Water, Volume 16, Issue 4 (February-2 2024) - 111 Articles

It's Water, Volume 16, Issue 4 (February-2 2024) – 111 articles

Cover Story

Article: A Case Study of a Reverse Osmosis Based Pumped Energy Storage Plant in Canary Islands

Juan Carlos Lozano Medina, Carlos Alberto Mendieta Pino, Alejandro Ramos Martín and Federico León Zerpa

Water 2024, 16(4), 515; DOI: 10.3390/w16040515

 

Featured Paper

Article: Making Rivers, Producing Futures: The Rise of an Eco-Modern River Imaginary in Dutch Climate Change Adaptation

Lotte de Jong, Gert Jan Veldwisch, Lieke Anna Melsen and Rutgerd Boelens

Water 2024, 16(4), 598; DOI: 10.3390/w16040598

Water and One Health

Article: The Degradation of Sulfamethoxazole via the Fe²⁺/Ultraviolet/Sodium Percarbonate Advanced Oxidation Process: Performance, Mechanism, and Back-Propagate–Artificial Neural Network Prediction Model

Juxiang Chen, Chong Ruan, Wanying Xie, Caiqiong Dai, Yuqiong Gao, Zhenliang Liao and Naiyun Gao

Water 2024, 16(4), 532; DOI: 10.3390/w16040532

Water-Energy Nexus

Article: Design of a Seawater Desalination System with Two-Stage Humidification and Dehumidification Desalination Driven by Wind and Solar Energy

Kaijie Huang, Chengjun Qiu, Wenbin Xie, Wei Qu, Yuan Zhuang, Kaixuan Chen, Jiaqi Yan, Gao Huang, Chao Zhang and Jianfeng Hao

Water 2024, 16(4), 609; DOI: 10.3390/w16040609

New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences

Review: Building a Smart Water City: IoT Smart Water Technologies, Applications, and Future Directions

Nwakego Joy Okoli and Boniface Kabaso

Water 2024, 16(4), 557; DOI: 10.3390/w16040557

Article: Analysis of Meteorological Element Variation Characteristics in the Heilongjiang (Amur) River Basin

Qi Yue, Gao Yu, Yu Miao and Yang Zhou

Water 2024, 16(4), 521; DOI: 10.3390/w16040521

Article: A Unified Spatial-Pressure Sensitivity Partitioning and Leakage Detection Method within a Deep Learning Framework

Bo Dong, Shihu Shu and Dengxin Li

Water 2024, 16(4), 542; DOI: 10.3390/w16040542

Article: Experimental Study on the Morphology of Snow Crystal Particles and Its Influence on Compacted Snow Hardness

Shengbo Hu, Zhijun Li, Peng Lu, Qingkai Wang, Jie Wei and Qiuming Zhao

Water 2024, 16(4), 613; DOI: 10.3390/w16040613

Article: Daily Runoff Prediction with a Seasonal Decomposition-Based Deep GRU Method

Feifei He, Qinjuan Wan, Yongqiang Wang, Jiang Wu, Xiaoqi Zhang and Yu Feng

Water 2024, 16(4), 618; DOI: 10.3390/w16040618

Editorial: Application of Artificial Intelligence in Hydraulic Engineering

Chunhui Ma, Lin Cheng and Jie Yang

Water 2024, 16(4), 590; DOI: 10.3390/w16040590

Hydrogeology

Article: Groundwater Hydraulics in Increased Spring Discharge following Earthquakes: Some Applications and Considerations

Eugenio Sanz Pérez, Juan Carlos Mosquera-Feijóo, Joaquín Sanz de Ojeda and Pablo Rosas Rodrigo

Water 2024, 16(4), 520; DOI: 10.3390/w16040520

Article: Prediction Model of Water Abundance of Weakly Cemented Sandstone Aquifer Based on Principal Component Analysis–Back Propagation Neural Network of Grey Correlation Analysis Decision Making

Wei Kuo, Xiaoqin Li, Yuguang Zhang, Wenping Li, Qiqing Wang and Liangning Li

Water 2024, 16(4), 551; DOI: 10.3390/w16040551

Article: Recharge Assessment in Greek Karst Systems: Methodological Considerations and Implications

Eleni-Anna Nanou, Konstantinos Perdikaris, Panagiotis Tserolas and Eleni Zagana

Water 2024, 16(4), 568; DOI: 10.3390/w16040568

Article: Stability Assessment of Tunnels Excavated in Loess with the Presence of Groundwater—A Case Study

Qihua Deng, Junru Zhang, Feng Lu, Ziyan Fan, Yi Wang and Zhi Lin

Water 2024, 16(4), 581; DOI: 10.3390/w16040581

Article: Evolution Process of Ancient Landslide Reactivation under the Action of Rainfall: Insights from Model Tests

Xiang Li, Ruian Wu, Bing Han, Deguang Song, Zhongkang Wu, Wenbo Zhao and Qijun Zou

Water 2024, 16(4), 583; DOI: 10.3390/w16040583

Article: Hydrogeochemistry and Water Quality Index for Groundwater Sustainability in the Komadugu-Yobe Basin, Sahel Region

Abdulrahman Shuaibu, Robert M. Kalin, Vernon Phoenix, Limbikani C. Banda and Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal

Water 2024, 16(4), 601; DOI: 10.3390/w16040601

Article: Study on the Influence of Water Erosion on the Bearing Capacity and Function of the High Pile Foundation of the Wharf

Yashi Yang, Peng Zhang, Lingjun Wu and Qian Zhang

Water 2024, 16(4), 606; DOI: 10.3390/w16040606

Soil and Water

Article: Water Quality Assessment of a Hydro-Agricultural Reservoir in a Mediterranean Region (Case Study—Lage Reservoir in Southern Portugal)

Adriana Catarino, Inês Martins, Clarisse Mourinha, João Santos, Alexandra Tomaz, Pedro Anastácio and Patrícia Palma

Water 2024, 16(4), 514; DOI: 10.3390/w16040514

Article: Non-Lethal Assessment of Land Use Change Effects in Water and Soil of Algerian Riparian Areas along the Medjerda River through the Biosentinel Bufo spinosus Daudin

Pasquale Napoletano, Noureddine Guezgouz, Imen Benradia, Sarra Benredjem, Costantino Parisi, Giulia Guerriero and Anna De Marco

Water 2024, 16(4), 538; DOI: 10.3390/w16040538

Article: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Soil Moisture and Its Driving Factors in the Northern Agricultural Regions of China

Junjie Cai, Bingting Zhou, Shiyan Chen, Xuelin Wang, Shuyun Yang, Zhiqing Cheng, Fengwen Wang, Xueying Mei and Dong Wu

Water 2024, 16(4), 556; DOI: 10.3390/w16040556

Water and Climate Change

Article: Reconstructing Historical Intense and Total Summer Rainfall in Central North Carolina Using Tree-Ring Data (1770–2020)

Tyler J. Mitchell and Paul A. Knapp

Water 2024, 16(4), 513; DOI: 10.3390/w16040513

Article: Integrating Hydrological and Machine Learning Models for Enhanced Streamflow Forecasting via Bayesian Model Averaging in a Hydro-Dominant Power System

Francisca Lanai Ribeiro Torres, Luana Medeiros Marangon Lima, Michelle Simões Reboita, Anderson Rodrigo de Queiroz and José Wanderley Marangon Lima

Water 2024, 16(4), 586; DOI: 10.3390/w16040586

Ecohydrology

Article: Assessment of Fish Habitats and Suitable Ecological Flow under Hydropower Operation

Sheng Yan, Tianling Qin, Xiangyang Zhang and Lei Hou

Water 2024, 16(4), 569; DOI: 10.3390/w16040569

Article: Investigating Soil Water Retention and Water Content in Retrogressive Thaw Slumps in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Haitao Sun, Pei Wang, Yuhua Xing, Dapeng Zhang and Siying Li

Water 2024, 16(4), 571; DOI: 10.3390/w16040571

Hydrology

Review: Trace Element Composition of the Dissolved Matter Runoff of the Russian Arctic Rivers

Alla V. Savenko and Vitaly S. Savenko

Water 2024, 16(4), 565; DOI: 10.3390/w16040565

Article: Assessment of Hydrological Responses to Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Forest-Dominated Watershed Using SWAT Model

Hiyaw Hatiya Ware, Sun Woo Chang, Jeong Eun Lee and Il-Moon Chung

Water 2024, 16(4), 528; DOI: 10.3390/w16040528

Article: Simulation of Gauged and Ungauged Streamflow of Coastal Catchments across Australia

Mohammed Abdul Bari, Urooj Khan, Gnanathikkam Emmanuel Amirthanathan, Mayank Tuteja and Richard Mark Laugesen

Water 2024, 16(4), 527; DOI: 10.3390/w16040527

Article: Low-Flow Identification in Flood Frequency Analysis: A Case Study for Eastern Australia

Laura Rima, Khaled Haddad and Ataur Rahman

Water 2024, 16(4), 535; DOI: 10.3390/w16040535

Article: Spatial–Temporal Water Balance Evaluation in the Nile Valley Upstream of the New Assiut Barrage, Egypt, Using WetSpass-M

Zhanchao Li, Ahmed S. Eladly, Ehab Mohammad Amen, Ali Salem, Mahmoud M. Hassanien, Khailah Ebrahim Yahya and Jiaming Liang

Water 2024, 16(4), 543; DOI: 10.3390/w16040543

Article: Quality and Biodegradation Process of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Typical Fresh-Leaf Leachate in the Wuhan Urban Forest Park

Xiaokang Tian and Siyue Li

Water 2024, 16(4), 558; DOI: 10.3390/w16040558

Article: The Variation in the Water Level of Lake Baikal and Its Relationship with the Inflow and Outflow

Valery N. Sinyukovich, Aleksandr G. Georgiadi, Pavel Y. Groisman, Oleg O. Borodin and Ilya A. Aslamov

Water 2024, 16(4), 560; DOI: 10.3390/w16040560

Article: Simulation of the Entire Process of an Interbasin Water Transfer Project for Flow Routing

Xiangmin Ye, Yimin Wang, Zhengyi Xie and Mengdi Huang

Water 2024, 16(4), 572; DOI: 10.3390/w16040572

Article: Probabilistic Forecast of Ecological Drought in Rivers Based on Numerical Weather Forecast from S2S Dataset

Chenkai Cai, Yi’an Hua, Huibin Yang, Jing Wang, Changhuai Wu, Helong Wang and Xinyi Shen

Water 2024, 16(4), 579; DOI: 10.3390/w16040579

Article: The Influence of Time Domain on Flood Season Segmentation by the Fisher Optimal Partition Method

Yanbin Li, Yubo Li, Kai Feng, Ke Sun and Zhichao Cheng

Water 2024, 16(4), 580; DOI: 10.3390/w16040580

Article: A Generalization of the Drainage Capacity in Data-Scarce Urban Areas: An Improved Equivalent Infiltration Method

Junbing Liu, Maohui Zheng, Jinwei Gao, Xinshu Wang, Hu Zhang and Simin Jiang

Water 2024, 16(4), 589; DOI: 10.3390/w16040589

Article: Assessment of the Impact of Spatial Variability on Streamflow Predictions Using High-Resolution Modeling and Parameter Estimation: Case Study of Geumho River Catchment, South Korea

Bomi Kim, Garim Lee, Yaewon Lee, Sohyun Kim and Seong Jin Noh

Water 2024, 16(4), 591; DOI: 10.3390/w16040591

Article: Assessing Wet and Dry Periods Using Standardized Precipitation Index Fractal (SPIF) and Polygons: A Novel Approach

Zekâi Şen

Water 2024, 16(4), 592; DOI: 10.3390/w16040592

Article: Monthly Streamflow Prediction of the Source Region of the Yellow River Based on Long Short-Term Memory Considering Different Lagged Months

Haibo Chu, Zhuoqi Wang and Chong Nie

Water 2024, 16(4), 593; DOI: 10.3390/w16040593

Article: Superiority of Dynamic Weights against Fixed Weights in Merging Multi-Satellite Precipitation Datasets over Pakistan

Nuaman Ejaz, Aftab Haider Khan, Muhammad Shahid, Kifayat Zaman, Khaled S. Balkhair, Khalid Mohammed Alghamdi, Khalil Ur Rahman and Songhao Shang

Water 2024, 16(4), 597; DOI: 10.3390/w16040597

Article: Comprehensive Risk Assessment Framework for Flash Floods in China

Qing Li, Yu Li, Lingyun Zhao, Zhixiong Zhang, Yu Wang and Meihong Ma

Water 2024, 16(4), 616; DOI: 10.3390/w16040616

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Review: A Review of Biological Processes for Dairy Wastewater Treatment and the Effect of Physical Parameters Which Affect Their Efficiency

Jyestha Ramsuroop, Laurah Gutu, Wasiu B. Ayinde, Moses Basitere and Malibongwe S. Manono

Water 2024, 16(4), 537; DOI: 10.3390/w16040537

Article: Biosorption of Technologically Valuable Metal Ions on Algae Wastes: Laboratory Studies and Applicability

Alina-Roxana Lucaci and Laura Bulgariu

Water 2024, 16(4), 512; DOI: 10.3390/w16040512

Article: Effect and Mechanism of Bicarbonate Ion on Lead Absorption in Pontederia crassipes from Karst Water

Jinmei Zhou, Zhongcheng Jiang, Xiaoqun Qin and Liankai Zhang

Water 2024, 16(4), 529; DOI: 10.3390/w16040529

Article: Characterization of Low-Volume Meat Processing Wastewater and Impact of Facility Factors

Gregory Rouland, Steven I. Safferman, Jeannine P. Schweihofer and Andrea J. Garmyn

Water 2024, 16(4), 540; DOI: 10.3390/w16040540

Article: Application and Parameter Optimization of Electro-Kinetic Geosynthetics Electrodes Based on the Wild Horse Optimizer in Horizontal Electric Field Sludge Dewatering

Yuyang Shen, Sisi Wang, Chenling Yan, Jiazhuo Wang, Chen Wang, Chunyang Zhang, Yingying Kou and Donghai Yuan

Water 2024, 16(4), 545; DOI: 10.3390/w16040545

Article: Growth, Oxidative Stress and Ability to Degrade Tetrabromobisphenol A of Phanerochaetechrysosporium in the Presence of Different Nano Iron Oxides

Ningjie Li, Jieyu Yu, Xiaojie Wang, Liu Chen, Hong Jiang and Wenjie Zhang

Water 2024, 16(4), 567; DOI: 10.3390/w16040567

Article: Environmental Impact Analysis and Carbon Emission Reduction Pathways by Upgrading Wastewater Treatment Plant: A Case Study of Upgrading Project at a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dongguan, China

Yunxia Lu, Hao An, Chao Li and Changmin Liu

Water 2024, 16(4), 596; DOI: 10.3390/w16040596

Article: An Optimization Study of Advanced Fenton Oxidation Methods (UV/Fenton–MW/Fenton) for Treatment of Real Epoxy Paint Wastewater

Esra Billur Balcioglu Ilhan, Fatih Ilhan, Ugur Kurt and Kaan Yetilmezsoy

Water 2024, 16(4), 605; DOI: 10.3390/w16040605

Article: Assessment of Effluent Wastewater Quality and the Application of an Integrated Wastewater Resource Recovery Model: The Burgersfort Wastewater Resource Recovery Case Study

Sekato Maremane, Gladys Belle and Paul Oberholster

Water 2024, 16(4), 608; DOI: 10.3390/w16040608

Article: Extensive Study of Electrocoagulation-Based Adsorption Process of Real Groundwater Treatment: Isotherm Modeling, Adsorption Kinetics, and Thermodynamics

Forat Yasir AlJaberi

Water 2024, 16(4), 619; DOI: 10.3390/w16040619

Editorial: Pathogen Detection and Identification in Wastewater

Guangming Jiang, Ryo Honda and Sudipti Arora

Water 2024, 16(4), 611; DOI: 10.3390/w16040611

Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance

Review: Water Distribution Systems: Integrated Approaches for Effective Utility Management

Neil S. Grigg

Water 2024, 16(4), 524; DOI: 10.3390/w16040524

Article: Occurrence and Distribution of Fluoride in Groundwater and Drinking Water Vulnerability of a Tropical Dry Region of Andhra Pradesh, India

Gaddam Yasaswini, Sambani Kushala, Ganjikunta S. V. Santhosh, Mude T. K. Naik, Mijanur Mondal, Uttiya Dey, Kousik Das, Soumyajit Sarkar and Pankaj Kumar

Water 2024, 16(4), 577; DOI: 10.3390/w16040577

Article: From District to City Scale: The Potential of Water-Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD)

Joachim Schulze, Simon Gehrmann, Avikal Somvanshi and Annette Rudolph-Cleff

Water 2024, 16(4), 582; DOI: 10.3390/w16040582

Article: Delineation of Potential Groundwater Zones and Assessment of Their Vulnerability to Pollution from Cemeteries Using GIS and AHP Approaches Based on the DRASTIC Index and Specific DRASTIC

Vanessa Gonçalves, Antonio Albuquerque, Pedro Gabriel Almeida, Luís Ferreira Gomes and Victor Cavaleiro

Water 2024, 16(4), 585; DOI: 10.3390/w16040585

Article: Artificial Neural Network for Forecasting Reference Evapotranspiration in Semi-Arid Bioclimatic Regions

Ahmed Skhiri, Ali Ferhi, Anis Bousselmi, Slaheddine Khlifi and Mohamed A. Mattar

Water 2024, 16(4), 602; DOI: 10.3390/w16040602

Water Quality and Contamination

Article: Impact of Plastic Pollution on Marine Biodiversity in Italy

Teresa Bottari, Bilal Mghili, Kannan Gunasekaran and Monique Mancuso

Water 2024, 16(4), 519; DOI: 10.3390/w16040519

Article: Evaluating Groundwater Metal and Arsenic Content in Piatra, North-West of Romania

Thomas Dippong, Cristina Mihali and Alexandra Avram

Water 2024, 16(4), 539; DOI: 10.3390/w16040539

Article: The Influence of Regional Groundwater Flow and a Neighbouring River on the Behaviour of an Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage System

Qais H. M. Al-Madhlom, Sanaa A. Jassim and Riyadh H. M. Muttaleb

Water 2024, 16(4), 548; DOI: 10.3390/w16040548

Article: The Microbial Community Composition and Nitrogen Cycling Metabolic Potential of an Underground Reservoir in Rizhao, Shandong Province, China

Yue Chen, Xinyi Cao, Juan Zhang, Ziyao Mu, Shenjia Ma, Bojun Liu, Yufeng Cheng, Jingxuan Ren and Rana Muhammad Adnan Ikram

Water 2024, 16(4), 573; DOI: 10.3390/w16040573

Article: Impact Analysis of H₂O Fluxes and High-Frequency Meteorology–Water Quality: Multivariate Constrained Evaporation Modelling in Lake Wuliangsuhai, China

Yue Sun, Xiaohong Shi, Shengnan Zhao, Guohua Li, Biao Sun and Jussi Huotari

Water 2024, 16(4), 578; DOI: 10.3390/w16040578

Article: The Investigation of the Response Mechanism of SST and Chlorophyll to Super Typhoon “Rey” in the South China Sea

Shichao Wang, Jun Song, Junru Guo, Yanzhao Fu, Yu Cai and Linhui Wang

Water 2024, 16(4), 603; DOI: 10.3390/w16040603

Article: Case Study of Contaminant Transport Using Lagrangian Particle Tracking Model in a Macro-Tidal Estuary

Bon-Ho Gu, Seung-Buhm Woo, Jae-Il Kwon, Sung-Hwan Park and Nam-Hoon Kim

Water 2024, 16(4), 617; DOI: 10.3390/w16040617

Communication: Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a Prison Facility

Ocean Thakali, Shalina Shahin and Samendra P. Sherchan

Water 2024, 16(4), 570; DOI: 10.3390/w16040570

Urban Water Management

Article: Monitoring of Levee Deformation for Urban Flood Risk Management Using Airborne 3D Point Clouds

Xianwei Wang, Yidan Wang, Xionghui Liao, Ying Huang, Yuli Wang, Yibo Ling and Ting On Chan

Water 2024, 16(4), 559; DOI: 10.3390/w16040559

Article: Climate Change Impacts on Water Temperatures in Urban Lakes: Implications for the Growth of Blue Green Algae in Fairy Lake

Munir Bhatti, Amanjot Singh, Edward McBean, Sadharsh Vijayakumar, Alex Fitzgerald, Jan Siwierski and Lorna Murison

Water 2024, 16(4), 587; DOI: 10.3390/w16040587

Article: Advantages of the Event Method for the Simulation of Water Quality in Pressurised Water Systems

Marta Hervás, Fernando Martínez-Alzamora, Pilar Conejos and Joan Carles Alonso

Water 2024, 16(4), 599; DOI: 10.3390/w16040599

Article: Stability Analysis of a Rocky Slope with a Weak Interbedded Layer under Rainfall Infiltration Conditions

Yizhou Zhuang, Xiaoyao Hu, Wenbin He, Danyi Shen and Yijun Zhu

Water 2024, 16(4), 604; DOI: 10.3390/w16040604

Article: Systematic Assessment on Waterlogging Control Facilities in Hefei City of Anhui Province in East China

Hao Hu, Yankun Liu, Jiankang Du, Rongqiong Liu, Banglei Wu and Qingwei Zeng

Water 2024, 16(4), 620; DOI: 10.3390/w16040620

Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics

Article: Risk Assessment and Analysis of Rock Burst under High-Temperature Liquid Nitrogen Cooling

Yuhe Cai, Yankun Ma, Teng Teng, Yi Xue, Linchao Wang, Zhengzheng Cao and Zhizhen Zhang

Water 2024, 16(4), 516; DOI: 10.3390/w16040516

Article: Risk Zoning Method of Potential Sudden Debris Flow Based on Deep Neural Network

Qinglun Xiao, Shaoqi Wang, Na He and Filip Gurkalo

Water 2024, 16(4), 518; DOI: 10.3390/w16040518

Article: Electrohydrodynamic (In)Stability of Microfluidic Channel Flows: Analytical Expressions in the Limit of Small Reynolds Number

Goran Goranović, Mads Peter Sørensen, Henrik Bruus and Morten Brøns

Water 2024, 16(4), 544; DOI: 10.3390/w16040544

Article: Identifying Challenges to 3D Hydrodynamic Modeling for a Small, Stratified Tropical Lake in the Philippines

Maurice Alfonso Duka, Malone Luke E. Monterey, Niño Carlo I. Casim, Jake Henson R. Andres and Katsuhide Yokoyama

Water 2024, 16(4), 561; DOI: 10.3390/w16040561

Article: Spur Dike Applications for the Sustainability of Channels in Incised Steep Bend Streams

Kazuaki Ohtsuki, Takanori Kono, Takashi Arikawa, Hisashi Taniwaki and Rei Itsukushima

Water 2024, 16(4), 575; DOI: 10.3390/w16040575

Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems

Communication: Metabolic Rates of Rainbow Trout Eggs in Reconstructed Salmonid Egg Pockets

Rudy Benetti, Tobia Politi, Marco Bartoli and Nerijus Nika

Water 2024, 16(4), 612; DOI: 10.3390/w16040612

Oceans and Coastal Zones

Article: The Spatiotemporal Variation and Historical Evolution of Heavy Metal Pollution in Sediments from the Pearl River Estuary, China

Yu Ma, Yuan Ma, Weijie Zhang, Hao Zhang, Tuanjie Li, Dingjiang Kong, Chunling Xu, Huaming Shi, Xin Xu and Di Wang

Water 2024, 16(4), 531; DOI: 10.3390/w16040531

Article: Correlation between Turbidity and Inherent Optical Properties as an Initial Recognition for Backscattering Coefficient Estimation

Kamila Haule, Maria Kubacka, Henryk Toczek, Barbara Lednicka, Bogusław Pranszke and Włodzimierz Freda

Water 2024, 16(4), 594; DOI: 10.3390/w16040594

Article: Seasonal Study of the Kako River Discharge Dynamics into Harima Nada Using a Coupled Atmospheric–Marine Model

Valentina Pintos Andreoli, Hikari Shimadera, Hiroto Yasuga, Yutaro Koga, Motoharu Suzuki and Akira Kondo

Water 2024, 16(4), 614; DOI: 10.3390/w16040614

Article: The Impact of Tides and Monsoons on Tritium Migration and Diffusion in Coastal Harbours: A Simulation Study in Lianyungang Haizhou Bay, China

Yangxin Zhang, Jiangmei Zhang, Tuantuan Liu, Xinghua Feng, Tengxiang Xie and Haolin Liu

Water 2024, 16(4), 615; DOI: 10.3390/w16040615

Water Erosion and Sediment Transport

Article: Evaluating Effective Particle Size Distributions of Cohesive Sediment under Varying Shear Stress and Bed Configurations in a Rotating Annular Flume

Rafaela Maltauro, Micheal Stone, Adrian L. Collins and Bommanna G. Krishnappan

Water 2024, 16(4), 546; DOI: 10.3390/w16040546

Water Use and Scarcity

Article: Using Niche Model to Analyze Water Consumption Structure in Jinan City, Shandong

Chen Yue, Tian Nan, Yong Qian, Feng Liu, Chunyan Guo and Shijun Zhen

Water 2024, 16(4), 549; DOI: 10.3390/w16040549

Article: Optimizing Multi-Scenario Water Resource Allocation in Reservoirs Considering Trade-Offs between Water Demand and Ecosystem Services

Bianshiyu Tao, Qiao Sun, Jigan Wang, Jie Zhang and Zhencheng Xing

Water 2024, 16(4), 563; DOI: 10.3390/w16040563

General

Review: Challenges to Water Resource Management: The Role of Economic and Modeling Approaches

Ariel Dinar

Water 2024, 16(4), 610; DOI: 10.3390/w16040610

Article: Quantifying Uncertainty in Runoff Simulation According to Multiple Evaluation Metrics and Varying Calibration Data Length

Ghaith Falah Ziarh, Jin Hyuck Kim, Jae Yeol Song and Eun-Sung Chung

Water 2024, 16(4), 517; DOI: 10.3390/w16040517

Article: Quantitative Groundwater Modelling under Data Scarcity: The Example of the Wadi El Bey Coastal Aquifer (Tunisia)

Hatem Baccouche, Manon Lincker, Hanene Akrout, Thuraya Mellah, Yves Armando and Gerhard Schäfer

Water 2024, 16(4), 522; DOI: 10.3390/w16040522

Article: Using Machine Learning Models to Forecast the Conversion Coefficient between Electricity Consumption and Water Pumped for Irrigation Wells in Baicheng City, China

Hao Ke, Fang Zhang, Yang Sikai, Ma Zhe and Xu Bin

Water 2024, 16(4), 523; DOI: 10.3390/w16040523

Article: Phthalates in Surface Waters of the Selenga River (Main Tributary of Lake Baikal) and Its Delta: Spatial-Temporal Distribution and Environmental Risk Assessment

Vasilii V. Taraskin, Olga D. Budaeva, Elena P. Nikitina, Valentina G. Shiretorova, Selmeg V. Bazarsadueva, Yuri N. Nikolaev, Zhargal A. Tykheev, Svetlana V. Zhigzhitzhapova, Tcogto Zh. Bazarzhapov, Evgeniya Ts. Pintaeva, Larisa D. Radnaeva, Aleksander A. Ayurzhanaev, Sendema D. Shirapova, Tatyana B. Tsyrendorzhieva, Galina N. Batorova and Endon Zh. Garmaev

Water 2024, 16(4), 525; DOI: 10.3390/w16040525

Article: The Effects of a Fishery Complementary Photovoltaic Power Plant on the Near-Surface Meteorology and Water Quality of Coastal Aquaculture Ponds

Fawen Song, Zhiqiang Lu, Zhouhua Guo, Yi Wang and Li Ma

Water 2024, 16(4), 526; DOI: 10.3390/w16040526

Article: Enhanced Runoff Modeling by Incorporating Information from the GR4J Hydrological Model and Multiple Remotely Sensed Precipitation Datasets

Chongxun Mo, Qihua Su, Xingbi Lei, Rongyong Ma, Yi Huang, Chengxin Feng and Guikai Sun

Water 2024, 16(4), 530; DOI: 10.3390/w16040530

Article: The Reintroduction of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta fario) in the Upper Scheldt River Basin (Flanders, Belgium): Success or Failure?

Pieter Boets, Alain Dillen, Johan Auwerx, Mechtild Zoeter Vanpoucke, Wim Van Nieuwenhuyze, Eddy Poelman and Peter Goethals

Water 2024, 16(4), 533; DOI: 10.3390/w16040533

Article: Changes in Nitrification Kinetics and Diversity of Canonical Nitrifiers and Comammox Bacteria in a Moving Bed Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor—A Long-Term Study

Olga Zajac, Monika Zubrowska-Sudol, Martyna Godzieba and Slawomir Ciesielski

Water 2024, 16(4), 534; DOI: 10.3390/w16040534

Article: A GIS Automated Tool for Morphometric Flood Analysis Based on the Horton–Strahler River Classification System

Andrei Enea, Cristian Constantin Stoleriu, Marina Iosub and Lilian Niacsu

Water 2024, 16(4), 536; DOI: 10.3390/w16040536

Article: Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Minnesota

Mark J. Osborn, Shannon Champeau, Carolyn Meyer, Mason Hayden, Laura Landini, Stacey Stark, Stephanie Preekett, Sara Vetter, Zachary Zirnhelt, Stephanie Meyer, Daniel Huff, Timothy W. Schacker and Charles R. Doss

Water 2024, 16(4), 541; DOI: 10.3390/w16040541

Article: Assessing Groundwater Resources Vulnerability with the New DRASTIC-LP: A Case Study in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Chaiyathat Imsamranrat and Adisorn Leelasantitham

Water 2024, 16(4), 547; DOI: 10.3390/w16040547

Article: Hydrochemical Characteristics, Controlling Factors and Strontium Enrichment Sources of Groundwater in the Northwest Plain of Shandong Province, China

Jingpeng Chen, Xiaohua Wu, Jichu Zhao, Shuai Liu, Yuqi Zhang, Jiutan Liu and Zongjun Gao

Water 2024, 16(4), 550; DOI: 10.3390/w16040550

Article: Water Quality Inversion of a Typical Rural Small River in Southeastern China Based on UAV Multispectral Imagery: A Comparison of Multiple Machine Learning Algorithms

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