doi:10.3390/w13060807

Article: The “Problem” of New Orleans and Diminishing Sustainability of Mississippi River Management—Future Options

John W. Day, Rachael Hunter, G. Paul Kemp, Matthew Moerschbaecher and Christopher G. Brantley

Water 2021, 13(6), 813; doi:10.3390/w13060813

Article: A Stepwise GIS Approach for the Delineation of River Valley Bottom within Drainage Basins Using a Cost Distance Accumulation Analysis

Gasper L. Sechu, Bertel Nilsson, Bo V. Iversen, Mette B. Greve, Christen D. Børgesen and Mogens H. Greve

Water 2021, 13(6), 827; doi:10.3390/w13060827

Article: Improving Mean Annual Precipitation Prediction Incorporating Elevation and Taking into Account Support Size

Gabriele Buttafuoco and Massimo Conforti

Water 2021, 13(6), 830; doi:10.3390/w13060830

Article: Rethinking Climate, Climate Change, and Their Relationship with Water

Demetris Koutsoyiannis

Water 2021, 13(6), 849; doi:10.3390/w13060849

Article: Water-Saving Soil Conservation Measures Should Be Used in Northern China: Evidence from Runoff Plot Data

Haiyan Fang

Water 2021, 13(6), 853; doi:10.3390/w13060853

Article: Study on Ecological Threshold of Groundwater in Typical Salinization Area of Qian’an County

Zhiwei Qi, Changlai Xiao, Ge Wang and Xiujuan Liang

Water 2021, 13(6), 856; doi:10.3390/w13060856

Article: Water Quality and Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Some Karst Water Sources in Apuseni Mountains, Romania

Maria-Alexandra Hoaghia, Ana Moldovan, Eniko Kovacs, Ionut Cornel Mirea, Marius Kenesz, Traian Brad, Oana Cadar, Valer Micle, Erika Andrea Levei and Oana Teodora Moldovan

Water 2021, 13(6), 857; doi:10.3390/w13060857

Article: Actual Evapotranspiration Estimates in Arid Cold Regions Using Machine Learning Algorithms with In Situ and Remote Sensing Data

Josefina Mosre and Francisco Suárez

Water 2021, 13(6), 870; doi:10.3390/w13060870

Article: SHETRAN and HEC HMS Model Evaluation for Runoff and Soil Moisture Simulation in the Jičinka River Catchment (Czech Republic)

Vesna Đukić and Ranka Erić

Water 2021, 13(6), 872; doi:10.3390/w13060872

Article: Evaluation of the WRF Model to Simulate a High-Intensity Rainfall Event over Kampala, Uganda

Yakob Umer, Janneke Ettema, Victor Jetten, Gert-Jan Steeneveld and Reinder Ronda

Water 2021, 13(6), 873; doi:10.3390/w13060873

Editorial: Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use

František Petrovič

Water 2021, 13(6), 799; doi:10.3390/w13060799

Editorial: Groundwater Modelling in Karst Areas

Andrea Zanini, Alessandra Feo, Emma Petrella and Fulvio Celico

Water 2021, 13(6), 854; doi:10.3390/w13060854

 

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Article: Optimization and Analysis of a Slow-Release Permanganate Gel for Groundwater Remediation in Porous and Low-Permeability Media

Jesse L. Hastings and Eung Seok Lee

Water 2021, 13(6), 755; doi:10.3390/w13060755

Article: Rice Physiological Response with Bacillus subtilis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Inoculation into Soil under Reclaimed Water–Fresh Water Combined Irrigation

Hongfei Lu, Xuebin Qi, Shafeeq ur Rahman, Dongmei Qiao, Ping Li, Yang Han and Zhijuan Zhao

Water 2021, 13(6), 773; doi:10.3390/w13060773

Article: Assessment of Hellwig Method for Predictors’ Selection in Groundwater Level Time Series Forecasting

Joanna Kajewska-Szkudlarek and Wojciech Łyczko

Water 2021, 13(6), 778; doi:10.3390/w13060778

Article: Influences of Dimethyl Phthalate on Bacterial Community and Enzyme Activity in Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland

QiaoLing Xu, ShaoYong Lu, Tao Yuan, Feng Zhang, Li Wang, Ping Wang, XueYuan Wen and LiHua Cui

Water 2021, 13(6), 788; doi:10.3390/w13060788

Article: Research on Descaling Characteristics and Simulation Calculation of a Coaxial High-Frequency Electronic Descaling Device

Yan Zhao, Lixin Zhang, Xin Zhao, Jin Liu and Ming Gao

Water 2021, 13(6), 789; doi:10.3390/w13060789

Article: Variations of Groundwater Dynamics in Alluvial Aquifers with Reclaimed Water Restoring the Overlying River, Beijing, China

Zekang He, Dongmei Han, Xianfang Song, Lihu Yang, Yinghua Zhang, Ying Ma, Hongmei Bu, Binghua Li and Shengtian Yang

Water 2021, 13(6), 806; doi:10.3390/w13060806

Article: Biomat Resilience to Desiccation and Flooding Within a Shallow, Unit Process Open Water Engineered Wetland

Adam R. Brady, Michael A. Vega, Kimberly N. Riddle, Henry F. Peel, Evelyn J. Lundeen, Julia G. Siegmund and Jonathan O. Sharp

Water 2021, 13(6), 815; doi:10.3390/w13060815

Article: How Organization Models Impact the Governing of Industrial Symbiosis in Public Wastewater Management. An Explorative Study in Sweden

Karolina Södergren and Jenny Palm

Water 2021, 13(6), 824; doi:10.3390/w13060824

Article: Investigating the Result of Current Density, Temperature, and Electrolyte Concentration on COD: Subtraction of Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Using Response Surface Methodology

Sharon Chakawa and Mujahid Aziz

Water 2021, 13(6), 835; doi:10.3390/w13060835

Article: Single and Competitive Adsorption Behaviors of Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺ and Zn²⁺ on the Biochar and Magnetic Biochar of Pomelo Peel in Aqueous Solution

Qianlan Wu, Shuzhen Dong, Lijun Wang and Xiaoyun Li

Water 2021, 13(6), 868; doi:10.3390/w13060868

Editorial: Technologies for Water Reuse: Current Status and Future Challenges

Mauro Capocelli and Vincenzo Piemonte

Water 2021, 13(6), 832; doi:10.3390/w13060832

Editorial: Microbial Action in Wastewater and Sludge

Agnieszka Mrozik

Water 2021, 13(6), 846; doi:10.3390/w13060846

Editorial: Technologies Developing in Heavy Metals’ Removal from Water

Konstantinos Simeonidis and Manassis Mitrakas

Water 2021, 13(6), 860; doi:10.3390/w13060860

Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance

Review: Optimization of Vineyard Water Management: Challenges, Strategies, and Perspectives

José Manuel Mirás-Avalos and Emily Silva Araujo

Water 2021, 13(6), 746; doi:10.3390/w13060746

Article: Contribution of International Projects to the Development of Maritime Spatial Planning Structural Elements in the Northern Adriatic: The Experience of Slovenia

Gregor Čok, Slavko Mezek, Vane Urh and Blaž Repe

Water 2021, 13(6), 754; doi:10.3390/w13060754

Article: Water–Food Nexus through the Lens of Virtual Water Flows: The Case of India

Suparana Katyaini, Mimika Mukherjee and Anamika Barua

Water 2021, 13(6), 768; doi:10.3390/w13060768

Article: Access to Water and Sanitation Services in Brazilian Vulnerable Areas: The Role of Regulation and Recent Institutional Reform

Daniel Antonio Narzetti and Rui Cunha Marques

Water 2021, 13(6), 787; doi:10.3390/w13060787

Article: Estimation of the Climate Change Impact on the Hydrological Balance in Basins of South-Central Chile

Rebeca Martínez-Retureta, Mauricio Aguayo, Norberto J Abreu, Alejandra Stehr, Iongel Duran-Llacer, Lien Rodríguez-López, Sabine Sauvage and José-Miguel Sánchez-Pérez

Water 2021, 13(6), 794; doi:10.3390/w13060794

Article: Integrated Technology for Evaluation and Assessment of Multi-Scale Hydrological Systems in Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution

Henrique Momm, Ron Bingner, Robert Wells, Katy Moore and Glenn Herring

Water 2021, 13(6), 842; doi:10.3390/w13060842

Article: Conjunctive Operation of Surface and Subsurface Dams Based on Drought Severity

Bo Ram Kim and Sang-Il Lee

Water 2021, 13(6), 847; doi:10.3390/w13060847

Article: An Assessment of Groundwater Recharge at a Regional Scale for Sustainable Resource Management: Province of Alicante (SE Spain)

Miguel Fernández-Mejuto, José Miguel Andreu, Ernesto García-Sánchez and Rebeca Palencia

Water 2021, 13(6), 862; doi:10.3390/w13060862

Article: Detecting Climate Driven Changes in Chlorophyll-a in Deep Subalpine Lakes Using Long Term Satellite Data

Gary Free, Mariano Bresciani, Monica Pinardi, Nicola Ghirardi, Giulia Luciani, Rossana Caroni and Claudia Giardino

Water 2021, 13(6), 866; doi:10.3390/w13060866

Article: Macroeconomic Accounting of Water Resources: An Input-Output Approach to Linkage Analysis and Impact Indicators Applied to the State of Ceará, Brazil

Rogério Barbosa Soares, Samiria Maria Oliveira da Silva, Francisco de Assis de Souza Filho and Witalo de Lima Paiva

Water 2021, 13(6), 869; doi:10.3390/w13060869

Article: Developing Pseudo Continuous Pedotransfer Functions for International Soils Measured with the Evaporation Method and the HYPROP System: II. The Soil Hydraulic Conductivity Curve

Amninder Singh, Amir Haghverdi, Hasan Sabri Öztürk and Wolfgang Durner

Water 2021, 13(6), 878; doi:10.3390/w13060878

 

Aquatic Systems—Quality and Contamination

Article: Integrated Framework for Detecting the Areas Prone to Flooding Generated by Flash-Floods in Small River Catchments

Romulus Costache, Alina Barbulescu and Quoc Bao Pham

Water 2021, 13(6), 758; doi:10.3390/w13060758

Article: A Proposal to Classify and Assess Ecological Status in Mediterranean Temporary Rivers: Research Insights to Solve Management Needs

Antoni Munné, Núria Bonada, Núria Cid, Francesc Gallart, Carolina Solà, Mònica Bardina, Albert Rovira, Clara Sierra, Maria Soria, Pau Fortuño, Pilar Llorens, Jérôme Latron, Teodoro Estrela, Arancha Fidalgo, Inmaculada Serrano, Sara Jiménez, Rosa Vega and Narcís Prat

Water 2021, 13(6), 767; doi:10.3390/w13060767

Article: Use of Multivariate Statistical Techniques to Study Spatial Variability and Sources Apportionment of Pollution in Rivers Flowing into the Laizhou Bay in Dongying District

Jing Su, Yanhua Qiu, Yuling Lu, Xiaosong Yang and Songyan Li

Water 2021, 13(6), 772; doi:10.3390/w13060772

Article: Exploring Macroinvertebrates Ecological Preferences and Trait-Based Indicators of Suspended Fine Sediment Effects in the Tsitsa River and Its Tributaries, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Phindiwe Ntloko, Carolyn G. Palmer, Frank C. Akamagwuna and Oghenekaro N. Odume

Water 2021, 13(6), 798; doi:10.3390/w13060798

Article: Efficient Removal of Antimony(III) in Aqueous Phase by Nano-Fe₃O₄ Modified High-Iron Red Mud: Study on Its Performance and Mechanism

Yizhe Peng, Lin Luo, Shuang Luo, Kejian Peng, Yaoyu Zhou, Qiming Mao, Jian Yang and Yuan Yang

Water 2021, 13(6), 809; doi:10.3390/w13060809

Article: Variation of Diatoms at Different Scales in the Brazilian Pantanal Basin

Margaret S. Nardelli, André A. Padial, Denise C. Bicudo, Claudia M. d. S. Cordovil and Silvio C. Sampaio

Water 2021, 13(6), 823; doi:10.3390/w13060823

Article: Community Composition and Function of Bacteria in Activated Sludge of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

Ning Xie, Liping Zhong, Liao Ouyang, Wang Xu, Qinghuai Zeng, Keju Wang, Madiha Zaynab, Huirong Chen, Fangfang Xu and Shuangfei Li

Water 2021, 13(6), 852; doi:10.3390/w13060852

Article: Computing the Beta Parameter in IDW Interpolation by Using a Genetic Algorithm

Alina Bărbulescu, Cristina Șerban and Marina-Larisa Indrecan

Water 2021, 13(6), 863; doi:10.3390/w13060863

Editorial: The Past, Present, and Future of Phosphorus Removal Structures

Chad J. Penn

Water 2021, 13(6), 797; doi:10.3390/w13060797

Urban Water Management

Article: Evaluation of Combined Sewer System Operation Strategies Based on Highly Resolved Online Data

Anna Bachmann-Machnik, Yannic Brüning, Amin Ebrahim Bakhshipour, Manuel Krauss and Ulrich Dittmer

Water 2021, 13(6), 751; doi:10.3390/w13060751

Article: Robust Design of a Real-Life Water Distribution Network under Different Demand Scenarios

Ina Vertommen, Karel van Laarhoven and Maria da Conceição Cunha

Water 2021, 13(6), 753; doi:10.3390/w13060753

Article: Driving Factors and Risk Assessment of Rainstorm Waterlogging in Urban Agglomeration Areas: A Case Study of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China

Fan Liu, Xiaoding Liu, Tao Xu, Guang Yang and Yaolong Zhao

Water 2021, 13(6), 770; doi:10.3390/w13060770

Article: Recovery of Polluted Urban Stormwater Containing Heavy Metals: Laboratory-Based Experiments with Arlita and Filtralite

Concepcion Pla, David Benavente, Javier Valdes-Abellan and Antonio Jodar-Abellan

Water 2021, 13(6), 780; doi:10.3390/w13060780

Article: Integration of the Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS Spatial Distribution Model to Determine the Possibility of Runoff Water Harvesting in Dry Regions: Wadi Watir in Sinai as a Case Study

Hossam H. Elewa, Martina Zelenakova and Ahmed M. Nosair

Water 2021, 13(6), 804; doi:10.3390/w13060804

Article: Comprehensive Feature Analysis for Sewer Deterioration Modeling

Bolette D. Hansen, Søren H. Rasmussen, Mads Uggerby, Thomas B. Moeslund and David G. Jensen

Water 2021, 13(6), 819; doi:10.3390/w13060819

Article: Optimal Pressure Management in Water Distribution Systems Using an Accurate Pressure Reducing Valve Model Based Complementarity Constraints

Pham Duc Dai

Water 2021, 13(6), 825; doi:10.3390/w13060825

Article: Ecological Network Analysis for Water Pollution Metabolism in Urban Water Use System: Case Study of Fuzhou, China

Xiaoping Gao, Yao Zeng, Fangying Ji and Lei Jiang

Water 2021, 13(6), 834; doi:10.3390/w13060834

Article: Optimal Design of District Metered Areas in a Water Distribution Network Using Coupled Self-Organizing Map and Community Structure Algorithm

Xuan Khoa Bui, Malvin S. Marlim and Doosun Kang

Water 2021, 13(6), 836; doi:10.3390/w13060836

Article: Numerical Study on the Hydrologic Characteristic of Permeable Friction Course Pavement

Tan Hung Nguyen and Jaehun Ahn

Water 2021, 13(6), 843; doi:10.3390/w13060843

Article: A Site-Scale Tool for Performance-Based Design of Stormwater Best Management Practices

Ali Shojaeizadeh, Mengistu Geza, Colin Bell, John McCray and Terri Hogue

Water 2021, 13(6), 844; doi:10.3390/w13060844

Article: An Integrated Bottom-Up Approach for Leak Detection in Water Distribution Networks Based on Assessing Parameters of Water Balance Model

Jie Yu, Li Zhang, Jinyu Chen, Yao Xiao, Dibo Hou, Pingjie Huang, Guangxin Zhang and Hongjian Zhang

Water 2021, 13(6), 867; doi:10.3390/w13060867

Article: Natural and Anthropogenic Geochemical Tracers to Investigate Residence Times and Groundwater–Surface-Water Interactions in an Urban Alluvial Aquifer

Connor P. Newman, Suzanne S. Paschke and Gabrielle Keith

Water 2021, 13(6), 871; doi:10.3390/w13060871

Case Report: Environmental Impact Assessment and Hydraulic Modelling of Different Flood Protection Measures

Andrej Šoltész, Martina Zeleňáková, Lea Čubanová, Mária Šugareková and Hany Abd-Elhamid

Water 2021, 13(6), 786; doi:10.3390/w13060786

 

Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics

Article: Reservoir Management by Reducing Evaporation Using Floating Photovoltaic System: A Case Study of Lake Nasser, Egypt

Hany F. Abd-Elhamid, Ashraf Ahmed, Martina Zeleňáková, Zuzana Vranayová and Ismail Fathy

Water 2021, 13(6), 769; doi:10.3390/w13060769

Article: Experimental Analysis of Structures for Trapping SARS-CoV-2-Related Floating Waste in Rivers

Deep Roy, Simone Pagliara and Michele Palermo

Water 2021, 13(6), 771; doi:10.3390/w13060771

Article: Modeling Transport and Adsorption of Arsenic Ions in Iron-Oxide Laden Porous Media. Part I: Theoretical Developments

Krishna Pillai and Aman Raizada

Water 2021, 13(6), 779; doi:10.3390/w13060779

Article: Investigation of Air Pocket Behavior in Pipelines Using Rigid Column Model and Contributions of Time Integration Schemes

Arman Rokhzadi and Musandji Fuamba

Water 2021, 13(6), 785; doi:10.3390/w13060785

Article: The Role of Large-Scale Bedforms in Driftwood Storage Mechanism in Rivers

Takara Okitsu, Toshiki Iwasaki, Tomoko Kyuka and Yasuyuki Shimizu

Water 2021, 13(6), 811; doi:10.3390/w13060811

Article: Experimental Study on the Inlet Discharge Capacity under Different Clogging Conditions

Xiaoli Hao, Jie Mu and Hongjian Shi

Water 2021, 13(6), 826; doi:10.3390/w13060826

Article: Effect of a Submerged Vane-Field on the Flow Pattern of a Movable Bed Channel with a 90° Lateral Diversion

Joana Baltazar, Elsa Alves, Gökçen Bombar and António Heleno Cardoso

Water 2021, 13(6), 828; doi:10.3390/w13060828

Article: Air Diffusion and Velocity Characteristics of Self-Aerated Developing Region in Flat Chute Flows

Liaochao Song, Jun Deng and Wangru Wei

Water 2021, 13(6), 840; doi:10.3390/w13060840

Article: Tidal Oscillation and Resonance in Semi-Closed Estuaries—Empirical Analyses from the Elbe Estuary, North Sea

Sebastian S. V. Hein, Vanessa Sohrt, Edgar Nehlsen, Thomas Strotmann and Peter Fröhle

Water 2021, 13(6), 848; doi:10.3390/w13060848

Article: Modelling of Pool-Type Fishways Flows: Efficiency and Scale Effects Assessment

Ana L. Quaresma and António N. Pinheiro

Water 2021, 13(6), 851; doi:10.3390/w13060851

Article: Accounting for Uncertainties in the Safety Assessment of Concrete Gravity Dams: A Probabilistic Approach with Sample Optimization

Rocio L. Segura, Benjamin Miquel, Patrick Paultre and Jamie E. Padgett

Water 2021, 13(6), 855; doi:10.3390/w13060855

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Article: Acoustic and Light Selective Behavioral Guidance Systems for Freshwater Fish

Joaquim Jesus, Rui Cortes and Amilcar Teixeira

Water 2021, 13(6), 745; doi:10.3390/w13060745

Article: Variability in Population Traits of a Sentinel Iberian Fish in a Highly Modified Mediterranean-Type River

Ana Sánchez-Pérez, Francisco J. Oliva-Paterna, Fátima Amat-Trigo and Mar Torralva

Water 2021, 13(6), 747; doi:10.3390/w13060747

Article: Population Characteristics of Brachionus calyciflorus and Their Potential Application for Evaluating River Health in the Pearl River Delta, China

Yuan Gao, Zini Lai, Chao Wang, Haiyan Li and Yongzhan Mai

Water 2021, 13(6), 749; doi:10.3390/w13060749

Article: A Morphological and Molecular Analysis of a Bloom of the Filamentous Green Alga Pithophora

Blia Lor, Merry Zohn, Marcus J. Meade, A. Bruce Cahoon and Kalina M. Manoylov

Water 2021, 13(6), 760; doi:10.3390/w13060760

Article: Potential Use of the Benthic Foraminifers Bulimina denudata and Eggerelloides advenus in Marine Sediment Toxicity Testing

Mary McGann

Water 2021, 13(6), 775; doi:10.3390/w13060775

Article: Continental vs. Global Niche-Based Modelling of Freshwater Species’ Distributions: How Big Are the Differences in the Estimated Climate Change Effects?

Danijela Markovic, Jörg Freyhof and Oskar Kärcher

Water 2021, 13(6), 816; doi:10.3390/w13060816

Article: Changes in Pelagic Fish Community Composition, Abundance, and Biomass along a Productivity Gradient in Subtropical Lakes

Jinlei Yu, Wei Zhen, Lingyang Kong, Hu He, Yongdong Zhang, Xiangdong Yang, Feizhou Chen, Min Zhang, Zhengwen Liu and Erik Jeppesen

Water 2021, 13(6), 858; doi:10.3390/w13060858

Article: Forested Riparian Zones Provide Important Habitat for Fish in Urban Streams

Benjamin Kupilas, Francis J. Burdon, Jens Thaulow, Johnny Håll, Petra Thea Mutinova, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Felix Witing, Geta Rîșnoveanu, Peter Goethals, Brendan G. McKie and Nikolai Friberg

Water 2021, 13(6), 877; doi:10.3390/w13060877

Oceans and Coastal Zones

Review: Review of Seawater Intrusion in Western Coastal Regions of South Korea

Sung-Wook Jeen, Jiyoung Kang, Hyejung Jung and Jeonghoon Lee

Water 2021, 13(6), 761; doi:10.3390/w13060761

Review: The Genetic Component of Seagrass Restoration: What We Know and the Way Forwards

Jessica Pazzaglia, Hung Manh Nguyen, Alex Santillán-Sarmiento, Miriam Ruocco, Emanuela Dattolo, Lázaro Marín-Guirao and Gabriele Procaccini

Water 2021, 13(6), 829; doi:10.3390/w13060829

Article: Impact of Sea-Level Rise on the Hydrologic Landscape of the Mānā Plain, Kaua‘i

Basil Gomez

Water 2021, 13(6), 766; doi:10.3390/w13060766

Article: Unravelling the Importance of Uncertainties in Global-Scale Coastal Flood Risk Assessments under Sea Level Rise

Jeremy Rohmer, Daniel Lincke, Jochen Hinkel, Gonéri Le Cozannet, Erwin Lambert and Athanasios T. Vafeidis

Water 2021, 13(6), 774; doi:10.3390/w13060774

Article: Communicating Managed Retreat in California

Wendy Karen Bragg, Sara Tasse Gonzalez, Ando Rabearisoa and Amanda Daria Stoltz

Water 2021, 13(6), 781; doi:10.3390/w13060781

Article: Sea Topography of the Ionian and Adriatic Seas Using Repeated GNSS Measurements

Sotiris Lycourghiotis

Water 2021, 13(6), 812; doi:10.3390/w13060812

Article: Hydrodynamic Forces Exerting on an Oscillating Cylinder under Translational Motion in Water Covered by Compressed Ice

Yury Stepanyants and Izolda Sturova

Water 2021, 13(6), 822; doi:10.3390/w13060822

Article: Spatial and Temporal Changes of Groundwater Storage in the Quaternary Aquifer, UAE

Mohsen Sherif, Ahmed Sefelnasr, Abdel Azim Ebraheem, Mohamed Al Mulla, Mohamed Alzaabi and Khaled Alghafli

Water 2021, 13(6), 864; doi:10.3390/w13060864

Article: Shoreline Solutions: Guiding Efficient Data Selection for Coastal Risk Modeling and the Design of Adaptation Interventions

Montserrat Acosta-Morel, Valerie Pietsch McNulty, Natainia Lummen, Steven R. Schill and Michael W. Beck

Water 2021, 13(6), 875; doi:10.3390/w13060875

Article: Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Fillet Metal Chemistry of Wild Grey Mullets Reflect the Variability of the Aquatic Environment in a Western Mediterranean Coastal Lagoon (Santa Giusta, Sardinia, Italy)

Rosanna Floris, Gabriele Sanna, Cecilia Teodora Satta, Carlo Piga, Francesco Sanna, Antonella Lugliè and Nicola Fois

Water 2021, 13(6), 879; doi:10.3390/w13060879

Article: Risk Assessment of Coastal Flooding under Different Inundation Situations in Southwest of Taiwan (Tainan City)

Moslem Imani, Chung-Yen Kuo, Pin-Chieh Chen, Kuo-Hsin Tseng, Huan-Chin Kao, Chi-Ming Lee and Wen-Hau Lan

Water 2021, 13(6), 880; doi:10.3390/w13060880

Editorial: Wave-Structure Interaction Processes in Coastal Engineering

Francesco Aristodemo and Marcello Di Risio

Water 2021, 13(6), 831; doi:10.3390/w13060831

Water Erosion and Sediment Transport

Article: Dispersion Plumes in Open Ocean Disposal Sites of Dredged Sediment

Elisa Helena Fernandes, Pablo Dias da Silva, Glauber Acunha Gonçalves and Osmar Olinto Möller

Water 2021, 13(6), 808; doi:10.3390/w13060808

Article: Reservoir Sediment Management Using Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study of the Lower Section of the Alpine Saalach River

Markus Reisenbüchler, Minh Duc Bui and Peter Rutschmann

Water 2021, 13(6), 818; doi:10.3390/w13060818

Article: Quantitative Ascription of Sediment Discharge Changes of Two Highly Sediment-Loaded Tributaries of the Yellow River in China: The Importance of Selecting Rainfall Index and Timescale

Xiaoqing Ma, Changxing Shi, Jia Peng and Wei Liu

Water 2021, 13(6), 845; doi:10.3390/w13060845

Article: Regional Downscaling of Copernicus ERA5 Wave Data for Coastal Engineering Activities and Operational Coastal Services

Giorgio Bellotti, Leopoldo Franco and Claudia Cecioni

Water 2021, 13(6), 859; doi:10.3390/w13060859

Article: Analysis of the Impact of Land Use Changes on Soil Erosion Intensity and Sediment Yield Using the IntErO Model in the Talar Watershed of Iran

Maziar Mohammadi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Khaledi Darvishan, Velibor Spalevic, Branislav Dudic and Paolo Billi

Water 2021, 13(6), 881; doi:10.3390/w13060881

 

 

Water Use and Scarcity

Review: Water Quality and Life Expectancy: Parallel Courses in Time

Andreas N. Angelakis, Heikki S. Vuorinen, Christos Nikolaidis, Petri S. Juuti, Tapio S. Katko, Riikka P. Juuti, Jim Zhang and George Samonis

Water 2021, 13(6), 752; doi:10.3390/w13060752

Article: Adaptive Prediction of Water Droplet Infiltration Effectiveness of Sprinkler Irrigation Using Regularized Sparse Autoencoder–Adaptive Network-Based Fuzzy Inference System (RSAE–ANFIS)

Zhongwei Liang, Xiaochu Liu, Tao Zou and Jinrui Xiao

Water 2021, 13(6), 791; doi:10.3390/w13060791

Article: Downstream State and Water Security in the Mekong Region: A Case of Cambodia between Too Much and Too Little Water

Mak Sithirith

Water 2021, 13(6), 802; doi:10.3390/w13060802

Article: Water–Food–Energy Nexus Tradeoffs in the São Marcos River Basin

Pedro Henrique Bof, Guilherme Fernandes Marques, Amaury Tilmant, Ana Paula Dalcin and Marcelo Olivares

Water 2021, 13(6), 817; doi:10.3390/w13060817

Technical Note: Simplified Indirect Estimation of Pump Flow Discharge: An Example from Serbia

Milica Rašić Amon, Milan Radić, Zoran Stajić, Dejan Brkić and Pavel Praks

Water 2021, 13(6), 796; doi:10.3390/w13060796

Editorial: Water Footprint and Life Cycle Assessment: The Complementary Strengths of Analyzing Global Freshwater Appropriation and Resulting Local Impacts

Winnie Gerbens-Leenes, Markus Berger and John Anthony Allan

Water 2021, 13(6), 803; doi:10.3390/w13060803

Case Report: Driving Forces of Food Consumption Water Footprint in North China

Yang Liu, Jianyi Lin, Huimei Li, Ruogu Huang and Hui Han

Water 2021, 13(6), 810; doi:10.3390/w13060810

 

Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture

Article: Performance of Reverse Electrodialysis System for Salinity Gradient Energy Generation by Using a Commercial Ion Exchange Membrane Pair with Homogeneous Bulk Structure

Esra Altıok, Tuğçe Zeynep Kaya, Enver Güler, Nalan Kabay and Marek Bryjak

Water 2021, 13(6), 814; doi:10.3390/w13060814

Article: Off-Site Calibration Approach of EnviroScan Capacitance Probe to Assist Operational Field Applications

Daniel Kibirige and Endre Dobos

Water 2021, 13(6), 837; doi:10.3390/w13060837

Article: Variation in Xylem Hydraulic Structure and Function of Two Mangrove Species across a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern Australia

Xin Jiang, Brendan Choat, Yong-Jiang Zhang, Xin-Yi Guan, Wen Shi and Kun-Fang Cao

Water 2021, 13(6), 850; doi:10.3390/w13060850

Communication: Estrogen Disrupting Pesticides in Nebraska Groundwater: Trends between Pesticide-contaminated Water and Estrogen-related Cancers in An Ecological Observational Study

Moses New-Aaron, Zaeema Naveed and Eleanor G. Rogan

Water 2021, 13(6), 790; doi:10.3390/w13060790

Technical Note: Improvement of Strawberry Irrigation Sustainability in Southern Spain Using FAO Methodology

Pedro Gavilán, Natividad Ruiz, Luis Miranda, Elsa Martínez-Ferri, Juana I. Contreras, Rafael Baeza and David Lozano

Water 2021, 13(6), 833; doi:10.3390/w13060833

 

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