It's Water-MDPI, Volume 16, Issue 12 (June-2 2024) 123 Articles

It's Water-MDPI, Volume 16, Issue 12 (June-2 2024) – 123 articles

Cover Story

Article: Factors Governing Site and Charge Density of Dissolved Natural Organic Matter

Rolf D. Vogt, Øyvind A. Garmo, Kari Austnes, Øyvind Kaste, Ståle Haaland, James E. Sample, Jan-Erik Thrane, Liv Bente Skancke, Cathrine B. Gundersen and Heleen A. de Wit

Water 2024, 16(12), 1716; DOI: 10.3390/w16121716

 

Featured Paper

Article: Study on the Coefficient of Apparent Shear Stress along Lines Dividing a Compound Cross-Section

Yindi Zhao, Dong Chen, Jinghong Qin, Lei Wang and You Luo

Water 2024, 16(12), 1648; DOI: 10.3390/w16121648

Water and One Health

Review: Research Progress and Perspectives on Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: A Bibliometric Analysis

Fang Yang, Fangyuan Jin, Nannan Song, Weilong Jiang, Miaoxin Bai, Chenxing Fu, Jinxia Lu, Yuxin Li and Zhonghong Li

Water 2024, 16(12), 1743; DOI: 10.3390/w16121743

Article: Carcinogenic and Non-Carcinogenic Health Risk Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Water Sources of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer in the El-Farafra Oasis (Egypt)

Abdullah A. Saber, Mahmood Fayz M. Al-Mashhadany, Aadil Hamid, Jacopo Gabrieli, Klement Tockner, Sarah S. A. Alsaif, Ali A. M. Al-Marakeby, Stefano Segadelli, Marco Cantonati and Sami Ullah Bhat

Water 2024, 16(12), 1649; DOI: 10.3390/w16121649

New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences

Review: The Role of Automation in the Analysis of Manganese in Environmental Water Samples

Rogelio Rodríguez-Maese, Verónica Rodríguez-Saldaña, Laura Ferrer and Luz O. Leal

Water 2024, 16(12), 1659; DOI: 10.3390/w16121659

Article: Advanced Machine Learning and Water Quality Index (WQI) Assessment: Evaluating Groundwater Quality at the Yopurga Landfill

Hongmei Zheng, Shiwei Hou, Jing Liu, Yanna Xiong and Yuxin Wang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1666; DOI: 10.3390/w16121666

Article: Investigating the Mechanism of Land Subsidence Due to Water Network Integration at the Guangzhou Longgui Salt Mine and Its Impact on Adjacent Subway

Nan Zhang, Xuchao Liu, Yun Zhang, Helong Gu, Baoxu Yan, Qianjun Jia and Xinrong Gao

Water 2024, 16(12), 1723; DOI: 10.3390/w16121723

Hydrogeology

Article: Dynamic Hazard Assessment of Rainfall-Induced Landslides Using Gradient Boosting Decision Tree with Google Earth Engine in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China

Ke Yang, Ruiqing Niu, Yingxu Song, Jiahui Dong, Huaidan Zhang and Jie Chen

Water 2024, 16(12), 1638; DOI: 10.3390/w16121638

Article: Gallium Isotope Effect of Ga-Si Complex Solutions in Water: Theoretical Study Based on Density Functional Theory

Jixi Zhang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1680; DOI: 10.3390/w16121680

Article: Advancing the Understanding of Complex Piezometric Information: A Methodological Approach Integrating Long-Term Piezometry, Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, and Fracture Analysis Using Insights from the “Calcaires du Barrois” Series, France

Mathieu Bertrand, Catherine Bertrand, Naomi Mazzilli, Sylvain Gigleux, Sophie Denimal, Rémi Valois, Lise-Marie Girod, Guillaume Cinkus, Valentine Busquet and Konstantinos Chalikakis

Water 2024, 16(12), 1700; DOI: 10.3390/w16121700

Soil and Water

Article: Soil Modeling and Prediction Methods in Dredging Construction Areas

Qi Guo, Wangming Wang, Zihao Yuan, Zhenjie Wang, Wei Wei and Pan Jiang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1724; DOI: 10.3390/w16121724

Water and Climate Change

Article: Variations in Greenhouse Gas Fluxes at the Water–Gas Interface in the Three Gorges Reservoir Caused by Hydrologic Management: Implications for Carbon Cycling

Xing Wei, Mingliang Liu, Hongzhong Pan, Huaming Yao and Yufeng Ren

Water 2024, 16(12), 1642; DOI: 10.3390/w16121642

Article: Risk of Natural Hazards Caused by Extreme Precipitation in Poland in 1951–2020

Robert Kalbarczyk and Eliza Kalbarczyk

Water 2024, 16(12), 1705; DOI: 10.3390/w16121705

Article: Temporal and Spatial Variations in Drought and Its Impact on Agriculture in China

Wen Liu and Yuqing Zhang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1713; DOI: 10.3390/w16121713

Article: Screening Rainwater Harvesting Potentialities in the EU Industrial Sector: A Framework for Site-Specific Assessment

Daniel F. C. Dias, Morgan Abily, João M. Ribeiro, Hussam Jouhara and Evina Katsou

Water 2024, 16(12), 1758; DOI: 10.3390/w16121758

 

Hydrology

Article: Multi-Model Comparison in the Attribution of Runoff Variation across a Humid Region of Southern China

Qiang Wang, Fang Yang, Xiaozhang Hu, Peng Hou, Yin Zhang, Pengjun Li and Kairong Lin

Water 2024, 16(12), 1729; DOI: 10.3390/w16121729

Article: Automatic Rainwater Quality Monitoring System Using Low-Cost Technology

Luis Daniel Mejía-Ferreyra, Liliana García-Romero, Sonia Tatiana Sánchez-Quispe, José Apolinar-Cortés and Julio César Orantes-Avalos

Water 2024, 16(12), 1735; DOI: 10.3390/w16121735

Article: Analyzing the Vertical Recharge Mechanism of Groundwater Using Ion Characteristics and Water Quality Indexes in Lake Hulun

Hengshuai Gao, Sheng Zhang, Wenbao Li and Yulong Tao

Water 2024, 16(12), 1756; DOI: 10.3390/w16121756

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Review: An Extensive Analysis of Combined Processes for Landfill Leachate Treatment

Ahmad Jamrah, Tharaa M. AL-Zghoul and Zakaria Al-Qodah

Water 2024, 16(12), 1640; DOI: 10.3390/w16121640

Review: Hydrothermal Carbonization Technology for Wastewater Treatment under the “Dual Carbon” Goals: Current Status, Trends, and Challenges

Guoqing Liu, Qing Xu, Salah F. Abou-Elwafa, Mohammed Ali Alshehri and Tao Zhang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1749; DOI: 10.3390/w16121749

Article: Experimental Study on the Combined Effect of Electromagnetic and Electrochemical Processes on Descaling and Anticorrosion

Saiwei Zhang, Dongqiang Wang, Gangsheng Li, Xuewu Dong and Haiqin Jiang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1644; DOI: 10.3390/w16121644

Article: Effect of Carbon Source on Endogenous Partial Denitrification Process: Characteristics of Intracellular Carbon Transformation and Nitrite Accumulation

Han Xiang, Juan Li, Zhipeng You, Yanling Qiu, Juan Feng, Ji Zhao, Guangyu Chu and Xiaoxia Wang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1645; DOI: 10.3390/w16121645

Article: Mechanism of Crude Oil Biodegradation in Bioreactors: A Model Approach

Carlos Costa and Nicolás Millán

Water 2024, 16(12), 1653; DOI: 10.3390/w16121653

Article: Efficient H₂O₂ Production and Activation by Air Diffusion Cathode Combined with Ultraviolet for Lake Water Treatment: A Long-Term Evaluation

Hui Hong, Shiwei Xie, Aoxue Qiu, Yuming Yao, Wenzhe Jiang, Jilei Li, Zihao Wan, Shengjie Xiang, Chenyi Xi, Jingxian Xiao and Na Zhang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1658; DOI: 10.3390/w16121658

Article: Enhanced Biological Nitrate Removal from Groundwater in Humid Tropical Regions Using Corn Cob-Based Permeable Reactive Barriers: A Case Study from Panama

Graciela Cecilia Sánchez Hidalgo, Maria De Los Ángeles Ortega and Euclides Deago

Water 2024, 16(12), 1668; DOI: 10.3390/w16121668

Article: Nutrient Recovery via Struvite Precipitation from Wastewater Treatment Plants: Influence of Operating Parameters, Coexisting Ions, and Seeding

Andreia F. Santos, Luísa S. Mendes, Paula Alvarenga, Licínio M. Gando-Ferreira and Margarida J. Quina

Water 2024, 16(12), 1675; DOI: 10.3390/w16121675

Article: Hydroxyl Radical-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes of Red Reactive Dyes by Ultrafine Bubbles Method

Dedeh Rosmaniar Sofia, Eko Sulistio Hanam, Sunardi Sunardi, Dadan Sumiarsa and I Made Joni

Water 2024, 16(12), 1678; DOI: 10.3390/w16121678

Article: New Strategy to Maximize Phosphorus Utilization of Sewage Sludge Incineration Ash for Struvite Crystallization

Nari Park, Miseon Kim, Jinhong Jung, Sanghoon Ji and Weonjae Kim

Water 2024, 16(12), 1682; DOI: 10.3390/w16121682

Article: Enhanced Electricity Generation in Solar-Driven Photo-Bioelectrochemical Cells Equipped with Co₃(PO₄)₂/Mg(OH)₂ Photoanode

Razieh Rafieenia, Mohamed Mahmoud, Mahmoud S. Abdel-Wahed, Tarek A. Gad-Allah, Anna Salvian, Daniel Farkas, Fatma El-Gohary and Claudio Avignone Rossa

Water 2024, 16(12), 1683; DOI: 10.3390/w16121683

Article: Efficient and Rapid Combined Electrocoagulation–Filtration of Arsenic in Drinking Water

Najeebullah Channa, Tanveer A. Gadhi, Rasool Bux Mahar, Imran Ali, Sana Sajjad, Francesca S. Freyria, Barbara Bonelli, Sonke Widderich and Franz-Bernd Frechen

Water 2024, 16(12), 1684; DOI: 10.3390/w16121684

Article: Recovery of Sb(Ⅲ) from Aqueous Solution as Cubic Sb₂O₃ by Fluidized-Bed Granulation Process

Jingjing Yang, Jie Zhang, Jintong Liu, Quanxin Yang, Bingdang Wu, Xiaoyi Xu and Tianyin Huang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1690; DOI: 10.3390/w16121690

Article: Degradation of Atrazine by Flow-Through UV-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes: Roles of Light Source and Chlorine Addition

Suona Zhang, Tao Han, Li You, Jing Zhong, Huimin Zhang, Xiaojun Hu and Wentao Li

Water 2024, 16(12), 1697; DOI: 10.3390/w16121697

Article: Enhancing Decision Fusion for Wastewater Treatment System Selection Using Monte Carlo Simulation and Gray Analytic Hierarchy Process

Tahmineh Zhian, Seyed Arman Hashemi Monfared, Mohsen Rashki and Gholamreza Azizyan

Water 2024, 16(12), 1709; DOI: 10.3390/w16121709

Article: Research on Carbon Dioxide-Assisted Electrocoagulation Technology for Treatment of Divalent Cations in Water

Baoqi Chang, Guangpu Li, Fuqiang Guo, Shuang Lu, Yuhao Peng and Junwei Hou

Water 2024, 16(12), 1715; DOI: 10.3390/w16121715

Article: Performance of Treating Surfactant-Containing Wastewater by Using Algal–Bacterial Granular Sludge

Hanxiao Wang, Tongtong Liu and Xiaoshuai Hang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1717; DOI: 10.3390/w16121717

Article: Physical Model Test of Deformation Self-Adaptive Mechanism of Landslide Mass

He Yang, Minggao Tang, Xianxuan Xiao, Guojun Cai, Yong Wei, Songlin Li, Huajin Li and Jingwei Xie

Water 2024, 16(12), 1720; DOI: 10.3390/w16121720

Article: Ozonation as Pretreatment of Digested Swine Manure Prior to Microalgae Culture

César Ruiz Palomar, Alfonso García Álvaro, Daphne Hermosilla, Antonio Gascó, Raúl Muñoz and Ignacio de Godos

Water 2024, 16(12), 1740; DOI: 10.3390/w16121740

Article: Performance of Iron-Doped Titanium Dioxide-Loaded Activated Carbon Composite Synthesized by Simplified Sol–Gel Method for Ciprofloxacin Degradation under Ultraviolet Light

Ye Yuan, Jianguo Cui and Feng Zhang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1739; DOI: 10.3390/w16121739

Article: Surface Modification of PVDF and PTFE Hollow Fiber Membranes for Enhanced Nitrogen Removal in a Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor

Wenfeng Zai, Yangman Chen, Qingdong Qin, Xiangkun Li and Dezhao Liu

Water 2024, 16(12), 1747; DOI: 10.3390/w16121747

Article: Activation of Peroxymonosulfate by P-Doped Cow Manure Biochar for Enhancing Degradation of 17β-Estradiol

Wu You, Gongduan Fan, Junhou Zhou, Ruiyu Lin, Xingfeng Cao, Yiqing Song, Jing Luo, Jianyong Zou, Zhanglin Hong, Kai-Qin Xu and Quanda Luo

Water 2024, 16(12), 1754; DOI: 10.3390/w16121754

 

Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance

Article: Employing Tank Constraints to Present Total Cost and Water Age Trade-Offs in Optimal Operation of Water Distribution Systems

Tomer Shmaya and Avi Ostfeld

Water 2024, 16(12), 1637; DOI: 10.3390/w16121637

Article: A Comparative Study of Carbon Emissions from Industrial and Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plants under the Background of Carbon Neutralization

Xiaoping Liu, Zhanbin Li, Peng Li, Weiqing Xu, Tong Liu, Shengdong Cheng, Jiajia Li, Ziyao Miao, Lin Zhang and Xing Zheng

Water 2024, 16(12), 1652; DOI: 10.3390/w16121652

Article: Decision Support Systems Based on a Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis to Promote a Whole-of-Resource Approach for Water Management, with a Case Study of Rural Bengaluru in India

Tavseef Mairaj Shah, Chidinma Onyekaozuoro Egwu, Mohammad Hammad and Ralf Otterpohl

Water 2024, 16(12), 1674; DOI: 10.3390/w16121674

Article: Economic Evaluation of Water Management Alternatives in the Upper Green River Basin of Wyoming

Spencer Blevins, Kristiana M. Hansen, Ginger B. Paige, Anne MacKinnon and Christopher T. Bastian

Water 2024, 16(12), 1685; DOI: 10.3390/w16121685

Article: Framework Model for Financing Sustainable Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Zimbabwe

Justice Mundonde and Patricia Lindelwa Makoni

Water 2024, 16(12), 1691; DOI: 10.3390/w16121691

Article: The Improved Water Resource Stress Index (WRSI) Model in Humid Regions

Yuxin Yang, Feng Yan and Hongliang Wu

Water 2024, 16(12), 1714; DOI: 10.3390/w16121714

Article: Water Footprint and Water Sustainability of Agroindustrial Avocado Production in a Warm Tropical Climate Municipality: A Case Study in the Michoacan Avocado Belt in Central México

Diana J. Fuerte-Velázquez and Alberto Gómez-Tagle

Water 2024, 16(12), 1719; DOI: 10.3390/w16121719

Article: Measuring First Nations Engagement in Water Governance in Manitoba

Warrick Baijius, Robert J. Patrick and Chris Furgal

Water 2024, 16(12), 1734; DOI: 10.3390/w16121734

Article: The Water Management Impacts of Large-Scale Mining Operations: A Social and Environmental Perspective

Katherine Arenas-Collao, Héctor Valdés-González, Lorenzo Reyes-Bozo and José Luis Salazar

Water 2024, 16(12), 1745; DOI: 10.3390/w16121745

Article: Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Water Supply to Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan

Tsung-Yu Lee, Yun-Pan Lai, Tse-Yang Teng and Chi-Cheng Chiu

Water 2024, 16(12), 1746; DOI: 10.3390/w16121746

Article: Research on Bi-Level Objective Programming Model of Water Resources Uncertainty Based on Water Rights Trading—A Case Study of the Yehe Irrigation District in Hebei Province, China

Shuoxin Li, Meiqin Suo, Leilei Fan and Dongkun Liu

Water 2024, 16(12), 1751; DOI: 10.3390/w16121751

Article: Establishing a Geo-Database for Drinking Water and Its Delivery and Storage Components with an Object-Based Approach

Yakup Emre Coruhlu and Sait Semih Altas

Water 2024, 16(12), 1753; DOI: 10.3390/w16121753

Water Quality and Contamination

Article: A Framework to Evaluate Groundwater Quality and the Relationship between Rock Weathering and Groundwater Hydrogeochemistry in the Tropical Zone: A Case Study of Coastal Aquifer Arroyo Grande, in the Caribbean Region of Colombia

Carlos Arroyo-Figueroa, Dayana Carolina Chalá, Guillermo Gutiérrez-Ribon and Edgar Quiñones-Bolaños

Water 2024, 16(12), 1650; DOI: 10.3390/w16121650

Article: Assessment of Drinking Water Quality in Northern Ethiopia Rural Area: A Case Study of Farta District, South Gondar Zone

Mesenbet Fentie, Eshetu Assefa, Dagnachew Aklog, Adugnaw Tadesse and Eshetu Janka

Water 2024, 16(12), 1651; DOI: 10.3390/w16121651

Article: Evaluation of River and Groundwater Quality in the Mzimvubu to Tsitsikamma Water Management Area (WMA7)

Lawrence Humbulani Mulangaphuma, David Odusanya and Nebo Jovanovic

Water 2024, 16(12), 1654; DOI: 10.3390/w16121654

Article: Hydrochemical Characteristics and Evolution under the Influence of Multiple Anthropogenic Activities in Karst Aquifers, Northern China

Chao Zhang, Baoxiang Zhang, Wenqing Zhang, Junyu Zou, Ruoyu Jia and Yuesuo Yang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1656; DOI: 10.3390/w16121656

Article: Modeling the Impact of Land Use Changes and Wastewater Treatment on Water Quality and Ecosystem Services in the Yongding River Basin, North China

Dan Dai and Angelos Alamanos

Water 2024, 16(12), 1701; DOI: 10.3390/w16121701

Article: Water Geochemistry and Inorganic Quality: Case of the Lower Rusizi Plain Aquifer, North-Western Burundi

Pierre Claver Ngenzebuhoro, Alain Dassargues, Tarik Bahaj and Othmane Hammani

Water 2024, 16(12), 1712; DOI: 10.3390/w16121712

Article: On-Site Chlorine: A Promising Technology in Drinking Water Treatment in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Guzmán Siomara, Quispe Wilber, Esenarro Doris and Ramiro Torrico-Irahola

Water 2024, 16(12), 1738; DOI: 10.3390/w16121738

 

Urban Water Management

Review: Literature Review: Adaptive Planning Practices

Tasneem Rangwala

Water 2024, 16(12), 1657; DOI: 10.3390/w16121657

Article: Hydrochemistry and Stable Isotopes for the Investigation of Water Movement in Bioretention Column Experiments

Yifan Yang, Xiang Zhang, Chao Wang, Lei Chen, Jinhan Cai and Jingyi Wang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1636; DOI: 10.3390/w16121636

Article: Knowledge Management Model for Urban Flood Emergency Response Based on Multimodal Knowledge Graphs

Mengkun Li, Chen Yuan, Kejin Li, Minzhong Gao, Yuan Zhang and Huiying Lv

Water 2024, 16(12), 1676; DOI: 10.3390/w16121676

Article: Constructing a Machine Learning Model for Rapid Urban Flooding Forecast in Sloping Cities along the Yangtze River: A Case Study in Jiujiang

Zhong Gao, Xiaoping Lu, Ruihong Chen, Minrui Guo and Xiaoxuan Wang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1694; DOI: 10.3390/w16121694

Article: A Structural Optimization of Urban Drainage Systems: An Optimization Approach for Mitigating Urban Floods

Yukun Zhang, Ersong Wang and Yongwei Gong

Water 2024, 16(12), 1696; DOI: 10.3390/w16121696

Article: Long-Term Stability of Low-Cost IoT System for Monitoring Water Quality in Urban Rivers

Manel Naloufi, Thiago Abreu, Sami Souihi, Claire Therial, Natália Angelotti de Ponte Rodrigues, Arthur Guillot Le Goff, Mohamed Saad, Brigitte Vinçon-Leite, Philippe Dubois, Marion Delarbre, Paul Kennouche and Françoise S. Lucas

Water 2024, 16(12), 1708; DOI: 10.3390/w16121708

Article: A Sponge Village Flood Response Method Based on GIS and RS Analysis Formation—A Case Study of Jiangou Village

Xuanshuo Liang, Ming Guo and Guoli Wang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1721; DOI: 10.3390/w16121721

Article: A Water Demand Forecasting Model Based on Generative Adversarial Networks and Multivariate Feature Fusion

Changchun Yang, Jiayang Meng, Banteng Liu, Zhangquan Wang and Ke Wang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1731; DOI: 10.3390/w16121731

Article: Carbon Emission Reduction of Reclaimed Water Use Substitution for Inter-Basin Water Transfer and Sustainability of Urban Water Supply in Valley Area

Nian Ma and Yongxin Xu

Water 2024, 16(12), 1733; DOI: 10.3390/w16121733

Article: An Optimal Upgrading Framework for Water Distribution Systems Operation

Abdulaziz H. Alsanad, Abdulrahman A. Bin Mahmoud and Saad I. Aljadhai

Water 2024, 16(12), 1737; DOI: 10.3390/w16121737

Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics

Article: Experimental Study on the Hydraulic Performance of the Horizontal Main Drain of Building Drainage Systems Affected by Surfactants Sodium Dodecyl Benzene Sulfonate and Alkyl Ethoxylate-9

Shengjie Hu, Ping Xu and Bin Fu

Water 2024, 16(12), 1641; DOI: 10.3390/w16121641

Article: Settlement Prediction for Concrete Face Rockfill Dams Considering Major Factor Mining Based on the HHO-VMD-LSTM-SVR Model

Xueqin Zheng, Taozhe Ren, Fengying Lv, Yu Wang and Sen Zheng

Water 2024, 16(12), 1643; DOI: 10.3390/w16121643

Article: Modeling and Data Mining Analysis for Long-Term Temperature-Stress-Strain Monitoring Data of a Concrete Gravity Dam

Tao Zhou, Ning Ma, Xiaojun Su, Zhigang Wu, Wen Zhong and Ye Zhang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1646; DOI: 10.3390/w16121646

Article: Baseflow from Snow and Rain in Mountain Watersheds

Helen Flynn, Steven R. Fassnacht, Marin S. MacDonald and Anna K. D. Pfohl

Water 2024, 16(12), 1665; DOI: 10.3390/w16121665

Article: Hydraulic Travel Time Diagnosis Using Recovery Data from Short-Term Pumping Tests for Rapid Aquifer Characterization: A Numerical Study with Monte-Carlo Simulations

Junjie Qi, Rui Hu, Linwei Hu, Quan Liu, Xiaolan Hou and Yang Song

Water 2024, 16(12), 1677; DOI: 10.3390/w16121677

Article: Analysis of Two-Dimensional Hydraulic Characteristics of Vertical-Slot, Double-Pool Fishway Based on Fluent

Shengzhe Qi, Chenghua Fu and Meiling Xie

Water 2024, 16(12), 1695; DOI: 10.3390/w16121695

Article: Developing Internal and External Proportional Integral Derivative Water Surface Controller in HEC-RAS

Kazem Shahverdi, Atefe Noorali, Hesam Ghodousi and Ronny Berndtsson

Water 2024, 16(12), 1699; DOI: 10.3390/w16121699

Article: A New Numerical Method to Evaluate the Stability of Dike Slope Considering the Influence of Backward Erosion Piping

Zhen Ma, Xiaobing Wang, Ning Shang and Qing Zhang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1706; DOI: 10.3390/w16121706

Article: A Study on the Transient Characteristics of the Power-Off Transition Process of a Double-Volute Centrifugal Pump

Lifeng Lu, Ziwei Ren, Zhongzan Wang, Wenjie Zhou, Siwei Li, Jin Dai, Chunxia Yang and Mengfan Dang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1707; DOI: 10.3390/w16121707

Article: Investigation on the Effects of Volute Geometric Parameters on the Performance of Pico Francis Turbines Used in Water Pipes

Hequn Kang, Qilong Xin, Jiyun Du, Zhan Ge and Jinkuang Huang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1722; DOI: 10.3390/w16121722

Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems

Article: Plankton Community Changes and Nutrient Dynamics Associated with Blooms of the Pelagic Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium in the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Barrier Reef

Judith M. O’Neil, Cynthia A. Heil, Patricia M. Glibert, Caroline M. Solomon, Joan Greenwood and Jack G. Greenwood

Water 2024, 16(12), 1663; DOI: 10.3390/w16121663

Article: Assessing Zebra Mussels’ Impact on Fishway Efficiency: McNary Lock and Dam Case Study

Avery Schemmel, David L. Smith, Marcela Politano, Damian Walter and Jeremy Crossland

Water 2024, 16(12), 1671; DOI: 10.3390/w16121671

Article: Unraveling the Sea Slug Fauna from an Extremely Variable Environment, The ‘Passetto’ Rocky Tide Pools (North Adriatic Sea)

Yann Toso, Francesco Martini, Agnese Riccardi and Giulia Furfaro

Water 2024, 16(12), 1687; DOI: 10.3390/w16121687

Article: The Effect of Marine Pastures on Green Aquaculture in China

Wei Wang, Wei Mao and Renhong Wu

Water 2024, 16(12), 1730; DOI: 10.3390/w16121730

Article: Trophic Status of Lake Niesłysz (Poland) and Related Factors

Arkadiusz Nędzarek and Michał Budzyński

Water 2024, 16(12), 1736; DOI: 10.3390/w16121736

Oceans and Coastal Zones

Review: Arctic Oceanic Carbon Cycle: A Comprehensive Review of Mechanisms, Regulations, and Models

Xudong Ye, Baiyu Zhang, Justin Dawson, Christabel D. Amon, Chisom Ezechukwu, Ezinne Igwegbe, Qiao Kang, Xing Song and Bing Chen

Water 2024, 16(12), 1667; DOI: 10.3390/w16121667

Article: Exploring Integrated Ocean Management Policy in China: Evolution, Challenges, and Prospects

Hao Kong, Yuqi Zhang, Yi Zhang, Yao Xu, Gang Zhou and Su Wang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1673; DOI: 10.3390/w16121673

Article: Characteristics and Sources of Heavy Metals Pollution in Surface Sediments: An Integrated Land–Sea Comparative Analysis in Dingzi Bay, South Yellow Sea

Xiaoyuan Gu, Yang Liu, Shixiong Yang, Jianwei Sun, Qingtong Wang, Haigen Wang, Yuhai Chen and Wei Wang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1692; DOI: 10.3390/w16121692

Article: Numerical Analysis of Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Two-Dimensional Submerged Structure in Irregular Waves

Ruijia Jin, Yu Zhang, Zhibo Zhou and Ming He

Water 2024, 16(12), 1693; DOI: 10.3390/w16121693

Article: The Use of Photo-Biological Parameters to Assess the Establishment Success of Posidonia oceanica Cuttings after Transplantation

Arnaud Boulenger, Stéphane Roberty, Maria Margarita Lopez Velosa, Michel Marengo and Sylvie Gobert

Water 2024, 16(12), 1702; DOI: 10.3390/w16121702

Article: Climate-Driven Wave Analysis Reveals Changes in Alongshore Sediment Transport: The Case of the Coastal Zone of a Harbor in Thermaikos Bay (NW Aegean Sea)

Christos Ntafloukas and Yiannis Savvidis

Water 2024, 16(12), 1703; DOI: 10.3390/w16121703

Article: Spatiotemporal Fusion Prediction of Sea Surface Temperatures Based on the Graph Convolutional Neural and Long Short-Term Memory Networks

Jingjing Liu, Lei Wang, Fengjun Hu, Ping Xu and Denghui Zhang

Water 2024, 16(12), 1725; DOI: 10.3390/w16121725

Article: Changes in the Hydrological Regime of the Volga River and Their Influence on Caspian Sea Level Fluctuations

Elnur Safarov, Said Safarov and Emil Bayramov

Water 2024, 16(12), 1744; DOI: 10.3390/w16121744

Water Erosion and Sediment Transport

Article: Ship-Forced Sediment Transport: A New Model for Propeller Jet Flow

Carola Colangeli, Georgios Leftheriotis, Athanassios Dimas and Maurizio Brocchini

Water 2024, 16(12), 1647; DOI: 10.3390/w16121647

Article: Estimating Shear Strength of Marine Soft Clay Sediment: Experimental Research and Hybrid Ensemble Artificial Intelligence Modeling

Shuyu Hu, Zhikang Li, Haoyu Wang, Zhibo Xue, Peng Tan, Kun Tan, Yao Wu and Xianhui Feng

Water 2024, 16(12), 1664; DOI: 10.3390/w16121664

Water Use and Scarcity

Article: Optimal Allocation of Water Resources in Ordos City Based on the General Water Allocation and Simulation Model

Qiwei Shi, Limin Duan, Caiqi Cui, Lu Yang, Rong Hao, Ruidong Wang, Xiaoyan Lu, Ping Miao, Xuefeng Sang, Xiaomin Liu and Yanyun Luo

Water 2024, 16(12), 1711; DOI: 10.3390/w16121711

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Article: Dynamics of Phytoplankton Communities and Environmental Drivers in Chinese Mitten Crab Aquaculture Ponds: Highlighting the Need for Cyanobacteria Control

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Article: Regional Dynamics and Economic Sustainability of Mariculture Firms in Portugal: A Financial Performance Analysis

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Article: Quantifying the Impacts of Dry–Wet Combination Events on Vegetation Vulnerability in the Loess Plateau under a Changing Environment

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Article: Study on the Seepage Mechanism of Gaskets at the Joints of Shield Segments Based on Coupled Euler-Lagrangian Method

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Article: Fluvial Dynamics and Hydrological Variability in the Chiriquí Viejo River Basin, Panama: An Assessment of Hydro-Social Sustainability through Advanced Hydrometric Indexes

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Article: Analysis of Water Temperature Variations in the Yangtze River’s Upper and Middle Reaches in the Context of Cascade Hydropower Development

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Article: Effect of Coal Mining Subsidence on Soil Enzyme Activity in Mining Areas with High Underground Water Levels

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Article: Dredging Area Ecosystem Restoration Based on Biochar-Improved Sediment and Submerged Plant System

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Water 2024, 16(12), 1710; DOI: 10.3390/w16121710

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Water 2024, 16(12), 1755; DOI: 10.3390/w16121755

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