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CRS Report: 'Central Valley Project - Issues and Legislation'

Charles V. Stern, Pervaze A. Sheikh, and Erin H. Ward updated (16 March 2023) this CRS report: 'Central Valley Project - Issues and Legislation' . 

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Summary
The Central Valley Project (CVP), a federal water project owned and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), is one of the world’s largest water supply projects. The CVP covers approximately 400 miles in California, from Redding to Bakersfield, and draws from two large river basins: the Sacramento and the San Joaquin. It is composed of 20 dams and reservoirs and numerous pieces of water storage and conveyance infrastructure. In an average year, the CVP delivers more than 7 million acre-feet of water to support irrigated agriculture, municipalities, and fish and wildlife needs, among other purposes. About 75% of CVP water is used for agricultural irrigation, including 7 of California’s top 10 agricultural counties. The CVP is operated jointly with the State Water Project (SWP), which provides much of its water to municipal users in Southern California.

CVP water is delivered to users that have contracts with Reclamation, which is part of the Department of the Interior. These contractors receive varying levels of priority for water deliveries based on several factors, including hydrology, water rights, prior agreements with Reclamation, and regulatory requirements. The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers’ confluence with the San Francisco Bay (Bay-Delta or Delta) is a hub for CVP water deliveries; many CVP contractors south of the Delta receive water that is “exported” from north of the Delta.

Development of the CVP resulted in significant changes to the area’s natural hydrology. However, construction of most CVP facilities predated major federal natural resources and environmental protection laws. Much of the current debate related to the CVP revolves around how to deal with changes to the hydrologic system that were not significantly mitigated when the project was constructed. Dry conditions have led to significant curtailments of contracted water supplies in recent years. Reclamation has been unable to provide any water supplies to most CVP agricultural water service contractors in 4 of the past 11 years (including 2021 and 2022) and has cut supplies for some senior water rights holders during this time. Wet conditions in the winter of 2022-2023 have temporarily alleviated some of these trends.

Various state and federal proposals are currently under consideration and have generated controversy for their potential to affect CVP operations and allocations. In late 2018, the State of California finalized revisions to its Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan that would require more flows from the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers to reach the Bay-Delta for water quality and fish and wildlife enhancement (i.e., reduced water supplies for other users). Voluntary agreements that might replace some or all of these requirements are being negotiated but have not been finalized. The Trump Administration attempted to increase CVP water supplies for users and proposed changes to long-term operations of the CVP in 2019. Those changes were finalized in a record of decision in 2020 after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a no jeopardy biological opinion after consultation required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA, 16 U.S.C. §§1531-1544). California and some environmental organizations opposed these efforts and filed lawsuits to prevent implementation of the changes. The court issued a preliminary injunction on May 11, 2020, temporarily prohibiting Reclamation from implementing the operational changes. Under the Biden Administration, Reclamation is implementing an interim operations plan for the CVP while the litigation is pending and has requested reinitiation of consultation with FWS and NMFS to assess the effects of proposed changes to CVP operations.

Congress has engaged in CVP issues through oversight and legislation, most recently in the form of provisions enacted under the 2016 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act; P.L. 114-322). Among other things, this act authorized changes to CVP operations that were intended to provide increased water supplies for agricultural and municipal contractors under certain circumstances (most of these provisions have since expired). In the same legislation, Congress authorized funding for new water storage projects that are expected to benefit CVP operations. Some of these operational and construction-related provisions have expired. Legislators may conduct oversight on the CVP and may consider legislation that aims to alter CVP water exports compared with current baselines (including extension of previously expired WIIN Act provisions), as well as whether to approve funding for new water storage projects.

New Storage and Conveyance
Reductions in available water deliveries due to hydrological and regulatory factors have caused some stakeholders, legislators, and state and federal government officials to look at other methods of augmenting water supplies. In particular, proposals to build new or augmented CVP and/or SWP water storage projects have been of interest to some policymakers. Additionally, the State of California is pursuing a major water conveyance project, the California WaterFix, with a nexus to CVP operations.

New and Augmented Water Storage Projects
In recent years, new and augmented water storage projects have been proposed throughout the Central Valley, as well as in other areas of California. While it is unclear whether any of these projects will be completed and/or incorporated into the CVP itself, their status has ramifications for the water supply questions related to the CVP. In the past, construction recommendations for new Reclamation projects have been subject to congressional approval. Section 4007 of the WIIN Act authorized Reclamation financial support for new or expanded federal and nonfederal water storage projects. It also provided that these projects could be deemed authorized, subject to a finding by the Administration that individual projects met certain criteria and were recommended by name in an enacted appropriations act.94 Table 4 shows recent funding for these projects, including regular appropriations and FY2022 funding that was allocated from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). Most of the projects recommended by current and prior Administrations under this authority have been approved by Congress in enacted appropriations legislation. The only exception was funding that the Trump Administration proposed for the Shasta Dam and Reservoir Enlargement Project in 2019 and 2020, which was not agreed to by Congress.

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"I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns." - Ezra Taft Benson, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
- (Opening sentence of the Foreword of the 1955 Yearbook of Agriculture - dedicated entirely to water)

CRS Report: 'Drought in the United States: Science, Policy, and Selected Federal Authorities'

This updated (9 March 2023) CRS report comes to us from Charles V. Stern and Eva Lipiec: 'Drought in the United States: Science, Policy, and Selected Federal Authorities'. Read on...

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Summary
Drought―a deficiency of moisture that results in adverse effects―occurs to some extent almost every year in areas of the United States. Droughts can simultaneously reduce available water supplies and increase demands for water. Drought has the potential to affect economic and environmental conditions on local, regional, and national scales, as well as to disrupt water supplies for households and communities.

Droughts are a component of climate variability and may be seasonal, multiyear, or multi-decadal in duration. According to a 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on the physical science of climate change, variable precipitation and rising temperatures are intensifying droughts in some U.S. regions. According to the report, certain types of droughts—such as those causing agricultural impacts—are expected to be more likely in the western and central regions of the United States in the future.

The federal government generally defers to state primacy in surface and groundwater allocation, and states and local entities typically lead efforts to prepare for drought. Multiple federal agencies contribute to these efforts to predict, plan for, and respond to drought. The federal government, and in particular the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, plays a key role in researching and monitoring drought through the National Integrated Drought Information System and the U.S. Drought Monitor. Other federal agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Geological Survey, also research and monitor drought factors and conditions.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides the primary federal financial aid to lessen the impacts of drought and compensate for agricultural production loss after drought onset. Other federal programs may assist with drought in their support of other water investments. For example, Congress authorized programs supporting nonfederal and tribal efforts to develop water conservation, water reuse and recycling, rural water supplies, or other municipal and industrial water supplies. Some of these programs may prioritize projects that lessen the impacts of drought even if these programs do not focus exclusively on drought.

Congress has authorized federal assistance for other aspects of drought, but these programs generally are limited in scope. In localities or watersheds with major projects managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation, which operates exclusively in the 17 western states) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, which operates nationwide), the federal role in water management is more direct and can be especially controversial during times of drought, when multiple users compete for water. Congress has directed both Reclamation and USACE to plan for future droughts at federally authorized projects.

Recent severe droughts, including widespread drought conditions in some areas of the western United States, have raised the profile of drought and led to congressional and administrative proposals to prepare for and respond to its impacts. The 117th Congress enacted funding for drought activities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) and in P.L. 117- 169 (commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022). Congressional interest in drought during the 118th Congress may include new and amended authorities for drought planning and response; emergency appropriations to alleviate drought impacts and enhance related activities; and oversight of ongoing federal drought science, preparedness, and management efforts.

Introduction
Drought―a deficiency of moisture that results in adverse impacts―occurs to some extent almost every year in areas of the United States. Drought has the potential to create economic and environmental impacts on local, regional, and national scales, as well as disruptions in water supplies for households and communities. For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates the United States has experienced 30 billion-dollar drought events since 1980, at an estimated total cost of over $309.4 billion. Although droughts are generally a common component of climate variability that may be seasonal, multiyear, or multi- decadal in duration, variable precipitation and rising temperatures are intensifying droughts in the western United States in 2021 and 2022, have raised the profile of drought and led to increasing congressional and administrative proposals to prepare for and respond to its impacts.

Multiple federal agencies contribute to efforts to predict, plan for, and respond to drought. NOAA plays a key role in monitoring drought through the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the U.S. Drought Monitor (through a partnership with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA]). USDA provides the primary federal financial aid to lessen drought’s impacts and compensate for agricultural production loss after its onset. Federal water resource agencies such as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) may face difficult tradeoffs in operating federal water projects during drought; both agencies also have the authority to and conduct activities to mitigate drought impacts. Various other federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and emergency authorities also have a role in drought response and mitigation.

This report provides an overview of drought in the United States, including information on drought science, monitoring, and forecasts and on drought types and intensity classifications. It discusses federal authorities related to drought planning and response, with a focus on selected water-related agricultural, environmental, and natural resource authorities with explicit ties to drought. It does not discuss broader disaster-related authorities and their potential nexus to drought, such as the programs and authorities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and interactions between drought and other hazards and concerns (e.g., wildfire, dust, and public health).

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CRS Insight Report: 'U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works - Primer and Resources'

Anna E. Normand Nicole T. Carter wrote this CRS Insight report (2 March 2023):
'U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works: Primer and Resources'

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Introduction
Congress plays a role in the nation’s water resource development through authorization and appropriations of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects and activities. USACE is a Department of Defense agency that develops civil works projects principally to improve navigable channels, reduce flood and storm damage, and restore aquatic ecosystems.

The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (ASACW) provides policy direction and supervision of USACE civil works. A military Chief of Engineers manages USACE’s civil and military missions. USACE’s 38 district offices work with nonfederal project sponsors to develop water resource projects.

Standard USACE project delivery consists of USACE leading the study, design, and construction of authorized projects. Nonfederal project sponsors typically share in study and construction costs, including providing real estate and generally performing operation and maintenance (O&M) for flood risk reduction and ecosystem restoration projects. USACE typically performs O&M for navigation and some multipurpose projects, such as dams. USACE operates more than 700 dams and maintains more than 900 coastal, Great Lakes, and inland harbors, as well as 12,000 miles of inland waterways.

USACE projects typically require two separate congressional authorizations—one for studying feasibility and one for construction—and appropriations for both. This Insight summarizes the USACE authorization and funding processes and provides links to related resources.

Project and Programmatic Authorization
Most USACE projects start with congressional authorization to conduct a feasibility study of a water resource issue. If funded, the feasibility study evaluates alternatives to address the issue and recommends one alternative for construction. The Chief of Engineers then signs a recommendation for project construction (i.e., the Chief’s report) and transmits the completed feasibility study and the Chief’s report to congressional authorizing committees, which consider whether to authorize project construction.

Some projects experience cost or design changes after authorization. If project features or estimated costs change significantly, additional congressional authorization may be necessary to modify the project authorization.

Congress has granted USACE programmatic authorities―Continuing Authorities Programs (CAPs)—that enable USACE and nonfederal sponsors to undertake cost-shared projects of limited scope and cost without requiring project-specific congressional authorization. Congress also has authorized USACE to engage in technical assistance for certain activities, such as flood risk mitigation and watershed studies, and to provide environmental infrastructure assistance for certain publicly owned facilities (e.g., municipal water supply and wastewater collection projects).

Resources on USACE Authorizations

•   CRS Report R45185, Army Corps of Engineers: Water Resource Authorization and Project Delivery Processes

•   USACE, “Signed Chief Reports”

•   CRS In Focus IF11106, Army Corps of Engineers: Continuing Authorities Programs

•   CRS Report R47162, Overview of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Infrastructure (EI) Assistance

  Water Resources Development Acts
  Congress generally authorizes USACE studies, projects, and programs and makes changes to the agency’s policies through omnibus authorization acts, typically titled Water Resources Development Acts (WRDAs). WRDAs generally authorize new activities that are added to the pool of existing authorized activities. Numerous projects authorized for construction in previous WRDAs remain unfunded.

  Authorization provisions in WRDAs can be project-specific, programmatic, or general directives. Most project-specific authorizations in WRDAs fall into three general categories: project studies, construction projects, and modifications to existing projects. WRDAs also have established deauthorization processes and/or have deauthorized individual projects.

  To develop WRDAs, the authorizing committees for USACE—the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works—typically hold hearings to receive testimony from stakeholders, solicit input from Members (including, at times, Member requests for project-specific provisions), and review reports transmitted by the Administration. In Section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. §2282d), Congress established an annual process for nonfederal entities to submit to USACE proposals for site-specific studies and modifications to existing authorizations. The ASACW transmits a report to USACE’s congressional authorizing committees containing the proposals.

  Since the 1980s, Congress generally has considered WRDAs biennially; the timing of enactment has varied. Congress enacted WRDA-type legislation in 2000, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. Congress enacted WRDA 2022 in December 2022. After WRDA enactment, USACE may develop implementation guidance for some provisions. For example, USACE created a website for its WRDA 2022 guidance and opened a 60-day comment period for input on its implementation of WRDA 2022 provisions.

  Resources on WRDA Considerations

•   CRS Insight IN11965, Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022)

•   USACE, “WRDA 2022 Implementation Guidance”

•   CRS Insight IN11118, Army Corps of Engineers: Section 7001 Report on Future Studies and Projects

•   USACE, “Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development”

Appropriations
The majority of USACE’s appropriations are used to perform work on geographically specific studies and congressionally authorized projects (e.g., study and construction of new and modified projects, O&M of constructed projects). Congress typically appropriates funds for USACE activities in annual Energy and Water Development appropriations acts (e.g., $8.3 billion in FY2022 and FY2023).

USACE’s annual appropriations process generally involves three major milestones (see Figure 1): the President’s budget request, congressional deliberation and enactment of appropriations, and Administration development of a USACE work plan allocating funds to specific studies and projects. In the 117th Congress, Congress also included congressionally directed funding for site-specific projects (i.e., community project funding/congressionally directed spending [CPF/CDS]) in the FY2022 and FY2023 appropriations processes, the first of this type of funding since the 111th Congress.

 

Congress has also used supplemental appropriations to fund USACE emergency specific flood-related response and recovery activities (e.g., $5.7 billion in Division B, Title IV, of P.L. 117-43; $1.1 billion in Division N of P.L. 117-328) and to advance other purposes, such as general investments in infrastructure (e.g., $17.1 billion in Division J, Title III, of P.L. 117-58). For some supplemental appropriations, Congress has directed USACE to publish spend plans identifying funded studies and projects.

Resources on USACE Appropriations

•   USACE, “Civil Works Budget and Performance”

•   CRS Report R46320, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Annual Appropriations Process

•   CRS In Focus IF12090, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: FY2023 Appropriations

•   CRS In Focus IF11945, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Supplemental Appropriations

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CRS Report: 'East Palestine, OH, Train Derailment and Hazardous Materials Shipment by Rail: Frequently Asked Questions' And More!

Ben Goldman, a CRS Analyst in Transportation Policy, produced this brief (7 pages) but important report, 'East Palestine, OH, Train Derailment and Hazardous Materials Shipment by Rail: Frequently Asked Questions'.

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Summary
On February 3, 2023, a freight train carrying hazardous materials operated by Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation derailed in the town of East Palestine, OH. The derailment involved a fire and damaged several railcars, but no deaths or injuries were initially reported. Emergency responders intentionally released a quantity of vinyl chloride, a flammable gas, from some of the damaged railcars to prevent them from exploding and then burned the gas to dispose of it. This action required the evacuation of many residents in and around East Palestine due to potential airborne exposure to toxic combustion byproducts. Once cleared to return to their homes, some residents complained of respiratory illnesses and the deaths of wild and domesticated animals.

The incident is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. Cleanup efforts are being monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency. The derailment and the response to it have prompted calls for legislative and regulatory action related to the safe transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) by rail. This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) report focuses on the federal safety standards, voluntary industry guidelines, railroad operating practices that may be considered in understanding how and why this derailment occurred, and how to prevent similar derailments in the future. It also provides a brief summary of past legislative responses to railroad safety issues.

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“The only presidents I want to see are dead presidents in my wallet. They’re using East Palestine like China and Russia and the U.S. are using Ukraine. It’s a proxy war.” - Joe Botinovch, East Palestine flower shop owner. (in Politico.

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Water-MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 4 (February-2 2023) 221 Articles

Water-MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 4 (February-2 2023)  221 Articles 

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Cover Story

Article: Seasonal Variations of Mineralogical and Chemical Composition of Particulate Matter in a Large Boreal River and Its Tributaries

Ivan V. Krickov, Artem G. Lim, Vladimir P. Shevchenko, Dina P. Starodymova, Olga M. Dara, Yuri Kolesnichenko, Dmitri O. Zinchenko, Sergey N. Vorobyev and Oleg S. Pokrovsky

Water 2023, 15(4), 633; DOI: 10.3390/w15040633

Featured Papers

Review: Aquatic Productivity under Multiple Stressors

Donat-P. Häder and Kunshan Gao

Water 2023, 15(4), 817; DOI: 10.3390/w15040817

 

Review: Full-Scale Sewage Sludge Reduction Technologies: A Review with a Focus on Energy Consumption

Roberta Ferrentino, Michela Langone, Luca Fiori and Gianni Andreottola

Water 2023, 15(4), 615; DOI: 10.3390/w15040615

 

Review: How to Statistically Disentangle the Effects of Environmental Factors and Human Disturbances: A Review

Yong Cao and Lizhu Wang

Water 2023, 15(4), 734; DOI: 10.3390/w15040734

 

Article: Efficient Removal of Rhodamine B in Wastewater via Activation of Persulfate by MnO₂ with Different Morphologies

Xinyi Zhang, Xinrui Gan, Shihu Cao, Jiangwei Shang and Xiuwen Cheng

Water 2023, 15(4), 735; DOI: 10.3390/w15040735

 

Article: Enhancement of Anticancer, Antibacterial, and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition Activities from Oscillatoria sancta under Starvation Conditions

Hussein E. Touliabah and Dina A. Refaay

Water 2023, 15(4), 664; DOI: 10.3390/w15040664

 

Article: The Influence of Circular Economy and 4IR Technologies on the Climate–Water–Energy–Food Nexus and the SDGs

Mohamed Sameer Hoosain, Babu Sena Paul, Wesley Doorsamy and Seeram Ramakrishna

Water 2023, 15(4), 787; DOI: 10.3390/w15040787

 

Article: Performance of Machine Learning Techniques for Meteorological Drought Forecasting in the Wadi Mina Basin, Algeria

Mohammed Achite, Nehal Elshaboury, Muhammad Jehanzaib, Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Quoc Bao Pham, Duong Tran Anh, Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader and Ahmed Elbeltagi

Water 2023, 15(4), 765; DOI: 10.3390/w15040765

 

Article: Wavelet Analysis on Groundwater, Surface-Water Levels and Water Temperature in Doñana National Park (Coastal Aquifer in Southwestern Spain)

Jennifer Treviño, Miguel Rodríguez-Rodríguez, María José Montes-Vega, Héctor Aguilera, Ana Fernández-Ayuso and Nuria Fernández-Naranjo

Water 2023, 15(4), 796; DOI: 10.3390/w15040796

 

Article: Analysis of Long-Term Trend of Stream Flow and Interaction Effect of Land Use and Land Cover on Water Yield by SWAT Model and Statistical Learning in Part of Urmia Lake Basin, Northwest of Iran

Mohamad Sakizadeh, Adam Milewski and Mohammad Taghi Sattari

Water 2023, 15(4), 690; DOI: 10.3390/w15040690

 

Article: Comparison of Machine Learning and Traditional Statistical Methods in Debris Flow Susceptibility Assessment: A Case Study of Changping District, Beijing

Feifan Gu, Jianping Chen, Xiaohui Sun, Yongchao Li, Yiwei Zhang and Qing Wang

Water 2023, 15(4), 705; DOI: 10.3390/w15040705

 

Article: Trace and Rare Earth Element (REE) Geochemistry of Recently Formed Stromatolites at Lake Salda, SW Turkey

Mustafa Kaya, Belgin Aydin Yildirim, Mustafa Kumral and Ahmet Sasmaz

Water 2023, 15(4), 733; DOI: 10.3390/w15040733

 

Article: Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment to Cemeteries Pollution through GIS-Based DRASTIC Index

Vanessa Gonçalves, Antonio Albuquerque, Paulo Carvalho, Pedro Almeida and Victor Cavaleiro

Water 2023, 15(4), 812; DOI: 10.3390/w15040812

 

Article: Steel Slag and Limestone as a Rock Filter for Eliminating Phosphorus from Domestic Wastewater: A Pilot Study in a Warm Climate

Syahrul Nizam Maarup, Rafidah Hamdan, Norzila Othman, Adel Al-Gheethi, Sadeq Alkhadher, M. M. Abd El-Hady and S. El-Sayed Saeed

Water 2023, 15(4), 657; DOI: 10.3390/w15040657

 

Article: Quantification of Intra- vs. Inter-Row Leaching of Major Plant Nutrients in Sloping Vineyard Soils

Lana Filipović, Vedran Krevh, Rui Chen, Jasmina Defterdarović, Zoran Kovač, Ivan Mustać, Igor Bogunović, Hailong He, Thomas Baumgartl, Horst H. Gerke, Gurpal S. Toor and Vilim Filipović

Water 2023, 15(4), 759; DOI: 10.3390/w15040759

 

Article: Investigation of Hillslope Vineyard Soil Water Dynamics Using Field Measurements and Numerical Modeling

Vedran Krevh, Jannis Groh, Lutz Weihermüller, Lana Filipović, Jasmina Defterdarović, Zoran Kovač, Ivan Magdić, Boris Lazarević, Thomas Baumgartl and Vilim Filipović

Water 2023, 15(4), 820; DOI: 10.3390/w15040820

 

Article: Responses of Extreme Discharge to Changes in Surface-Air and Dewpoint Temperatures in Utah: Seasonality and Mechanisms

Timothy E. Wright, Jacob Stuivenvolt-Allen, Grace Affram, Nahid A. Hasan, Cody Ratterman and Wei Zhang

Water 2023, 15(4), 688; DOI: 10.3390/w15040688

 

Article: Multi-Reservoir Flood Control Operation Using Improved Bald Eagle Search Algorithm with ε Constraint Method

Wenchuan Wang, Weican Tian, Kwokwing Chau, Hongfei Zang, Mingwei Ma, Zhongkai Feng and Dongmei Xu

Water 2023, 15(4), 692; DOI: 10.3390/w15040692

 

Article: Research on the Early Warning Model for Pipelines Due to Landslide Geohazards under Multiple Influencing Factors

Po Ning, Yuan-jun Jiang, Jun-jie Tang and Qi-jun Xie

Water 2023, 15(4), 693; DOI: 10.3390/w15040693

 

Article: Assessing the Influence of a Bias Correction Method on Future Climate Scenarios Using SWAT as an Impact Model Indicator

Tássia Mattos Brighenti, Philip W. Gassman, William J. Gutowski and Janette R. Thompson

Water 2023, 15(4), 750; DOI: 10.3390/w15040750

 

Article: Value Engineering Approach to Evaluate the Agricultural Drainage Water Management Strategies

Walaa Elnashar, Hany F. Abd-Elhamid, Martina Zeleňáková and Ahmed Elyamany

Water 2023, 15(4), 831; DOI: 10.3390/w15040831

 

Article: Battery of In Vitro Bioassays: A Case Study for the Cost-Effective and Effect-Based Evaluation of Wastewater Effluent Quality

Nikiforos Alygizakis, Kelsey Ng, Niki Maragou, Sylvana Alirai, Peter Behnisch, Harrie Besselink, Peter Oswald, Ľuboš Čirka, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis and Jaroslav Slobodnik

Water 2023, 15(4), 619; DOI: 10.3390/w15040619

 

Article: Treatment of Black-Odorous Water Using Submerged Plants: The Physiological Response of Vallisneria natans

Mian Wu, Huijuan Hao, Yili Ge, Tong Pu, Ziyun He, Dabing Ge, Eldon R. Rene and Zhenrong Huang

Water 2023, 15(4), 653; DOI: 10.3390/w15040653

 

Article: Used Filter Cartridges as Potential Adsorbents of Organic Pollutants

Martyna Szymańska and Piotr Nowicki

Water 2023, 15(4), 714; DOI: 10.3390/w15040714

 

Article: Model-Based Approach for Treated Wastewater Reuse Strategies Focusing on Water and Its Nitrogen Content “A Case Study for Olive Growing Farms in Peri-Urban Areas of Sousse, Tunisia”

Mohamed Kefi, Nesrine Kalboussi, Alain Rapaport, Jérôme Harmand and Hakim Gabtni

Water 2023, 15(4), 755; DOI: 10.3390/w15040755

 

Article: Effect of Sand Co-Presence on Cr^VI Removal in Fe⁰-H₂O System

Marius Gheju and Ionel Balcu

Water 2023, 15(4), 777; DOI: 10.3390/w15040777

 

Article: Prototype Experiments Assessing Arsenic and Iron Removal Efficiencies through Adsorption Using Natural Skye Sand

Shahnoor Alam Khan and Monzur Alam Imteaz

Water 2023, 15(4), 785; DOI: 10.3390/w15040785

 

Article: Mechanism Analysis of PFHxS Purification in Water Using Nanofiltration under the Coexistence of Sodium Alginate and Ca²⁺ Based on DFT

Mingxiang Liu, Lei Zhang, Le Han, Ying Zhang, Chengjun Gu and Jianbo Huang

Water 2023, 15(4), 792; DOI: 10.3390/w15040792

 

Article: Development and Demonstration of an Interactive Tool in an Agent-Based Model for Assessing Pluvial Urban Flooding

Diego Novoa, Julian David Reyes-Silva, Björn Helm and Peter Krebs

Water 2023, 15(4), 696; DOI: 10.3390/w15040696

 

Article: The Assessment of the Quality and Quantity of Water Retained in Closed Granite Quarries with the View to Mitigate the Effects of Droughts in Agriculture

Bartosz Jawecki and Tomasz Kowalczyk

Water 2023, 15(4), 782; DOI: 10.3390/w15040782

 

Article: Interactions between Aquatic Plants and Cyanobacterial Blooms in Freshwater Reservoir Ecosystems

Olena P. Bilous, Inna Nezbrytska, Vladyslav Zhezherya, Serhii Dubniak, Svitlana Batoh, Taras Kazantsev, Oleksandr Polishchuk, Tetyana Zhezherya, Tetyana Leontieva and Marco Cantonati

Water 2023, 15(4), 672; DOI: 10.3390/w15040672

 

Article: Differences in Microbial Communities in Drinking Water from Conventional Electronic and Manual Taps in Dependence on Stagnation and Flushing Cycles

Anja E. Knecht, Jörg Ettenauer, Thomas Posnicek, Martin Taschl, Marcus Helmecke, Hannah Haller, Stefanie Gölß and Martin Brandl

Water 2023, 15(4), 784; DOI: 10.3390/w15040784

 

Article: Changes in Water Source Cause Shifts in Invertebrate Biomass, Composition, and Regrowth in a Non-Chlorinated Drinking Water Distribution System

Arco Wagenvoort, Roland van Asperen, Giovanni Sandrini and Wim Hijnen

Water 2023, 15(4), 732; DOI: 10.3390/w15040732

 

Article: Street Lighting and Charging Stations with PATs Location Applying Artificial Intelligence

Joseph Daniel Pineda Sandoval, José Antonio Arciniega-Nevárez, Xitlali Delgado-Galván, Helena M. Ramos, Modesto Pérez-Sánchez, P. Amparo López-Jiménez and Jesús Mora Rodríguez

Water 2023, 15(4), 616; DOI: 10.3390/w15040616

 

Article: Quasi-Prototype Size Testing of Wedge-Shaped Block for Armoring Embankment Dams and Levees

Francisco Javier Caballero, Miguel Ángel Toledo, Rafael Moran and Javier Peraita

Water 2023, 15(4), 662; DOI: 10.3390/w15040662

 

Article: A Machine Learning Approach for Identification of Low-Head Dams

Salvador Vinay, Rollin H. Hotchkiss and Saul Ramirez

Water 2023, 15(4), 676; DOI: 10.3390/w15040676

 

Article: Next-Generation DNA Barcoding for Fish Identification Using High-Throughput Sequencing in Tai Lake, China

Yawen Mu, Chao Song, Jianghua Yang, Yong Zhang and Xiaowei Zhang

Water 2023, 15(4), 774; DOI: 10.3390/w15040774

 

Article: Resource Constraints and Economic Growth: Empirical Analysis Based on Marine Field

Shuhong Wang, Wenqian Tian, Baomin Geng and Zhe Zhang

Water 2023, 15(4), 727; DOI: 10.3390/w15040727

 

Article: Experimental and Numerical Study on Flow Control Using 3-Array Submerged Vane in Laboratory Channel Bend

Bestami Taşar, Fatih Üneş, Ercan Gemici and Martina Zelenakova

Water 2023, 15(4), 659; DOI: 10.3390/w15040659

 

Article: Effect of Artificial (Pond) Recharge on the Salinity and Groundwater Level in Al-Dibdibba Aquifer in Iraq Using Treated Wastewater

Waqed H. Hassan, Abdulnoor A. J. Ghanim, Karrar Mahdi, Ammar Adham, Fatima A. Mahdi, Basim K. Nile, Michel Riksen and Coen Ritsema

Water 2023, 15(4), 695; DOI: 10.3390/w15040695

 

Article: Allometric Growth Patterns and Ontogenetic Development during Early Larval Stages of Schizothorax waltoni Regan and Percocypris retrodorslis in Southwest China

Bin Xu, Dapeng Li, Kaijin Wei, Xiangyun Zhu, Jin Xu and Baoshan Ma

Water 2023, 15(4), 824; DOI: 10.3390/w15040824

Water and One Health

Article: Legionella spp. in Thermal Facilities: A Public Health Issue in the One Health Vision

Pasqualina Laganà, Maria Eufemia Gioffrè, Santi Antonino Delia and Alessio Facciolà

Water 2023, 15(4), 689; DOI: 10.3390/w15040689

 

Article: SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance in Ten Cities from Mexico

Astrid Schilmann, Andrés Sánchez-Pájaro, Marbella T. Ovilla-Muñoz, Juan Téllez-Sosa, Sugey Bravo-Romero, Sara Yuvisela Bahena-Reyes, Margarita Lobato, Jesús Martínez-Barnetche, Celia Mercedes Alpuche-Aranda, Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa and Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez

Water 2023, 15(4), 799; DOI: 10.3390/w15040799

 

Communication: Comparison of Two Methods for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Wastewater: A Case Study from Sofia, Bulgaria

Mihaela Belouhova, Slavil Peykov, Vesela Stefanova and Yana Topalova

Water 2023, 15(4), 658; DOI: 10.3390/w15040658

Water-Energy Nexus

Article: Fast Identification Method of Mine Water Source Based on Laser-Induced Fluorescence Technology and Optimized LSTM

Pengcheng Yan, Xiaofei Zhang, Xuyue Kan, Heng Zhang, Runsheng Qi and Qingyun Huang

Water 2023, 15(4), 701; DOI: 10.3390/w15040701

 

Article: Environmental Policy to Develop a Conceptual Design for the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: A Case Study in Wadi-Dara on the Red Sea Coast, Egypt

M. A. Abdelzaher, Eman M. Farahat, Hamdy M. Abdel-Ghafar, Basma A. A. Balboul and Mohamed M. Awad

Water 2023, 15(4), 780; DOI: 10.3390/w15040780

 

Article: Rainfall Prediction Rate in Saudi Arabia Using Improved Machine Learning Techniques

Mohammed Baljon and Sunil Kumar Sharma

Water 2023, 15(4), 826; DOI: 10.3390/w15040826

New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences

Article: Quantification of Evapotranspiration and Water Chemistry in a Remediated Wetland in Everglades National Park, USA

Dillon Nicholas Reio, René M. Price, Assefa M. Melesse and Michael Ross

Water 2023, 15(4), 611; DOI: 10.3390/w15040611

 

Article: Assessing Spatial Variability and Trends of Droughts in Eastern Algeria Using SPI, RDI, PDSI, and MedPDSI—A Novel Drought Index Using the FAO56 Evapotranspiration Method

Abdelaaziz Merabti, Hanaa Darouich, Paula Paredes, Mohamed Meddi and Luis Santos Pereira

Water 2023, 15(4), 626; DOI: 10.3390/w15040626

 

Article: Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for Merging Gridded Satellite and Earth-Observed Precipitation Data

Georgia Papacharalampous, Hristos Tyralis, Anastasios Doulamis and Nikolaos Doulamis

Water 2023, 15(4), 634; DOI: 10.3390/w15040634

 

Article: Assessment of Aquifer Recharge Potential Using Remote Sensing, GIS and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Combined with Hydrochemical and Isotope Data (Tamassari Basin, Burkina Faso)

Issan Ki, Hedia Chakroun, Youssouf Koussoube and Kamel Zouari

Water 2023, 15(4), 650; DOI: 10.3390/w15040650

 

Article: A Hydrological Data Prediction Model Based on LSTM with Attention Mechanism

Zhihui Dai, Ming Zhang, Nadia Nedjah, Dong Xu and Feng Ye

Water 2023, 15(4), 670; DOI: 10.3390/w15040670

 

Article: Predicting Influent and Effluent Quality Parameters for a UASB-Based Wastewater Treatment Plant in Asia Covering Data Variations during COVID-19: A Machine Learning Approach

Parul Yadav, Manik Chandra, Nishat Fatima, Saqib Sarwar, Aditya Chaudhary, Kumar Saurabh and Brijesh Singh Yadav

Water 2023, 15(4), 710; DOI: 10.3390/w15040710

 

Article: Investigation of the Hydroelectric Development Potential of Nonpowered Dams: A Case Study of the Buyuk Menderes River Basin

Quentin Adjetey Okang, Tor Haakon Bakken and Aslı Bor

Water 2023, 15(4), 717; DOI: 10.3390/w15040717

 

Article: Synoptic and Seasonal Variability of Small River Plumes in the Northeastern Part of the Black Sea

Evgeniya Korshenko, Irina Panasenkova, Alexander Osadchiev, Pelagiya Belyakova and Vladimir Fomin

Water 2023, 15(4), 721; DOI: 10.3390/w15040721

 

Article: Spatial Variations of Fabric and Microstructure of Blue Ice Cores at the Shear Margin of Dalk Glacier, Antarctica

Siyu Lu, Nan Zhang, Danhe Wang, Guitao Shi, Tianming Ma, Hongmei Ma, Chunlei An and Yuansheng Li

Water 2023, 15(4), 728; DOI: 10.3390/w15040728

 

Article: Comparison of Three Imputation Methods for Groundwater Level Timeseries

Mara Meggiorin, Giulia Passadore, Silvia Bertoldo, Andrea Sottani and Andrea Rinaldo

Water 2023, 15(4), 801; DOI: 10.3390/w15040801

Hydrogeology

Article: Landslide Displacement Prediction of Shuping Landslide Combining PSO and LSSVM Model

Wenjun Jia, Tao Wen, Decheng Li, Wei Guo, Zhi Quan, Yihui Wang, Dexin Huang and Mingyi Hu

Water 2023, 15(4), 612; DOI: 10.3390/w15040612

 

Article: A Combined Stochastic–Analytical Method for the Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Spring Discharge

Attila Kovács and Zoran Stevanović

Water 2023, 15(4), 629; DOI: 10.3390/w15040629

 

Article: Simple Statistical Models for Predicting Overpressure Due to CO₂ and Low-Salinity Waste-Fluid Injection into Deep Saline Formations

Esmail Ansari, Eugene Holubnyak and Franciszek Hasiuk

Water 2023, 15(4), 648; DOI: 10.3390/w15040648

 

Article: Research Hotspots and Frontiers of Mountain Flood Disaster: Bibliometric and Visual Analysis

Zhengquan Liu, Zhiquan Yang, Mao Chen, Hanhua Xu, Yi Yang, Jie Zhang, Qi Wu, Miaomiao Wang, Zhao Song and Fanshu Ding

Water 2023, 15(4), 673; DOI: 10.3390/w15040673

 

Article: Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrological Regimes of the Midstream Section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River Basin Based on SWAT Model

Yao Chen, Li Wang, Xiaonan Shi, Chen Zeng, Yuchun Wang, Guanxing Wang, Cicheng Qiangba, Caiyun Yue, Zugang Sun, Ouzhu Renzeng and Fan Zhang

Water 2023, 15(4), 685; DOI: 10.3390/w15040685

 

Article: Evaluation and Prediction of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation Using an Integrated Water Quality Indices, Machine Learning Models and GIS Approaches: A Representative Case Study

Hekmat Ibrahim, Zaher Mundher Yaseen, Miklas Scholz, Mumtaz Ali, Mohamed Gad, Salah Elsayed, Mosaad Khadr, Hend Hussein, Hazem H. Ibrahim, Mohamed Hamdy Eid, Attila Kovács, Szűcs Péter and Moataz M. Khalifa

Water 2023, 15(4), 694; DOI: 10.3390/w15040694

 

Article: Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Evolution of Karst Groundwater in Heilongdong Spring Basin, Northern China

Ming Gao, Xiangquan Li, Jiazhong Qian, Zhenxing Wang, Xinwei Hou, Changchang Fu, Jianfei Ma, Chunchao Zhang and Jinqiu Li

Water 2023, 15(4), 726; DOI: 10.3390/w15040726

 

Article: A Review of Managed Aquifer Recharge Potential in the Middle East and North Africa Region with Examples from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

Mohsen Sherif, Ahmed Sefelnasr, Muhammad Al Rashed, Dalal Alshamsi, Faisal K. Zaidi, Khaled Alghafli, Faisal Baig, Abdulaziz Al-Turbak, Hussain Alfaifi, Oumar Allafouza Loni, Munaver Basheer Ahamed and Abdel Azim Ebraheem

Water 2023, 15(4), 742; DOI: 10.3390/w15040742

 

Article: The Pretare-Piedilama Clastic Deposit: New Evidence of a Quaternary Rock Avalanche Event in Central Apennines (Italy)

Maria Luisa Putignano, Emiliano Di Luzio, Luca Schilirò, Andrea Pietrosante and Salvatore Ivo Giano

Water 2023, 15(4), 753; DOI: 10.3390/w15040753

 

Article: Environmental Stable and Radioactive Isotopes in the Assessment of Thermomineral Waters in Lisbon Region (Portugal): Contributions for a Conceptual Model

Rayco Marrero-Díaz, Maria do Rosário Carvalho and Paula M. Carreira

Water 2023, 15(4), 766; DOI: 10.3390/w15040766

 

Article: Development of a Distributed Control System for the Hydrodynamic Processes of Aquifers, Taking into Account Stochastic Disturbing Factors

Yury Valeryevich Ilyushin and Mir-Amal Mirrashidovich Asadulagi

Water 2023, 15(4), 770; DOI: 10.3390/w15040770

 

Article: Assessing Climate Change Impact on Water Balance Components Using Integrated Groundwater–Surface Water Models (Case Study: Shazand Plain, Iran)

Farzaneh Soltani, Saman Javadi, Abbas Roozbahani, Ali Reza Massah Bavani, Golmar Golmohammadi, Ronny Berndtsson, Sami Ghordoyee Milan and Rahimeh Maghsoudi

Water 2023, 15(4), 813; DOI: 10.3390/w15040813

 

Article: Effect of Pre-Existing Underground Structures on Groundwater Flow and Strata Movement Induced by Dewatering and Excavation

Tengyun Xue, Xiuli Xue, Sichun Long, Qiunan Chen, Shide Lu and Chaofeng Zeng

Water 2023, 15(4), 814; DOI: 10.3390/w15040814

Soil and Water

Review: Application Progress of New Adsorption Materials for Removing Fluorine from Water

Ming−Ming Zhao, Qiang Wang, Luke Saye Nenwon Krua, Rong−Nan Yi, Run−Jun Zou, Xin−Yuan Li and Peng Huang

Water 2023, 15(4), 646; DOI: 10.3390/w15040646

 

Article: Freeze–Thaw Cycle Effects on the Energy Dissipation and Strength Characteristics of Alkali Metakaolin-Modified Cement Soil under Impact Loading

Kun Huang, Heng Wang and Kai Huang

Water 2023, 15(4), 730; DOI: 10.3390/w15040730

 

Article: A Study on the Dynamics of Landscape Patterns in the Yellow River Delta Region

Luofan Li, Xinju Li, Beibei Niu and Zixuan Zhang

Water 2023, 15(4), 819; DOI: 10.3390/w15040819

Water and Climate Change

Review: Climate Change and Reproductive Biocomplexity in Fishes: Innovative Management Approaches towards Sustainability of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Anisa Mitra, Fagr Kh. Abdel-Gawad, Samah Bassem, Prabal Barua, Loredana Assisi, Costantino Parisi, Tarek A. Temraz, Rubina Vangone, Kimia Kajbaf, Vikas Kumar and Giulia Guerriero

Water 2023, 15(4), 725; DOI: 10.3390/w15040725

 

Review: A Review of HYDRUS 2D/3D Applications for Simulations of Water Dynamics, Root Uptake and Solute Transport in Tree Crops under Drip Irrigation

Giasemi Morianou, Nektarios N. Kourgialas and George P. Karatzas

Water 2023, 15(4), 741; DOI: 10.3390/w15040741

 

Review: Spatial Distribution and Sources of Organic Matter in the Surface Sediments of Fuxian Lake, SW China

Kai Zhang, Dongli Li, Xuejun He, Changyuan Xie and Haibo He

Water 2023, 15(4), 794; DOI: 10.3390/w15040794

 

Article: Evolutionary Characteristics of Runoff in a Changing Environment: A Case Study of Dawen River, China

Xuyang Yang, Jun Xia, Jian Liu, Jiake Li, Mingsen Wang and Yanyan Li

Water 2023, 15(4), 636; DOI: 10.3390/w15040636

 

Article: The Perturbation of Mangla Watershed Ecosystem in Pakistan Due to Hydrological Alteration

Akif Rahim, Xander Wang, Neelam Javed, Farhan Aziz, Amina Jahangir and Tahira Khurshid

Water 2023, 15(4), 656; DOI: 10.3390/w15040656

 

Article: Evaluation of Water Resources Utilization Efficiency Based on DEA and AHP under Climate Change

Shanjun Zhang, Jia Liu, Chuanzhe Li, Fuliang Yu, Lanshu Jing and Weifan Chen

Water 2023, 15(4), 718; DOI: 10.3390/w15040718

 

Article: Investment in Forest Watershed—A Model of Good Practice for Sustainable Development of Ecosystems

Iulia Diana Arion, Felix H. Arion, Ioan Tăut, Iulia Cristina Mureșan, Marioara Ilea and Marcel Dîrja

Water 2023, 15(4), 754; DOI: 10.3390/w15040754

 

Article: Effects of Climate Change on Streamflow in the Ayazma River Basin in the Marmara Region of Turkey

Khaja Haroon Seddiqe, Rahmatullah Sediqi, Osman Yildiz, Gaye Akturk, Jakub Kostecki and Marta Gortych

Water 2023, 15(4), 763; DOI: 10.3390/w15040763

 

Article: Recording Permafrost Thaw and Thaw Lake Degradation in Northern Siberia: School Science in Action

Sergey Kunin, Olga Semenova, Terry V. Callaghan, Olga Shaduyko and Vladimir Bodur

Water 2023, 15(4), 818; DOI: 10.3390/w15040818

Ecohydrology

Article: Leached Copper Correlation with Dissolved Organic Carbon in Sloped Vineyard Soil

Lana Filipović, Jasmina Defterdarović, Rui Chen, Vedran Krevh, Horst H. Gerke, Thomas Baumgartl, Zoran Kovač, Gabrijel Ondrašek, Stanko Ružičić, Hailong He, Jaromir Dusek and Vilim Filipović

Water 2023, 15(4), 800; DOI: 10.3390/w15040800

Hydrology

Article: Study on Risk Assessment of Flash Floods in Hubei Province

Yong Tu, Yanwei Zhao, Rui Dong, Han Wang, Qiang Ma, Bingshun He and Changjun Liu

Water 2023, 15(4), 617; DOI: 10.3390/w15040617

 

Article: Effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions for Mitigating the Impact of Pluvial Flooding in Urban Areas at the Regional Scale

Eike M. Hamers, Holger R. Maier, Aaron C. Zecchin and Hedwig van Delden

Water 2023, 15(4), 642; DOI: 10.3390/w15040642

 

Article: Effects of Within-Storm Variability on Allochthonous Flash Flooding: A Synthetic Study

Shahin Khosh Bin Ghomash, Daniel Bachmann, Daniel Caviedes-Voullième and Christoph Hinz

Water 2023, 15(4), 645; DOI: 10.3390/w15040645

 

Article: Evaluation of Minimum and Suitable Ecological Flows of an Inland Basin in China Considering Hydrological Variation

Saiyan Liu, Qin Zhang, Yangyang Xie, Pengcheng Xu and Huihua Du

Water 2023, 15(4), 649; DOI: 10.3390/w15040649

 

Article: Hydrological Methodology Evolution for Runoff Estimations at Ungauged Sites

Zekâi Şen

Water 2023, 15(4), 702; DOI: 10.3390/w15040702

 

Article: Statistical Modelling of the Annual Rainfall Pattern in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Rachel MacKay Altman, Ofir Harari, Nadya Moisseeva and Douw Steyn

Water 2023, 15(4), 700; DOI: 10.3390/w15040700

 

Article: A Practical Yet Accurate Real-Time Statistical Analysis Library for Hydrologic Time-Series Big Data

Jun Sun, Feng Ye, Nadia Nedjah, Ming Zhang and Dong Xu

Water 2023, 15(4), 708; DOI: 10.3390/w15040708

 

Article: Coupled Model for Assessing the Present and Future Watershed Vulnerabilities to Climate Change Impacts

Adrián Martínez, Manuel Herrera, Jesús López de la Cruz and Ismael Orozco

Water 2023, 15(4), 711; DOI: 10.3390/w15040711

 

Article: Capillary Imbibition in Layered Sandstone

Hailiang Jia, Biwen Dong, Di Wu, Qingmin Shi and Yao Wei

Water 2023, 15(4), 737; DOI: 10.3390/w15040737

 

Article: A Multi-Dimensional Comprehensive Assessment (MDCA) Method for the Prioritization of Water Pollution Treatment Technologies in China

Jiao Li, Yujiao Wen, Jinyuan Jiang, Wei Tan and Tianyi Zhang

Water 2023, 15(4), 751; DOI: 10.3390/w15040751

 

Article: Comparing the Runoff Decompositions of Small Experimental Catchments: End-Member Mixing Analysis (EMMA) vs. Hydrological Modelling

Andrey Bugaets, Boris Gartsman, Tatiana Gubareva, Sergei Lupakov, Andrey Kalugin, Vladimir Shamov and Leonid Gonchukov

Water 2023, 15(4), 752; DOI: 10.3390/w15040752

 

Article: InSAR Displacement with High-Resolution Optical Remote Sensing for the Early Detection and Deformation Analysis of Active Landslides in the Upper Yellow River

Kuan Tu, Shirong Ye, Jingui Zou, Chen Hua and Jiming Guo

Water 2023, 15(4), 769; DOI: 10.3390/w15040769

 

Article: Accumulation of Heavy Metal Ions from Urban Soil in Spontaneous Flora

Maria Harja, Ramona Carla Ciocinta, Gabrijel Ondrasek, Daniel Bucur and Marcel Dirja

Water 2023, 15(4), 768; DOI: 10.3390/w15040768

 

Article: Potential of Sentinel Images to Evaluate Physicochemical Parameters Concentrations in Water Bodies—Application in a Wetlands System in Northern Colombia

César Padilla-Mendoza, Franklin Torres-Bejarano, Gabriel Campo-Daza and Luis Carlos González-Márquez

Water 2023, 15(4), 789; DOI: 10.3390/w15040789

 

Article: Climate Water Balance in the Warm Half-Year and Its Circulation Conditions in the Sudetes Mountains and Their Foreland (Poland and Czechia)

Bartłomiej Miszuk

Water 2023, 15(4), 795; DOI: 10.3390/w15040795

 

Article: Floods and Adaptation to Climate Change in Tourist Areas: Management Experiences on the Coast of the Province of Alicante (Spain)

Esther Sánchez-Almodóvar, Jorge Olcina-Cantos, Javier Martí-Talavera, Antonio Prieto-Cerdán and Ascensión Padilla-Blanco

Water 2023, 15(4), 807; DOI: 10.3390/w15040807

 

Correction: Correction: Mahindawansha et al. Spatial and Temporal Variations of Stable Isotopes in Precipitation in the Mountainous Region, North Hesse. Water 2022, 14, 3910

Amani Mahindawansha, Marius Jost and Matthias Gassmann

Water 2023, 15(4), 638; DOI: 10.3390/w15040638

 

Editorial: Unsaturated Zone: Advances in Experimental and Theoretical Investigations

Maria Clementina Caputo

Water 2023, 15(4), 675; DOI: 10.3390/w15040675

 

Editorial: Advanced Hydrologic Modeling in Watershed Scale

Dengfeng Liu, Hui Liu and Xianmeng Meng

Water 2023, 15(4), 691; DOI: 10.3390/w15040691

 

Editorial: Groundwater Hydrological Model Simulation

Cristina Di Salvo

Water 2023, 15(4), 822; DOI: 10.3390/w15040822

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Review: The Current Status, Energy Implications, and Governance of Urban Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: A System Analysis of the Beijing Case

Daohan Huang, Lin Jin, Jie Liu, Guoyi Han, Wei Liu and Annette Huber-Lee

Water 2023, 15(4), 630; DOI: 10.3390/w15040630

 

Review: Research Progress of High-Salinity Wastewater Treatment Technology

Lei Guo, Yiming Xie, Wenquan Sun, Yanhua Xu and Yongjun Sun

Water 2023, 15(4), 684; DOI: 10.3390/w15040684

 

Review: A Review of Research Progress in the Preparation and Application of Ferrate(VI)

Jianping Yu, Sumita, Kai Zhang, Qijia Zhu, Chengzhang Wu, Saikai Huang, Yunshu Zhang, Sijing Yao and Weihai Pang

Water 2023, 15(4), 699; DOI: 10.3390/w15040699

 

Review: Recent Advances on Chemically Functionalized Cellulose-Based Materials for Arsenic Removal in Wastewater: A Review

Mary T. Motloung, Sifiso I. Magagula, Andiswa Kaleni, Tlholohelo S. Sikhosana, Kgomotso Lebelo and Mokgaotsa J. Mochane

Water 2023, 15(4), 793; DOI: 10.3390/w15040793

 

Article: The Pretreatment of Micro-Polluted Source Water through Phototrophic Biofilms under Variant Light Conditions

Hong-Yi Li, Runze Xu, Ting-Feng Liu and Zhi-Xin Hu

Water 2023, 15(4), 621; DOI: 10.3390/w15040621

 

Article: Decision Strategy Tool for the Design of Natural Treatment Systems for Wastewater (NTSW) from Isolated Livestock Farms

Tania Garcia-Ramirez, Carlos A. Mendieta-Pino, Federico León-Zerpa, Alejandro Ramos-Martin, Saulo Brito-Espino and Gilberto M. Martel-Rodríguez

Water 2023, 15(4), 628; DOI: 10.3390/w15040628

 

Article: Production, Application, and Efficacy of Biodefoamers from Bacillus, Aeromonas, Klebsiella, Comamonas spp. Consortium for the Defoamation of Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater

Cynthia Dlangamandla, Seteno K. O. Ntwampe, Moses Basitere, Boredi S. Chidi, Benjamin I. Okeleye and Melody R. Mukandi

Water 2023, 15(4), 655; DOI: 10.3390/w15040655

 

Article: First Comprehensive Analysis of Potential Ecological Risk and Factors Influencing Heavy Metals Binding in Sewage Sludge from WWTPs Using the Ultrasonic Disintegration Process

Malwina Tytła, Kamila Widziewicz-Rzońca, Joanna Kernert, Zuzanna Bernaś and Krzysztof Słaby

Water 2023, 15(4), 666; DOI: 10.3390/w15040666

 

Article: Cost-Effective Preparation of Gold Tailing-Based Aerogels for Efficient Adsorption of Copper Ions from Wastewater

Yingjie Wang, Kaibin Cui, Jiaxuan Bai, Baizeng Fang and Fei Wang

Water 2023, 15(4), 669; DOI: 10.3390/w15040669

 

Article: Predicting Higher Heating Value of Sewage Sludges via Artificial Neural Network Based on Proximate and Ultimate Analyses

Xuanyao Yang, He Li, Yizhuo Wang and Linyan Qu

Water 2023, 15(4), 674; DOI: 10.3390/w15040674

 

Article: Assessment of Surface Water Quality Using Water Quality Index and Discriminant Analysis Method

Asma Mammeri, Ammar Tiri, Lazhar Belkhiri, Hichem Salhi, Djouhaina Brella, Elhadj Lakouas, Hichem Tahraoui, Abdeltif Amrane and Lotfi Mouni

Water 2023, 15(4), 680; DOI: 10.3390/w15040680

 

Article: Experimental Study on the Purification Mechanism of Mine Water by Coal Gangue

Liu Zhu, Qiangling Yao, Qiang Xu, Yinghu Li and Xuehua Li

Water 2023, 15(4), 697; DOI: 10.3390/w15040697

 

Article: Response Surface Optimization and Floc Structure Analysis of Magnetic Flocculation Technology for Anaerobic Digestion Reject Water

Bo Xu, Yongzhi Chi, Yiyang Chi, Jianhai Zhao, Cuilian Fu, Xueke Wang, Sufeng Tian and Yanmei Ding

Water 2023, 15(4), 707; DOI: 10.3390/w15040707

 

Article: Effect of Varying Zinc Concentrations on the Biomethane Potential of Sewage Sludge

Manoj Kumar, Silvio Matassa, Francesco Bianco, Armando Oliva, Stefano Papirio, Francesco Pirozzi, Francesco De Paola and Giovanni Esposito

Water 2023, 15(4), 729; DOI: 10.3390/w15040729

 

Article: Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes, Antibiotics-Resistant and Multi-Resistant Bacteria and Their Correlations in One River in Central-Western Brazil

Raylane Pereira Gomes, Thais Reis Oliveira, Ariadne Bernardes Rodrigues, Leandro Martins Ferreira, José Daniel Gonçalves Vieira and Lilian Carla Carneiro

Water 2023, 15(4), 747; DOI: 10.3390/w15040747

 

Article: Assessment of the Application of Ferrate(VI) in the Treatment of Agricultural Irrigation Water: Presence of Metals and Escherichia coli in Fresh Produce

Kryss Araceli Vargas Gutiérrez, María Elena Rojas Meza, Fabricio Paredes Larroca, Erich Saettone Olschewski and Javier Quino-Favero

Water 2023, 15(4), 748; DOI: 10.3390/w15040748

 

Article: Homogenous UV/Periodate Process for the Treatment of Acid Orange 10 Polluted Water

Maroua Nessaibia, Houria Ghodbane, Hana Ferkous, Slimane Merouani, Manawwer Alam, Marco Balsamo, Yacine Benguerba and Alessandro Erto

Water 2023, 15(4), 758; DOI: 10.3390/w15040758

 

Article: Assessment of Energy Consumption of Brine Discharge from SWRO Plants

Rubén Navarro, José L. Sánchez Lizaso and Iván Sola

Water 2023, 15(4), 786; DOI: 10.3390/w15040786

 

Article: Heavy Metals Removal from Domestic Sewage in Batch Mesocosm Constructed Wetlands using Tropical Wetland Plants

Shin Ying Ang, Hui Weng Goh, Bashirah Mohd Fazli, Hazzeman Haris, Nor Ariza Azizan, Nor Azazi Zakaria and Zubaidi Johar

Water 2023, 15(4), 797; DOI: 10.3390/w15040797

 

Article: Ultraviolet Radiation-Assisted Preparation of a Novel Biomass Fiber to Remove Cadmium from Wastewater

Hao Xue, Min Xu, Yueyang Yu, Jiancheng Wan, Chen Liu and Fansheng Meng

Water 2023, 15(4), 811; DOI: 10.3390/w15040811

 

Article: Multifunctional Chitosan/Xylan-Coated Magnetite Nanoparticles for the Simultaneous Adsorption of the Emerging Contaminants Pb(II), Salicylic Acid, and Congo Red Dye

Hebatullah H. Farghal, Marianne Nebsen and Mayyada M. H. El-Sayed

Water 2023, 15(4), 829; DOI: 10.3390/w15040829

 

Article: Study on Genomics of the Bisphenol A-Degrading Bacterium Pseudomonas sp. P1

Shuaiguo Li, Kejian Tian, Qing Qiu, Yue Yu, Han Li, Menghan Chang, Xuejian Sun, Jinming Gu, Fenglin Zhang, Yibing Wang and Hongliang Huo

Water 2023, 15(4), 830; DOI: 10.3390/w15040830

 

Editorial: Sustainable Processes for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Aquatic Systems

Julio Bastos-Arrieta and Cristina Palet

Water 2023, 15(4), 761; DOI: 10.3390/w15040761

Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance

Review: Application of Machine Learning in Water Resources Management: A Systematic Literature Review

Fatemeh Ghobadi and Doosun Kang

Water 2023, 15(4), 620; DOI: 10.3390/w15040620

 

Review: Barriers to Innovation in Water Treatment

Farah Ahmed, Daniel Johnson, Raed Hashaikeh and Nidal Hilal

Water 2023, 15(4), 773; DOI: 10.3390/w15040773

 

Article: Interlinkages of Water-Related SDG Indicators Globally and in Low-Income Countries

Andi Besse Rimba and Yukiko Hirabayashi

Water 2023, 15(4), 613; DOI: 10.3390/w15040613

 

Article: Dynamic Simulation Study on Water-Supply Volume of the Hanjiang-to-Weihe River Water Diversion Project

Qiang Hui, Jungang Luo, Xiaozhou Du, Xiaofeng Song, Jiancang Xie and Na Wei

Water 2023, 15(4), 627; DOI: 10.3390/w15040627

 

Article: The Effects of Economic Policy Instruments of Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture: A Comparative Analysis of China and the UK

Jinpeng Zou, Xiaodong Chen, Fang Liu, Fang Wang, Mingling Du, Bin Wu and Ni Yang

Water 2023, 15(4), 637; DOI: 10.3390/w15040637

 

Article: Flow–Solid Coupling Analysis of Ice–Concrete Collision Nonlinear Problems in the Yellow River Basin

Li Gong, Zhouquan Dong, Chunling Jin, Zhiyuan Jia and Tengteng Yang

Water 2023, 15(4), 643; DOI: 10.3390/w15040643

 

Article: Agricultural Pressures on the Quality of Ground and Surface Waters in Catchments of Artificial Reservoirs

Agnieszka Lawniczak-Malińska, Bogumił Nowak and Kamil Pajewski

Water 2023, 15(4), 661; DOI: 10.3390/w15040661

 

Article: Dynamic Control of Yearly Drawdown Level of Overyear Regulation Reservoir in Cascade System

Zongye Chang, Zhiqiang Jiang and Xiaohui Yuan

Water 2023, 15(4), 665; DOI: 10.3390/w15040665

 

Article: Factors That Impact the Implementation of Water Safety Plans—A Case Study of Brazil

Rafaella Oliveira Baracho, Estela Najberg and Paulo Sérgio Scalize

Water 2023, 15(4), 678; DOI: 10.3390/w15040678

 

Article: Evaluation of Human Health Risks Associated with Groundwater Contamination and Groundwater Pollution Prediction in a Landfill and Surrounding Area in Kaifeng City, China

Xiaoming Mao, Shengyan Zhang, Shuhong Wang, Tengchao Li, Shujie Hu and Xiaoqing Zhou

Water 2023, 15(4), 723; DOI: 10.3390/w15040723

 

Article: Detection of Background Water Leaks Using a High-Resolution Dyadic Transform

Eduardo Trutié-Carrero, Diego Seuret-Jiménez, José M. Nieto-Jalil, Julio C. Herrera-Díaz, Jorge Cantó and J. Jesús Escobedo-Alatorre

Water 2023, 15(4), 736; DOI: 10.3390/w15040736

 

Article: A Quantitative Approach to the Watershed Governance Prism: The Duero River Basin, Mexico

Felipe Armas Vargas, Oscar Escolero, Samuel Sandoval Solis, Luzma Fabiola Nava, Marisa Mazari Hiriart, Claudia Rojas Serna and Oliver López-Corona

Water 2023, 15(4), 743; DOI: 10.3390/w15040743

 

Article: Analysis of Demand and Structural Changes in China’s Water Resources over the Next 30 Years

Qiang Yan, Yan Zhang and Qingwei Wang

Water 2023, 15(4), 745; DOI: 10.3390/w15040745

 

Article: Can Property Rights Reform of China’s Agricultural Water Facilities Improve the Quality of Facility Maintenance and Enhance Farmers’ Water Conservation Behavior?—A Typical Case from Yunnan Province, China

Yiyu Feng, Ming Chang, Yaping He, Rui Song and Jing Liu

Water 2023, 15(4), 757; DOI: 10.3390/w15040757

 

Article: Voices in Shaping Water Governance: Exploring Discourses in the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Amare Bantider, Bamlaku Tadesse, Adey Nigatu Mersha, Gete Zeleke, Taye Alemayehu, Mohsen Nagheeby and Jaime Amezaga

Water 2023, 15(4), 803; DOI: 10.3390/w15040803

 

Case Report: Concept and Implementation of Solutions Improving Water Relations in the Area of the Flooded Opencast Lignite Mine Kazimierz Północ in the East Wielkopolska Region (Central-West Poland)

Bogumił Nowak, Paweł Szadek, Krzysztof Szymański and Agnieszka Lawniczak-Malińska

Water 2023, 15(4), 706; DOI: 10.3390/w15040706

Water Quality and Contamination

Article: Detection of Pesticides in Water through an Electronic Tongue and Data Processing Methods

Jeniffer Katerine Carrillo Gómez, Yuliana Alexandra Nieto Puentes, Dayan Diomedes Cárdenas Niño and Cristhian Manuel Durán Acevedo

Water 2023, 15(4), 624; DOI: 10.3390/w15040624

 

Article: Effective Management Changes to Reduce Halogens, Sulfate, and TDS in the Monongahela River Basin, 2009–2019

Joseph W. Kingsbury, Rachel Spirnak, Melissa O’Neal and Paul Ziemkiewicz

Water 2023, 15(4), 631; DOI: 10.3390/w15040631

 

Article: Comparative Analysis of Water Quality Applying Statistic and Machine Learning Method: A Case Study in Coyuca Lagoon and Tecpan River, Mexico

Humberto Avila-Perez, Enrique J. Flores-Munguía, José L. Rosas-Acevedo, Iván Gallardo-Bernal and Tania A. Ramirez-delReal

Water 2023, 15(4), 640; DOI: 10.3390/w15040640

 

Article: Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Water from the Fuhe River, South China

Xiaojuan Guo, Yilong Xiao, Lanzhi Zhao, Tao Yang, Chun Tang, Wei Luo, Cheng Huang and Fangwen Zheng

Water 2023, 15(4), 641; DOI: 10.3390/w15040641

 

Article: Spatial Distribution and Sources of Rare Earth Elements in Urban River Water: The Indicators of Anthropogenic Inputs

Xi Gao, Guilin Han, Jinke Liu and Shitong Zhang

Water 2023, 15(4), 654; DOI: 10.3390/w15040654

 

Article: Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on Water Quality within Ngong River Sub-Catchment, Nairobi, Kenya

Mary Ngatia, Shadrack M. Kithiia and Mihai Voda

Water 2023, 15(4), 660; DOI: 10.3390/w15040660

 

Article: Abundance, Distribution Patterns, and the Contribution of Transparent Exopolymer Particles and Dissolved Acidic Polysaccharides to Organic Carbon in Lake Taihu, China

Lizhen Liu, Qi Huang, Jian Zhou and Boqiang Qin

Water 2023, 15(4), 663; DOI: 10.3390/w15040663

 

Article: Drainage Ratio Controls Phytoplankton Abundance in Urban Lakes

Weijie Guo, Ziqian Li, Cai Li, Boyi Liu and Wenqing Shi

Water 2023, 15(4), 683; DOI: 10.3390/w15040683

 

Article: Design and Experimental Studies on a Single Slope Solar Still for Water Desalination

Saif Salim Saif Al-Mezeini, Mohd Asim Siddiqui, Mohammad Shariq, Talal M. Althagafi, Inas A. Ahmed, Mohammad Asif, Sultan J. Alsufyani, Saud A. Algarni, Niyaz Ahamed M.B., Khalda M. A. Elamin, Abdel-Nasser M. A. Alaghaz and Mohammed M. Gomaa

Water 2023, 15(4), 704; DOI: 10.3390/w15040704

 

Article: Adsorption of Pb, Cu and Cd from Water on Coal Fly Ash-Red Mud Modified Composite Material: Characterization and Mechanism

Yuyan Zhao, Hanwen Luan, Binghan Yang, Zhenghe Li, Meitong Song, Bing Li and Xiaodan Tang

Water 2023, 15(4), 767; DOI: 10.3390/w15040767

 

Article: Hydrochemical Characteristics and Risk Assessment of Tongzi River, Guizhou Province, Southwest China

Jiemei Lü and Yanling An

Water 2023, 15(4), 802; DOI: 10.3390/w15040802

 

Editorial: Research on Micropollutants in Urban Water

Cátia A. L. Graça

Water 2023, 15(4), 644; DOI: 10.3390/w15040644

 

Editorial: Surface Water Quality Modelling

Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt

Water 2023, 15(4), 828; DOI: 10.3390/w15040828

Urban Water Management

Article: An Interpretable Recurrent Neural Network for Waterflooding Reservoir Flow Disequilibrium Analysis

Yunqi Jiang, Wenjuan Shen, Huaqing Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jian Wang and Liming Zhang

Water 2023, 15(4), 623; DOI: 10.3390/w15040623

 

Article: Decision Support for Lake Restoration: A Case Study in Swedish Freshwater Bodies

Maja Sellergren, Jing Li, Stina Drakare and Sebastian Thöns

Water 2023, 15(4), 668; DOI: 10.3390/w15040668

 

Article: Towards a Combined Physical and Social Evaluation of Climate Vulnerability in Coastal Urban Megacities

Komali Kantamaneni, Qiong Li, Haotian Wu, Mingyu Zhu, Athanasia Apostolopoulou, Weijie Xu, Inji Kenawy, Lakshmi Priya Rajendran, Louis Rice, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, Sigamani Panneer and Robert Ramesh Babu Pushparaj

Water 2023, 15(4), 712; DOI: 10.3390/w15040712

 

Article: Third-Monthly Hydropower Scheduling of Cascaded Reservoirs Using Successive Quadratic Programming in Trust Corridor

Shuangquan Liu, Jingzhen Luo, Hui Chen, Youxiang Wang, Xiangyong Li, Jie Zhang and Jinwen Wang

Water 2023, 15(4), 716; DOI: 10.3390/w15040716

 

Article: Promoting Sponge City Construction through Rainwater Trading: An Evolutionary Game Theory-Based Analysis

Chunyan Shi, Xinyue Miao, Tongyu Xu, Weijun Gao, Gen Liu, Siwen Li, Yingzi Lin, Xindong Wei and Hui Liu

Water 2023, 15(4), 771; DOI: 10.3390/w15040771

 

Article: Research on the Change in Prediction of Water Production in Urban Agglomerations on the Northern Slopes of the Tianshan Mountains Based on the InVEST–PLUS Model

Rukeya Reheman, Alimujiang Kasimu, Xilinayi Duolaiti, Bohao Wei and Yongyu Zhao

Water 2023, 15(4), 776; DOI: 10.3390/w15040776

Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics

Review: Applications of Advanced Technologies in the Development of Urban Flood Models

Yuna Yan, Na Zhang and Han Zhang

Water 2023, 15(4), 622; DOI: 10.3390/w15040622

 

Article: Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Flow Structure in Annular Flume Based on CFD Study of Water

Jun Yan, Litao Zhang, Linjuan Xu, Sainan Chen, Guanghong Peng and Meng Wang

Water 2023, 15(4), 651; DOI: 10.3390/w15040651

 

Article: Integration of Distributed Streamflow Measurement Metadata for Improved Water Resource Decision-Making

Kendra E. Kaiser, Kyle Blasch and Steven Schmitz

Water 2023, 15(4), 679; DOI: 10.3390/w15040679

 

Article: Finite Volume Method for Modeling the Load-Rejection Process of a Hydropower Plant with an Air Cushion Surge Chamber

Jianwei Lu, Guoying Wu, Ling Zhou and Jinyuan Wu

Water 2023, 15(4), 682; DOI: 10.3390/w15040682

 

Article: Experimental Analysis of 3D Flow Structures around a Floating Dike

Wei Huang, Yufang Ni, Maggie Creed and Sihan Yu

Water 2023, 15(4), 703; DOI: 10.3390/w15040703

 

Article: Focal Mechanisms and Stress Field Characteristics of Microearthquakes in Baihetan Reservoir in the Downstream Area of Jinsha River

Wei Guo and Cuiping Zhao

Water 2023, 15(4), 709; DOI: 10.3390/w15040709

 

Article: Spreading of Impacting Water Droplet on Surface with Fixed Microstructure and Different Wetting from Superhydrophilicity to Superhydrophobicity

Sergey Starinskiy, Elena Starinskaya, Nikolay Miskiv, Alexey Rodionov, Fedor Ronshin, Alexey Safonov, Ming-Kai Lei and Vladimir Terekhov

Water 2023, 15(4), 719; DOI: 10.3390/w15040719

 

Article: Turbulence Characteristics in Mild and Steep Entrance Slopes of Pool-Riffle Sequences

Negar Soltani, Hossein Afzalimehr, Ehsan Shahiri Tabarestani, Alireza Eftekhari, Marzieh Khabari, Mohammad Nazari-Sharabian and Moses Karakouzian

Water 2023, 15(4), 720; DOI: 10.3390/w15040720

 

Article: Methodological Proposal for the Hydraulic Design of Labyrinth Weirs

Erick Dante Mattos-Villarroel, Waldo Ojeda-Bustamante, Carlos Díaz-Delgado, Humberto Salinas-Tapia, Jorge Flores-Velázquez and Carlos Bautista Capetillo

Water 2023, 15(4), 722; DOI: 10.3390/w15040722

 

Article: Application of Physical and Numerical Modeling for Determination of Waterway Safety under the Bridge in Kaunas City, Lithuania

Tomasz Dysarz, Tomasz Kałuża, Karolis Mickevičius, Jonas Veigneris, Paweł Zawadzki, Sebastian Kujawiak, Stanisław Zaborowski, Joanna Wicher-Dysarz, Natalia Walczak, Jakub Nieć and Raimundas Baublys

Water 2023, 15(4), 731; DOI: 10.3390/w15040731

 

Article: Development of a Three-Dimensional CFD Model and OpenCV Code by Comparing with Experimental Data for Spillway Model Studies

Hakan Varçin, Fatih Üneş, Ercan Gemici and Martina Zelenakova

Water 2023, 15(4), 756; DOI: 10.3390/w15040756

 

Article: Post-Wildfire Debris Flow and Large Woody Debris Transport Modeling from the North Complex Fire to Lake Oroville

Thad Wasklewicz, Aaron Chen and Richard H. Guthrie

Water 2023, 15(4), 762; DOI: 10.3390/w15040762

 

Article: Double Parameters Generalization of Water-Blocking Effect of Submerged Vegetation

Chunlin Qiu, Jiesheng Huang, Shihe Liu and Wenhao Pan

Water 2023, 15(4), 764; DOI: 10.3390/w15040764

 

Article: An Impact of the Discrete Representation of the Bubble Size Distribution Function on the Flow Structure in a Bubble Column Reactor

Alexander Chernyshev, Alexander Schmidt and Veronica Chernysheva

Water 2023, 15(4), 778; DOI: 10.3390/w15040778

 

Article: CFD as a Decision Tool for Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant Flow Measurement Method

Jiří Souček, Petr Nowak, Martin Kantor and Radek Veselý

Water 2023, 15(4), 779; DOI: 10.3390/w15040779

 

Article: Vibration Characteristics of a Tubular Turbine Prototype at Different Heads with Considering Free Surface and Water Gravity

Yaping Zhao, Yanrong Li, Jianjun Feng, Mengfan Dang, Yajing Ren and Xingqi Luo

Water 2023, 15(4), 791; DOI: 10.3390/w15040791

 

Article: Multi-Scale Wake Characteristics of the Flow over a Cylinder with Different V-Groove Numbers

Suyu Jiang, Fei Yan, Jian Zhang and Bo Song

Water 2023, 15(4), 805; DOI: 10.3390/w15040805

 

Article: A Bibliometric Analysis of Groundwater Access and Its Management: Making the Invisible Visible

Priyanka Lal, Biswaranjan Behera, Malu Ram Yadav, Eshita Sharma, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Abhijit Dey, Awadhesh Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Milan Kumar Lal and Ravinder Kumar

Water 2023, 15(4), 806; DOI: 10.3390/w15040806

Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems

Article: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Wadeable Rivers and Streams of Lao PDR as a Useful Tool for Biomonitoring Water Quality: A Multimetric Index Approach

Jutamas Sripanya, Chanda Vongsombath, Viengkhone Vannachak, Kaewpawika Rattanachan, Chutima Hanjavanit, Wuttipong Mahakham and Narumon Sangpradub

Water 2023, 15(4), 625; DOI: 10.3390/w15040625

 

Article: Can a Protected Area Help Improve Fish Populations under Heavy Recreation Fishing?

Karlos R. de Moraes, Allan T. Souza, Daniel Bartoň, Petr Blabolil, Milan Muška, Marie Prchalová, Tomáš Randák, Milan Říha, Mojmír Vašek, Jan Turek, Michal Tušer, Vladimír Žlábek and Jan Kubečka

Water 2023, 15(4), 632; DOI: 10.3390/w15040632

 

Article: Dynamic Characteristics of Periphytic Algae Communities on Different Substrates and the Host Response in Subtropical-Urban-Landscape Lakes

Xue Peng, Suzhen Huang, Kelang Yi, Lu Zhang, Fangjie Ge, Qingwei Lin, Yi Zhang, Zhenbin Wu and Biyun Liu

Water 2023, 15(4), 639; DOI: 10.3390/w15040639

 

Article: Assessment of Water Ecosystem Integrity (WEI) in a Transitional Brazilian Cerrado–Atlantic Forest Interface

Allita R. Santos, Mariana A. G. A. Barbosa, Talyson Bolleli, Phelipe S. Anjinho, Rhayane Roque and Frederico F. Mauad

Water 2023, 15(4), 775; DOI: 10.3390/w15040775

 

Article: Seascape Ethnomapping on the Inner Continental Shelf of the Brazilian Semiarid Coast

Lidriana Pinheiro, Antônio Rodrigues Ximenes Neto, Francisco Assis Aquino Bezerra Filho, Cassia Rosane Silveira Pinto, Laldiane de Souza Pinheiro, Paulo Pessoa, Regimário Lima Filho, Regina Balbino da Silva, Jáder Morais, Adryane Gorayeb, Lorenzo Bramanti and Sergio Rossi

Water 2023, 15(4), 798; DOI: 10.3390/w15040798

 

Article: Paleoenvironmental Changes in the Gulf of Gaeta (Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): A Perspective from Benthic Foraminifera after Dam Construction

Marco Cavaliere, Vittoria Scipioni, Fabio Francescangeli, Luciana Ferraro and Fabrizio Frontalini

Water 2023, 15(4), 815; DOI: 10.3390/w15040815

 

Article: The Multi-Generational Effect of Seawater Acidification on Larval Development, Reproduction, Ingestion Rate, and ATPase Activity of Tigriopus japonicus Mori, 1938

Fei Li, S. G. Cheung, P. K. S. Shin, Xiaoshou Liu, Yanan Li and Fanghong Mu

Water 2023, 15(4), 816; DOI: 10.3390/w15040816

 

Article: Troubles Never Come Alone: Outcome of Multiple Pressures on a Temperate Rocky Reef

Annalisa Azzola, Virginia Picchio, Valentina Asnaghi, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Carla Morri, Alice Oprandi and Monica Montefalcone

Water 2023, 15(4), 825; DOI: 10.3390/w15040825

Oceans and Coastal Zones

Article: Spatial Wave Measurement Based on U-net Convolutional Neural Network in Large Wave Flume

Jiangnan Chen, Yuanye Hu, Songgui Chen, Zhiwei Ren and Taro Arikawa

Water 2023, 15(4), 647; DOI: 10.3390/w15040647

 

Article: A Non-Hydrostatic Model for Simulating Weakly Dispersive Landslide-Generated Waves

Dede Tarwidi, Sri Redjeki Pudjaprasetya and Sugih Sudharma Tjandra

Water 2023, 15(4), 652; DOI: 10.3390/w15040652

 

Article: Sorption Behavior and Prediction of Tetracycline on Sediments from the Yangtze Estuary and Its Coastal Areas

Haiying Chen, Wenfang Zheng, Fei Zhang, Wenxi Li, Xiaoming Shen, Haibo Huang, Lei Shi, Rui Shi, Shuai Zhang and Ming Lu

Water 2023, 15(4), 671; DOI: 10.3390/w15040671

 

Article: Selenium Concentration Levels in Two Polluted Lagoons, Eastern Red Sea Coastal Waters

Ahmed S. A. Ibrahim and Radwan Al-Farawati

Water 2023, 15(4), 687; DOI: 10.3390/w15040687

 

Article: Diversity and Community Composition of Labyrinthulomycetes Protists in the Coastal Zone of Hainan Island, South China Sea

Jing Song, Xiuping Liu, Ningdong Xie, Jiaqian Li, Xianhua Liu, Biswarup Sen and Guangyi Wang

Water 2023, 15(4), 738; DOI: 10.3390/w15040738

 

Article: Long-Term Trend and Variability of Volume Transport and Advective Heat Flux through the Boundaries of the Java Sea Based on a Global Ocean Circulation Model (1950–2013)

Rima Rachmayani, Nining Sari Ningsih, Farrah Hanifah and Yasmin Nabilla

Water 2023, 15(4), 740; DOI: 10.3390/w15040740

 

Article: Analysis of Internal Solitary Waves in the Gulf of Oman and Sources Responsible for Their Generation

Kamran Koohestani, Yury Stepanyants and Mohammad Nabi Allahdadi

Water 2023, 15(4), 746; DOI: 10.3390/w15040746

 

Article: Integration of Marine and Terrestrial Ecological Economies in the Cities of the Bohai Rim, China, Based on the Concept of Viscosity

Zhe Yu, Xiaolong Chen and Qianbin Di

Water 2023, 15(4), 749; DOI: 10.3390/w15040749

 

Article: Photosynthetic Physiological Response of Porphyra yezoensis to Light Change at Different CO₂Concentrations

Cheng Chen, Yanyan Zhang, Zhenjie Feng, Miaomiao Wu, Tianpeng Xu, Sen Qiao, Wen Wang, Jing Ma and Juntian Xu

Water 2023, 15(4), 781; DOI: 10.3390/w15040781

 

Article: Distribution and Phylogenetic Position of the Antarctic Ribbon Worm Heteronemertes longifissa(Nemertea, Pilidiophora)

Alexei V. Chernyshev and Neonila E. Polyakova

Water 2023, 15(4), 809; DOI: 10.3390/w15040809

 

Article: Dissolved Methane Transport in the Tatar Strait and the Deepest Basin of the Japan (East) Sea from Its Possible Sources

Andrei Kholmogorov, Vladimir Ponomarev, Nadezhda Syrbu and Svetlana Shkorba

Water 2023, 15(4), 821; DOI: 10.3390/w15040821

Water Erosion and Sediment Transport

Article: Characteristics of Debris Flow Activities at Different Scales after the Disturbance of Strong Earthquakes—A Case Study of the Wenchuan Earthquake-Affected Area

Yu Yang, Chenxiao Tang, Yinghua Cai, Chuan Tang, Ming Chen, Wenli Huang and Chang Liu

Water 2023, 15(4), 698; DOI: 10.3390/w15040698

 

Article: Estimation of the Spring Tide Bedload Transport at the Eastern Entrance of the Qiongzhou Strait

Changliang Tong, Maogang Qin, Xuemu Wang and Xiangbai Wu

Water 2023, 15(4), 724; DOI: 10.3390/w15040724

 

Article: Sand Transport with Cohesive Admixtures…—Laboratory Tests and Modeling

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

Water 2023, 15(4), 804; DOI: 10.3390/w15040804

Water Use and Scarcity

Article: Floating Photovoltaic Plants as an Effective Option to Reduce Water Evaporation in Water-Stressed Regions and Produce Electricity: A Case Study of Lake Nasser, Egypt

Mohamed Abdelgaied, Abd Elnaby Kabeel, Martina Zeleňáková and Hany F. Abd-Elhamid

Water 2023, 15(4), 635; DOI: 10.3390/w15040635

 

Article: Parallel Factor Analysis with 3DEEMS of Dissolved Organic Matter from Deep Porous Medium Reservoirs in the City of Kaifeng

Weifang Qiao and Xinyi Wang

Water 2023, 15(4), 677; DOI: 10.3390/w15040677

 

Article: Temporal Changes and Spatial Driving Mechanisms of Water Ecological Footprints in the Context of Urbanization: Taking Three Major Urban Agglomerations in China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt as an Example

Xiuzhi Zhang, Daoyang Zhang and Zhang Yiwen

Water 2023, 15(4), 760; DOI: 10.3390/w15040760

Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture

Review: Silicon Nutrition in Plants under Water-Deficit Conditions: Overview and Prospects

Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Aamer Maqsood, Hafeez ur Rehman, Wajid Mahboob, Nadeem Sarwar, Osama Bin Abdul Hafeez, Saddam Hussain, Sezai Ercisli, Muhammad Akhtar and Tariq Aziz

Water 2023, 15(4), 739; DOI: 10.3390/w15040739

 

Article: Water Stress Induced Changes in Root Traits and Yield of Irrigated Rice under Subtropical Condition

Md. Salahuddin Kaysar, Uttam Kumer Sarker, Sirajam Monira, Md. Alamgir Hossain, Nadira Mokarroma, Uzzal Somaddar, Gopal Saha, S. S. Farhana Hossain, Apurbo Kumar Chaki and Md. Romij Uddin

Water 2023, 15(4), 618; DOI: 10.3390/w15040618

 

Article: Improvements in Germination and Growth of Sprouts Irrigated Using Plasma Activated Water (PAW)

Rajesh Prakash Guragain, Hom Bahadur Baniya, Bikash Shrestha, Deepesh Prakash Guragain and Deepak Prasad Subedi

Water 2023, 15(4), 744; DOI: 10.3390/w15040744

 

Article: Multi-Objective Lower Irrigation Limit Simulation and Optimization Model for Lycium BarbarumBased on NSGA-III and ANN

Jinpeng Zhao, Yingduo Yu, Jinyang Lei and Jun Liu

Water 2023, 15(4), 783; DOI: 10.3390/w15040783

 

Article: Risk Evaluation of Chemical Clogging of Irrigation Emitters via Geostatistics and Multivariate Analysis in the Northern Region of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Gustavo Lopes Muniz, Agda Loureiro Gonçalves Oliveira, Maria Geralda Benedito, Nicolás Duarte Cano, Antonio Pires de Camargo and Ariovaldo José da Silva

Water 2023, 15(4), 790; DOI: 10.3390/w15040790

 

Article: Matching Degree between Agricultural Water and Land Resources in the Xijiang River Basin under Changing Environment

Shufang Wang and Liping Wang

Water 2023, 15(4), 827; DOI: 10.3390/w15040827

General

Review: How Can We Adapt Together? Bridging Water Management and City Planning Approaches to Climate Change

Vítor Vinagre, Teresa Fidélis and Ana Luís

Water 2023, 15(4), 715; DOI: 10.3390/w15040715

 

Review: A Review of Bubble Aeration in Biofilter to Reduce Total Ammonia Nitrogen of Recirculating Aquaculture System

Putu Ayustin Suriasni, Ferry Faizal, Camellia Panatarani, Wawan Hermawan and I Made Joni

Water 2023, 15(4), 808; DOI: 10.3390/w15040808

 

Article: Patterns in the Course of Gas Production Rates in Anaerobic Digestion—Prediction of Gas Production Rates Based on Deconvolution and Linear Regression

Christian Hubert, Steffen Krause and Christian Schaum

Water 2023, 15(4), 614; DOI: 10.3390/w15040614

 

Article: Comparative Assessment of the Quality and Potential Uses of Groundwater in a Typical Rural Settlement in Colombia

Geraldine Jhafet Huerfano-Moreno, Jose Ismael Rojas-Peña, Yair Leandro Zapata-Muñoz, Juan Manuel Trujillo-González, Marco Aurelio Torres-Mora, Francisco J. García-Navarro and Raimundo Jiménez-Ballesta

Water 2023, 15(4), 667; DOI: 10.3390/w15040667

 

Article: Biophysical Benefits Simulation Modeling Framework for Investments in Nature-Based Solutions in São Paulo, Brazil Water Supply System

Eileen Andrea Acosta, Se Jong Cho, Claudio Klemz, Justus Reapple, Samuel Barreto, Bruna Stein Ciasca, Jorge León, Carlos Andres Rogéliz-Prada and Henrique Bracale

Water 2023, 15(4), 681; DOI: 10.3390/w15040681

 

Article: Occurrence Characterization and Contamination Risk Evaluation of Microplastics in Hefei’s Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant

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Article: Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Genetic Mechanism of the Metasilicate-Rich Groundwater in Ji’nan Rock Mass Area, Shandong Province, China

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Water 2023, 15(4), 713; DOI: 10.3390/w15040713

 

Article: Evaluation of Soil-Water Characteristic Curves for Different Textural Soils Using Fractal Analysis

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Water 2023, 15(4), 772; DOI: 10.3390/w15040772

 

Article: Impacts of Best Management Practices on Runoff, Soil Loss, and Sediment Yield in the Megech Watershed, Ethiopia

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Water 2023, 15(4), 788; DOI: 10.3390/w15040788

 

Article: Probabilistic Slope Seepage Analysis under Rainfall Considering Spatial Variability of Hydraulic Conductivity and Method Comparison

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Water 2023, 15(4), 810; DOI: 10.3390/w15040810

 

Article: Predicting Groundwater Level Based on Machine Learning: A Case Study of the Hebei Plain

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Water 2023, 15(4), 823; DOI: 10.3390/w15040823

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