It's Water-MDPI, Volume 16, Issue 9 (May-1 2024) 122 Articles

Water, Volume 16, Issue 9 (May-1 2024) 122 Articles

 

Cover Story

Article: A Proposal for Sediment Control Countermeasures in Non-Flowing Mountain Streams

Norio Harada, Yoshifumi Satofuka and Takahisa Mizuyama

Water 2024, 16(9), 1197; DOI: 10.3390/w16091197

 

Featured Paper

Article: Definition of Exergetic Efficiency in the Main and Emerging Thermal Desalination Technologies: A Proposal

Nenna Arakcheeva El Kori, Ana M. Blanco-Marigorta and Noemi Melián Martel

Water 2024, 16(9), 1254; DOI: 10.3390/w16091254

Water and One Health

Article: Direct-Injection UHPLC-MS/MS Method for Simultaneous Determination of 78 Illegal Drugs and Psychoactive Substances in Domestic Wastewater

Kan Li, Yiling Hu, Yuke Jiang, Xing Han, Xin Liu and Mingluo Du

Water 2024, 16(9), 1315; DOI: 10.3390/w16091315

Systematic Review: Precision and Accuracy Limits of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology—Lessons Learned from SARS-CoV-2: A Scoping Review

Juris Laicans, Brigita Dejus, Sandis Dejus and Talis Juhna

Water 2024, 16(9), 1220; DOI: 10.3390/w16091220

Water-Energy Nexus

Article: Prevention of Water Seepage Impact on the Soluble Rocks Using Colloidal Silica

Aram Aziz, Abbas Soroush, Seyed Mohammad Fattahi, Reza Imam and Mehrdad Ghahremani

Water 2024, 16(9), 1211; DOI: 10.3390/w16091211

Article: HYPOSO Map Viewer: A Web-Based Atlas of Small-Scale Hydropower for Selected African and Latin American Countries

Petras Punys, Linas Jurevičius and Andrius Balčiūnas

Water 2024, 16(9), 1276; DOI: 10.3390/w16091276

New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences

Article: Determination of Critical Damage Size of Inclined Waterproof Coal Pillar under Asymmetric Load

Xingping Lai, Xiaoqian Yuchi, Helong Gu, Pengfei Shan and Wenhua Yang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1233; DOI: 10.3390/w16091233

Hydrogeology

Article: Spatio-Temporal Prediction of Three-Dimensional Stability of Highway Shallow Landslide in Southeast Tibet Based on TRIGRS and Scoops3D Coupling Model

Jiarui Mao, Xiumin Ma, Haojie Wang, Liyun Jia, Yao Sun, Bin Zhang and Wenhui Zhang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1207; DOI: 10.3390/w16091207

Article: Geochemical Surveys of Ground and Surface Waters in the Abandoned Hg-Mine of Abbadia San Salvatore (Central Italy): A Preparatory Investigation before Remediation

Federica Meloni, Giordano Montegrossi, Jacopo Cabassi, Francesco Bianchi, Barbara Nisi, Daniele Rappuoli and Orlando Vaselli

Water 2024, 16(9), 1210; DOI: 10.3390/w16091210

Article: Analysis of Self-Rescue Possibilities for Pedestrians in the Aftermath of Destabilization during a Flood Event

Xin Guo, Wenhai Wang, Xing Fang, Yongwei Gong, Junqi Li, Mengying Wang and Xiaojing Li

Water 2024, 16(9), 1218; DOI: 10.3390/w16091218

Article: Identification of Trends in Dam Monitoring Data Series Based on Machine Learning and Individual Conditional Expectation Curves

Miguel Á. Fernández-Centeno, Patricia Alocén and Miguel Á. Toledo

Water 2024, 16(9), 1239; DOI: 10.3390/w16091239

Article: Groundwater Chemical Trends Analyses in the Piedmont Po Plain (NW Italy): Comparison with Groundwater Level Variations (2000–2020)

Daniele Cocca, Manuela Lasagna and Domenico Antonio De Luca

Water 2024, 16(9), 1240; DOI: 10.3390/w16091240

Article: Characterization of a Contaminated Site Using Hydro-Geophysical Methods: From Large-Scale ERT Surface Investigations to Detailed ERT and GPR Cross-Hole Monitoring

Mirko Pavoni, Jacopo Boaga, Luca Peruzzo, Ilaria Barone, Benjamin Mary and Giorgio Cassiani

Water 2024, 16(9), 1280; DOI: 10.3390/w16091280

Article: Daily Streamflow Forecasting Using Networks of Real-Time Monitoring Stations and Hybrid Machine Learning Methods

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

Water 2024, 16(9), 1284; DOI: 10.3390/w16091284

Article: Applicability of Single-Borehole Dilution Tests in Aquifers with Vertical Flow

Maria L. Calvache, Manuel López-Chicano, Angela M. Blanco-Coronas, Beatriz de la Torre and Carlos Duque

Water 2024, 16(9), 1305; DOI: 10.3390/w16091305

Article: From Recharge to Cave to Spring: Transmission of a Flood Pulse through a Complex Karst Conduit Network, Castleton, Derbyshire (UK)

John Gunn and Chris Bradley

Water 2024, 16(9), 1306; DOI: 10.3390/w16091306

Soil and Water

Article: Determination of Heavy Metal Sources in an Agricultural Catchment (Poland) Using the Fingerprinting Method

Damian Bojanowski

Water 2024, 16(9), 1209; DOI: 10.3390/w16091209

Article: Novel Oxidation Strategies for the In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents from Groundwater—A Bench-Scale Study

Alicia Cano-López, Lidia Fernandez-Rojo, Leónidas Pérez-Estrada, Sònia Jou-Claus, Marta Batriu, Carme Bosch, Xavier Martínez-Lladó, Joana Baeta Trias, Ricard Mora Vilamaña, Mònica Escolà Casas and Víctor Matamoros

Water 2024, 16(9), 1241; DOI: 10.3390/w16091241

Water and Climate Change

Article: Precipitation Changes on the Northern Slope of the Kunlun Mountains in the Past 42 Years

Zhenhua Xia, Yaning Chen, Xueqi Zhang, Zhi Li, Gonghuan Fang, Chengang Zhu, Yupeng Li, Jinglong Li, Qianqian Xia and Qixiang Liang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1203; DOI: 10.3390/w16091203

Article: Impacts of Extreme Climate on the Water Resource System in Sichuan Province

Fang Ma and Zhijun Li

Water 2024, 16(9), 1217; DOI: 10.3390/w16091217

Article: Combining Crop and Water Decisions to Manage Groundwater Overdraft over Decadal and Longer Timescales

Yiqing Yao, Jay R. Lund and Josué Medellín-Azuara

Water 2024, 16(9), 1223; DOI: 10.3390/w16091223

Article: Study on Properties of Micro-Nano Magnetic Composite Prepared by Mechanochemical Method of NdFeB Secondary Waste and Removal of As (V) from Mine Water

Xiujuan Feng and Yicheng Rao

Water 2024, 16(9), 1234; DOI: 10.3390/w16091234

Article: Precipitation Modeling Based on Spatio-Temporal Variation in Lake Urmia Basin Using Machine Learning Methods

Sajjad Arbabi, Mohammad Taghi Sattari, Nasrin Fathollahzadeh Attar, Adam Milewski and Mohamad Sakizadeh

Water 2024, 16(9), 1246; DOI: 10.3390/w16091246

Article: Vine Copula-Based Multivariate Distribution of Rainfall Intensity, Wind Speed, and Wind Direction for Optimizing Qatari Meteorological Stations

Hassan Qasem, Niels-Erik Joergensen, Ataur Rahman, Husam Abdullah Samman, Sharouq Al Malki and Abdulrahman Saleh Al Ansari

Water 2024, 16(9), 1257; DOI: 10.3390/w16091257

 

Ecohydrology

Article: A Distributed Catchment—Scale Evaluation of the Potential of Soil and Water Conservation Interventions to Reduce Storm Flow and Soil Loss

Tilashwork C. Alemie, Wouter Buytaert, Seifu A. Tilahun and Tammo S. Steenhuis

Water 2024, 16(9), 1225; DOI: 10.3390/w16091225

Article: Monitoring the Landscape Pattern Dynamics and Driving Forces in Dongting Lake Wetland in China Based on Landsat Images

Mengshen Guo, Nianqing Zhou, Yi Cai, Wengang Zhao, Shuaishuai Lu and Kehao Liu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1273; DOI: 10.3390/w16091273

Hydrology

Article: Rainfall-Runoff Parameter Estimation from Ungauged Flat Afforested Catchments Using the NRCS-CN Method

Szymon Kobus

Water 2024, 16(9), 1247; DOI: 10.3390/w16091247

Article: Forecasting the River Water Discharge by Artificial Intelligence Methods

Alina Bărbulescu and Liu Zhen

Water 2024, 16(9), 1248; DOI: 10.3390/w16091248

Article: Investigating the Impact of Large Lakes on Local Precipitation: Case Study of Lake Urmia, Iran

Hossein Mousavi, Amir Hossein Dehghanipour, Carla S.S. Ferreira and Zahra Kalantari

Water 2024, 16(9), 1250; DOI: 10.3390/w16091250

Article: Long-Term Changes in Water and Ion Flows of the Pechora River, the Longest Full-Water European Arctic River

Aleksandr G. Georgiadi, Alesya O. Danilenko and Pavel Y. Groisman

Water 2024, 16(9), 1264; DOI: 10.3390/w16091264

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Review: Current Status of and Suggestions on Sewage Treatment Fees in China

Guoming Zeng, Zilong Ma, Yu He, Lin Chen, Da Sun and Xiaoling Lei

Water 2024, 16(9), 1219; DOI: 10.3390/w16091219

Review: Harnessing the Potential of Extracellular Polymeric Substances in Enhancing ANAMMOX Processes: Mechanisms, Strategies, and Perspectives

Lijing Fan, Cancan Jiang, Xu Wang, Yang Yang, Yawen Xie, Jiaqi Su, Hong Sun, Shengjun Xu and Xuliang Zhuang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1242; DOI: 10.3390/w16091242

Article: The Enhanced Adsorption Capacity of Ziziphus jujuba Stones Modified with Ortho-Phosphoric Acid for Organic Dye Removal: A Gaussian Process Regression Approach

Abderraouf Guediri, Abdallah Bouguettoucha, Hichem Tahraoui, Derradji Chebli, Jie Zhang, Abdeltif Amrane, Lotfi Khezami and Amin Aymen Assadi

Water 2024, 16(9), 1208; DOI: 10.3390/w16091208

Article: An Assessment of the Suitability of Contrasting Biosolids for Raising Indigenous Plants in Nurseries

Claudia Garcés-Hernández, Brett Robinson, Claudio Bravo-Linares, Hamish Lowe, Seinalyn Villanueva, Jennifer Prosser and María-Jesús Gutiérrez-Ginés

Water 2024, 16(9), 1226; DOI: 10.3390/w16091226

Article: The Treatment of Antibiotic Excess Sludge via Catalytic Wet Oxidation with Cu-Ce/γ-Al₂O₃ and the Production of a Carbon Source

Shangye Chu, Hai Lin and Xu Zeng

Water 2024, 16(9), 1249; DOI: 10.3390/w16091249

Article: Burst Diagnosis Multi-Stage Model for Water Distribution Networks Based on Deep Learning Algorithms

Sen Peng, Yuxin Wang, Xu Fang and Qing Wu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1258; DOI: 10.3390/w16091258

Article: Preparation of CeO₂ Supported on Graphite Catalyst and Its Catalytic Performance for Diethyl Phthalate Degradation during Ozonation

Xin-Yi Tao, Yu-Hong Cui and Zheng-Qian Liu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1274; DOI: 10.3390/w16091274

Article: Denitrification Performance and Microbiological Mechanisms Using Polyglycolic Acid as a Carbon Source

Zhichao Wang, Chenxi Li, Wenhuan Yang, Yuxia Wei and Weiping Li

Water 2024, 16(9), 1277; DOI: 10.3390/w16091277

 

Article: Optimizing the Extraction of Sugars from Sewage Sludge Using Ultrasound Combined with Thermal–Alkali

Yujie Fan, Qunshuai Li, Frederico Gomes Fonseca, Jianyang Song and Miao Gong

Water 2024, 16(9), 1289; DOI: 10.3390/w16091289

Article: Recovery of Elemental Arsenic from Acidic As-Containing Wastewater by a Hypophosphite Reduction Process

Qian Li, Shiyu Zhao, Yan Zhang, Yong Li, Xiaoliang Liu and Yongbin Yang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1301; DOI: 10.3390/w16091301

Article: Treatment of Pickle Wastewater under Varying Salinity Conditions within the Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor System

Nuonan Shen, Hongyun Guo, Tingting Yao, Li Xu, Youxian Gao and Ping Yang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1312; DOI: 10.3390/w16091312

Article: Cleansing Tannery Effluent with Pleurotus opuntiae: A Green Solution for Environmental Restoration and Toxicity Evaluation

Priyanka Yadav, Vartika Mishra, Tejmani Kumar, Umesh Kumar Singh, Emanuel Vamanu and Mohan Prasad Singh

Water 2024, 16(9), 1313; DOI: 10.3390/w16091313

Article: Nejayote and Food Waste Leachate as a Medium for Scenedesmus acutus and Haematococcus pluvialis Production: A Mixture Experimental Design

Elizabeth Garza-Valverde, Celestino García-Gómez, Juan Nápoles-Armenta, Luis Samaniego-Moreno, Edgardo Martínez-Orozco and Celia De La Mora-Orozco

Water 2024, 16(9), 1314; DOI: 10.3390/w16091314

Communication: Modeling of Biofoam Destabilization by Biodefoamers in Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater Treatment Activated Sludge

Cynthia Dlangamandla, Ncumisa Mpongwana, Seteno K. O. Ntwampe, Moses Basitere and Boredi S. Chidi

Water 2024, 16(9), 1293; DOI: 10.3390/w16091293

Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance

Article: Determinants of Farmers’ Acceptance of the Volumetric Pricing Policy for Irrigation Water: An Empirical Study from China

Xuan Fang and Ying Zhu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1243; DOI: 10.3390/w16091243

Article: Multi-Dimensional Collaborative Optimization Model for Agricultural Water Rights Based on Water Price Reform under Changing Environment

Linlin Song, Hongshu Wang and Liang Ding

Water 2024, 16(9), 1262; DOI: 10.3390/w16091262

Article: Developing a Bankruptcy Theory to Resolve Stakeholders’ Conflict over Optimal Water Allocation: The Case of Hirmand Catchment

Ali Sardar Shahraki, Vijay P. Singh and Ommolbanin Bazrafshan

Water 2024, 16(9), 1303; DOI: 10.3390/w16091303

Water Quality and Contamination

Article: Mercury Bioconcentration and Translocation in Rooted Macrophytes (Paspalum repens Berg.) from Floodplain Lakes in the Araguaia River Watershed, Brazilian Savanna

Lucas Cabrera Monteiro, Ludgero Cardoso Galli Vieira, José Vicente Elias Bernardi, Ygor Oliveira Sarmento Rodrigues, Lígia Pereira Borges de Mesquita, João Pedro Rudrigues de Souza, Guilherme Sena, Iuri Aparecida da Silva Oliveira, Cássio da Silva Cabral, José Francisco Gonçalves Júnior, Jurandir Rodrigues de Souza and Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos

Water 2024, 16(9), 1199; DOI: 10.3390/w16091199

Article: Relationship of the “Dequada” Phenomenon with Mercury Methylation in Pantanal, Brazil

Glaucia A. Nunes, Dayana D. Ramos, Juliane C. Forti, Diovany D. Ramos, Lincoln C. S. Oliveira, David S. S. Junior, Gabriel E. Santo and Felipe A. Santos

Water 2024, 16(9), 1204; DOI: 10.3390/w16091204

Article: Safety of Tap Water in Terms of Changes in Physical, Chemical, and Biological Stability

Andżelika Domoń, Beata Kowalska, Dorota Papciak, Edyta Wojtaś and Iwona Kamińska

Water 2024, 16(9), 1221; DOI: 10.3390/w16091221

Article: Simultaneous Synthesis of Single- and Multiple-Contaminant Water Networks Using LINGO and Excel Software

Abeer M. Shoaib, Amr A. Atawia, Mohamed H. Hassanean, Abdelrahman G. Gadallah and Ahmed A. Bhran

Water 2024, 16(9), 1244; DOI: 10.3390/w16091244

Article: Multi-Objective Design of a Horizontal Flow Subsurface Wetland

Jhonatan Mendez-Valencia, Carlos Sánchez-López and Eneida Reyes-Pérez

Water 2024, 16(9), 1253; DOI: 10.3390/w16091253

Article: Changes in Surface Water Quality of the El Salvador River in La Joya de los Sachas, Ecuadorian Amazon Region

Tannia Vargas-Tierras, Mirian Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Sandra Pastrano, Gino Chávez, Vanessa Morales-León, María Morales-León, Fernando Paredes and Wilson Vásquez-Castillo

Water 2024, 16(9), 1259; DOI: 10.3390/w16091259

Article: Assessment of Groundwater Quality Using the Pollution Index of Groundwater (PIG), Nitrate Pollution Index (NPI), Water Quality Index (WQI), Multivariate Statistical Analysis (MSA), and GIS Approaches: A Case Study of the Mnasra Region, Gharb Plain, Morocco

Hatim Sanad, Latifa Mouhir, Abdelmjid Zouahri, Rachid Moussadek, Hamza El Azhari, Hasna Yachou, Ahmed Ghanimi, Majda Oueld Lhaj and Houria Dakak

Water 2024, 16(9), 1263; DOI: 10.3390/w16091263

Article: Analysis of the Evolution of Water Quality in Tanks According to the Connections and Operation Mode: Application to the Most Suitable Design

Marta Hervás, Fernando Martínez-Alzamora and Pilar Conejos

Water 2024, 16(9), 1265; DOI: 10.3390/w16091265

Article: Unraveling the Coupled Dynamics between DOM Transformation and Arsenic Mobilization in Aquifer Systems during Microbial Sulfate Reduction: Evidence from Sediment Incubation Experiment

Xingguo Du, Hui Li, Yue Jiang, Jianfei Yuan and Tianliang Zheng

Water 2024, 16(9), 1266; DOI: 10.3390/w16091266

Article: Human-Altered Water and Carbon Cycles in the Lake Yangzong Basin since the Yuan Dynasty

Huayong Li, Yuxue Jing, Hucai Zhang, Xuanxuan Shang, Lizeng Duan, Huayu Li, Donglin Li and Zhuohan Li

Water 2024, 16(9), 1271; DOI: 10.3390/w16091271

Article: Comparison between Hyperspectral and Multispectral Retrievals of Suspended Sediment Concentration in Rivers

Sung Hyun Jung, Siyoon Kwon, Il Won Seo and Jun Song Kim

Water 2024, 16(9), 1275; DOI: 10.3390/w16091275

Article: Prediction of Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient Based on Informer: A Case Study of Hangzhou Bay and Beibu Gulf

Rongyang Cai, Miao Hu, Xiulin Geng, Mohammed K. Ibrahim and Chunhui Wang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1279; DOI: 10.3390/w16091279

Article: Effective Degradation of 1,4-Dioxane by UV-Activated Persulfate: Mechanisms, Parameters and Environmental Impacts

Xiuneng Zhu, Jie Qiu, Yexing Wang, Yulin Tang and Yongji Zhang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1281; DOI: 10.3390/w16091281

Article: Evaluating the Water Quality of the Keddara Dam (Algeria) Using Water Quality Indices

Tosin Sarah Fashagba, Madani Bessedik, Nadia Badr ElSayed, Chérifa Abdelbaki and Navneet Kumar

Water 2024, 16(9), 1291; DOI: 10.3390/w16091291

Article: Dual Effect of Microplastics and Cadmium on Stream Litter Decomposition and Invertebrate Feeding Behavior

Hualong He, Sulin Cai, Siyuan Chen, Qiang Li, Yunchao Luo, Xiaoyi Zeng, Rumeng Ye, Pengwei Wan and Xingjun Tian

Water 2024, 16(9), 1295; DOI: 10.3390/w16091295

Article: Comprehensive Profiling of Klebsiella in Surface Waters from Northern Portugal: Understanding Patterns in Prevalence, Antibiotic Resistance, and Biofilm Formation

Sara Araújo, Vanessa Silva, Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius, José Eduardo Pereira, Ângela Martins, Gilberto Igrejas and Patricia Poeta

Water 2024, 16(9), 1297; DOI: 10.3390/w16091297

Article: A Combination of UV and Disinfectant for Inactivating Viable but Nonculturable State Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Efficiency and Mechanisms

Jinfeng Zhao, Huichao Zhu, Chen Tao, Zhiquan Wang, Ning Deng and Xin Huang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1302; DOI: 10.3390/w16091302

Urban Water Management

Article: Methods for Constructing a Refined Early-Warning Model for Rainstorm-Induced Waterlogging in Historic and Cultural Districts

Jing Wu, Junqi Li, Xiufang Wang, Lei Xu, Yuanqing Li, Jing Li, Yao Zhang and Tianchen Xie

Water 2024, 16(9), 1290; DOI: 10.3390/w16091290

Article: Catchment-Scale Hydrologic Effectiveness of Residential Rain Gardens: A Case Study in Columbia, Maryland, USA

Benjamin J. Daniels and Jon Alan Yeakley

Water 2024, 16(9), 1304; DOI: 10.3390/w16091304

Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics

Review: Overbank Flow, Sediment Transport, and Channel Morphology in the Lower Yellow River: A Review

Shasha Han, Lianjun Zhao, Ao Chang, Baichuan Liu, Jingwen Wang and Jie Li

Water 2024, 16(9), 1213; DOI: 10.3390/w16091213

Article: Geophysical Characterization and Seepage Detection of the Chimney Rock Dam Embankment Near Salina, Oklahoma

Peter Adetokunbo, Ahmed Ismail, Farag Mewafy and Oluseun Sanuade

Water 2024, 16(9), 1224; DOI: 10.3390/w16091224

Article: Greedy Weighted Stacking of Machine Learning Models for Optimizing Dam Deformation Prediction

Patricia Alocén, Miguel Á. Fernández-Centeno and Miguel Á. Toledo

Water 2024, 16(9), 1235; DOI: 10.3390/w16091235

Article: Flexural-Gravity Waves in a Channel with a Compressed Ice Cover

Evgeniy Batyaev and Tatiana Khabakhpasheva

Water 2024, 16(9), 1255; DOI: 10.3390/w16091255

Article: Gas Fracturing Simulation of Shale-Gas Reservoirs Considering Damage Effects and Fluid–Solid Coupling

Enze Qi, Fei Xiong, Yun Zhang, Linchao Wang, Yi Xue and Yingpeng Fu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1278; DOI: 10.3390/w16091278

Article: Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Based Response Analysis of Inlet Distortion on a Waterjet Pump

Puyu Cao, Rui Yue, Jinfeng Zhang, Xinrui Liu, Gang Wu and Rui Zhu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1282; DOI: 10.3390/w16091282

Article: A Case Study and Numerical Modeling of Post-Wildfire Debris Flows in Montecito, California

Diwakar K. C., Mohammad Wasif Naqvi and Liangbo Hu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1285; DOI: 10.3390/w16091285

Article: A Deformation Analysis Method for Sluice Structure Based on Panel Data

Zekai Ma, Benxing Lou, Zhenzhong Shen, Fuheng Ma, Xiang Luo, Wei Ye, Xing Li and Dongze Li

Water 2024, 16(9), 1287; DOI: 10.3390/w16091287

Article: Analysis of Unsteady Internal Flow and Its Induced Structural Response in a Circulating Water Pump

Jinqi Lu, Xueliang Yao, Haixia Zheng, Xiaowei Yan, Houlin Liu and Tianxin Wu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1294; DOI: 10.3390/w16091294

Article: Numerical Analysis of the Stress Shadow Effects in Multistage Hydrofracturing Considering Natural Fracture and Leak-Off Effect

Jinxin Song, Qing Qiao, Chao Chen, Jiangtao Zheng and Yongliang Wang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1308; DOI: 10.3390/w16091308

Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems

Review: Recent Issues and Challenges in the Study of Inland Waters

Ryszard Staniszewski, Beata Messyasz, Piotr Dąbrowski, Pawel Burdziakowski and Marcin Spychała

Water 2024, 16(9), 1216; DOI: 10.3390/w16091216

Article: Wetland Creation and Reforestation of Legacy Surface Mines in the Central Appalachian Region (USA): A Potential Climate-Adaptation Approach for Pond-Breeding Amphibians?

Lauren Sherman, Christopher D. Barton, Jacquelyn C. Guzy, Rebecca N. Davenport, John J. Cox, Jeffery L. Larkin, Todd Fearer, Jillian C. Newman and Steven J. Price

Water 2024, 16(9), 1202; DOI: 10.3390/w16091202

Article: The Diversity of Freshwater Stygobiotic Crustaceans in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania Provides New Evidence for the Existence of an Ancient Glacial Refugium in the North Caucasus Region

Ivan N. Marin and Dmitry M. Palatov

Water 2024, 16(9), 1212; DOI: 10.3390/w16091212

Article: Using the Heavy Metal and Biotic Indices to Assess Ecological Quality in the Central Area of the East Sea, South Korea

Jian Liang, Chae-Woo Ma and Dae-Sun Son

Water 2024, 16(9), 1230; DOI: 10.3390/w16091230

Article: Assessment of Leachate Generated by Sargassum spp. in the Mexican Caribe: Part 1 Spatial Variations

Rosa Maria Leal-Bautista, Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Garcia, Gilberto Acosta-González, Rubi Chablé-Villacis, Raul Tapia-Tussell, Jose Epigmenio Bautista-García, Edgar Olguìn-Maciel, Liliana Alzate-Gaviria and Gloria González-López

Water 2024, 16(9), 1251; DOI: 10.3390/w16091251

Article: Cladocera and Geochemical Variables from Core Sediments Show Different Conditions of Hungarian Lakes

István Gyulai, János Korponai, Sheila Mumbi A. Wamugi, Jázmin Jakab, Umar Abba Kawu, Andor G. Soltész, Tamás Karches and Uyanga Tumurtogoo

Water 2024, 16(9), 1310; DOI: 10.3390/w16091310

Oceans and Coastal Zones

Article: Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Land Subsidence and Driving Factors Analysis in Shenzhen

Shuanglong Wang, Guoyang Wang, Min Huang, Jun Song, Xiaoyu Yang, Tingyu Zhang, Wenyu Ji, Shuai Zhang, Weili Wu, Chengwen Wei and Jian Xiao

Water 2024, 16(9), 1200; DOI: 10.3390/w16091200

Article: Climate Variability, Coastal Livelihoods, and the Influence of Ocean Change on Fish Catch in the Coastal Savannah Zone of Ghana

Johnson Ankrah, Ana Monteiro and Helena Madureira

Water 2024, 16(9), 1201; DOI: 10.3390/w16091201

Article: The Use of Boosted Regression Trees to Predict the Occurrence and Quantity of Staphylococcus aureus in Recreational Marine Waterways

Bridgette F. Froeschke, Michelle Roux-Osovitz, Margaret L. Baker, Ella G. Hampson, Stella L. Nau and Ashley Thomas

Water 2024, 16(9), 1283; DOI: 10.3390/w16091283

Article: Numerical Study on the Formation Mechanism of Plume Bulge in the Pearl River Estuary under the Influence of River Discharge

Chenyu Zhao, Nan Wang, Yang Ding, Dehai Song, Junmin Li, Mengqi Li, Lingling Zhou, Hang Yu, Yanyu Chen and Xianwen Bao

Water 2024, 16(9), 1296; DOI: 10.3390/w16091296

Water Erosion and Sediment Transport

Article: Determining the Relevance of Commonly Used Hydraulic Parameters for Representing the Water Erosive Force in Rock Mass Erosion within Dam Spillways

Aboubacar Sidiki Koulibaly, Ali Saeidi, Alain Rouleau and Marco Quirion

Water 2024, 16(9), 1261; DOI: 10.3390/w16091261

Water Use and Scarcity

Article: A Framework for Assessing Food Baskets Based on Water and Carbon Footprints

Ali Mohammadi, Saman Javadi, Hossein Yousefi, Hamed Pouraram and Timothy O. Randhir

Water 2024, 16(9), 1196; DOI: 10.3390/w16091196

Article: Water Value Ambivalence: A Qualitative Exploration of the Multitude of Water Values

Lien Dieleman, Robbe Geerts, Frédéric Vandermoere and Stijn Brouwer

Water 2024, 16(9), 1236; DOI: 10.3390/w16091236

Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture

Article: Challenges When Assessing Water-Related Environmental Impacts of Livestock Farming: A Case Study of a Cow Milk Production System in Catalonia

Marta Ruiz-Colmenero, Ariadna Bàllega, Miquel Andón, Marta Terré, Maria Devant, Assumpció Antón, Ralph K. Rosenbaum, Anna Targa and Montserrat Núñez

Water 2024, 16(9), 1299; DOI: 10.3390/w16091299

General

Review: Microplastics in Groundwater: Pathways, Occurrence, and Monitoring Challenges

Elvira Colmenarejo Calero, Manca Kovač Viršek and Nina Mali

Water 2024, 16(9), 1228; DOI: 10.3390/w16091228

Article: Impacts on Soil and Cowpea Plants Fertigated with Sanitary Sewage through Subsurface Drip Irrigation

Edcássio Dias Araújo, Lucas Borges Ferreira, Job Teixeira de Oliveira, Alisson Carraro Borges and Fernando França da Cunha

Water 2024, 16(9), 1194; DOI: 10.3390/w16091194

Article: Multiscale Analysis of Water Area, Level and Flow and Their Relationships for a Large Lake Connected to Rivers: A Case Study of Dongting Lake, China

Shan Xu, Liang Zhai, Bin Zou and Huiyong Sang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1198; DOI: 10.3390/w16091198

Article: Windows into the Recent Past: Simple Biotic Indices to Assess Hydrological Stability in Small, Isolated Ponds

Paweł Koperski

Water 2024, 16(9), 1206; DOI: 10.3390/w16091206

Article: Impact of Meadow Degradations on the Probabilistic Distribution Patterns of Physical and Mechanical Indices of Rooted Soil in the Upper Regions of the Yellow River, China

Jiang-Tao Fu, Xia-Song Hu, Xi-Lai Li, Ji-Mei Zhao, Guang-Yan Xing and Chang-Yi Liu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1205; DOI: 10.3390/w16091205

Article: The Application of Sand Transport with Cohesive Admixtures Model for Predicting Flushing Flows in Channels

Leszek M. Kaczmarek, Jerzy Zawisza, Iwona Radosz, Magdalena Pietrzak and Jarosław Biegowski

Water 2024, 16(9), 1214; DOI: 10.3390/w16091214

Article: The Hydrogeochemistry of and Earthquake-Related Chemical Variations in the Springs along the Eastern Kunlun Fault Zone, China

Chao Lu, Xiaocheng Zhou, Jiyi Jiang, Jingchao Li, Jing Li, Jing Wu, Xiaoyi Zhu, Jiang Li, Gaoyuan Xing and Shihan Cui

Water 2024, 16(9), 1215; DOI: 10.3390/w16091215

Article: Fractal Characteristics of Water Outflows on the Soil Surface after a Pipe Failure

Małgorzata Iwanek and Paweł Suchorab

Water 2024, 16(9), 1222; DOI: 10.3390/w16091222

Article: Water-Level Prediction Analysis for the Three Gorges Reservoir Area Based on a Hybrid Model of LSTM and Its Variants

Haoran Li, Lili Zhang, Yaowen Zhang, Yunsheng Yao, Renlong Wang and Yiming Dai

Water 2024, 16(9), 1227; DOI: 10.3390/w16091227

Article: Effects of Bio-Organic Fertilizers Substitution on Gaseous Nitrogen Losses in Rice Fields

Zhengdi Han, Huijing Hou, Xianzi Yao, Xiang Qian, Qin Tao and Mingyao Zhou

Water 2024, 16(9), 1229; DOI: 10.3390/w16091229

Article: The Influence of Arctic Conditions on the Formation of Algae and Cyanobacteria Diversity and on the Water Quality of Freshwater Habitats on Kotelny Island, Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve, Yakutia

Sophia Barinova and Viktor Gabyshev

Water 2024, 16(9), 1231; DOI: 10.3390/w16091231

Article: Parameter Optimization of Frazil Ice Evolution Model Based on NSGA-II Genetic Algorithm

Yunfei Chen, Jijian Lian, Xin Zhao and Deming Yang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1232; DOI: 10.3390/w16091232

Article: Photochlorination of Anthracene in Saline Ice under Simulated Solar Light

Yujie Li, Xuefeng Hu, Hao Xie, Beichuan Cai and Yaxing Bai

Water 2024, 16(9), 1237; DOI: 10.3390/w16091237

Article: A Novel Method for Anomaly Detection and Signal Calibration in Water Quality Monitoring of an Urban Water Supply System

Jincheng Liu, Di Wu, Hadi Mohammed and Razak Seidu

Water 2024, 16(9), 1238; DOI: 10.3390/w16091238

Article: Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Surface Water of Hefei City, Southeast China

Yu Zhang, Chuanjun Jiang, Liangpu Zhang, Hua Cheng and Ning Wang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1245; DOI: 10.3390/w16091245

Article: Elevational Patterns of Forest Evapotranspiration and Its Sensitivity to Climatic Variation in Dryland Mountains

Hongyu Li, Xiaohuang Liu, Wenbo Zhang, Haoyang Zhu, Xiaofeng Zhao, Jiufen Liu, Xinping Luo, Ran Wang, Honghui Zhao and Chao Wang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1252; DOI: 10.3390/w16091252

Article: Effects of Three Antibiotics on Nitrogen-Cycling Bacteria in Sediment of Aquaculture Water

Zhu Li, Huan He, Jianhe Ding, Zhizhong Zhang, Yifei Leng, Mingjun Liao and Wen Xiong

Water 2024, 16(9), 1256; DOI: 10.3390/w16091256

Article: Analyzing the Seasonal Vertical Displacement Fluctuations Using the Global Navigation Satellite System and Hydrological Load: A Case Study of the Western Yunnan Region

Pengfei Xu, Tao Jiang, Wanqiu Li, Gong Xu, Chuanyin Zhang, Wei Wang, Kunjun Tian and Jiandi Feng

Water 2024, 16(9), 1260; DOI: 10.3390/w16091260

Article: Prediction of Inland Excess Water Inundations Using Machine Learning Algorithms

Balázs Kajári, Zalán Tobak, Norbert Túri, Csaba Bozán and Boudewijn Van Leeuwen

Water 2024, 16(9), 1267; DOI: 10.3390/w16091267

Article: Spatial Distribution and Seasonal Variation of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in an Urban River in Northeast China

Qingshan Xiao, Xin Wang, Chongxin Xu, Wei Chen, Qianchi Huang and Xin Wang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1268; DOI: 10.3390/w16091268

Article: Constituents of Coliform Species Contained in the Permeate of Microfiltration Membranes in Wastewater Treatment

Shuai Zhou, Taro Urase and Saki Goto

Water 2024, 16(9), 1269; DOI: 10.3390/w16091269

Article: Spatial and Temporal Distribution Characteristics and Potential Sources of Microplastic Pollution in China’s Freshwater Environments

Hualong He, Sulin Cai, Siyuan Chen, Qiang Li, Pengwei Wan, Rumeng Ye, Xiaoyi Zeng, Bei Yao, Yanli Ji, Tingting Cao, Yunchao Luo, Han Jiang, Run Liu, Qi Chen, You Fang, Lu Pang, Yunru Chen, Weihua He, Yueting Pan, Gaozhong Pu, Jiaqin Zeng and Xingjun Tian

Water 2024, 16(9), 1270; DOI: 10.3390/w16091270

Article: Sensitivity of Runoff to Climatic Factors and the Attribution of Runoff Variation in the Upper Shule River, North-West China

Ling Jia, Zuirong Niu, Rui Zhang and Yali Ma

Water 2024, 16(9), 1272; DOI: 10.3390/w16091272

Article: Flood Water Depth Prediction with Convolutional Temporal Attention Networks

Priyanka Chaudhary, João P. Leitão, Konrad Schindler and Jan Dirk Wegner

Water 2024, 16(9), 1286; DOI: 10.3390/w16091286

Article: Water Stable Isotopes in the Central Altai Mountainous Rivers as Indicator of Glacier Meltwater Fraction in Runoff

Dmitrii Bantcev, Valeriia Rasputina, Anaiit Ovsepian, Semyon Griga, Anna Kozachek, Kirill Tchikhatchev and Dmitrii Ganyushkin

Water 2024, 16(9), 1288; DOI: 10.3390/w16091288

Article: Mine Wastewater Effect on the Aquatic Diversity and the Ecological Status of the Watercourses in Southern Poland

Krzysztof Mitko, Piotr Dydo, Andrzej K. Milewski, Joanna Bok-Badura, Agata Jakóbik-Kolon, Tomasz Krawczyk, Anna Cieplok, Mariola Krodkiewska, Aneta Spyra, Grzegorz Gzyl, Anna Skalny, Beata Kończak, Maria Bałazińska, Paweł Łabaj, Anna Tetłak, Maria Kyriazi and Stavroula Klempetsani

Water 2024, 16(9), 1292; DOI: 10.3390/w16091292

Article: Films Floating on Water Surface: Coupled Redox Cycling of Iron Species (Fe(III)/Fe(II)) at Soil/Water and Water/Air Interfaces

Hong Zhang, Zac Rush, Zoe Penn, Kami Dunn, Sydney Asmus, Carolyn Cooke, Zach Cord, Shawna Coulter and Chance Morris

Water 2024, 16(9), 1298; DOI: 10.3390/w16091298

Article: Improving Irrigation Management of Cotton with Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in Texas High Plains

Avay Risal, Haoyu Niu, Jose Luis Landivar-Scott, Murilo M. Maeda, Craig W. Bednarz, Juan Landivar-Bowles, Nick Duffield, Paxton Payton, Pankaj Pal, Robert J. Lascano, Timothy Goebel and Mahendra Bhandari

Water 2024, 16(9), 1300; DOI: 10.3390/w16091300

Article: Effects of Different Reclamation Years and Modes on Soil Moisture Transport Pathways and Permeability Characteristics in an Open-Pit Mining Area in Guangxi

Song Wang, Lei Gan, Yu Zhang, Zhibo Gao, Zhenhong Luo, Haojie Zhou, Hang Zhang, Hongxia Zhang and Taiqing Huang

Water 2024, 16(9), 1307; DOI: 10.3390/w16091307

Article: Advanced Uncertainty Quantification for Flood Inundation Modelling

Gordon Aitken, Lindsay Beevers and Mike A. Christie

Water 2024, 16(9), 1309; DOI: 10.3390/w16091309

Article: Assessing the Water Footprints (WFPs) of Agricultural Products across Arid Regions: Insights and Implications for Sustainable Farming

Saeed Sharafi, Mohammad Javad Nahvinia and Fatemeh Salehi

Water 2024, 16(9), 1311; DOI: 10.3390/w16091311

Retraction: RETRACTED: Masood et al. Exploring Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Geostatistical and Integrated Water Quality Indices Perspective. Water 2024, 16, 138

Muhammad Umer Masood, Muhammad Rashid, Saif Haider, Iram Naz, Chaitanya B. Pande, Salim Heddam, Fahad Alshehri, Ismail Elkhrachy, Amimul Ahsan and Saad Sh. Sammen

Water 2024, 16(9), 1195; DOI: 10.3390/w16091195

 

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