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Saturday, 25 November 2023

It's Water-MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 22 (November -2 2023) – 161 articles

Water, Volume 15, Issue 22 (November -2 2023)

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Cover Story

Review: Cometabolism of Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds and 1,4-Dioxane in Groundwater

Catherine Clark and Lee K. Rhea

Water 2023, 15(22), 3952; DOI: 10.3390/w15223952

Featured Paper

Article: Implications of Accuracy of Global Glacier Inventories in Hydrological Modeling: A Case Study of the Western Himalayan Mountain Range

Haleema Attaullah, Asif Khan, Mujahid Khan, Hadia Atta and Muhammad Shahid Iqbal

Water 2023, 15(22), 3887; DOI: 10.3390/w15223887

Water and One Health

Article: Assessing Groundwater Quality for Sustainable Drinking and Irrigation: A GIS-Based Hydro-Chemical and Health Risk Study in Kovilpatti Taluk, Tamil Nadu

Vivek Sivakumar, Venkada Lakshmi Ramamoorthy, Uma Maguesvari Muthaiyan, Shumugapriya Kaliyappan, Gokulan Ravindiran, Sethuraman Shanmugam, Priya Velusamy, Logesh Natarajan, Hussein Almohamad, Motrih Al-Mutiry and Hazem Ghassan Abdo

Water 2023, 15(22), 3916; DOI: 10.3390/w15223916

Article: Wastewater Treatment System Optimization for Sustainable Operation of the SHARON–Anammox Process under Varying Carbon/Nitrogen Loadings

Paulina Vilela, Kijeon Nam and Changkyoo Yoo

Water 2023, 15(22), 4015; DOI: 10.3390/w15224015

Water-Energy Nexus

Article: The Water–Energy Nexus of Leakages in Water Distribution Systems

Rui Gabriel Souza, Alan Barbosa and Gustavo Meirelles

Water 2023, 15(22), 3950; DOI: 10.3390/w15223950

Article: Integrated and Sustainable Water and Sanitation Systems at Two Rural Sites in South Africa

Michael John Rudolph and Evans Muchesa

Water 2023, 15(22), 3974; DOI: 10.3390/w15223974

Article: Assessment of Tidal Current Energy Resources in the Pearl River Estuary Using a Numerical Method

Weiyuan Wang, Zijun Hu, Mengyu Li and Hongxing Zhang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3990; DOI: 10.3390/w15223990

Article: Optimisation of Small Hydropower Units in Water Distribution Systems by Demand Forecasting

Martin Oberascher, Lukas Schartner and Robert Sitzenfrei

Water 2023, 15(22), 3998; DOI: 10.3390/w15223998

New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences

Article: Development of Water-Wheel Tail Measurement System Based on Image Projective Transformation

Xin-Ting Chen, Chien-Sheng Liu and Jung-Hong Yen

Water 2023, 15(22), 3889; DOI: 10.3390/w15223889

Article: Analyzing Temporal Patterns of Temperature, Precipitation, and Drought Incidents: A Comprehensive Study of Environmental Trends in the Upper Draa Basin, Morocco

Fadoua El Qorchi, Mohammed Yacoubi Khebiza, Onyango Augustine Omondi, Ahmed Karmaoui, Quoc Bao Pham and Siham Acharki

Water 2023, 15(22), 3906; DOI: 10.3390/w15223906

Article: Exploring the Integration of Unmanned Aerial System Technologies into Stormwater Control Inspection Programs

Jarrell Whitman, Michael Perez and Roy Sturgill

Water 2023, 15(22), 3924; DOI: 10.3390/w15223924

Article: A Developed Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) Model for Monthly Groundwater Level Prediction

Mohammad Ehteram and Fatemeh Barzegari Banadkooki

Water 2023, 15(22), 3940; DOI: 10.3390/w15223940

Article: A Novel Daily Runoff Probability Density Prediction Model Based on Simplified Minimal Gated Memory–Non-Crossing Quantile Regression and Kernel Density Estimation

Huaiyuan Liu, Sipeng Zhu and Li Mo

Water 2023, 15(22), 3947; DOI: 10.3390/w15223947

Article: Numerical Simulation of Radiatively Driven Convection in a Small Ice-Covered Lake with a Lateral Pressure Gradient

Sergei Smirnov, Alexander Smirnovsky, Galina Zdorovennova, Roman Zdorovennov, Tatiana Efremova, Nikolay Palshin and Sergey Bogdanov

Water 2023, 15(22), 3953; DOI: 10.3390/w15223953

Hydrogeology

Article: Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Geothermal Water in Ancient Deeply Buried Hills in the Northern Jizhong Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China

Mingxiao Yu, Xia Tian, Hanxiong Zhang, Jun Li, Laibin Wang, Zhigang Zhang, Hailiang Lin and Xinlong Yang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3881; DOI: 10.3390/w15223881

Article: Effects of Geometry on Artificial Tracer Dispersion in Synthetic Karst Conduit Networks

Amal Rabah, Manuel Marcoux and David Labat

Water 2023, 15(22), 3885; DOI: 10.3390/w15223885

Article: Interaction between Groundwater and Surface Water in the Qujiang River Basin in China: Evidence from Chemical Isotope Measurements

Yi Liu, Chaoyu Zhang, Jiyi Jiang, Ying Zhang, Guanghao Wang, Liangliang Xu and Zhihui Qu

Water 2023, 15(22), 3932; DOI: 10.3390/w15223932

Article: Direct Detection of Groundwater Accumulation Zones in Saprock Aquifers in Tectono-Thermal Environments

Anthony E. Akpan, Stephen E. Ekwok, Ubong C. Ben, Ebong D. Ebong, Jewel E. Thomas, Aniekan M. Ekanem, Nyakno J. George, Kamal Abdelrahman, Mohammed S. Fnais, Ahmed M. Eldosouky, Peter Andráš and Saad S. Alarifi

Water 2023, 15(22), 3946; DOI: 10.3390/w15223946

Article: Hydrogeochemical Characterization of Groundwater at the Boundaries of Three Aquifers in Central México

Guadalupe Ibarra-Olivares, Raúl Miranda-Avilés, José A. Ramos-Leal, Janete Morán-Ramirez, María Jesús Puy-Alquiza, Yanmei Li, Edgar Ángeles-Moreno and Pooja Kshirsagar

Water 2023, 15(22), 3948; DOI: 10.3390/w15223948

Article: A Participatory Approach to Exploring Nexus Challenges: A Case Study on the Pinios River Basin, Greece

Dimitrios Malamataris, Anna Chatzi, Konstantinos Babakos, Vassilios Pisinaras, Evangelos Hatzigiannakis, Barbara A. Willaarts, Manuel Bea, Alessandro Pagano and Andreas Panagopoulos

Water 2023, 15(22), 3949; DOI: 10.3390/w15223949

Article: Application of Judgmental Sampling Approach for the Monitoring of Groundwater Quality and Quantity Evolution in Mediterranean Catchments

Maria Margarita Ntona, Konstantinos Chalikakis, Gianluigi Busico, Micòl Mastrocicco, Kyriaki Kalaitzidou and Nerantzis Kazakis

Water 2023, 15(22), 4018; DOI: 10.3390/w15224018

Soil and Water

Article: Experimental Study of the Freeze–Thaw Damage of Alpine Surface Coal Mine Roads Based on Geopolymer Materials

Xiang Lu, Lixiao Tu, Ya Tian, Wei Zhou, Xinjia Zhao and Yuqing Yang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3903; DOI: 10.3390/w15223903

Article: Identification of the Representative Point for Soil Moisture Storage Using a Precipitation History Model

Sanghyun Kim and Eunhyung Lee

Water 2023, 15(22), 3921; DOI: 10.3390/w15223921

Article: Major Ion Chemistry of Waters and Possible Controls under Winter Irrigation in the Saline Land of Arid Regions

Xiaoping Zhou, Xinyu Zhao, Qing Zhang and Honghui Sang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3968; DOI: 10.3390/w15223968

Article: Groundwater Hydrogeochemical Processes and Potential Threats to Human Health in Fengfeng Coal Mining Area, China

Zhiqiang Zhang, Haixue Li, Fawang Zhang, Jiazhong Qian, Shuangbao Han and Fenggang Dai

Water 2023, 15(22), 4024; DOI: 10.3390/w15224024

Water and Climate Change

Article: Evaluation of Extreme Climate Indices over the Three Northeastern Provinces of China Based on CMIP6 Models Outputs

Heng Xiao, Yue Zhuo, Kaiwen Pang, Hong Sun, Zhijia An and Xiuyu Zhang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3895; DOI: 10.3390/w15223895

Article: Phototactic Behavioral Responses of Mesozooplankton in the Barents Sea as an Indicator of Anthropogenic Impact

Victor Dyomin, Yuri Morgalev, Sergey Morgalev, Alexandra Davydova, Oksana Kondratova, Tamara Morgaleva and Igor Polovtsev

Water 2023, 15(22), 3901; DOI: 10.3390/w15223901

Article: Texas Well User Stewardship Practices Three Years after Hurricane Harvey

Anna C. Gitter, Diane E. Boellstorff, Drew M. Gholson, Kelsey J. Pieper, Kristina D. Mena, Karla S. Mendez and Terry J. Gentry

Water 2023, 15(22), 3943; DOI: 10.3390/w15223943

Article: Analysis of Extreme Rainfall Characteristics in 2022 and Projection of Extreme Rainfall Based on Climate Change Scenarios

Jang Hyun Sung, Dong Ho Kang, Young-Ho Seo and Byung Sik Kim

Water 2023, 15(22), 3986; DOI: 10.3390/w15223986

Article: Changes in the Urban Hydrological Cycle of the Future Using Low-Impact Development Based on Shared Socioeconomic Pathway Scenarios

Eui Hyeok Yoon, Jang Hyun Sung, Byung-Sik Kim, Kee-Won Seong, Jung-Ryel Choi and Young-Ho Seo

Water 2023, 15(22), 4002; DOI: 10.3390/w15224002

Editorial: How Does Agricultural Water Resources Management Adapt to Climate Change? A Summary Approach

Nektarios N. Kourgialas

Water 2023, 15(22), 3991; DOI: 10.3390/w15223991

Hydrology

Review: A Review of Drought Disturbance on Socioeconomic Development

Xinyue Yang, Xingliang Liao, Dongrui Di and Weiyu Shi

Water 2023, 15(22), 3912; DOI: 10.3390/w15223912

Article: Development of a Low-Cost Automated Hydrological Information System for Remote Areas in Morelia, Mexico

Sonia Tatiana Sánchez-Quispe, Jaime Madrigal, Daniel Rodríguez-Licea, Francisco Javier Domínguez-Mota, Constantino Domínguez-Sánchez and Benjamín Lara-Ledesma

Water 2023, 15(22), 3888; DOI: 10.3390/w15223888

Article: Comparative Analysis of MCDA Techniques for Identifying Erosion-Prone Areas in the Burhanpur Watershed in Central India for the Purposes of Sustainable Watershed Management

Abhishek Patel, K. V. Ramana Rao, Yogesh A. Rajwade, Chandra Kant Saxena, Karan Singh and Ankur Srivastava

Water 2023, 15(22), 3891; DOI: 10.3390/w15223891

Article: Mapping Prospects for Artificial Groundwater Recharge Utilizing Remote Sensing and GIS Methods

Dheeraj Mohan Gururani, Yogendra Kumar, Salwan Ali Abed, Vinod Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Kanwarpreet Singh, Alban Kuriqi and Mohamed A. Mattar

Water 2023, 15(22), 3904; DOI: 10.3390/w15223904

Article: Assessing the Suitability of the Flood Defense Policy of Republic of Korea for Risk Reduction in Local Rivers

Kichul Jung, Heejin An, Sewon Hwang, Seung Beom Seo, Hyemin Park, Chan Park and Jonghyun Yoo

Water 2023, 15(22), 3908; DOI: 10.3390/w15223908

Article: Chemical Characteristics-Based Evolution of Groundwater in Tailan River Basin, Xinjiang, China

Lei Liu, Yudong Lu, Lihe Yin, Zhi Yang, Jiaxin Bian and Liyang Cui

Water 2023, 15(22), 3917; DOI: 10.3390/w15223917

Article: Classification of Water Reservoirs in Terms of Ice Phenomena Using Advanced Statistical Methods—The Case of the Silesian Upland (Southern Poland)

Mariusz Rzetala, Mariusz Topolski and Maksymilian Solarski

Water 2023, 15(22), 3925; DOI: 10.3390/w15223925

Article: Is the LSTM Model Better than RNN for Flood Forecasting Tasks? A Case Study of HuaYuankou Station and LouDe Station in the Lower Yellow River Basin

Yiyang Wang, Wenchuan Wang, Hongfei Zang and Dongmei Xu

Water 2023, 15(22), 3928; DOI: 10.3390/w15223928

Article: Comparative Assessment of Different Image Velocimetry Techniques for Measuring River Velocities Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery

Firnandino Wijaya, Wen-Cheng Liu, Suharyanto and Wei-Che Huang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3941; DOI: 10.3390/w15223941

Article: Constraining Flood Forecasting Uncertainties through Streamflow Data Assimilation in the Tropical Andes of Peru: Case of the Vilcanota River Basin

Harold Llauca, Miguel Arestegui and Waldo Lavado-Casimiro

Water 2023, 15(22), 3944; DOI: 10.3390/w15223944

Article: Modelling Flash Floods Driven by Rain-on-Snow Events Using Rain-on-Grid Technique in the Hydrodynamic Model TELEMAC-2D

Nitesh Godara, Oddbjørn Bruland and Knut Alfredsen

Water 2023, 15(22), 3945; DOI: 10.3390/w15223945

Article: Optimized Wavelet and Wavelet Packet Transform Techniques for Assessing Crack Behavior in Curved Segments of Arched Beam Bridges Spanning Rivers

Liang Chen, Xingrong Lu, Daping Deng, Mehdi Kouhdarag and Yimin Mao

Water 2023, 15(22), 3977; DOI: 10.3390/w15223977

Article: Mechanism Analysis and Demonstration of Effective Information Extraction in the System Differential Response Inversion Estimation Method

Yang Chen, Kexin Liu, Sijun Jiang, Yiqun Sun and Hui Chen

Water 2023, 15(22), 4016; DOI: 10.3390/w15224016

Article: Investigating the Influence of the Relative Roughness of the Riverbanks to the Riverbed on Equilibrium Channel Geometry in Alluvial Rivers: A Variational Approach

Jinsheng Fan, Qiushi Luo, Yuchuan Bai, Xiaofang Liu and Renzhi Li

Water 2023, 15(22), 4029; DOI: 10.3390/w15224029

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Review: Integrated Phytobial Remediation of Dissolved Pollutants from Domestic Wastewater through Constructed Wetlands: An Interactive Macrophyte-Microbe-Based Green and Low-Cost Decontamination Technology with Prospective Resource Recovery

Tarun Kumar Thakur, Mahesh Prasad Barya, Joystu Dutta, Pritam Mukherjee, Anita Thakur, Singam Laxmana Swamy and James T. Anderson

Water 2023, 15(22), 3877; DOI: 10.3390/w15223877

Review: Integrated Process of Immediate One-Step Lime Precipitation, Atmospheric Carbonation, Constructed Wetlands, or Adsorption for Industrial Wastewater Treatment: A Review

Luís Madeira, Fátima Carvalho, Adelaide Almeida and Margarida Ribau Teixeira

Water 2023, 15(22), 3929; DOI: 10.3390/w15223929

Review: Urban Wastewater Mining for Circular Resource Recovery: Approaches and Technology Analysis

Andrea G. Capodaglio

Water 2023, 15(22), 3967; DOI: 10.3390/w15223967

Review: Quinoid Redox Mediators and Their Involvement in Environmental Pollution Treatment

Haikun Zhang, Manman Cheng, Yan Li and Wenhao Chen

Water 2023, 15(22), 3981; DOI: 10.3390/w15223981

Review: Adsorption Technologies for the Removal of Cytostatics in Water: A Review

Alicia L. Garcia-Costa, Teresa I. A. Gouveia, Arminda Alves and Mónica S. F. Santos

Water 2023, 15(22), 4005; DOI: 10.3390/w15224005

Article: Characterization of a Moderately Halotolerant Antimony-Removing Desulfovibrio sp. Strain Isolated from Landfill Leachate

Chinh Thi Kieu Pham, Kazuko Sawada and Satoshi Soda

Water 2023, 15(22), 3872; DOI: 10.3390/w15223872

Article: Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Evolution Processes of Karst Groundwater Affected by Multiple Influencing Factors in a Karst Spring Basin, Eastern China

Shuai Gao, Changsuo Li, Yuanyuan Liu, Bin Sun, Zhiqiang Zhao, Minghui Lv and Shiting Gang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3899; DOI: 10.3390/w15223899

Article: Multi-Indicator Early-Warning Model for Mine Water Inrush at the Yushen Mining Area, Shaanxi Province, China

Jinxi Liang, Wanghua Sui, Ge Chen, Hujun Ren and Xibin Li

Water 2023, 15(22), 3910; DOI: 10.3390/w15223910

Article: Impact of Nano–Sized Polyethylene Terephthalate on Microalgal–Bacterial Granular Sludge in Non–Aerated Wastewater Treatment

Chao Du, Wenxuan Xiong, Guangya Zhu and Bin Ji

Water 2023, 15(22), 3914; DOI: 10.3390/w15223914

Article: Continuous Treatment of Refractory Wastewater from Research and Teaching Laboratories via Supercritical Water Oxidation–Experimental Results and Modeling

Mariana Bisinotto Pereira, Guilherme Botelho Meireles de Souza, Isabela Milhomem Dias, Julles Mitoura dos Santos-Júnior, Antônio Carlos Daltro de Freitas, Jose M. Abelleira-Pereira, Christian Gonçalves Alonso, Lucio Cardozo-Filho and Reginaldo Guirardello

Water 2023, 15(22), 3926; DOI: 10.3390/w15223926

Article: Computational Analysis of the Kinetic Processes of Microbial Electrolysis Cell-Assisted Anaerobic Digestion Using the ADM1

Gerasimos Kanellos, Asimina Tremouli, Georgios Arvanitakis and Gerasimos Lyberatos

Water 2023, 15(22), 3939; DOI: 10.3390/w15223939

Article: Optimization of Critical Factors Affecting Dynamic Membrane Formation in a Gravity-Driven Self-Forming Dynamic Membrane Bioreactor towards Low-Cost and Low-Maintenance Wastewater Treatment

Luhe Tang, Jingyu Zhang, Lulu Zha, Yisong Hu, Yiming Yang, Yunsheng Zhao, Xinglong Dong, Zhanjiu Wang, Weihang Deng and Yuan Yang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3963; DOI: 10.3390/w15223963

Article: Analysis of Heavy Metal Contaminants and Mobility in Sewage sludge-soil Mixtures for Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Agata Janaszek and Robert Kowalik

Water 2023, 15(22), 3992; DOI: 10.3390/w15223992

Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance

Article: Fifty-Year Review of Effluent Discharge Trends to the Southern California Bight from Large Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities from 1971 to 2020

Leah Lippman, Leslie Perez and Sonya R. Lopez

Water 2023, 15(22), 3876; DOI: 10.3390/w15223876

Article: Dynamic Characteristics of Meteorological Drought and Its Impact on Vegetation in an Arid and Semi-Arid Region

Weijie Zhang, Zipeng Wang, Hexin Lai, Ruyi Men, Fei Wang, Kai Feng, Qingqing Qi, Zezhong Zhang, Qiang Quan and Shengzhi Huang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3882; DOI: 10.3390/w15223882

Article: Assessment and Mapping of Riverine Flood Susceptibility (RFS) in India through Coupled Multicriteria Decision Making Models and Geospatial Techniques

Ravi Kumar, Manish Kumar, Akash Tiwari, Syed Irtiza Majid, Sourav Bhadwal, Netrananda Sahu and Ram Avtar

Water 2023, 15(22), 3918; DOI: 10.3390/w15223918

Article: Evaluation of Empirical Equations and Machine Learning Models for Daily Reference Evapotranspiration Prediction Using Public Weather Forecasts

Yunfeng Liang, Dongpu Feng, Zhaojun Sun and Yongning Zhu

Water 2023, 15(22), 3954; DOI: 10.3390/w15223954

Article: Fostering Well-Being in Resettled Communities: Cultivating Cultural Resilience and Sustainable Development in Resettlement Caused by Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project, Pakistan

Saira Abid, Guoqing Shi, Abid Hussain and Abdul Rauf

Water 2023, 15(22), 3973; DOI: 10.3390/w15223973

Article: Study on the Optimization of Multi-Objective Water Resources Allocation in the Henan Yellow River Water Supply Zone

Yanbin Li, Ke Sun, Ruyi Men, Fei Wang, Daoxi Li, Yuhang Han and Yanping Qu

Water 2023, 15(22), 4009; DOI: 10.3390/w15224009

Article: Sedimentation Characteristics of the Fluctuating Backwater Area at the Tail of Cascade Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Three Gorges Reservoir

Jun Li, Hua Ge, Yanrong Ping, Xianyong Dong, Lingling Zhu and Yaochang Ma

Water 2023, 15(22), 4011; DOI: 10.3390/w15224011

Article: Rapid Antibiotic Adsorption from Water Using MCM-41-Based Material

Jie Chen, Yao Yang, Yuanyuan Yao, Zhujian Huang, Qiaoling Xu, Liping He and Beini Gong

Water 2023, 15(22), 4027; DOI: 10.3390/w15224027

Article: Evolutionary Trends and Coordinated Development Analysis of Water Resources Systems and High-Quality Economic Growth in the Yangtze River Delta

Di Liu, Qin Dai and Guanghui Yuan

Water 2023, 15(22), 4030; DOI: 10.3390/w15224030

Correction: Correction: Yasmeen et al. The Synergy of Water Resource Agglomeration and Innovative Conservation Technologies on Provincial and Regional Water Usage Efficiency in China: A Super SBM-DEA Approach. Water 2023, 15, 3524

Rizwana Yasmeen, Gang Hao, Yusen Ye, Wasi Ul Hassan Shah and Caihong Tang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3985; DOI: 10.3390/w15223985

Water Quality and Contamination

Review: Systematic Review of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs): Distribution, Risks, and Implications for Water Quality and Health

Weiying Feng, Yuxin Deng, Fang Yang, Qingfeng Miao and Su Kong Ngien

Water 2023, 15(22), 3922; DOI: 10.3390/w15223922

Article: Payment for Ecosystem Services: An Efficient Approach to Reduce Eutrophication?

Claudia Wiegand, Sara Hernandez, Morgane Le Moal and Gérard Gruau

Water 2023, 15(22), 3871; DOI: 10.3390/w15223871

Article: Occurrence Assessment of Pharmaceuticals in Various Sewage Treatment Plants and Effluent-Receiving Streams in Korea

Dong-Jin Son, Chang-Soo Kim, Jae-Ho Lee, Jeong-Ki Yoon, Soo-Hyung Lee and Dong-Hwan Jeong

Water 2023, 15(22), 3897; DOI: 10.3390/w15223897

Article: Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Pharmaceutical Residues Discharged from Large Livestock Complex in the Geum River Basin, South Korea

Hyeri Lee, Minhee Chae and Seokwon Lee

Water 2023, 15(22), 3913; DOI: 10.3390/w15223913

Article: Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions by Using Nano-ZnO/Kaolin-Clay-Based Nanocomposite

Shreya Modi, Virendra Kumar Yadav, Daoud Ali, Nisha Choudhary, Saud Alarifi, Dipak Kumar Sahoo, Ashish Patel and Madhusudan Hiraman Fulekar

Water 2023, 15(22), 3915; DOI: 10.3390/w15223915

Article: Spatial Distribution and Factors Influencing the Various Forms of Iron in Alluvial–Lacustrine Clayey Aquitard

Juan Chen, Rui Liu, Yantao Jian and Teng Ma

Water 2023, 15(22), 3934; DOI: 10.3390/w15223934

Article: Accumulation and Origin of Phosphorus and Heavy Metals in Citrus Orchard Soils in Jeju Island, South Korea: Potential Ecological Risks and Bioavailability

Tae-Woo Kang, Hae Jong Yang, Won-Seok Lee, Bon-Jun Koo and Won-Pyo Park

Water 2023, 15(22), 3951; DOI: 10.3390/w15223951

Article: Study of Spirulina platensis (Arthrospira) Development under the Heavy Metals Influence, as a Potential Promoter of Wastewater Remediation

Mariana Diaconu, Gabriela Soreanu, Catalin Dumitrel Balan, Ingrid Ioana Buciscanu, Vasilica Maier and Igor Cretescu

Water 2023, 15(22), 3962; DOI: 10.3390/w15223962

Article: Limnological Response of Las Curias Reservoir, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Successful Management of the Invasive Aquatic Fern, Salvinia molesta

Xavier A. García-López, Jorge R. Ortiz-Zayas, Rodrigo Díaz, Aurelio Castro-Jiménez and Charles F. Wahl

Water 2023, 15(22), 3966; DOI: 10.3390/w15223966

Article: Untangling Humpback Whale-Watching Management Networks: Collaboration and Conflict in the Northeast Pacific

Alfonso Langle-Flores, Zinthia López-Vázquez, Rosa María Chávez Dagostino and Adriana Aguilar-Rodríguez

Water 2023, 15(22), 3975; DOI: 10.3390/w15223975

Article: Study of the Spatiotemporal Variations, Source Determination, and Potential Ecological Risk of Organophosphate Esters in Typical Coastal Tourist Resorts in China

Xuezhi Cao, Bingbing Wang, Xinxin Liu, Jichun Cheng and Shiliang Wang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3976; DOI: 10.3390/w15223976

Article: Assessment of Water Quality and Parasitofauna, and a Biometric Analysis of the Prussian Carp of the Romanian Lentic Ecosystem in Moara Domnească, Ilfov County

Mirela Alina Sandu, Roxana Maria Madjar, Mihaela Preda, Ana Vîrsta, Mala-Maria Stavrescu-Bedivan and Gina Vasile Scăețeanu

Water 2023, 15(22), 3978; DOI: 10.3390/w15223978

Article: Revealing the Extent of Pesticide Runoff to the Surface Water in Agricultural Watersheds

Young-Eun Kim, Darae Jeon, Hyeri Lee, Yujeong Huh, Soohyung Lee, Jong Guk Kim and Hyoung Seop Kim

Water 2023, 15(22), 3984; DOI: 10.3390/w15223984

Article: Experimental Validation of Suitability of a River for Natural Reproduction of Trout of Lake Sevan Using Egg Incubation

Vardan Asatryan, Tigran Vardanyan, Nelli Barseghyan, Marine Dallakyan and Bardukh Gabrielyan

Water 2023, 15(22), 3993; DOI: 10.3390/w15223993

Article: Pollution Source Identification and Suitability Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Drinking Purposes in Semi-Arid Regions of the Southern Part of India

Periyasamy Muthusamy, Balamurugan Paneerselvam, Shunmuga Priya Kaliyappan, Hussein Almohamad, Ali Abdullah Aldosari and Hazem Ghassan Abdo

Water 2023, 15(22), 3995; DOI: 10.3390/w15223995

Article: Mass Mortality of Asari Clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) Triggered by Wind-Induced Upwelling of Hypoxic Water Masses

Ryota Sone, Mitsuyasu Waku, Satoshi Yamada, Dai Miyawaki, Toshiro Ishida, Satoru Kamohara, Tetsunori Inoue and Teruaki Suzuki

Water 2023, 15(22), 3997; DOI: 10.3390/w15223997

Article: Feasibility Study of Using Excess Sludge Fermentation Broth as a Co-Metabolic Carbon Source for 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol Degradation

Jianguang Wang, Zhirong Sun and Jun Li

Water 2023, 15(22), 4008; DOI: 10.3390/w15224008

Article: Effective Adsorption of Chlorinated Polyfluoroalkyl Ether Sulfonates from Wastewater by Nano-Activated Carbon: Performance and Mechanisms

Hao Yi, Xiaolin Chen, Zewei Liu, Hongxia Xi, Zecong Ding, Kai Cui and Yongyou Hu

Water 2023, 15(22), 4013; DOI: 10.3390/w15224013

Article: Evaluation of the Radon Levels in the Groundwater Wells of Qatar: Radiological Risk Assessment

Yehia Manawi, Ayesha Ahmad, Mosab Subeh, Mohammad Hushari, Sayed Bukhari and Huda Al-Sulaiti

Water 2023, 15(22), 4026; DOI: 10.3390/w15224026

Urban Water Management

Article: Freshwater Salinization Syndrome Alters Nitrogen Transport in Urban Watersheds

Joseph G. Galella, Sujay S. Kaushal, Paul M. Mayer, Carly M. Maas, Ruth R. Shatkay, Shreeram Inamdar and Kenneth T. Belt

Water 2023, 15(22), 3956; DOI: 10.3390/w15223956

Article: Research on the Water Environment Governance of Hangzhou Bay Based on the DEA–Tobit Model

Daizhong Tang, Tong Deng and Shanyu Lin

Water 2023, 15(22), 4021; DOI: 10.3390/w15224021

Article: Evaluation of Future-Integrated Urban Water Management Using a Risk and Decision Analysis Framework: A Case Study in Denver–Colorado Metro Area (DCMA)

Bowen He, Han Zheng and Qun Guan

Water 2023, 15(22), 4020; DOI: 10.3390/w15224020

Article: Vulnerability Assessment and Future Prediction of Urban Waterlogging—A Case Study of Fuzhou

Xuerao Wang, Zhiming Zhang, Wenhan Hu, Xin Zhao, Xiaotian Qi and Ran Cai

Water 2023, 15(22), 4025; DOI: 10.3390/w15224025

Case Report: A Cyber-Physical All-Hazard Risk Management Approach: The Case of the Wastewater Treatment Plant of Copenhagen

Camillo Bosco, Carsten Thirsing, Martin Gilje Jaatun and Rita Ugarelli

Water 2023, 15(22), 3964; DOI: 10.3390/w15223964

Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics

Article: Hydraulic Transient Impact on Surrounding Rock Mass of Unlined Pressure Tunnels

Sanyam Ghimire, Krishna Kanta Panthi and Kaspar Vereide

Water 2023, 15(22), 3894; DOI: 10.3390/w15223894

Article: Prediction Model of Residual Soil Shear Strength under Dry–Wet Cycles and Its Uncertainty

Jiefa Ding, Shijun Wang, Haoran Huang, Fengqian Pan, Yunxing Wu, Yanchang Gu and Yan Zhang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3931; DOI: 10.3390/w15223931

Article: Deformation Characteristics and Stability Prediction of Mala Landslide at Miaowei Hydropower Station under Hydrodynamic Action

Jingqing Lv, Zhigang Shan, Fei Yin, Liang Chen, Menglong Dong and Faming Zhang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3942; DOI: 10.3390/w15223942

Article: Study on the Cavitation Characteristics of Shroud Clearance in Prototype and Model of a Kaplan Turbine

Yali Zhang, Wendong Luo, Tao Chen, Lingjiu Zhou and Zhengwei Wang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3960; DOI: 10.3390/w15223960

Article: The Use of UAV for Measuring the Morphology of Ice Cover on the Surface of a River: A Case Study of the Low Head Dam and Fishway Inlet Area in the Odra River

Jan Błotnicki, Paweł Jarzembowski, Maciej Gruszczyński and Marcin Popczyk

Water 2023, 15(22), 3972; DOI: 10.3390/w15223972

Article: Experimental Study on Flow Structure Characteristics of Gap Flow Boundary Layer Based on PIV

Lei Sun, Xihuan Sun, Yongye Li and Cheng Wang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3989; DOI: 10.3390/w15223989

Article: Effect of Aeration on the Cavitation Characteristics of the Control Valve in Hydro-Driven Ship Lifts

Jiao Wang, Yaan Hu, Liang Chen, Ruichang Hu and Hao Yuan

Water 2023, 15(22), 4014; DOI: 10.3390/w15224014

Article: Research on Temperature Control Index for High Concrete Dams Based on Information Entropy and Cloud Model from the View of Spatial Field

Guang Yang, Jin Sun, Jianwei Zhang, Jingtai Niu, Bowen Luan, Zhendong Huang and Ahui Zhao

Water 2023, 15(22), 4023; DOI: 10.3390/w15224023

Article: Comparison of Pressure Pulsation Characteristics of Francis Turbine with Different Draft Tube Arrangement Direction

Tao Zhang, Zilong Hu, Xinjun Liu, Jiahao Lu, Xijie Song, Di Zhu and Zhengwei Wang

Water 2023, 15(22), 4028; DOI: 10.3390/w15224028

Article: Optimization Research on the Space-V-Type Biomimetic Surface Grooves of a Marine Centrifugal Pump

Hua Li, Zifeng Yu, Runan Hua, Chenqi Li, Chao Guo, Houlin Liu and Liang Dong

Water 2023, 15(22), 4031; DOI: 10.3390/w15224031

Editorial: New Advances in Water Hammer Problems

Kamil Urbanowicz and Helena Margarida Ramos

Water 2023, 15(22), 4004; DOI: 10.3390/w15224004

Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems

Review: Bridging the Gaps: Exploring Aquatic–Terrestrial Connectivity through the Trait-Based Ecology of Riparian Predatory Arthropods

Cristian Andrei Murgu and Geta Rîșnoveanu

Water 2023, 15(22), 3983; DOI: 10.3390/w15223983

Article: Effects of Environmental Factors on the Distribution and Diversity of Aquatic Oligochaetes

Ana Atanacković, Nataša Popović, Nikola Marinković, Jelena Tomović, Jelena Đuknić, Jelena Stanković and Momir Paunović

Water 2023, 15(22), 3873; DOI: 10.3390/w15223873

Article: Quantitative Morphometric Analysis of Morphologically Similar Species of Fragilaria(Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta) Allows Detection of Non-Indigenous Taxa: A Case Study from Lake Ladoga (North of European Russia)

Alexander G. Rusanov, Maria A. Gololobova, Mikhail Y. Kolobov, Mónika Duleba, Anton A. Georgiev, István Grigorszky, Keve T. Kiss, Éva Ács and Imre Somlyai

Water 2023, 15(22), 3994; DOI: 10.3390/w15223994

Article: Watershed Development and Eutrophying Potable Source-Water Reservoirs in a Warming Temperate/Subtropical Region

JoAnn M. Burkholder, Carol A. Kinder and Elle H. Allen

Water 2023, 15(22), 4007; DOI: 10.3390/w15224007

Oceans and Coastal Zones

Article: Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Layered Floating Reefs under Tidal Currents and Waves

Yun Pan, Lijing Yang, Dawen Xue and Lu Luo

Water 2023, 15(22), 3892; DOI: 10.3390/w15223892

Article: High-Order Boussinesq Equations for Water Wave Propagation in Porous Media

Ping Wang, Zhongbo Liu, Kezhao Fang, Jiawen Sun and Daxun Gou

Water 2023, 15(22), 3900; DOI: 10.3390/w15223900

Article: Study on the Control of Saltwater Intrusion Using Subsurface Dams

Yawen Chang, Xuequn Chen, Dan Liu, Chanjuan Tian, Dandan Xu and Luyao Wang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3938; DOI: 10.3390/w15223938

Article: Method for Distinguishing Sargassum and Zostera in the Seto Inland Sea Using Sentinel-2 Data

Shilin Song and Yuji Sakuno

Water 2023, 15(22), 3979; DOI: 10.3390/w15223979

Editorial: Port Structures, Maritime Transport, and Tourism

Sérgio Lousada and Rui Alexandre Castanho

Water 2023, 15(22), 3898; DOI: 10.3390/w15223898

Water Erosion and Sediment Transport

Article: Modeling Morphodynamic Impacts and Optimization of Marine Hydrokinetic Arrays in Shallow Offshore Environments

Hanieh Moghadam and Alejandra C. Ortiz

Water 2023, 15(22), 3884; DOI: 10.3390/w15223884

Article: Evaluation of Local Scour along the Base of Longitudinal Training Walls

Nelson Javier Cely Calixto, Alberto Galvis Castaño and Gustavo Adolfo Carrillo Soto

Water 2023, 15(22), 4001; DOI: 10.3390/w15224001

Water Use and Scarcity

Article: Comprehensive Regulation of Water–Nitrogen Coupling in Hybrid Seed Maize in the Hexi Oasis Irrigation Area Based on the Synergy of Multiple Indicators

Haoliang Deng, Xiaofan Pan, Hengjia Zhang, Zhanwen Xiao, Rang Xiao, Zhixi Zhao and Tao Chen

Water 2023, 15(22), 3927; DOI: 10.3390/w15223927

Article: Enhanced Post-Drought Compensatory Growth and Water Utilization in Maize via Rhizosphere Soil Nitrification by Heterotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

Xiao-Ling Wang, Shi-Shi Tian, Hao Yu, Run-Hong Sun, Lin Qi, Peng Song and Shen-Jiao Yang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3933; DOI: 10.3390/w15223933

Editorial: Water, Resources, and Resilience: Insights from Diverse Environmental Studies

Katarzyna Pietrucha-Urbanik and Janusz Rak

Water 2023, 15(22), 3965; DOI: 10.3390/w15223965

Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture

Article: Impact Assessment of Livestock Production on Water Scarcity in a Watershed in Southern Brazil

Sofia Helena Zanella Carra, Katrin Drastig, Julio Cesar Pascale Palhares, Taison Anderson Bortolin, Hagen Koch and Vania Elisabete Schneider

Water 2023, 15(22), 3955; DOI: 10.3390/w15223955

Article: Effects of Partial Straw Mulching on Potato Production under Different Rainfall Years in Dry-Farming Region

Deming Zhao, Juhua Ma, Xunzhen Cui, Liangliang Hu, Zeyi Wang, Lei Chang and Caixia Huang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3971; DOI: 10.3390/w15223971

Article: Evaluating Effects of Terraces on Flow Regimes in a Hilly and Mountainous Basin

Feng Zhou, Wanshun Zhang, Xin Liu, Anna Jiang, Gang Chen, Ao Li and Hong Peng

Water 2023, 15(22), 3980; DOI: 10.3390/w15223980

Article: Runoff Decline Is Dominated by Human Activities

Ping Miao, Dagula, Xiaojie Li, Shahid Naeem, Amit Kumar, Hongli Ma, Yenong Ding, Ruidong Wang and Jinkai Luan

Water 2023, 15(22), 4010; DOI: 10.3390/w15224010

General

Review: Insights into CFD Modelling of Water Hammer

M. R. Ajith Kumar, Jaan H. Pu, Prashanth R. Hanmaiahgari and Martin F. Lambert

Water 2023, 15(22), 3988; DOI: 10.3390/w15223988

Article: Patterns and Teleconnection Mechanisms of Extreme Precipitation in Ethiopia during 1990–2020

Guomiao Hou, Fekadu Tadege Kobe, Zhihua Zhang and M. James C. Crabbe

Water 2023, 15(22), 3874; DOI: 10.3390/w15223874

Article: Effects of Massive Use of Disinfectants on the Plankton Communities in Lakes from Wuhan

Gaofei Song, Pingping Xu, Yuxuan Zhu, Adilo Rediat Abate, Wujuan Mi and Yonghong Bi

Water 2023, 15(22), 3875; DOI: 10.3390/w15223875

Article: Calibrating Complexity: A Comprehensive Approach to Developing Stage–Storage–Discharge Relationships for Geographically Isolated Wetlands (GIWs) in W-C Florida

Fahad Alshehri and Mark Ross

Water 2023, 15(22), 3878; DOI: 10.3390/w15223878

Article: Satellite-Based Monitoring of Growing Agricultural Water Consumption in Hyper-Arid Regions

Ashkan Ebrahimivand, Farhad Hooshyaripor, Salar Rezaei-Gharehaghaj, Sahand Razi, Mohammad Milad Salamttalab, Mahdi Kolahi and Roohollah Noori

Water 2023, 15(22), 3880; DOI: 10.3390/w15223880

Article: Predicting Future Flood Risks in the Face of Climate Change: A Frequency Analysis Perspective

Cristian Gabriel Anghel and Cornel Ilinca

Water 2023, 15(22), 3883; DOI: 10.3390/w15223883

Article: Genetic Diversity and Population Dynamics of Invasive Ascidiella aspersa: Insights from Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I and 18S rDNA Analyses in Korean and Global Populations

Jeounghee Lee, Soyeon Kwon, Michael Dadole Ubagan, Taekjun Lee and Sook Shin

Water 2023, 15(22), 3886; DOI: 10.3390/w15223886

Article: Do Microplastics Affect the Photodegradation of Duloxetine and Its Phototoxicity to Protozoan Spirostomum ambiguum (Müller, 1786) Ehrenberg, 1835?

Justyna Chojnacka, Joanna Giebułtowicz, Natalia Choińska, Agata Drobniewska and Grzegorz Nałęcz-Jawecki

Water 2023, 15(22), 3890; DOI: 10.3390/w15223890

Article: A Horizontal Distribution Model of Static Ice Cover Generated by Static and Dynamic Water Considering the Heat Transfer of Riverbanks

Boxiang Xue, Zhengzhong Wang, Quanhong Liu and Hanxiang Li

Water 2023, 15(22), 3893; DOI: 10.3390/w15223893

Article: A Comprehensive Model for Assessing Synergistic Revenue–Cost for the Joint Operation of a Complex Multistakeholder Reservoir System

Yufei Quan, Yang Xu, Ran Mo, Xin Huang, Saijin Ji, Huili Wang, Zirui Li and Bin Xu

Water 2023, 15(22), 3896; DOI: 10.3390/w15223896

Article: WRF-Hydro for Streamflow Simulation in the MATOPIBA Region within the Tocantins/Araguaia River Basin—Brazil: Implications for Water Resource Management

Daniel Guimarães Silva, José Roberto Dantas da Silva Junior, Filipe Milani de Souza, Diogo Nunes da Silva Ramos, Allan Rodrigues Silva, Thalyta Soares dos Santos and Davidson Martins Moreira

Water 2023, 15(22), 3902; DOI: 10.3390/w15223902

Article: Adsorption of Pb²⁺ by Activated Carbon Produced by Microwave-Assisted K₂CO₃ Activation of Date Palm Leaf Sheath Fibres

Saud S. Aloud, Bassim H. Hameed, Mohamad F. M. Yusop, Hattan A. Alharbi, John P. Giesy and Khaled D. Alotaibi

Water 2023, 15(22), 3905; DOI: 10.3390/w15223905

Article: The Relationship between Total Mercury, Its Fractions and Species Diversity of Diatom Taphocoenoses Deposited in Surface Sediments (Southern Baltic Sea)

Dominika Hetko, Małgorzata Witak and Magdalena Bełdowska

Water 2023, 15(22), 3907; DOI: 10.3390/w15223907

Article: Assessment and Comprehensive Evaluation of Large-Scale Reclaimed Water Reuse for Urban River Restoration and Water Resource Management: A Case Study in China

Xiaohu Lin, Shiyi Li, Danyan Sun, Wenming Zhou, Jun Wei, Haifeng Fang, Liping Zhu, Zhibo Lu and Jingcheng Xu

Water 2023, 15(22), 3909; DOI: 10.3390/w15223909

Article: Temporal and Spatial Propagation Characteristics of the Meteorological, Agricultural and Hydrological Drought System in Different Climatic Conditions within the Framework of the Watershed Water Cycle

Yunyun Li, Yi Huang, Yanchun Li, Hongxue Zhang, Qian Deng, Jingjing Fan and Xuemei Wang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3911; DOI: 10.3390/w15223911

Article: Artificial Intelligence for Surface Water Quality Evaluation, Monitoring and Assessment

Rishi Rana, Anshul Kalia, Amardeep Boora, Faisal M. Alfaisal, Raied Saad Alharbi, Parveen Berwal, Shamshad Alam, Mohammad Amir Khan and Obaid Qamar

Water 2023, 15(22), 3919; DOI: 10.3390/w15223919

Article: Evaluation of the Influence of Upstream Flow on the Energy Characteristics of a Giant Kaplan Turbine

Hongyun Luo, Chengming Liu, Haiqiang Luo, Lingjiu Zhou and Zhengwei Wang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3920; DOI: 10.3390/w15223920

Article: Enhancing Tank Leaching Efficiency through Electrokinetic Remediation: A Laboratory and Numerical Modeling Study

Farnoush Eftekhari, Faramarz Doulati Ardejani, Mehdi Amini, Reza Taherdangkoo and Christoph Butscher

Water 2023, 15(22), 3923; DOI: 10.3390/w15223923

Article: Total Dissolved Solids Risk Assessment and Optimisation Scheme of Managed Aquifer Recharge Projects in a Karst Area of Northern China

Jinchao Li, Weiping Wang and Wenliang Li

Water 2023, 15(22), 3930; DOI: 10.3390/w15223930

Article: Small Island City Flood Risk Assessment: The Case of Kingston, Jamaica

Andrea Rivosecchi and Minerva Singh

Water 2023, 15(22), 3936; DOI: 10.3390/w15223936

Article: Diagnostic Assessment in the Wet and Dry Seasons of Simple Weirs Constructed by Small-Scale Farmers in the Northern Region Provinces of Zambia

Alex Lushikanda Kabwe, Masahiro Hyodo, Hidehiko Ogata, Yoshihiro Sagawa, Yoshinao Adachi and Masayuki Ishii

Water 2023, 15(22), 3935; DOI: 10.3390/w15223935

Article: Effects of Rapid Thermal Cycling (Cold Shock) on Fish Health: Evidence from Controlled Laboratory Experiments, Behavior, and Telemetry

Heiko L. Schoenfuss, John D. Roos, Tim G. Loes, Brian E. Schmidt and Stephen E. Bartell

Water 2023, 15(22), 3937; DOI: 10.3390/w15223937

Article: Future Joint Probability Characteristics of Extreme Precipitation in the Yellow River Basin

Fujun Li, Guodong Zhang and Xueli Zhang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3957; DOI: 10.3390/w15223957

Article: Impact Evaluation Using Nonstationary Parameters for Historical and Projected Extreme Precipitation

Muhammad Usman Khan, Muhammad Wajid Ijaz, Mudassar Iqbal, Rizwan Aziz, Muhammad Masood and Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq

Water 2023, 15(22), 3958; DOI: 10.3390/w15223958

Article: Intraspecific and Interspecific Variations in Habitat Usage by Hemimyzon formosanus and Sinogastromyzon nantaiensis in Riffle Areas of a Mountain Stream

Ying-Sheng Lu and Jian-Ping Suen

Water 2023, 15(22), 3959; DOI: 10.3390/w15223959

Article: Effect of Salinity on Performance and Microbial Community during Granulation Process in a Sequencing Batch Reactor

Mengfei Wang, Junguo He, Xiangke Dong and Jie Zhang

Water 2023, 15(22), 3961; DOI: 10.3390/w15223961

Article: A Risk-Based Approach for the Analysis of Flood Impact in Villahermosa (Tabasco, Mexico)

Mackendy Ceragene, Rosanna Bonasia, Luis Cea and Maria de la O Cuevas-Cancino

Water 2023, 15(22), 3969; DOI: 10.3390/w15223969

Article: Flood Forecasting by Using Machine Learning: A Study Leveraging Historic Climatic Records of Bangladesh

Adel Rajab, Hira Farman, Noman Islam, Darakhshan Syed, M. A. Elmagzoub, Asadullah Shaikh, Muhammad Akram and Mesfer Alrizq

Water 2023, 15(22), 3970; DOI: 10.3390/w15223970

Article: Flood Forecasting Using Hybrid LSTM and GRU Models with Lag Time Preprocessing

Yue Zhang, Zimo Zhou, Jesse Van Griensven Thé, Simon X. Yang and Bahram Gharabaghi

Water 2023, 15(22), 3982; DOI: 10.3390/w15223982

Article: Tap Water Quality: Challenges and Psychological Consequences

Warda Khalid, Chen Shiyi, Mbega Ramadhani Ngata, Asmat Ali, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Mikhlid H. Almutairi, Isma Kulsoom, Wakeel Hussain and Muhammad Yousuf Jat Baloch

Water 2023, 15(22), 3987; DOI: 10.3390/w15223987

Article: Water Physico-Chemical Indicators and Metal Assessment of Teceu Lake and the Adjacent Groundwater Located in a Natura 2000 Protected Area, NW of Romania

Thomas Dippong, Cristina Mihali and Alexandra Avram

Water 2023, 15(22), 3996; DOI: 10.3390/w15223996

Article: Real-Time Monitoring and Simultaneous Verification of Water Percolation Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Photography Techniques

Liang Du, Jie Dou, Hideki Mizunaga, Zhongling Zong, Wenjin Zhu, Xiaotian Dong and Wenbo Wu

Water 2023, 15(22), 3999; DOI: 10.3390/w15223999

Article: Groundwater Circulation Mechanism of the Upstream Area of Beiniuchuan River Using Isotope–Hydrochemical Tracer

Li Chen, Pucheng Zhu, Pei Liu, Wei Zhang, Xinxin Geng and Linna Ma

Water 2023, 15(22), 4000; DOI: 10.3390/w15224000

Article: Simulating Potential Impacts of Solar MajiPump on the Economy and Nutrition of Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Humid Ethiopia

Jean-Claude Bizimana, Belainew B. Yalew, Tewodros T. Assefa, Sisay A. Belay, Yonas M. Degu, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Manuel R. Reyes, P. V. Vara Prasad and Seifu A. Tilahun

Water 2023, 15(22), 4003; DOI: 10.3390/w15224003

Article: Using Activated Biochar from Caryocar brasiliense Pequi Almonds for Removing Methylene Blue Dye in an Aqueous Solution

André Luiz Ferreira Carvalho Melo, Marcelo Teixeira Carneiro, Alan Ícaro Sousa Morais, Bartolomeu Cruz Viana, Francisco Eroni Paz Santos, Josy Anteveli Osajima, Roosevelt D. S. Bezerra, Ramón Raudel Peña-Garcia, Luciano C. Almeida, Santiago Medina Carrasco and Edson C. Silva-Filho

Water 2023, 15(22), 4006; DOI: 10.3390/w15224006

Article: Upflow Direct Filtration and Downflow Direct Filtration: A Comparison with Emphasis on the Removal of Aerobic Spore-Forming Bacteria and Fluorescent Microspheres as Surrogates for Cryptosporidium Oocyst Removal

Álef Luan de Souza Pereira, Cristina Celia Silveira Brandão, Yovanka Pérez Ginoris and Carla Patrícia Pereira Alves

Water 2023, 15(22), 4012; DOI: 10.3390/w15224012

Article: Signal Spectrum Analysis of Sediment Water Impact of Hydraulic Turbine Based on ICEEMDAN-Wavelet Threshold Denoising Strategy

Shufang Bai, Yun Zeng, Fang Dao, Boyi Xiao, Xiang Li and Jing Qian

Water 2023, 15(22), 4017; DOI: 10.3390/w15224017

Article: Application of a U-Tube Oxygenator in a Litopenaeus vannamei Recirculating Aquaculture System: Efficiency and Management Models

Jianping Xu, Yishuai Du, Guogen Su, Hexiang Wang, Jiawei Zhang, Huiqin Tian, Li Zhou, Tianlong Qiu and Jianming Sun

Water 2023, 15(22), 4019; DOI: 10.3390/w15224019

Article: Slope Stability Evaluation Due to Reservoir Draw-Down Using LEM and Stress-Based FEM along with Mohr–Coulomb Criteria

Binaya Raj Pandey, Helmut Knoblauch and Gerald Zenz

Water 2023, 15(22), 4022; DOI: 10.3390/w15224022

Communication: Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric Study of Low-Molecular-Weight Exogenous Metabolites of Algae-Bacterial Communities in the Laboratory Accumulative Culture

Evgeny A. Kurashov, Yulia V. Bataeva, Julia V. Krylova and Ivan A. Dyatlov

Water 2023, 15(22), 3879; DOI: 10.3390/w15223879

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Friday, 24 November 2023

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 18 - 24 November 2023

On behalf of the Columbia River Treaty Universities Consortium, The University of British Columbia, One River, Ethics Matter, and the North American Youth Parliament for Water we invite you to attend a virtual symposium on November 29th and 30th, 2023 from 8:30 am until 12:30 pm daily PST.

You can register here.

Please join us on November 29th & 30th for a virtual gathering to begin the process of revitalizing public education and dialogue on transboundary issues and governance in the Columbia River Basin following the pandemic hiatus. Much has happened in the Basin since the last major in-person transboundary symposium led by Columbia Basin Trust in Kimberley, British Columbia in 2019. You may register at this link: https://columbiabasingovernance.org/

At the conference convened in Kimberley, participants made it clear that formal transboundary public engagement is critical to the future governance of the shared Columbia River Basin. Since then, issues such as water quality, salmon reintroduction, and transition to carbon neutral energy have moved to the forefront, but with the limitations of the pandemic, a forum for public engagement has not been convened.

We have organized this virtual forum to provide a platform for an exchange of deliberative dialogues for the future governance of the Columbia River Basin. We have over 30 distinguished speakers from across the Basin and beyond such as Tribes and First Nation Sovereigns, not-for-profit, private, and public sectors, including youth and students who will present on topics such as Indigenous-led salmon revitalization initiatives in the basin, water quality in the Elk and Kootenai/y watersheds, global perspectives on governance models, ethical and intergenerational aspects of public engagement in water governance and other pressing issues facing the third largest watershed in North America.

This dialogue will form the basis for the organization of an anticipated in-person transboundary conference in May 2024 which will lead the Basin in a new and exciting direction, build upon the web of relationships built over the last decade of transboundary dialogue, create new, longer-term linkages, and initiate new collaborations across the Basin where the Symposium will most importantly act as a centre for dialogue and knowledge-sharing through face-to-face and virtual interaction. Through open invitations to not only Basin residents but to participants globally, this

Symposium will be designed to engage a broader public through synthesis, exchange, networking, and co-creation beyond the Columbia River Treaty.

See you next week!

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The format for these weekly summaries has been changed.

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Starters
Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 20 November 2023 bit.ly/3MRiaT1

World Toilet Day was 19 Nov. Here's a short video (from 2011) w/ a celebrity-model @HeleneTraasavik: 'Don't Just Swipe-Think Before You Wipe!' tinyurl.com/5c6r33d8 #WorldToiletDay

New look! TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 18 - 24 November 2023 bit.ly/46LgfGN #globalwater

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary - 5 - 17 November 2023 bit.ly/47EUd9h

It's @Water_MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 22 (November -2 2023) – 161 articles bit.ly/49VDlwT #globalwater

CRS InFocus Report: 'Farm Bill Primer - USDA Support for Aquaculture Operations' bit.ly/3QNIIp6 #scicomm

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 27 November 2023 https://bit.ly/49V2wQf

Canada
From @CanadianWater - 'Great Escape: Safeguarding Our Great Lakes' tinyurl.com/yc892pny #cdnwater

From @CanadianWater Newsletter - 20 Nov 2023. Retrofit Triumph; Tasty Win; Reserve Watch; Groundbreaking Partnership; Award Triumph; More! tinyurl.com/yc892pny #cdnwater

@CWRA_Flows

Columbia River Transboundary Water Governance & Ethics, Virtual Meeting 29 & 30 November 8:30 am - 12 noon PST. Register: columbiabasingovernance.org #ColumbiaTreaty

Today's Tunes
Today's Tune - 24 Nov 2023. Here's the group Save Ferris featuring Monique Powell doing their 1997 rendition of 'Come On Eileen'. Where's Kevin Rowland when you need him? youtu.be/vTb5FDJol8Q?si #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 23 Nov 2023. I'm giving thanks for Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs 1965 hit 'Woolly Bully'. The song's title came from the pet cat of one of the band members. Or maybe it was his gramdmother. Love the sax! youtu.be/KZJiGu6Gz8E?si #aquadocaudio

Today's Tunes - 22 Nov 2023. How 'bout some Slade with frontman Noddy Holder? 'Run Runaway' Glam rock at its best! youtu.be/gMxcGaAwy-Q?si #aquadocaudio 'Cum On Feel The Noize' youtu.be/78ezU7x3jfE?si

Today's Tune - 21 Nov 2023. It's Norman Greenbaum with his 1970 monster hit: 'Spirit In The Sky'. Some claim that this was the best ever one-hit wonder song. Inspired when Greenbaum heard a Porter Wagoner tune. youtu.be/vRFo72wuU6w?si #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 20 Nov 2023. From 1972: The Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose: 'Too Late To Turn Back Now'. youtu.be/XyqxAIKZ6p8?si #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 19 Nov 2023. Daryl Hall & John Oates - 'Rich Girl' Nice outfit, Daryl! youtu.be/MJsloJmMbis?si #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 18 Nov 2023. Nick Lowe's 'Cruel To Be Kind'. The bride is Carlene Carter, the daughter of June Carter Cash and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash. Nick and Carlene were married from 1979-1990. youtu.be/b0l3QWUXVho?si #aquadocaudio

Daily News Media Water Reports
Oregon Water News Weekly - 20 Nov 2023. tinyurl.com/2zxtbpjy #ORwater

Hawaii Water News Weekly - 20 Nov 2023. tinyurl.com/2s3nd9dj #HAwaii

Eugene Water News Weekly - 20 Nov 2023. tinyurl.com/2p84r5fn #EUGwat

California Water News Daily
24 Nov 2023. tinyurl.com/4njv3svk #cawater

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California-Centric Stuff
The @CA_DWR Water Plan eNews -->22 Nov 2023. tinyurl.com/3hd52s2a #cawater

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Nature Quotes
Today's Quote (@Nature11/24/23) “Researchers are simply not choosing to study health factors specific to women, which is perhaps not surprising when 80% of tenured neuroscientists are men.” (1/2)

Although women make up about 50% of people enrolled in neuroimaging studies, less than 0.5% of studies look at women’s health, says psychologist Emily Jacobs. (2/2)

Today's Quote (@Nature11/23/23) “It is a concern of mine and my scientific colleagues that whereas in the past you could make the assumption that students would leave school able to do certain practical things - cutting things out, making things that is no longer the case.”(1/2)

Surgical educator Roger Kneebone decries a decline in manual dexterity in up-and-coming surgeons in the digital age. (2/2)

Today's Quote (@Nature11/22/23): “Humanity will be faced with either cooperating in the face of those crises or competing. And what we see from Neanderthals and Homo sapiens is that the groups that cooperated better were the ones that got through.” (1/2)

Physical anthropologist Chris Stringer suggests that adaptability and networking helped Homo sapiens outlast at least eight hominind species that once roamed Earth — with lessons for those of us living today. (2/2)

Today's Quote (@Nature11/21/23) “You don’t sign up as an academic to become a media star. Most of us are super-uncomfortable, and have been very keen to get back to our normal lives.” (1/2)

Physicist Shaun Hendy experienced abuse related to his high-profile work on infectious-disease modeling during COVID-19 pandemic. He & microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles sued their university for failing to keep them safe from harassment,but Hendy settled when he left for new role 2/2

Today's Quote (@Nature11/20/23): “I believe that the scientists should be focusing on the science, because if they’re worrying about all the other things, the science comes essentially last.” (1/2)

Medicinal chemist Susan Winks got an MBA and pivoted to operations — now she’s proud that her work frees researchers to “spend until we tell them to stop spending” (2/2)

Other Quotes
"You can move from a public college to a private university, from a secular college to a religious school, or from a comprehensive regional to an R1, but you can’t escape me!" - @ass_deans

"Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife." - John Dewey (quoted in @TheAtlantic via @TheWeek

"The way up and the way down are one and the same." - Heraclitus (quoted in @Forbes via @TheWeek)

"The hot-blooded shall be judged differently from the cold-hearted." --Dante

"You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra (quoted in @NewsandRecord via @TheWeek)

"There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people." - Bill Bowerman

Water/Climate Jobs
From IISD: Climate Change Job Vacancies - 22 November 2023 - 8 Positions bit.ly/3QTO6Hy #globalwater

Josh's Water Jobs & More! 21 November 2023 ~334 Jobs! bit.ly/47Heefj #globalwater

From @IISD: Climate Change Job Vacancies - 17 November 2023 - 4 Positions bit.ly/47EfKPr

Journals, Newsletters, Podcasts

The @WaterNetwork Newsletter - 24 November 2023. Trending Technology~Editors Choice~Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Featured Events~Questions~More! tinyurl.com/4246u73j #scicomm

In @Marinetimes: US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’. tinyurl.com/2ythdz6h #scicomm

From @JPRnews and @propublica: 9 times the

@USACEHQ miscalculated badly at the expense of taxpayers, wildlife tinyurl.com/2s3ze3bu #water

It's @thewaterloop! Episode #201: 'A Look Inside Navajo Nation' with Crystal Tulley-Cordova. youtu.be/gJiXajasT8k?si

It's @Water_MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 22 (November -2 2023) – 161 articles bit.ly/49VDlwT #globalwater

Colorado/Columbia/Other River Basins

From @ByIanJames: New @latimes documentary out today. It follows our journey reporting along the Colorado River, from headwaters to dry end, and examines how the Southwest is grappling w/ the water crisis. Produced

@AlbertLeeInLA

tinyurl.com/5av2b64b #SWUSwater cc:

@WaterEdFdn

Columbia River Transboundary Water Governance & Ethics, Virtual Meeting 29 & 30 November 8:30 am - 12 noon PST. Register: columbiabasingovernance.org #ColumbiaTreaty

In @SequimGazette Being Frank: Salmon recovery is working, but we can’t stop here. tinyurl.com/yw5ny23z #salmon

It's Sibley's Rivers 'Romancing the River We’ve Created' tinyurl.com/muxh7edx #water

Nature Briefings

The @Natire Briefing - 24 Nov 2023. Turbocharged cosmic ray spotted; ‘Treasure trove’ of new CRISPR systems; UK politicians struggled with COVID science; AI after the OpenAI drama; How to avert disasters; Podcast: What happens after polio’s end. tinyurl.com/48953nkc #scicomm

The @Nature Briefing- 23 Nov 2023. Nom nom nom … stop; How an astronomy centre reached gender parity; ChatGPT produces fake clinical-trial data; AI can bring back lost masterpieces; How ‘loss & damage’ works; Prejudice colors views on migration tinyurl.com/bdzxpmnn #scicomm

The @Nature Briefong - 22 Nov 2023. Deep-sea mining might harm wildlife; Wi-Fi for nerve signals; Iceland braces for volcanic eruption; Is it too late to keep warming < 1.5 °C?; Keep polio from coming back? Scientists toil to name Hamas victims.. tinyurl.com/z78t3b8c #scicom

The @Nature Briefing - 21 Nov 2023. Bats mate more like birds than mammals; SpaceX Starship touches space; Genetic link to cannabis addiction found; Argentina’s new anti-science president; AI: find research ‘blind spots’;Specks w/ enormous power. tinyurl.com/2s4zvth5 #scicomm

The @Nature Briefing - 20 Nov 2023. Clues to cuttlefish camouflage; South braces for summer from hell; Heat pump could transform air conditioning; Microbes mine for rare-earth metals; Yes to truly global research standards; PhD research > teaching tinyurl.com/3vj78mhn #scicomm

Webinars and Events

It's @TheWaterChannel
Webinar - 6 December 2023, 11-12 noon CET (2 AM PST; 5 AM EST). Register: tinyurl.com/yckednzk #globalwater

Columbia River Transboundary Water Governance & Ethics, Virtual Meeting 29 & 30 November 8:30 am - 12 noon PST. Register: columbiabasingovernance.org #ColumbiaTreaty

World Toilet Day was 19 Nov. Here's a short video (from 2011) w/ a celebrity-model

@HeleneTraasavik

: 'Don't Just Swipe-Think Before You Wipe!' tinyurl.com/5c6r33d8 #WorldToiletDay

From @iwra_water: Upcoming webinar - 'Accelerating Change in Global Sanitation: World Toilet Day 2023' - 21 November 7 AM PST (US/Canada); 1600 CET. Register: lnkd.in/dUXHajkM #WorldToiletDay

Congressional Research Service (CRS) and Other Reports

CRS InFocus Report: 'Farm Bill Primer: Support for Native Agricultural Producers' bit.ly/3sItBWf #FarmBills

CRS InFocus Report: 'Farm Bill Primer - USDA Support for Aquaculture Operations' bit.ly/3QNIIp6 #scicomm

CRS InFocus Report: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FY2024 Budget Request and Appropriations' bit.ly/3QTLw4q

CRS Insight Report: 'Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP)' bit.ly/3sxOhzX

CRS InFocus Report: 'The Pacific Islands' bit.ly/46kHXtI #PacificIslands

Humor?

Tnx @mark_grossi
Sometimes, #climate gallows humor is too hard to resist ... thanks,

@CNCKevinHall

"It’s not a ‘rule change’—it’s a clarification. I want to make it clear that, no matter what you do, you lose." - @ass_deans

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Thursday, 23 November 2023

CRS InFocus Report: 'Farm Bill Primer: Support for Native Agricultural Producers'

From Renée Johnson comes this CRS updated (22 November 2023) report: CRS Report: 'Farm Bill Primer: Support for Native Agricultural Producers'.

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Very appropriate for Thanksgiving!

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The 2018 farm bill (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; P.L. 115-334) expanded federal farm program support for Native agricultural producers and tribal communities. Congress further enhanced community and economic development for tribes in the Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-261) and provided additional support for historically underserved agricultural producers, including Native producers, in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2). As Congress debates the next farm bill, groups supporting Native agriculture are calling for additional support related to production services and credit, nutrition and food sovereignty, and economic development for tribal producers and communities.

Native Farmers and Ranchers
More than 79,000 farmers and ranchers identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, including producers identifying in combination with another race, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In 2017, Native agricultural producers accounted for 2% of all U.S. producers. Native agricultural sales were $3.5 billion in 2017, or about 1% of all U.S. farm-level sales. Most Native producers (46%) are located in Arizona and Oklahoma (Figure 1). Other leading states were New Mexico, Texas, California, Montana, Missouri, Utah, Arkansas, Alabama, Oregon, and South Dakota. These operations cover 59 million acres of farm and grazing land. Native producers, however, may lack legal title to land often held in trust by the federal government. (For more background, see CRS Report R46647, Tribal Land and Ownership Statuses: Overview and Selected Issues for Congress.)

In statute, support for Native producers references the definition of Indian tribe in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA; P.L. 93-638, 25 U.S.C. §5304(e)). The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the Department of the Interior (DOI) reports 574 federally recognized Indian tribes are eligible to receive services, including farm program support. Alternatively, some statutes specifically reference Native Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, or Native Hawaiians. Some statutes use terms such as tribal groups or Indian tribal organizations that are defined in statute or regulation.

Federal Role in Native Agriculture
As the agency delegated to implement many federal statutes addressing Indian tribes, BIA has been the lead agency for providing agricultural programs and services to Indian tribes, often contracting with and transferring funds to USDA for farm programs (e.g., the Cooperative Extension System). In 1993, Congress enacted the American Indian Agricultural Resource Management Act (AIRMA; P.L. 103-177, 25 U.S.C. Ch. 39) intended to “improve the management, productivity, and use of Indian agricultural lands and resources,” citing also the need to fulfill federal trust responsibility and promotion of tribal self- determination and emphasizing agriculture’s significance to tribal economic development. Since AIRMA’s enactment, BIA’s Branch of Agriculture and Rangeland Development has been managing “tribal agricultural programs.” In addition to BIA program funding, Congress has continued to address Native agriculture by amending USDA programs to expand access to farm credit and research/extension services (e.g., P.L. 100-233, Title VI; P.L. 101-624, Titles XVI and XVIII). Congress also added Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), or 1994 Institutions, to the land-grant university system (P.L. 103-382, Title V).

Following enactment of the 2018 farm bill, USDA now has limited authority for contracting under ISDEAA, allowing an Indian tribe or group of tribes to negotiate contracts to administer programs, functions, services, or activities that a federal agency performs for an Indian tribe and its members. These are known as 638 contracts or compacts or self-determination contracts and must conform to statutory and regulatory standards, including specific performance and recordkeeping requirements. Previously, these contracts were limited to DOI or Department of Health and Human Services programs. The 2018 farm bill authorized USDA to enter into demonstration project contracts under ISDEAA to empower a tribe or tribal organization to negotiate a 638 contract to perform certain program functions on Indian forestlands. The 2018 farm bill also authorized USDA to contract with a tribe or tribal organizations to perform purchasing functions under its Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). Unlike DOI, which is authorized to enter into a self-governance compact or single annual funding agreement for the tribe to administer all the Indian programs that the agency administers for that tribe (25 U.S.C. §§5381-5389), USDA is not authorized to enter into self-governance compacts.

USDA has a formal tribal consultation policy and an Office of Tribal Relations to conduct formal, government-to- government meetings between USDA officials and tribal nations. USDA has launched its Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative, where indigenous food sovereignty broadly refers to developing and strengthening tribal nations’ efforts to build and protect tribal traditional food systems and allowing tribes to respond to their own dietary needs. USDA’s Equity Action Plan includes policies promoting tribal self-determination to enable greater self- governance and decisionmaking by tribes. USDA’s Equity Commission also includes tribal representation. These efforts, in part, address concerns related to equity and access to USDA services highlighted in the class action lawsuit, Keepseagle v. Vilsack. In that case, Native farmers and ranchers sued USDA under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. §1691), claiming the department discriminated against them when they tried to participate in USDA farm loan programs between 1981 and 1999. The 2010 settlement in that case provided $760 million, including a $680 million compensation fund and $80 million in debt relief.

Tribal Views on the 2018 Farm Bill
The Native Farm Bill Coalition (Coalition), representing 208 tribes and 62 related organizations, claims Native farmers and ranchers have “been largely relegated to the margins of Farm Bill discussions for decades,” thus “missing out on major opportunities to protect and advance their interests.” The Coalition’s concerns, along with those of other groups (such as the First Nations Development Institute, the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, the Intertribal Agriculture Council, and the Intertribal Timber Council) are highlighted in Regaining Our Future, a 2017 study by the University of Arkansas’s Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative. These groups assert the 2018 farm bill contained more than 60 provisions relating to Native agricultural producer and communities, resulting in “unprecedented” farm policy gains for tribes. Provisions supporting Native agriculture and communities span many USDA programs related to production, rural infrastructure, economic development, conservation, forestry, and nutrition assistance. See CRS In Focus IF11287, 2018 Farm Bill Primer: Support for Indian Tribes.

Considerations for the Next Farm Bill
Tribal groups continue to call for expanding tribal self- governance authority and for reducing barriers to implementing USDA’s food and nutrition programs and certain land policies. For example, in advance of the next farm bill, the Coalition’s priorities include proposed changes across each of the farm bill titles (see text box).

Priorities include expanding 638 authority for tribes in USDA programming, providing for indigenous food sovereignty and greater autonomy for TCUs and tribal extension services, and prioritizing tribes in USDA grants, among other priorities. The Coalition also has facilitated a Tribal Caucus for Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Priorities cover expanding Native food systems, programs, and policies, emphasizing “the important role that food sovereignty plays in improving the future for Native Americans” (see https://www.nativefarmbill.com/; and https://indigenousfoodandag.com/).

The 118th Congress has introduced legislation seeking to address the needs of Indian tribes and their producers. Some bills would give tribes more control over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administration (H.R. 5970, S. 2912); others would expand self-governance authority for other types of community services (e.g., H.R. 1450/S. 697; H.R. 3307; H.R. 3964). Some proposals would establish additional services for Native communities (e.g., S. 1156), while other proposals would more broadly expand support for historically underserved producers, including Native producers. These efforts generally seek to address perceived discrimination and inequities in accessing USDA services and assistance—such as through loan forgiveness, targeted assistance, and instituting reforms at USDA. Congress may consider these and other Native agriculture and community priorities as it debates the farm bill.

Enjoy!

"The Americans are, of all modern peoples, those who have pushed equality and inequality furthest among men." - Alexis de Tocqueville (quoted in the @WSJ via @TheWeek)

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Wednesday, 22 November 2023

From IISD: Climate Change Job Vacancies - 22 November 2023 - 8 Positions

Sales Engineer

Posted on 21 November, 2023

AKTEO
Duty Station: Nantes , Loire Atlantique , France Bordeaux , Aquitaine , France
Application Deadline: November 29, 2024

Senior Officer, Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction

Posted on 21 November, 2023

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland
Application Deadline: December 4, 2023

Reminder – Tender for technical support for the project “Preparation of an international initiative to reduce sulphur hexafluoride emissions in the power sector (phase-out SF6)”

Posted on 21 November, 2023

Perspectives Climate Research gGmbH
Duty Station: Remote
Application Deadline: November 27, 2023

Officer, Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy (Eastern Tropical Pacific)

Posted on 21 November, 2023

Pew Charitable Trusts
Duty Station: Washington, Dist. Columbia, United States
Application Deadline: December 20, 2023

Renewable Energy Policy Coordinator

Posted on 21 November, 2023

CAN Europe
Duty Station: Brussels, Belgium
Application Deadline: Until Filled

Climate Resilience, Research Lead

Posted on 21 November, 2023

Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
Duty Station: Remote
Application Deadline: Until Filled

Assistant Professor Climate Policy; Assistant Professor Technology Policy

Posted on 18 November, 2023

Tufts University Fletcher School
Duty Station: Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Application Deadline: December 19, 2023

Senior Lecturer in Climate Science

Posted on 18 November, 2023

Vanderbilt University
Duty Station: Nashville, TN, United States
Application Deadline: November 30, 2023

Visit the SDG Knowledge Hub: http://sdg.iisd.org

"Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife." -John Dewey (quoted in @TheAtlantic via @TheWeek)

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Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 21 November 2023 ~342 Jobs

From Josh:

Just an FYI that it’s almost that time of year when we put out the PhD assistantship/scholarship-specific list (probably the first one, as there were two last year, on 7 December). So, for you all offering these positions, please send them along and we’ll include them in the list!

Still compiling the list of youth networks…

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate

1) Josh's Jobs