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CRS Report: 'Central Valley Project - Issues and Legislation' (Updated: 18 June 2019)

Here is the latest updated (18 June 2019) version of the CRS report: Central Valley Project: Issues and Legislation. The author is Charles V. Stern. 

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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. 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 for when the project was constructed. Thus, multiple ongoing efforts to protect species and restore habitat have been authorized and are incorporated into project operations.

Congress has engaged in CVP issues through oversight and at times legislation, including provisions in the 2016 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN Act; P.L. 114-322) that, among other things, authorized changes to operations in an attempt to provide for delivery of more water under certain circumstances. Although some stakeholders are interested in further operational changes to enhance CVP water deliveries, others are focused on the environmental impacts of operations.

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. These changes would require that more flows from the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers reach the Bay-Delta for water quality and fish and wildlife enhancement (and thus would further restrict water supplies for other users). The changes have generally been opposed by the Trump Administration. At the same time, the Trump Administration is pursuing efforts to increase CVP water supplies for users, including changes to CVP operations under an October 2018 White House memorandum on western water supplies. Efforts to add or supplement CVP storage and conveyance are also being considered: The state is proposing a new water conveyance project (known as the California WaterFix) that would bypass the Bay-Delta and, under certain conditions, increase exports from north to south for some users. Additionally, new storage projects are under study by federal and state entities; these projects would aim to increase CVP and/or SWP water supplies.

In the 116th Congress, legislators may consider bills and conduct oversight on efforts to increase CVP water exports compared to current baselines. Congress is considering whether to approve funding for new water storage projects, and may also consider legislation to extend or amend previously enacted CVP authorities (e.g., WIIN Act authorities that are expiring or have exceeded their appropriations ceiling).

Conclusion
The CVP is one of the largest and most complex water storage and conveyance projects in the world. Congress has regularly expressed interest in CVP operations and allocations, in particular pumping in the Bay-Delta. In addition to ongoing oversight of project operations and previously enacted authorities, a number of developing issues and proposals related to the CVP have been of interest to congressional decisionmakers. These include study and approval of new water storage and conveyance projects, updates to the state’s Bay-Delta Water Quality Plan, and a multipronged effort by the Trump Administration to make available more water for CVP water contractors, in particular those south of the Delta. Future drought or other stressors on California water supplies are likely to further magnify these issues.

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Water, Volume 11, Issue 5 (May 2019): Hydrology, Management, Hydraulics, Watersheds, Quality, Land - Water - Food Nexus & More!

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Cover Story Fluid Structure Interaction of Buoyant Bodies with Free Surface Flows: Computational Modelling and Experimental Validation Andrea Luigi Facci, Giacomo Falcucci, Antonio Agresta, Chiara Biscarini, Elio Jannelli and Stefano Ubertini Water 2019, 11(5), 1048; doi:10.3390/w11051048 Featured Papers Efficacy of Flushing and Chlorination in Removing Microorganisms from a Pilot Drinking Water Distribution System Nikki van Bel, Luc M. Hornstra, Anita van der Veen and Gertjan Medema Water 2019, 11(5), 903; doi:10.3390/w11050903 Stability of Rubble Mound Breakwaters—A Study of the Notional Permeability Factor, Based on Physical Model Tests Mads Røge Eldrup, Thomas Lykke Andersen and Hans Falk Burcharth Water 2019, 11(5), 934; doi:10.3390/w11050934 Pristine and Graphene-Quantum-Dots-Decorated Spinel Nickel Aluminate for Water Remediation from Dyes and Toxic Pollutants Elzbieta Regulska, Joanna Breczko and Anna Basa Water 2019, 11(5), 953; doi:10.3390/w11050953 Operation of a 2-Stage Bioelectrochemical System for Groundwater Denitrification Arianna Callegari, Silvia Bolognesi and Daniele Cecconet Water 2019, 11(5), 959; doi:10.3390/w11050959 Participatory Water Governance and Organisational Change: Implementing the Water Framework Directive in England and Wales Oliver Fritsch Water 2019, 11(5), 996; doi:10.3390/w11050996 Robustness Spatiotemporal Clustering and Trend Detection of Rainfall Erosivity Density in Greece Konstantinos Vantas, Epaminondas Sidiropoulos and Athanasios Loukas Water 2019, 11(5), 1050; doi:10.3390/w11051050 Linking Water Scarcity to Mental Health: Hydro–Social Interruptions in the Lake Urmia Basin, Iran Maja Ženko and Filippo Menga Water 2019, 11(5), 1092; doi:10.3390/w11051092 Review Impact of Unsteady Flow Events on Bedload Transport: A Review of Laboratory Experiments Magdalena M. Mrokowska and Paweł M. Rowiński Water 2019, 11(5), 907; doi:10.3390/w11050907 A Brief Review of Random Forests for Water Scientists and Practitioners and Their Recent History in Water Resources Hristos Tyralis, Georgia Papacharalampous and Andreas Langousis Water 2019, 11(5), 910; doi:10.3390/w11050910 A Review of SWAT Studies in Southeast Asia: Applications, Challenges and Future Directions Mou Leong Tan, Philip W. Gassman, Raghavan Srinivasan, Jeffrey G. Arnold and XiaoYing Yang Water 2019, 11(5), 914; doi:10.3390/w11050914 Wildfires in Grasslands and Shrublands: A Review of Impacts on Vegetation, Soil, Hydrology, and Geomorphology Ilan Stavi Water 2019, 11(5), 1042; doi:10.3390/w11051042 Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) Assay Method for Anaerobic Digestion Research Jameson Filer, Huihuang H. Ding and Sheng Chang Water 2019, 11(5), 921; doi:10.3390/w11050921 An Overview of Water Markets in Southern Africa: An Option for Water Management in Times of Scarcity Greenwell Matchaya, Luxon Nhamo, Sibusiso Nhlengethwa and Charles Nhemachena Water 2019, 11(5), 1006; doi:10.3390/w11051006 Research Comparative Study of Two State-of-the-Art Semi-Distributed Hydrological Models Pranesh Kumar Paul, Yongqiang Zhang, Ashok Mishra, Niranjan Panigrahy and Rajendra Singh Water 2019, 11(5), 871; doi:10.3390/w11050871 Spatial and Temporal Changes in Infiltration and Aggregate Stability: A Case Study of a Subhumid Irrigated Cropland Gergely Jakab, Endre Dobos, Balázs Madarász, Zoltán Szalai and Judit Alexandra Szabó Water 2019, 11(5), 876; doi:10.3390/w11050876 Influences of Catchment and River Channel Characteristics on the Magnitude and Dynamics of Storage and Re-Suspension of Fine Sediments in River Beds Jungsu Park, Ramon J. Batalla, Francois Birgand, Michel Esteves, Francesco Gentile, Joseph R. Harrington, Oldrich Navratil, Jose Andres López-Tarazón and Damià Vericat Water 2019, 11(5), 878; doi:10.3390/w11050878 Quantifying Positive and Negative Human-Modified Droughts in the Anthropocene: Illustration with Two Iranian Catchments Elham Kakaei, Hamid Reza Moradi, Alireza Moghaddam Nia and Henny A.J. Van Lanen Water 2019, 11(5), 884; doi:10.3390/w11050884 The Impacts of Climate Variation and Land Use Changes on Streamflow in the Yihe River, China Shanshan Xu, Mingzhou Qin, Shengyan Ding, Qinghe Zhao, Huimin Liu, Cangyu Li, Xiaojie Yang, Yanyan Li, Jiaxin Yang and Xiaoyu Ji Water 2019, 11(5), 887; doi:10.3390/w11050887 Combining TRIGRS and DEBRIS-2D Models for the Simulation of a Rainfall Infiltration Induced Shallow Landslide and Subsequent Debris Flow Yu-Charn Hsu and Ko-Fei Liu Water 2019, 11(5), 890; doi:10.3390/w11050890 A Modified Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MFDFA) Approach for Multifractal Analysis of Precipitation in Dongting Lake Basin, China Xike Zhang, Gui Zhang, Luo Qiu, Bo Zhang, Yurong Sun, Zifan Gui and Qiuwen Zhang Water 2019, 11(5), 891; doi:10.3390/w11050891 Integrating Landsat TM/ETM+ and Numerical Modeling to Estimate Water Temperature in the Tigris River under Future Climate and Management Scenarios Muhanned D. Al-Murib, Scott A. Wells and Stefan A. Talke Water 2019, 11(5), 892; doi:10.3390/w11050892 Modeling of Fertilizer Transport for Various Fertigation Scenarios under Drip Irrigation Romysaa Elasbah, Tarek Selim, Ahmed Mirdan and Ronny Berndtsson Water 2019, 11(5), 893; doi:10.3390/w11050893 Influence of Power Operations of Cascade Hydropower Stations under Climate Change and Human Activities and Revised Optimal Operation Strategies: A Case Study in the Upper Han River, China Lianzhou Wu, Tao Bai, Qiang Huang, Ming Zhang and Pengfei Mu Water 2019, 11(5), 895; doi:10.3390/w11050895 Projected Rainfall Erosivity Over Central Asia Based on CMIP5 Climate Models Eldiiar Duulatov, Xi Chen, Amobichukwu C. Amanambu, Friday U. Ochege, Rustam Orozbaev, Gulnura Issanova and Gulkaiyr Omurakunova Water 2019, 11(5), 897; doi:10.3390/w11050897 Quantification of Temporal Variations in Base Flow Index Using Sporadic River Data: Application to the Bua Catchment, Malawi Laura Kelly, Robert M. Kalin, Douglas Bertram, Modesta Kanjaye, Macpherson Nkhata and Hyde Sibande Water 2019, 11(5), 901; doi:10.3390/w11050901 Recent and Future Changes in Rainfall Erosivity and Implications for the Soil Erosion Risk in Brandenburg, NE Germany Andreas Gericke, Jens Kiesel, Detlef Deumlich and Markus Venohr Water 2019, 11(5), 904; doi:10.3390/w11050904 Effect of Multicollinearity on the Bivariate Frequency Analysis of Annual Maximum Rainfall Events Chulsang Yoo and Eunsaem Cho Water 2019, 11(5), 905; doi:10.3390/w11050905 Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Drought Indicated by SPEI over Northeastern China Lei Ye, Ke Shi, Hairong Zhang, Zhuohang Xin, Jing Hu and Chi Zhang Water 2019, 11(5), 908; doi:10.3390/w11050908 A Numerical Study on Travel Time Based Hydraulic Tomography Using the SIRT Algorithm with Cimmino Iteration Pengxiang Qiu, Rui Hu, Linwei Hu, Quan Liu, Yixuan Xing, Huichen Yang, Junjie Qi and Thomas Ptak Water 2019, 11(5), 909; doi:10.3390/w11050909 Testing the Prediction Ability of LEM-Derived Sedimentary Budget in an Upland Catchment of the Southern Apennines, Italy: A Source to Sink Approach Dario Gioia and Maurizio Lazzari Water 2019, 11(5), 911; doi:10.3390/w11050911 On the Predictability of Daily Rainfall during Rainy Season over the Huaihe River Basin Qing Cao, Zhenchun Hao, Feifei Yuan, Ronny Berndtsson, Shijie Xu, Huibin Gao and Jie Hao Water 2019, 11(5), 916; doi:10.3390/w11050916 Changes in Water Level Regimes in China’s Two Largest Freshwater Lakes: Characterization and Implication Junxiang Cheng, Ligang Xu, Wenjuan Feng, Hongxiang Fan and Jiahu Jiang Water 2019, 11(5), 917; doi:10.3390/w11050917 Integrated Real-Time Flood Forecasting and Inundation Analysis in Small–Medium Streams Byunghyun Kim, Seng Yong Choi and Kun-Yeun Han Water 2019, 11(5), 919; doi:10.3390/w11050919 Investigation of Low- and High-Flow Characteristics of Karst Catchments under Climate Change Klaudija Sapač, Anže Medved, Simon Rusjan and Nejc Bezak Water 2019, 11(5), 925; doi:10.3390/w11050925 Hydrologic Evaluation of Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for GPM over Nanliu River Basin in Tropical Humid Southern China Zhenqing Liang, Sheng Chen, Junjun Hu, Chaoying Huang, Asi Zhang, Liusi Xiao, Zengxin Zhang and Xinhua Tong Water 2019, 11(5), 932; doi:10.3390/w11050932 Climate Change and Intense Irrigation Growth in Western Bahia, Brazil: The Urgent Need for Hydroclimatic Monitoring Raphael Pousa, Marcos Heil Costa, Fernando Martins Pimenta, Vitor Cunha Fontes, Vinícius Fonseca Anício de Brito and Marina Castro Water 2019, 11(5), 933; doi:10.3390/w11050933 A Two Decadal (1993–2012) Numerical Assessment of Sediment Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Zhengchen Zang, Z. George Xue, Kehui Xu, Samuel J. Bentley, Qin Chen, Eurico J. D’Sa and Qian Ge Water 2019, 11(5), 938; doi:10.3390/w11050938 Determination of Spatial and Temporal Variability of Soil Hydraulic Conductivity for Urban Runoff Modelling Matej Radinja, Ines Vidmar, Nataša Atanasova, Matjaž Mikoš and Mojca Šraj Water 2019, 11(5), 941; doi:10.3390/w11050941 Response Analysis of Multi-Layered Volcanic Aquifers in Jeju Island to the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake Byeongho Won, Se-Yeong Hamm, Kue-Young Kim, Kyoochul Ha, Jehyun Shin, Seho Hwang and Soo-Hyoung Lee Water 2019, 11(5), 942; doi:10.3390/w11050942 Formulation and Implementation of Short-Term Optimal Reservoir Operation Schemes Integrated with Operation Rules Yanke Zhang, Jiajie Wu, Hongjie Yu and Changming Ji Water 2019, 11(5), 944; doi:10.3390/w11050944 The Influence of Temperature on the Bulk Settling of Cohesive Sediment in Still Water with the Lattice Boltzmann Method Guang-quan Qiao, Jin-feng Zhang, Qing-he Zhang, Xi Feng, Yong-chang Lu and Wei-bing Feng Water 2019, 11(5), 945; doi:10.3390/w11050945 Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Future Groundwater-Level Behavior Using SWAT Groundwater-Consumption Function in Geum River Basin of South Korea Jiwan Lee, Chunggil Jung, Sehoon Kim and Seongjoon Kim Water 2019, 11(5), 949; doi:10.3390/w11050949 Sensitivity of Potential Groundwater Recharge to Projected Climate Change Scenarios: A Site-Specific Study in the Nebraska Sand Hills, USA Zablon Adane, Vitaly A. 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Rossman, Tiejun Wang and Paolo Nasta Water 2019, 11(5), 950; doi:10.3390/w11050950 Distributive Characteristics of Riverine Nutrients in the Mun River, Northeast Thailand: Implications for Anthropogenic Inputs Jinke Liu, Guilin Han, Xiaolong Liu, Man Liu, Chao Song, Kunhua Yang, Xiaoqiang Li and Qian Zhang Water 2019, 11(5), 954; doi:10.3390/w11050954 Response of Wetland Evapotranspiration to Land Use/Cover Change and Climate Change in Liaohe River Delta, China Manqing Liu and Deyong Hu Water 2019, 11(5), 955; doi:10.3390/w11050955 A Modeling Approach to Diagnose the Impacts of Global Changes on Discharge and Suspended Sediment Concentration within the Red River Basin Xi Wei, Sabine Sauvage, Thi Phuong Quynh Le, Sylvain Ouillon, Didier Orange, Vu Duy Vinh and José-Miguel Sanchez-Perez Water 2019, 11(5), 958; doi:10.3390/w11050958 Application of Backpack-Mounted Mobile Mapping System and Rainfall–Runoff–Inundation Model for Flash Flood Analysis Takahiro Sayama, Koji Matsumoto, Yuji Kuwano and Kaoru Takara Water 2019, 11(5), 963; doi:10.3390/w11050963 Assessment of the Impact of Forestry and Settlement-Forest Use of the Catchments on the Parameters of Surface Water Quality: Case Studies for Chechło Reservoir Catchment, Southern Poland Andrzej Bogdał, Andrzej Wałęga, Tomasz Kowalik and Agnieszka Cupak Water 2019, 11(5), 964; doi:10.3390/w11050964 A Statistical–Distributed Model of Average Annual Runoff for Water Resources Assessment in DPR Korea Tongho Ri, Jiping Jiang, Bellie Sivakumar and Tianrui Pang Water 2019, 11(5), 965; doi:10.3390/w11050965 A Comparison Study of Runoff Characteristics of Non-Point Source Pollution from Three Watersheds in South Korea Minji Park, Young Soon Choi, Hyung Jin Shin, Inhong Song, Chun Gyeong Yoon, Joong Dae Choi and Soon Ju Yu Water 2019, 11(5), 966; doi:10.3390/w11050966 Stable Isotope Composition in Surface Water in the Upper Yellow River in Northwest China Mengyu Shi, Shengjie Wang, Athanassios A. 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García-Ruiz Water 2019, 11(5), 976; doi:10.3390/w11050976 Improving Monsoon Precipitation Prediction Using Combined Convolutional and Long Short Term Memory Neural Network Qinghua Miao, Baoxiang Pan, Hao Wang, Kuolin Hsu and Soroosh Sorooshian Water 2019, 11(5), 977; doi:10.3390/w11050977 Time Scale Effects and Interactions of Rainfall Erosivity and Cover Management Factors on Vineyard Soil Loss Erosion in the Semi-Arid Area of Southern Sicily Giorgio Baiamonte, Mario Minacapilli, Agata Novara and Luciano Gristina Water 2019, 11(5), 978; doi:10.3390/w11050978 Coping with Extreme Events: Effect of Different Reservoir Operation Strategies on Flood Inundation Maps Elena Ridolfi, Silvia Di Francesco, Claudia Pandolfo, Nicola Berni, Chiara Biscarini and Piergiorgio Manciola Water 2019, 11(5), 982; doi:10.3390/w11050982 Calibrating a Hydrological Model by Stratifying Frozen Ground Types and Seasons in a Cold Alpine Basin Yi Zhao, Zhuotong Nan, Wenjun Yu and Ling Zhang Water 2019, 11(5), 985; doi:10.3390/w11050985 A Quantitative Flood-Related Building Damage Evaluation Method Using Airborne LiDAR Data and 2-D Hydraulic Model Dingtao Shen, Tianlu Qian, Wenlong Chen, Yao Chi and Jiechen Wang Water 2019, 11(5), 987; doi:10.3390/w11050987 Simulation of Long-Term Soil Hydrological Conditions at Three Agricultural Experimental Field Plots Compared with Measurements Martin Wegehenkel, Karin Luzi, Dieter Sowa, Dietmar Barkusky and Wilfried Mirschel Water 2019, 11(5), 989; doi:10.3390/w11050989 Hydrological Simulation for Karst Mountain Areas: A Case Study of Central Guizhou Province Yinmao Zhao, Weihong Liao and Xiaohui Lei Water 2019, 11(5), 991; doi:10.3390/w11050991 Evaluation of Future Flood Risk According to RCP Scenarios Using a Regional Flood Frequency Analysis for Ungauged Watersheds Nam Won Kim, Jin-Young Lee, Dong-Hyeok Park and Tae-Woong Kim Water 2019, 11(5), 992; doi:10.3390/w11050992 Simplified Method for the Assessment of Siltation in Semiarid Reservoirs Using Satellite Imagery José Wellington Batista Lopes and José Carlos de Araújo Water 2019, 11(5), 998; doi:10.3390/w11050998 A Targeted Grouting and Water Blocking Method Based on Hydrological Tracer Testing and Its Engineering Applications Yijie Zhang, Shugang Wang, Jing Wang, Bo Zhang, Haiyan Li, Liping Li, Chunjin Lin, Zhenhao Xu, Guodong Zhao and Junfei Han Water 2019, 11(5), 1000; doi:10.3390/w11051000 The Effect of Flooding on Evaporation and the Groundwater Table for a Salt-Crusted Soil Xinhu Li and Fengzhi Shi Water 2019, 11(5), 1003; doi:10.3390/w11051003 The Impact of Reservoirs on Runoff Under Climate Change: A Case of Nierji Reservoir in China Baohui Men, Huanlong Liu, Wei Tian, Zhijian Wu and Ji Hui Water 2019, 11(5), 1005; doi:10.3390/w11051005 Modelling Soil Water Dynamics from Soil Hydraulic Parameters Estimated by an Alternative Method in a Tropical Experimental Basin Bruno Silva Ursulino, Suzana Maria Gico Lima Montenegro, Artur Paiva Coutinho, Victor Hugo Rabelo Coelho, Diego Cezar dos Santos Araújo, Ana Cláudia Villar Gusmão, Severino Martins dos Santos Neto, Laurent Lassabatere and Rafael Angulo-Jaramillo Water 2019, 11(5), 1007; doi:10.3390/w11051007 Assessment of Hydrologic Alteration Metrics for Detecting Urbanization Impacts Reid D. McDaniel and Frances C. O’Donnell Water 2019, 11(5), 1017; doi:10.3390/w11051017 Investigation of Runoff and Sediment Yields Under Different Crop and Tillage Conditions by Field Artificial Rainfall Experiments Mengjing Guo, Tiegang Zhang, Zhanbin Li and Guoce Xu Water 2019, 11(5), 1019; doi:10.3390/w11051019 Modelling Runoff and Sediment Loads in a Developing Coastal Watershed of the US-Mexico Border Napoleon Gudino-Elizondo, Trent W. Biggs, Ronald L. Bingner, Eddy J. Langendoen, Thomas Kretzschmar, Encarnación V. Taguas, Kristine T. Taniguchi-Quan, Douglas Liden and Yongping Yuan Water 2019, 11(5), 1024; doi:10.3390/w11051024 Simulation of the Surface Energy Flux and Thermal Stratification of Lake Taihu with Three 1-D Models Yongwei Wang, Qian Ma, Yaqi Gao, Xiaolong Hao and Shoudong Liu Water 2019, 11(5), 1026; doi:10.3390/w11051026 Extreme Precipitation Spatial Analog: In Search of an Alternative Approach for Future Extreme Precipitation in Urban Hydrological Studies Ariel Kexuan Wang, Francina Dominguez and Arthur Robert Schmidt Water 2019, 11(5), 1032; doi:10.3390/w11051032 Tropical Andes Radar Precipitation Estimates Need High Temporal and Moderate Spatial Resolution Mario Guallpa, Johanna Orellana-Alvear and Jörg Bendix Water 2019, 11(5), 1038; doi:10.3390/w11051038 A Study on Climate-Driven Flash Flood Risks in the Boise River Watershed, Idaho Jae Hyeon Ryu and Jungjin Kim Water 2019, 11(5), 1039; doi:10.3390/w11051039 Hydrochemical Properties of Groundwater Used for Korea Bottled Waters in Relation to Geology Byeong Dae Lee, Yong Hwa Oh, Byong Wook Cho, Uk Yun and Chang Oh Choo Water 2019, 11(5), 1043; doi:10.3390/w11051043 Identification of the Space-Time Variability of Hydrological Drought in the Arid Region of Northwestern China Huaijun Wang, Zhongsheng Chen, Yaning Chen, Yingping Pan and Ru Feng Water 2019, 11(5), 1051; doi:10.3390/w11051051 The Association between Hydro-Meteorological Events and Leptospirosis Hospitalizations in Santa Catarina, Brazil Wolmir Ercides Péres, Ana Russo and Baltazar Nunes Water 2019, 11(5), 1052; doi:10.3390/w11051052 Quantifying the Impacts of Climate Change, Coal Mining and Soil and Water Conservation on Streamflow in a Coal Mining Concentrated Watershed on the Loess Plateau, China Qiaoling Guo, Yaoyao Han, Yunsong Yang, Guobin Fu and Jianlin Li Water 2019, 11(5), 1054; doi:10.3390/w11051054 Exploration of the Snow Ablation Process in the Semiarid Region in China by Combining Site-Based Measurements and the Utah Energy Balance Model—A Case Study of the Manas River Basin Yan Liu, Pu Zhang, Lei Nie, Jianhui Xu, Xinyu Lu and Shuai Li Water 2019, 11(5), 1058; doi:10.3390/w11051058 Attributing Changes in Streamflow to Land Use and Climate Change for 472 Catchments in Australia and the United States Martijn J. 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Courtenay and Michael R. van den Heuvel Water 2019, 11(5), 981; doi:10.3390/w11050981 City-To-City Learning for Urban Resilience: The Case of Water Squares in Rotterdam and Mexico City Silvana Ilgen, Frans Sengers and Arjan Wardekker Water 2019, 11(5), 983; doi:10.3390/w11050983 Evaluation of Distribution Properties of Non-Point Source Pollution in a Subtropical Monsoon Watershed by a Hydrological Model with a Modified Runoff Module Zhou Zhang, Ping Huang, Zhonghan Chen and Junmin Li Water 2019, 11(5), 993; doi:10.3390/w11050993 Copula-Based Research on the Multi-Objective Competition Mechanism in Cascade Reservoirs Optimal Operation Menglong Zhao, Shengzhi Huang, Qiang Huang, Hao Wang, Guoyong Leng, Siyuan Liu and Lu Wang Water 2019, 11(5), 995; doi:10.3390/w11050995 Evaluation and Optimization of Agricultural Water Resources Carrying Capacity in Haihe River Basin, China Jian Kang, Xin Zi, Sufen Wang and Liuyue He Water 2019, 11(5), 999; doi:10.3390/w11050999 Assessing the Agricultural Drainage Water with Water Quality Indices in the El-Salam Canal Mega Project, Egypt Walaa Assar, Mona G. 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Drivers for Integration in Polycentric Water Governance Systems Nadine Jenny Shirin Schröder Water 2019, 11(5), 1063; doi:10.3390/w11051063 Agricultural Drought Risk Assessment in Southwest China Zhaoqi Zeng, Wenxiang Wu, Zhaolei Li, Yang Zhou, Yahui Guo and Han Huang Water 2019, 11(5), 1064; doi:10.3390/w11051064 Assessing China’s Use Efficiency of Water Resources from the Resampling Super Data Envelopment Analysis Approach Jin-chi Hsieh, Liang-han Ma and Yung-ho Chiu Water 2019, 11(5), 1069; doi:10.3390/w11051069 Adaptation Effort and Performance of Water Management Strategies to Face Climate Change Impacts in Six Representative Basins of Southern Europe Alvaro Sordo-Ward, Alfredo Granados, Ana Iglesias, Luis Garrote and María Dolores Bejarano Water 2019, 11(5), 1078; doi:10.3390/w11051078 “We Don’t Drink the Water Here”: The Reproduction of Undrinkable Water for First Nations in Canada Warrick Baijius and Robert J. Patrick Water 2019, 11(5), 1079; doi:10.3390/w11051079 Simulation of Water Resources Carrying Capacity in Xiong’an New Area Based on System Dynamics Model Boyang Sun and Xiaohua Yang Water 2019, 11(5), 1085; doi:10.3390/w11051085 Characterizing Land Use Impacts on Channel Geomorphology and Streambed Sedimentological Characteristics Sean J. Zeiger and Jason A. Hubbart Water 2019, 11(5), 1088; doi:10.3390/w11051088 Characteristics of Stormwater Quality in Singapore Catchments in 9 Different Types of Land Use Haihong Song, Tingchao Qin, Jianbin Wang and Tony H. F. Wong Water 2019, 11(5), 1089; doi:10.3390/w11051089 An Optimization-Evaluation Agricultural Water Planning Approach Based on Interval Linear Fractional Bi-Level Programming and IAHP-TOPSIS Yan Zhang, Fan Zhang, Hua Zhu and Ping Guo Water 2019, 11(5), 1094; doi:10.3390/w11051094 A Greedy Algorithm for Optimal Sensor Placement to Estimate Salinity in Polder Networks Boran Ekin Aydin, Hugo Hagedooren, Martine M. Rutten, Joost Delsman, Gualbert H. P. Oude Essink, Nick van de Giesen and Edo Abraham Water 2019, 11(5), 1101; doi:10.3390/w11051101 Necessity of Acknowledging Background Pollutants in Management and Assessment of Unique Basins Maoqing Duan, Xia Du, Wenqi Peng, Shijie Zhang and Liuqing Yan Water 2019, 11(5), 1103; doi:10.3390/w11051103 Simulating Marginal and Dependence Behaviour of Water Demand Processes at Any Fine Time Scale Panagiotis Kossieris, Ioannis Tsoukalas, Christos Makropoulos and Dragan Savic Water 2019, 11(5), 885; doi:10.3390/w11050885 Strategy of Rainwater Discharge in Combined Sewage Intercepting Manhole Based on Water Quality Control Zhongqing Wei, Xiangfeng Huang, Lijun Lu, Haidong Shangguan, Zhong Chen, Jiajun Zhan and Gongduan Fan Water 2019, 11(5), 898; doi:10.3390/w11050898 Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Centralized and Decentralized Water Reclamation with Resource Recovery Strategies in Leh Town, Ladakh, India, and Potential for Their Reduction in Context of the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Mounia Lahmouri, Jörg E. Drewes and Daphne Gondhalekar Water 2019, 11(5), 906; doi:10.3390/w11050906 The Development and Application of the Urban Flood Risk Assessment Model for Reflecting upon Urban Planning Elements Kiyong Park and Man-Hyung Lee Water 2019, 11(5), 920; doi:10.3390/w11050920 Heritage-Based Water Harvesting Solutions Nadia Ursino and Luca Pozzato Water 2019, 11(5), 924; doi:10.3390/w11050924 Multi-Objective Optimization for Urban Drainage or Sewer Networks Rehabilitation through Pipes Substitution and Storage Tanks Installation Ulrich A. Ngamalieu-Nengoue, F. Javier Martínez-Solano, Pedro L. Iglesias-Rey and Daniel Mora-Meliá Water 2019, 11(5), 935; doi:10.3390/w11050935 Parameterization of NSGA-II for the Optimal Design of Water Distribution Systems Qi Wang, Libing Wang, Wen Huang, Zhihong Wang, Shuming Liu and Dragan A. Savić Water 2019, 11(5), 971; doi:10.3390/w11050971 Robustness and Water Distribution System: State-of-the-Art Review Donghwi Jung, Seungyub Lee and Joong Hoon Kim Water 2019, 11(5), 974; doi:10.3390/w11050974 Fuzzy Logic Analysis of the Build, Capacity Build and Transfer (B-CB-T) Modality for Urban Water Supply Service Delivery in Ethiopia Samuel Godfrey, Getachew Asmare, Tamene Gossa and Michele Paba Water 2019, 11(5), 979; doi:10.3390/w11050979 Assessing Hydrological Effects of Bioretention Cells for Urban Stormwater Runoff in Response to Climatic Changes Mo Wang, Dongqing Zhang, Siwei Lou, Qinghe Hou, Yijie Liu, Yuning Cheng, Jinda Qi and Soon Keat Tan Water 2019, 11(5), 997; doi:10.3390/w11050997 Optimization of Pump Start-Up Depth in Drainage Pumping Station Based on SWMM and PSO Hao Wang, Xiaohui Lei, Soon-Thiam Khu and Lixiang Song Water 2019, 11(5), 1002; doi:10.3390/w11051002 Different Approaches to SCADA Data Completion in Water Networks Pere Marti-Puig, Arnau Martí-Sarri and Moisès Serra-Serra Water 2019, 11(5), 1023; doi:10.3390/w11051023 System for Increasing the Seismic Safety of Pipelines in the Water Supply and Distribution Networks Ana Diana Ancaş, Ioan Aşchilean, Mihai Profire and Ionuţ Toma Water 2019, 11(5), 1049; doi:10.3390/w11051049 Stormwater Retention and Reuse at the Residential Plot Level—Green Roof Experiment and Water Balance Computations for Long-Term Use in Cyprus Katerina Charalambous, Adriana Bruggeman, Marinos Eliades, Corrado Camera and Loukia Vassiliou Water 2019, 11(5), 1055; doi:10.3390/w11051055 Energy Efficiency of Water Heating Systems in Single-Family Dwellings in Brazil Juliana May Sangoi and Enedir Ghisi Water 2019, 11(5), 1068; doi:10.3390/w11051068 Variations in Illicit Compound Discharged from Treated Wastewater Kasjan Paciuszkiewicz, Michelle Ryan, Ian A. Wright and Jason K. Reynolds Water 2019, 11(5), 1071; doi:10.3390/w11051071 Characterising Recycled Organic and Mineral Materials for Use as Filter Media in Biofiltration Systems Steven A Lucas, Charles CC Lee and Eric Love Water 2019, 11(5), 1074; doi:10.3390/w11051074 An Improved Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Layout of Flow Meters and Valves in Water Network Partitioning Yu Shao, Huaqi Yao, Tuqiao Zhang, Shipeng Chu and Xiaowei Liu Water 2019, 11(5), 1087; doi:10.3390/w11051087 Methane Emissions Driven by Adding a Gradient of Ethanol as Carbon Source in Integrated Vertical-Flow Constructed Wetlands Xiaoling Liu, Jingting Wang, Xiaoying Fu, Hongbing Luo, Bruce C. Anderson, Ke Zhang, Mei Li, Bo Huang, Liangqian Fan, Lijuan Yu, Guozhu He, Likou Zou, Shuzhi Fu, Limei Hu and Mingshu Jiang Water 2019, 11(5), 1086; doi:10.3390/w11051086 Achieving Urban Stormwater Mitigation Goals on Different Land Parcels with a Capacity Trading Approach Qing Xu, Zhonghua Jia, Shuangcheng Tang, Wan Luo and Chengxuan Xu Water 2019, 11(5), 1091; doi:10.3390/w11051091 Forecasting Groundwater Table in a Flood Prone Coastal City with Long Short-term Memory and Recurrent Neural Networks Benjamin D. Bowes, Jeffrey M. Sadler, Mohamed M. Morsy, Madhur Behl and Jonathan L. Goodall Water 2019, 11(5), 1098; doi:10.3390/w11051098 In Situ Nutrient Removal from Rural Runoff by A New Type Aerobic/Anaerobic/Aerobic Water Spinach Wetlands Ya-Wen Wang, Hua Li, You Wu, Yun Cai, Hai-Liang Song, Zhi-Dong Zhai and Xiao-Li Yang Water 2019, 11(5), 1100; doi:10.3390/w11051100 Effect of Water Table Depth on Soybean Water Use, Growth, and Yield Parameters Yavuz F. Fidantemiz, Xinhua Jia, Aaron L.M. Daigh, Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, Dean D. Steele, Ali R. Niaghi and Halis Simsek Water 2019, 11(5), 931; doi:10.3390/w11050931 Comparative Analysis of Granular and Membrane Filters for Rainwater Treatment Celimar Azambuja Teixeira and Enedir Ghisi Water 2019, 11(5), 1004; doi:10.3390/w11051004 Assessing Water Shortage through a Balance Model among Transfers, Groundwater, Desalination, Wastewater Reuse, and Water Demands (SE Spain) Antonio Jodar-Abellan, Patricia Fernández-Aracil and Joaquín Melgarejo-Moreno Water 2019, 11(5), 1009; doi:10.3390/w11051009 Water Pump Control: A Hybrid Data-Driven and Model-Assisted Active Disturbance Rejection Approach Guanru Li, Lei Pan, Qingsong Hua, Li Sun and Kwang Y. Lee Water 2019, 11(5), 1066; doi:10.3390/w11051066 Water Footprint of Crops on Rhodes Island Stella Symeonidou and Dimitra Vagiona Water 2019, 11(5), 1084; doi:10.3390/w11051084 Does Activated Silver Reduce Recontamination Risks in the Reservoirs of Ceramic Water Filters? 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Water, Volume 11, Issue 4 (April 2019) Water Resources Management and Governance, Water–Food–Energy Nexus, Hydrology, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Quality and Ecosystems, Water Use and Security and More!

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Cover Story

Design of Terrace Drainage Networks Using UAV-Based High-Resolution Topographic Data

Anton Pijl, Michele Tosoni, Giulia Roder, Giulia Sofia and Paolo Tarolli

Water 2019, 11(4), 814; doi:10.3390/w11040814

Featured Papers

Assessing the Impact of Reservoir Parameters on Runoff in the Yalong River Basin using the SWAT Model

Xuan Liu, Mingxiang Yang, Xianyong Meng, Fan Wen and Guangdong Sun

Water 2019, 11(4), 643; doi:10.3390/w11040643

Empowering the Next Generation of Watershed Decision-Makers: A Pedagogical Design

Jim Perry and Louise Thompson

Water 2019, 11(4), 662; doi:10.3390/w11040662

The Effect of Reduced Flow on Downstream Water Systems Due to the Kumgangsan Dam under Dry Conditions

Gwanjae Lee, Hye Won Lee, Yong Seok Lee, Jung Hyun Choi, Jae E. Yang, Kyoung Jae Lim and Jonggun Kim

Water 2019, 11(4), 739; doi:10.3390/w11040739

Assessing the Effectiveness of the WFD as a Tool to Address Different Levels of Water Scarcity Based on Two Case Studies of the Mediterranean Region

Stella Apostolaki, Ebun Akinsete, Stella Tsani, Phoebe Koundouri, Nikittas Pittis and Eleftherios Levantis

Water 2019, 11(4), 840; doi:10.3390/w11040840

Valuing Coastal Habitat–Fishery Linkages under Regulated Open Access

Edward B. Barbier

Water 2019, 11(4), 847; doi:10.3390/w11040847

Review

Hydrology

Channel Adjustments in Iranian Rivers: A Review

Somaiyeh Khaleghi and Nicola Surian

Water 2019, 11(4), 672; doi:10.3390/w11040672

Water–Food–Energy Nexus

A Review of the 21st Century Challenges in the Food-Energy-Water Security in the Middle East

Maysoun Hameed, Hamid Moradkhani, Ali Ahmadalipour, Hamed Moftakhari, Peyman Abbaszadeh and Atieh Alipour

Water 2019, 11(4), 682; doi:10.3390/w11040682

Revealing Unreported Benefits of Digital Water Metering: Literature Review and Expert Opinions

Ian Monks, Rodney A. Stewart, Oz Sahin and Robert Keller

Water 2019, 11(4), 838; doi:10.3390/w11040838

Hydraulics

Water-Worked Gravel Bed: State-of-the-Art Review

Ellora Padhi, Subhasish Dey, Venkappayya R. Desai, Nadia Penna and Roberto Gaudio

Water 2019, 11(4), 694; doi:10.3390/w11040694

Water and Wastewater Treatment

A Review of Fouling Mechanisms, Control Strategies and Real-Time Fouling Monitoring Techniques in Forward Osmosis

Ibrar Ibrar, Osamah Naji, Adel Sharif, Ali Malekizadeh, Alaa Alhawari, Adnan Alhathal Alanezi and Ali Altaee

Water 2019, 11(4), 695; doi:10.3390/w11040695

Urban Water Management

Recommendations for Improving Integration in National End-to-End Flood Forecasting Systems: An Overview of the FFIR (Flooding From Intense Rainfall) Programme

David L. A. Flack, Christopher J. Skinner, Lee Hawkness-Smith, Greg O’Donnell, Robert J. Thompson, Joanne A. Waller, Albert S. Chen, Jessica Moloney, Chloé Largeron, Xilin Xia, Stephen Blenkinsop, Adrian J. Champion, Matthew T. Perks, Niall Quinn and Linda J. Speight

Water 2019, 11(4), 725; doi:10.3390/w11040725

Water Resources Management and Governance

Towards a Framework for Designing and Assessing Game-Based Approaches for Sustainable Water Governance

Alice H. Aubert, Wietske Medema and Arjen E. J. Wals

Water 2019, 11(4), 869; doi:10.3390/w11040869

 

Research

Water Resources Management and Governance

I Want to Tell You a Story: How Narrative Water Ethics Contributes to Re-theorizing Water Politics

Simon P. Meisch

Water 2019, 11(4), 631; doi:10.3390/w11040631

Disaster-Risk, Water Security Challenges and Strategies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Jana Gheuens, Nidhi Nagabhatla and Edangodage Duminda Pradeep Perera

Water 2019, 11(4), 637; doi:10.3390/w11040637

Identification of the Debris Flow Process Types within Catchments of Beijing Mountainous Area

Nan Wang, Weiming Cheng, Min Zhao, Qiangyi Liu and Jing Wang

Water 2019, 11(4), 638; doi:10.3390/w11040638

Risk Assessment and Decision-Making Based on Mean-CVaR-Entropy for Flood Control Operation of Large Scale Reservoirs

Quansen Wang, Jianzhong Zhou, Kangdi Huang, Ling Dai, Gang Zha, Lu Chen and Hui Qin

Water 2019, 11(4), 649; doi:10.3390/w11040649

Duality of Seasonal Effect and River Bend in Relation to Water Quality in the Chao Phraya River

Guangwei Huang, Han Xue, Huan Liu, Chaiwat Ekkawatpanit and Thada Sukhapunnapha

Water 2019, 11(4), 656; doi:10.3390/w11040656

(Re)theorizing the Politics of Bottled Water: Water Insecurity in the Context of Weak Regulatory Regimes

Raul Pacheco-Vega

Water 2019, 11(4), 658; doi:10.3390/w11040658

Threshold Responses in the Taxonomic and Functional Structure of Fish Assemblages to Land Use and Water Quality: A Case Study from the Taizi River

Yuan Zhang, Xiao-Ning Wang, Hai-Yu Ding, Yang Dai, Sen Ding and Xin Gao

Water 2019, 11(4), 661; doi:10.3390/w11040661

Seasonal Fluxes of Dissolved Nutrients in Streams of Catchments Dominated by Swidden Agriculture in the Maya Forest of Belize, Central America

David G. Buck, Peter C. Esselman, Shiguo Jiang, Joel D. Wainwright, Mark Brenner and Matthew J. Cohen

Water 2019, 11(4), 664; doi:10.3390/w11040664

Governance Arrangements for Integrated Water Resources Management in Ontario, Canada, and Oregon, USA: Evolution and Lessons

Nigel Watson, Dan Shrubsole and Bruce Mitchell

Water 2019, 11(4), 663; doi:10.3390/w11040663

Seasonal Effect on Spatial and Temporal Consistency of the New GPM-Based IMERG-v5 and GSMaP-v7 Satellite Precipitation Estimates in Brazil’s Central Plateau Region

Leandro Salles, Frédéric Satgé, Henrique Roig, Tati Almeida, Diogo Olivetti and Welber Ferreira

Water 2019, 11(4), 668; doi:10.3390/w11040668

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Water Table Depth Associated with Changing Agricultural Land Use in an Arid Zone Oasis

Mireguli Ainiwaer, Jianli Ding, Jingjie Wang and Nasiman Nasierding

Water 2019, 11(4), 673; doi:10.3390/w11040673

Protection of the Liuzheng Water Source: A Karst Water System in Dawu, Zibo, China

Henghua Zhu, Yanan Dong, Liting Xing, Xiaoxun Lan, Lizhi Yang, Zhizheng Liu and Nongfang Bian

Water 2019, 11(4), 698; doi:10.3390/w11040698

Comparative Scorecard Assessment of Urban Water Pricing Policies—The Case of Jordan and Iran

Mohammad Al-Saidi and Sudeh Dehnavi

Water 2019, 11(4), 704; doi:10.3390/w11040704

Prediction of Severe Drought Area Based on Random Forest: Using Satellite Image and Topography Data

Haekyung Park, Kyungmin Kim and Dong kun Lee

Water 2019, 11(4), 705; doi:10.3390/w11040705

Effect of Land Use Changes on Water Quality in an Ephemeral Coastal Plain: Khambhat City, Gujarat, India

Pankaj Kumar, Rajarshi Dasgupta, Brian Alan Johnson, Chitresh Saraswat, Mrittika Basu, Mohamed Kefi and Binaya Kumar Mishra

Water 2019, 11(4), 724; doi:10.3390/w11040724

Soil Water Movement Changes Associated with Revegetation on the Loess Plateau of China

Haocheng Ke, Peng Li, Zhanbin Li, Peng Shi and Jingming Hou

Water 2019, 11(4), 731; doi:10.3390/w11040731

Analysis of the Mixing Processes in a Shallow Subtropical Reservoir and Their Effects on Dissolved Organic Matter

Xinchen Wang, Hong Zhang, Edoardo Bertone, Rodney A. Stewart and Kelvin O’Halloran

Water 2019, 11(4), 737; doi:10.3390/w11040737

Dew Point Temperature Estimation: Application of Artificial Intelligence Model Integrated with Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms

Sujay Raghavendra Naganna, Paresh Chandra Deka, Mohammad Ali Ghorbani, Seyed Mostafa Biazar, Nadhir Al-Ansari and Zaher Mundher Yaseen

Water 2019, 11(4), 742; doi:10.3390/w11040742

Study on the Assessment Method of the Impact on Hydrological Safety of Riverside Pit-Ponds along a Dike

Shuai Liu, Dewei Yang, Jinbao Sheng, Jiankang Chen, Chengjun Xu and Yingying Chen

Water 2019, 11(4), 744; doi:10.3390/w11040744

Are Groundwater Monitoring Networks Economical? Cost-Benefit Analysis on the Long-Term Groundwater Supply Project of South Korea

Sun G. Kim and Gyoo-Bum Kim

Water 2019, 11(4), 753; doi:10.3390/w11040753

Impacts of Artificial Regulation on Karst Spring Hydrograph in Northern China: Laboratory Study and Numerical Simulations

Peipeng Wu, Longcang Shu, Fulin Li, Huawei Chen, Yang Xu, Zhike Zou and Esther Chifuniro Mabedi

Water 2019, 11(4), 755; doi:10.3390/w11040755

A Model Predictive Water-Level Difference Control Method for Automatic Control of Irrigation Canals

Lingzhong Kong, Xiaohui Lei, Hao Wang, Yan Long, Longbin Lu and Qian Yang

Water 2019, 11(4), 762; doi:10.3390/w11040762

Quantifying the Effects of Climate and Vegetation on Soil Moisture in an Arid Area, China

Yunqian Wang, Jing Yang, Yaning Chen, Gonghuan Fang, Weili Duan, Yupeng Li and Philippe De Maeyer

Water 2019, 11(4), 767; doi:10.3390/w11040767

Integrating XAJ Model with GIUH Based on Nash Model for Rainfall-Runoff Modelling

Yingbing Chen, Peng Shi, Simin Qu, Xiaomin Ji, Lanlan Zhao, Jianfeng Gou and Shiyu Mou

Water 2019, 11(4), 772; doi:10.3390/w11040772

Unpacking the Drivers of Stakeholder Engagement in Sustainable Water Management: NGOs and the Use of Facebook

Juana Alonso-Cañadas, Federico Galán-Valdivieso, Laura Saraite-Sariene and María del Carmen Caba-Perez

Water 2019, 11(4), 775; doi:10.3390/w11040775

Exploring Freshwater Regimes and Impact Factors in the Coastal Estuaries of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Vinh Hoa Dang, Dung Duc Tran, Thuc Bich Thi Pham, Dao Nguyen Khoi, Phuong Ha Tran and Ninh Trung Nguyen

Water 2019, 11(4), 782; doi:10.3390/w11040782

Integrated Urban Water Management and Water Security: A Comparison of Singapore and Hong Kong

Olivia Jensen and Sreeja Nair

Water 2019, 11(4), 785; doi:10.3390/w11040785

Phosphate Removal from Nursery Runoff Water Using an Iron-Based Remediation System

Francisca Ordonez Hinz, Joseph P. Albano and P. Chris Wilson

Water 2019, 11(4), 795; doi:10.3390/w11040795

Sharing Reasoning Behind Individual Decisions to Invest in Joint Infrastructure

Melle J. Nikkels, Joseph H. A. Guillaume, Peat Leith and Petra J. G. J. Hellegers

Water 2019, 11(4), 798; doi:10.3390/w11040798

Improving Water Use Efficiency of Spring Maize by Adopting Limited Supplemental Irrigation Following Sufficient Pre-Sowing Irrigation in Northwest China

Shiwei Zhou, Xiaotao Hu, Zhenjiang Zhou, Wen’e Wang and Hui Ran

Water 2019, 11(4), 802; doi:10.3390/w11040802

Whose Rules? A Water Justice Critique of the OECD’s 12 Principles on Water Governance

Katherine Selena Taylor, Sheri Longboat and Rupert Quentin Grafton

Water 2019, 11(4), 809; doi:10.3390/w11040809

Modeling the Physical Nexus across Water Supply, Wastewater Management and Hydropower Generation Sectors in River–Reservoir Systems

Dedi Liu, Jiayu Zhang, Yujie Zeng and Youjiang Shen

Water 2019, 11(4), 822; doi:10.3390/w11040822

Study on Optimal Allocation of Water Resources Based on Surrogate Model of Groundwater Numerical Simulation

Yufeng Wang, Yali Cui, Jingli Shao and Qiulan Zhang

Water 2019, 11(4), 831; doi:10.3390/w11040831

Coordination and Participation Boards under the European Water Framework Directive: Different Approaches Used in Some EU Countries

Emilia Pellegrini, Lucia Bortolini and Edi Defrancesco

Water 2019, 11(4), 833; doi:10.3390/w11040833

Influence of Check Dams on Flood and Erosion Dynamic Processes of a Small Watershed in the Loss Plateau

Shuilong Yuan, Zhanbin Li, Peng Li, Guoce Xu, Haidong Gao, Lie Xiao, Feichao Wang and Tian Wang

Water 2019, 11(4), 834; doi:10.3390/w11040834

An Optimal Allocation Model for Large Complex Water Resources System Considering Water supply and Ecological Needs

Yaogeng Tan, Zengchuan Dong, Chuansheng Xiong, Zhiyu Zhong and Lina Hou

Water 2019, 11(4), 843; doi:10.3390/w11040843

Effects of the South-North Water Diversion Project on the Water Dispatching Pattern and Ecological Environment in the Water Receiving Area: A Case Study of the Fuyang River Basin in Handan, China

Hao Fu and Xiaoliu Yang

Water 2019, 11(4), 845; doi:10.3390/w11040845

Governance for Sustainability of Estuarine Areas—Assessing Alternative Models Using the Case of Ria de Aveiro, Portugal

Teresa Fidélis, Filipe Teles, Peter Roebeling and Fayaz Riazi

Water 2019, 11(4), 846; doi:10.3390/w11040846

Research on the Multi-Objective Cooperative Competition Mechanism of Jinsha River Downstream Cascade Reservoirs during the Flood Season Based on Optimized NSGA-III

Xiaokuan Ni, Zengchuan Dong, Wei Xie, Wenhao Jia, Changgui Duan and Hongyi Yao

Water 2019, 11(4), 849; doi:10.3390/w11040849

Hydrological Modeling Approach Using Radar-Rainfall Ensemble and Multi-Runoff-Model Blending Technique

Myungjin Lee, Narae Kang, Hongjun Joo, Hung Soo Kim, Soojun Kim and Jongso Lee

Water 2019, 11(4), 850; doi:10.3390/w11040850

Insights from a Calibrated Optimization Model for Irrigated Agriculture under Drought in an Irrigation District on the Central Mexican High Plains

José M. Rodríguez-Flores, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Ramón Valdivia-Alcalá, Oscar A. Arana-Coronado and Roberto C. García-Sánchez

Water 2019, 11(4), 858; doi:10.3390/w11040858

Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Kilombero Catchment in Tanzania

Kristian Näschen, Bernd Diekkrüger, Constanze Leemhuis, Larisa S. Seregina and Roderick van der Linden

Water 2019, 11(4), 859; doi:10.3390/w11040859

Groundwater Level Prediction for the Arid Oasis of Northwest China Based on the Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and a Back-propagation Neural Network with Double Hidden Layers

Huanhuan Li, Yudong Lu, Ce Zheng, Mi Yang and Shuangli Li

Water 2019, 11(4), 860; doi:10.3390/w11040860

Suitable Site Selection for Rainwater Harvesting and Storage Case Study Using Dohuk Governorate

Gaylan Rasul Faqe Ibrahim, Azad Rasul, Arieann Ali Hamid, Zana Fattah Ali and Amanj Ahmad Dewana

Water 2019, 11(4), 864; doi:10.3390/w11040864

Simulating Reservoir Operation Using a Recurrent Neural Network Algorithm

Di Zhang, Qidong Peng, Junqiang Lin, Dongsheng Wang, Xuefei Liu and Jiangbo Zhuang

Water 2019, 11(4), 865; doi:10.3390/w11040865

Impact Assessments of Rainfall–Runoff Characteristics Response Based on Land Use Change via Hydrological Simulation

Minmin Zhou, Simin Qu, Xueqiu Chen, Peng Shi, Shijin Xu, Hongyu Chen, Huiyan Zhou and Jianfeng Gou

Water 2019, 11(4), 866; doi:10.3390/w11040866

 

 

Water–Food–Energy Nexus

Analysis of the Water-Energy Coupling Efficiency in China: Based on the Three-Stage SBM-DEA Model with Undesirable Outputs

Meng Wang, Caizhi Sun and Xueli Wang

Water 2019, 11(4), 632; doi:10.3390/w11040632

Evaporation and Soil Surface Resistance of the Water Storage Pit Irrigation Trees in the Loess Plateau

Wei Meng, Xihuan Sun, Juanjuan Ma, Xianghong Guo and Lijian Zheng

Water 2019, 11(4), 648; doi:10.3390/w11040648

Water–Energy–Food Nexus Simulation: An Optimization Approach for Resource Security

Albert Wicaksono, Gimoon Jeong and Doosun Kang

Water 2019, 11(4), 667; doi:10.3390/w11040667

Water–Energy Nexus in Typical Industrial Water Circuits

Miguel C. Oliveira, Muriel Iten, Henrique A. Matos and Jochen Michels

Water 2019, 11(4), 699; doi:10.3390/w11040699

Water Footprint of Meat Analogs: Selected Indicators According to Life Cycle Assessment

Ujué Fresán, D. L. Marrin, Maximino Alfredo Mejia and Joan Sabaté

Water 2019, 11(4), 728; doi:10.3390/w11040728

Crop Water Requirements and Irrigation Schedules for Some Major Crops in Southern Iraq

Salam Hussein Ewaid, Salwan Ali Abed and Nadhir Al-Ansari

Water 2019, 11(4), 756; doi:10.3390/w11040756

Avoiding Conflicts between Future Freshwater Algae Production and Water Scarcity in the United States at the Energy-Water Nexus

Henriette I. Jager, Rebecca A. Efroymson and Latha M. Baskaran

Water 2019, 11(4), 836; doi:10.3390/w11040836

Response of Vertical Migration and Leaching of Nitrogen in Percolation Water of Paddy Fields under Water-Saving Irrigation and Straw Return Conditions

Chengxin Zheng, Zhanyu Zhang, Yunyu Wu and Richwell Mwiya

Water 2019, 11(4), 868; doi:10.3390/w11040868

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Adsorption of Phosphates from Aqueous Solutions on Alginate/Goethite Hydrogel Composite

Hanna Siwek, Artur Bartkowiak and Małgorzata Włodarczyk

Water 2019, 11(4), 633; doi:10.3390/w11040633

Characterization of Disinfection By-Products Levels at an Emergency Surface Water Treatment Plant in a Refugee Settlement in Northern Uganda

Syed Imran Ali, Matt Arnold, Frederick Liesner and Jean-Francois Fesselet

Water 2019, 11(4), 647; doi:10.3390/w11040647

Looking Beyond Energy Efficiency: An Applied Review of Water Desalination Technologies and an Introduction to Capillary-Driven Desalination

Seyedsaeid Ahmadvand, Behrooz Abbasi, Babak Azarfar, Mohammed Elhashimi, Xiang Zhang and Bahman Abbasi

Water 2019, 11(4), 696; doi:10.3390/w11040696

Spectrophotometric Detection of Glyphosate in Water by Complex Formation between Bis 5-Phenyldipyrrinate of Nickel (II) and Glyphosate

Aline Romero-Natale, Ilaria Palchetti, Mayra Avelar, Enrique González-Vergara, José Luis Garate-Morales and Eduardo Torres

Water 2019, 11(4), 719; doi:10.3390/w11040719

Options for Removing Refractory Organic Substances in Pre-Treated Process Water from Hydrothermal Carbonization

Joachim Fettig, Ute Austermann-Haun, Jan-Felix Meier, Anna Busch and Eva Gilbert

Water 2019, 11(4), 730; doi:10.3390/w11040730

Insecure Security: Emergency Water Supply and Minimum Standards in Countries with a High Supply Reliability

Lisa Bross, Steffen Krause, Mia Wannewitz, Eva Stock, Simone Sandholz and Ina Wienand

Water 2019, 11(4), 732; doi:10.3390/w11040732

Diethylene Glycol-Assisted Organized TiO₂ Nanostructures for Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment Ceramic Membranes

Rizwan Ahmad, Jin Kyu Kim, Jong Hak Kim and Jeonghwan Kim

Water 2019, 11(4), 750; doi:10.3390/w11040750

Olive Mill Wastewater: From a Pollutant to Green Fuels, Agricultural Water Source, and Bio-Fertilizer. Part 2: Water Recovery

Patrick Dutournié, Mejdi Jeguirim, Besma Khiari, Mary-Lorène Goddard and Salah Jellali

Water 2019, 11(4), 768; doi:10.3390/w11040768

Zootechnical Farm Wastewaters in Ecuador: A Treatment Proposal and Cost-benefit Analysis

Paola Verlicchi, Estefania C. Avilés Sacoto and Giacomo Zanni

Water 2019, 11(4), 779; doi:10.3390/w11040779

Removal Efficiency and Mechanism of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solution by Maize Straw Biochars Derived at Different Pyrolysis Temperatures

Haixia Wang, Mingliang Zhang and Qi Lv

Water 2019, 11(4), 781; doi:10.3390/w11040781

Informally Vended Sachet Water: Handling Practices and Microbial Water Quality

David Manjaya, Elizabeth Tilley and Sara J. Marks

Water 2019, 11(4), 800; doi:10.3390/w11040800

Performance Comparison of Conventional and Modified Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Reactors Treating High-Strength Cattle Slaughterhouse Wastewater

Mohammed Ali Musa, Syazwani Idrus, Hasfalina Che Man and Nik Norsyahariati Nik Daud

Water 2019, 11(4), 806; doi:10.3390/w11040806

Morpho-Physiological and Metal Accumulation Responses of Hemp Plants (Cannabis Sativa L.) Grown on Soil from an Agro-Industrial Contaminated Area

Fabrizio Pietrini, Laura Passatore, Valerio Patti, Fedra Francocci, Alessandro Giovannozzi and Massimo Zacchini

Water 2019, 11(4), 808; doi:10.3390/w11040808

Modelling Phosphorus Sorption Kinetics and the Longevity of Reactive Filter Materials Used for On-Site Wastewater Treatment

Rajabu Hamisi, Gunno Renman, Agnieszka Renman and Anders Wörman

Water 2019, 11(4), 811; doi:10.3390/w11040811

Optimization of Silver Ion Release from Silver-Ceramic Porous Media for Household Level Water Purification

Rekha Singh, Chloe Rento, Veronica Son, Sydney Turner and James A. Smith

Water 2019, 11(4), 816; doi:10.3390/w11040816

A Study of the Performance of Dielectric Barrier Discharge under Different Conditions for Nitrobenzene Degradation

Muhammad Imran Nawaz, Chengwu Yi, Prince Junior Asilevi, Tingting Geng, Muhammad Aleem, Abdul Mannan Zafar, Ahmad Azeem and Huijuan Wang

Water 2019, 11(4), 842; doi:10.3390/w11040842

Non-Parametric Regression Analysis of Diuron and Gabapentin Degradation in Lake Constance Water by Ozonation and Their Toxicity Assessment

Anuradha Goswami, Jia-Qian Jiang and Michael Petri

Water 2019, 11(4), 852; doi:10.3390/w11040852

Treatment of Post-Hydrothermal Liquefaction Wastewater (PHWW) for Heavy Metals, Nutrients, and Indicator Pathogens

Samuel D. Jesse and Paul C. Davidson

Water 2019, 11(4), 854; doi:10.3390/w11040854

Community Engagement in WASH Emergencies: Understanding Barriers and Enablers Based on Action Research from Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Eva Niederberger and Tanya Glanville-Wallis

Water 2019, 11(4), 862; doi:10.3390/w11040862

Hydrology

Assessment of Flood Extremes Using Downscaled CMIP5 High-Resolution Ensemble Projections of Near-Term Climate for the Upper Thu Bon Catchment in Vietnam

Do Hoai Nam, Tran Dinh Hoa, Phan Cao Duong, Duong Hai Thuan and Dang Thanh Mai

Water 2019, 11(4), 634; doi:10.3390/w11040634

Wall Shear Stress Measurement on Curve Objects with PIV in Connection to Benthic Fauna in Regulated Rivers

S. M. Sayeed Bin Asad, Tord Staffan Lundström, Anders G. Andersson, Johan Gunnar I. Hellström and Kjell Leonardsson

Water 2019, 11(4), 650; doi:10.3390/w11040650

Expanding Rubber Plantations in Southern China: Evidence for Hydrological Impacts

Xing Ma, Guillaume Lacombe, Rhett Harrison, Jianchu Xu and Meine van Noordwijk

Water 2019, 11(4), 651; doi:10.3390/w11040651

Climate Change Impacts on Drought-Flood Abrupt Alternation and Water Quality in the Hetao Area, China

Yuheng Yang, Baisha Weng, Wuxia Bi, Ting Xu, Dengming Yan and Jun Ma

Water 2019, 11(4), 652; doi:10.3390/w11040652

Dominant Influencing Factors of Groundwater Recharge Spatial Patterns in Ergene River Catchment, Turkey

Emmanuel Rukundo and Ahmet Doğan

Water 2019, 11(4), 653; doi:10.3390/w11040653

A 40-Year Analysis of the Hydrological Drought Index for the Tigris Basin, Turkey

Arzu Ozkaya and Yeliz Zerberg

Water 2019, 11(4), 657; doi:10.3390/w11040657

Hydrodynamic Characterization of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) by Using Beerkan Infiltration Experiments

Sofia Bouarafa, Laurent Lassabatere, Gislain Lipeme-Kouyi and Rafael Angulo-Jaramillo

Water 2019, 11(4), 660; doi:10.3390/w11040660

Impacts of Introducing Remote Sensing Soil Moisture in Calibrating a Distributed Hydrological Model for Streamflow Simulation

Lihua Xiong and Ling Zeng

Water 2019, 11(4), 666; doi:10.3390/w11040666

Development of a Large Flood Regionalisation Model Considering Spatial Dependence—Application to Ungauged Catchments in Australia

Khaled Haddad and Ataur Rahman

Water 2019, 11(4), 677; doi:10.3390/w11040677

A New Conceptual Model for Slope-Infiltration

Renato Morbidelli, Corrado Corradini, Carla Saltalippi, Alessia Flammini, Jacopo Dari and Rao S. Govindaraju

Water 2019, 11(4), 678; doi:10.3390/w11040678

Can Land Cover Changes Mitigate Large Floods? A Reflection Based on Partial Least Squares-Path Modeling

Daniela Patrícia Salgado Terêncio, Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes, Rui Manuel Vitor Cortes, João Paulo Moura and Fernando António Leal Pacheco

Water 2019, 11(4), 684; doi:10.3390/w11040684

The Exact Groundwater Divide on Water Table between Two Rivers: A Fundamental Model Investigation

Peng-Fei Han, Xu-Sheng Wang, Li Wan, Xiao-Wei Jiang and Fu-Sheng Hu

Water 2019, 11(4), 685; doi:10.3390/w11040685

Effects of Human Activities on Hydrological Components in the Yiluo River Basin in Middle Yellow River

Xiujie Wang, Pengfei Zhang, Lüliu Liu, Dandan Li and Yanpeng Wang

Water 2019, 11(4), 689; doi:10.3390/w11040689

The Montellina Spring as an Example of Water Circulation in an Alpine DSGSD Context (NW Italy)

Domenico Antonio De Luca, Elena Cerino Abdin, Maria Gabriella Forno, Marco Gattiglio, Franco Gianotti and Manuela Lasagna

Water 2019, 11(4), 700; doi:10.3390/w11040700

Pan-European Calculation of Hydrologic Stress Metrics in Rivers: A First Assessment with Potential Connections to Ecological Status

Yiannis Panagopoulos, Kostas Stefanidis, Marta Faneca Sanchez, Frederiek Sperna Weiland, Rens Van Beek, Markus Venohr, Lidija Globevnik, Maria Mimikou and Sebastian Birk

Water 2019, 11(4), 703; doi:10.3390/w11040703

Quantifying Impacts of Mean Annual Lake Bottom Temperature on Talik Development and Permafrost Degradation below Expanding Thermokarst Lakes on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Feng Ling and Feifei Pan

Water 2019, 11(4), 706; doi:10.3390/w11040706

Statistical Analysis of Extreme Events in Precipitation, Stream Discharge, and Groundwater Head Fluctuation: Distribution, Memory, and Correlation

Shawn Dawley, Yong Zhang, Xiaoting Liu, Peng Jiang, Geoffrey R. Tick, HongGuang Sun, Chunmiao Zheng and Li Chen

Water 2019, 11(4), 707; doi:10.3390/w11040707

An Ensemble Decomposition-Based Artificial Intelligence Approach for Daily Streamflow Prediction

Mohammad Rezaie-Balf, Sajad Fani Nowbandegani, S. Zahra Samadi, Hossein Fallah and Sina Alaghmand

Water 2019, 11(4), 709; doi:10.3390/w11040709

Value Stream Analysis and Emergy Evaluation of the Water Resource Eco-Economic System in the Yellow River Basin

Danyang Di, Zening Wu, Xi Guo, Cuimei Lv and Huiliang Wang

Water 2019, 11(4), 710; doi:10.3390/w11040710

Evaluation of the Effect of Channel Geometry on Streamflow and Water Quality Modeling and Modification of Channel Geometry Module in SWAT: A Case Study of the Andong Dam Watershed

Jeongho Han, Dongjun Lee, Seoro Lee, Se-Woong Chung, Seong Joon Kim, Minji Park, Kyoung Jae Lim and Jonggun Kim

Water 2019, 11(4), 718; doi:10.3390/w11040718

Unraveling the Role of Human Activities and Climate Variability in Water Level Changes in the Taihu Plain Using Artificial Neural Network

Yuefeng Wang, Hossein Tabari, Youpeng Xu, Yu Xu and Qiang Wang

Water 2019, 11(4), 720; doi:10.3390/w11040720

Behavior of TiO₂ and CeO₂ Nanoparticles and Polystyrene Nanoplastics in Bottled Mineral, Drinking and Lake Geneva Waters. Impact of Water Hardness and Natural Organic Matter on Nanoparticle Surface Properties and Aggregation

Lina Ramirez, Stephan Ramseier Gentile, Stéphane Zimmermann and Serge Stoll

Water 2019, 11(4), 721; doi:10.3390/w11040721

Design Flood Estimation: Exploring the Potentials and Limitations of Two Alternative Approaches

Kenechukwu Okoli, Korbinian Breinl, Maurizio Mazzoleni and Giuliano Di Baldassarre

Water 2019, 11(4), 729; doi:10.3390/w11040729

Dew Yield and Its Influencing Factors at the Western Edge of Gurbantunggut Desert, China

Zhifeng Jia, Zhiqiang Zhao, Qianyi Zhang and Weichen Wu

Water 2019, 11(4), 733; doi:10.3390/w11040733

Identification of the Most Suitable Probability Distribution Models for Maximum, Minimum, and Mean Streamflow

Philip Kibet Langat, Lalit Kumar and Richard Koech

Water 2019, 11(4), 734; doi:10.3390/w11040734

Estimates of Tillage and Rainfall Effects on Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity in a Small Central European Agricultural Catchment

David Zumr, Jakub Jeřábek, Vladimír Klípa, Michal Dohnal and Michal Sněhota

Water 2019, 11(4), 740; doi:10.3390/w11040740

Assessing the Effects of Rainfall Intensity and Hydraulic Conductivity on Riverbank Stability

Toan Thi Duong, Duc Minh Do and Kazuya Yasuhara

Water 2019, 11(4), 741; doi:10.3390/w11040741

Watershed Characterization and Hydrograph Recession Analysis: A Comparative Look at a Karst vs. Non-Karst Watershed and Implications for Groundwater Resources in Gaolan River Basin, Southern China

Hamza Jakada, Zhihua Chen, Mingming Luo, Hong Zhou, Zejun Wang and Mukhtar Habib

Water 2019, 11(4), 743; doi:10.3390/w11040743

Nonstationary Analysis for Bivariate Distribution of Flood Variables in the Ganjiang River Using Time-Varying Copula

Tianfu Wen, Cong Jiang and Xinfa Xu

Water 2019, 11(4), 746; doi:10.3390/w11040746

Improved Approach for the Investigation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge by Means of Radon Mapping and Radon Mass Balancing

Michael Schubert, Eric Petermann, Reiner Stollberg, Micha Gebel, Jan Scholten, Kay Knöller, Carsten Lorz, Franziska Glück, Kornelius Riemann and Holger Weiß

Water 2019, 11(4), 749; doi:10.3390/w11040749

A New Framework for the Management and Radiological Protection of Groundwater Resources: The Implementation of a Portuguese Action Plan for Radon in Drinking Water and Impacts on Human Health

Lisa Martins, Alcides Pereira, Alcino Oliveira, Luís F. Sanches Fernandes and Fernando A.L. Pacheco

Water 2019, 11(4), 760; doi:10.3390/w11040760

Simulating Current and Future River-Flows in the Karakoram and Himalayan Regions of Pakistan Using Snowmelt-Runoff Model and RCP Scenarios

Huma Hayat, Tahir Ali Akbar, Adnan Ahmad Tahir, Quazi K. Hassan, Ashraf Dewan and Muhammad Irshad

Water 2019, 11(4), 761; doi:10.3390/w11040761

Experimental Investigation of Lateral Subsurface Flow Depending on Land Use and Soil Cultivation

Sonja Teschemacher, Wolfgang Rieger and Markus Disse

Water 2019, 11(4), 766; doi:10.3390/w11040766

Water Stable Isotopes in an Alpine Setting of the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Xue Qiu, Mingjun Zhang, Shengjie Wang, Athanassios A. Argiriou, Rong Chen, Hongfei Meng and Rong Guo

Water 2019, 11(4), 770; doi:10.3390/w11040770

Sensitivity Analysis of Extreme Daily Rainfall Depth in Summer Season on Surface Air Temperature and Dew-Point Temperature

Inkyeong Sim, Okjeong Lee and Sangdan Kim

Water 2019, 11(4), 771; doi:10.3390/w11040771

Spatial Heterogeneity in Glacier Mass-Balance Sensitivity across High Mountain Asia

Rongjun Wang, Shiyin Liu, Donghui Shangguan, Valentina Radić and Yong Zhang

Water 2019, 11(4), 776; doi:10.3390/w11040776

Comparison of Surface Water Volume Estimation Methodologies That Couple Surface Reflectance Data and Digital Terrain Models

Ignacio Fuentes, José Padarian, Floris van Ogtrop and R. Willem Vervoort

Water 2019, 11(4), 780; doi:10.3390/w11040780

Operational Flood Detection Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data over Large Areas

Han Cao, Hong Zhang, Chao Wang and Bo Zhang

Water 2019, 11(4), 786; doi:10.3390/w11040786

A Modified Green-Ampt Model and Parameter Determination for Water Infiltration in Fine-textured Soil with Coarse Interlayer

Shuai Chen, Xiaomin Mao and Chunying Wang

Water 2019, 11(4), 787; doi:10.3390/w11040787

The Control of Groundwater Flow Systems and Geochemical Processes on Groundwater Chemistry: A Case Study in Wushenzhao Basin, NW China

Min Lyu, Zhonghe Pang, Lihe Yin, Jun Zhang, Tianming Huang, Shuo Yang, Zhenbin Li, Xiaoyong Wang and Tursun Gulbostan

Water 2019, 11(4), 790; doi:10.3390/w11040790

Local Meteoric Water Line of Northern Chile (18° S–30° S): An Application of Error-in-Variables Regression to the Oxygen and Hydrogen Stable Isotope Ratio of Precipitation

Tiziano Boschetti, José Cifuentes, Paola Iacumin and Enricomaria Selmo

Water 2019, 11(4), 791; doi:10.3390/w11040791

Performance of Conservation Techniques for Semiarid Environments: Field Observations with Caatinga, Mulch, and Cactus Forage Palma

Iug Lopes, Abelardo A. A. Montenegro and João L. M. P. de Lima

Water 2019, 11(4), 792; doi:10.3390/w11040792

Estimation of Urbanization Impacts on Local Weather: A Case Study in Northern China (Jing-Jin-Ji District)

Hui-Dong Su, Xuejian Cao, Da-Cheng Wang, Yang-Wen Jia, Guangheng Ni, Junhua Wang, Mingxi Zhang and Cunwen Niu

Water 2019, 11(4), 797; doi:10.3390/w11040797

Soil Water Dynamics in a Rainfed Mediterranean Agricultural System

Diana E. Jiménez-de-Santiago, Antonio Lidón and Àngela D. Bosch-Serra

Water 2019, 11(4), 799; doi:10.3390/w11040799

Assessing the Impact of Terraces and Vegetation on Runoff and Sediment Routing Using the Time-Area Method in the Chinese Loess Plateau

Juan Bai, Shengtian Yang, Yichi Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu and Yabing Guan

Water 2019, 11(4), 803; doi:10.3390/w11040803

The Study of Hydrogeochemical Environments and Microbial Communities along a Groundwater Salinity Gradient in the Pearl River Delta, China

Shilei Sang, Heng Dai, Bill X. Hu, Yanru Hao, Tong Zhou and Jin Zhang

Water 2019, 11(4), 804; doi:10.3390/w11040804

A New Uncertainty Measure for Assessing the Uncertainty Existing in Hydrological Simulation

Pengfei Shi, Tao Yang, Bin Yong, Zhenya Li, Chong-Yu Xu, Quanxi Shao, Xiaoyan Wang, Xudong Zhou and Youwei Qin

Water 2019, 11(4), 812; doi:10.3390/w11040812

Evaluation and Hydrological Application of TRMM and GPM Precipitation Products in a Tropical Monsoon Basin of Thailand

Rui Li, Jiancheng Shi, Dabin Ji, Tianjie Zhao, Vichian Plermkamon, Sitthisak Moukomla, Kittiwet Kuntiyawichai and Jiratiwan Kruasilp

Water 2019, 11(4), 818; doi:10.3390/w11040818

Quantifying the Performances of the Semi-Distributed Hydrologic Model in Parallel Computing—A Case Study

JungJin Kim and Jae Hyeon Ryu

Water 2019, 11(4), 823; doi:10.3390/w11040823

Impact of Farmland Abandonment on Water Resources and Soil Conservation in Citrus Plantations in Eastern Spain

Artemi Cerdà, Oren Ackermann, Enric Terol and Jesús Rodrigo-Comino

Water 2019, 11(4), 824; doi:10.3390/w11040824

Poyang Lake Wetland Ecosystem Health Assessment of Using the Wetland Landscape Classification Characteristics

Hailin You, Hongxiang Fan, Ligang Xu, Yongming Wu, Lizhen Liu and Zhong Yao

Water 2019, 11(4), 825; doi:10.3390/w11040825

A Physically Based Empirical Localization Method for Assimilating Synthetic SWOT Observations of a Continental-Scale River: A Case Study in the Congo Basin

Menaka Revel, Daiki Ikeshima, Dai Yamazaki and Shinjiro Kanae

Water 2019, 11(4), 829; doi:10.3390/w11040829

A Conceptual Time-Varying Flood Resilience Index for Urban Areas: Munich City

Kai-Feng Chen and Jorge Leandro

Water 2019, 11(4), 830; doi:10.3390/w11040830

Hydrological Modelling and Water Resources Assessment of Chongwe River Catchment using WEAP Model

Tewodros M. Tena, Phenny Mwaanga and Alick Nguvulu

Water 2019, 11(4), 839; doi:10.3390/w11040839

Identifying Optimal Irrigation Water Needs at District Scale by Using a Physically Based Agro-Hydrological Model

Antonio Coppola, Giovanna Dragonetti, Asma Sengouga, Nicola Lamaddalena, Alessandro Comegna, Angelo Basile, Nicoletta Noviello and Luigi Nardella

Water 2019, 11(4), 841; doi:10.3390/w11040841

Monitoring and Modeling the Effect of Agricultural Drainage and Recent Channel Incision on Adjacent Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems

Philip J. Gerla

Water 2019, 11(4), 863; doi:10.3390/w11040863

Hydraulics

Morphodynamic Response to Low-Crested Detached Breakwaters on a Sea Breeze-Dominated Coast

Alec Torres-Freyermuth, Gabriela Medellín, Ernesto Tonatiuh Mendoza, Elena Ojeda and Paulo Salles

Water 2019, 11(4), 635; doi:10.3390/w11040635

Comparison of Shallow Water Solvers: Applications for Dam-Break and Tsunami Cases with Reordering Strategy for Efficient Vectorization on Modern Hardware

Bobby Minola Ginting and Ralf-Peter Mundani

Water 2019, 11(4), 639; doi:10.3390/w11040639

Investigation into Complex Boundary Solutions of Water Filling Process in Pipeline Systems

Boran Zhang, Wuyi Wan and Leilei Fan

Water 2019, 11(4), 641; doi:10.3390/w11040641

Flux of Inorganic Carbon as Dissolved, Suspended, and Bed Loads through a Karstic Basin

Randall Paylor and Carol Wicks

Water 2019, 11(4), 644; doi:10.3390/w11040644

Feasibility Investigation of Improving the Modified Green–Ampt Model for Treatment of Horizontal Infiltration in Soil

Ding-feng Cao, Bin Shi, Hong-hu Zhu, Hilary Inyang, Guang-qing Wei, Yan Zhang and Chao-sheng Tang

Water 2019, 11(4), 645; doi:10.3390/w11040645

Numerical Investigation of Fresh and Salt Water Distribution in the Pearl River Estuary during a Typhoon Using a Fully Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Model

Jie Chen, Changbo Jiang, Zhiyuan Wu, Yuannan Long, Bin Deng and Xiaojian Liu

Water 2019, 11(4), 646; doi:10.3390/w11040646

Response of Landscape and Ecological Characteristics to the Optimal Rainwater Harvesting Dual-Element Mulch Covered Soil Model in Beijing

Caiyuan Wang, Peiling Yang, Yunkai Li, Zhongshan Yang, Shumei Ren, Min Zang, Yajuan Wang and Xin Zhang

Water 2019, 11(4), 654; doi:10.3390/w11040654

Laboratory Study of Secondary Flow in an Open Channel Bend by Using PIV

Ruonan Bai, Dejun Zhu, Huai Chen and Danxun Li

Water 2019, 11(4), 659; doi:10.3390/w11040659

An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Hyporheic Exchange based on Numerical Modeling

Jie Ren, Xiuping Wang, Yinjun Zhou, Bo Chen and Lili Men

Water 2019, 11(4), 665; doi:10.3390/w11040665

Effect of Pilot-Points Location on Model Calibration: Application to the Northern Karst Aquifer of Qatar

Husam Musa Baalousha, Marwan Fahs, Fanilo Ramasomanana and Anis Younes

Water 2019, 11(4), 679; doi:10.3390/w11040679

Fixed-Bed and Mobile-Bed Resistance of Channels with Steep Gradients in Mountainous Areas

Ji Hou, Chunze Zhang, Dan Wang, Feng Li, Zijian Yu and Qin Zhou

Water 2019, 11(4), 681; doi:10.3390/w11040681

Deep Flow Variability Offshore South-West Svalbard (Fram Strait)

Manuel Bensi, Vedrana Kovačević, Leonardo Langone, Stefano Aliani, Laura Ursella, Ilona Goszczko, Thomas Soltwedel, Ragnheid Skogseth, Frank Nilsen, Davide Deponte, Paolo Mansutti, Roberto Laterza, Michele Rebesco, Leonardo Rui, Renata Giulia Lucchi, Anna Wåhlin, Angelo Viola, Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller and Angelo Rubino

Water 2019, 11(4), 683; doi:10.3390/w11040683

Analysis of Shear Stress and Stream Power Spatial Distributions for Detection of Operational Problems in the Stare Miasto Reservoir

Joanna Wicher-Dysarz

Water 2019, 11(4), 691; doi:10.3390/w11040691

Hydraulic Oscillation and Instability of A Hydraulic System with Two Different Pump-Turbines in Turbine Operation

Sunit Palikhe, Jianxu Zhou and Khem Prasad Bhattarai

Water 2019, 11(4), 692; doi:10.3390/w11040692

Concrete Dam Displacement Prediction Based on an ISODATA-GMM Clustering and Random Coefficient Model

Yating Hu, Chenfei Shao, Chongshi Gu and Zhenzhu Meng

Water 2019, 11(4), 714; doi:10.3390/w11040714

Numerical Modeling and Hydraulic Optimization of a Surge Tank Using Particle Swarm Optimization

Khem Prasad Bhattarai, Jianxu Zhou, Sunit Palikhe, Kamal Prasad Pandey and Naresh Suwal

Water 2019, 11(4), 715; doi:10.3390/w11040715

A Combined Field and Numerical Modeling Study to Assess the Longitudinal Channel Slope Evolution in a Mixed Alluvial and Soft Bedrock Stream

Kuowei Wu, Keh-Chia Yeh and Yong G. Lai

Water 2019, 11(4), 735; doi:10.3390/w11040735

Apparent Friction Coefficient Used for Flow Calculation in Straight Compound Channels

Elżbieta Kubrak, Janusz Kubrak, Adam Kozioł, Adam Kiczko and Marcin Krukowski

Water 2019, 11(4), 745; doi:10.3390/w11040745

Sensitivity of Storm-Induced Hazards in a Highly Curvilinear Coastline to Changing Storm Directions. The Tordera Delta Case (NW Mediterranean)

Marc Sanuy and Jose A. Jiménez

Water 2019, 11(4), 747; doi:10.3390/w11040747

Peak Flows and Stormwater Networks Design—Current and Future Management of Urban Surface Watersheds

António Freire Diogo and José Antunes do Carmo

Water 2019, 11(4), 759; doi:10.3390/w11040759

Recharge Impulse Spreading in Western Carpathian’s Mountainous Fissure–Karst Aquifer

Peter Malík, Marián Coplák, Marián Kuvik and Jaromír Švasta

Water 2019, 11(4), 763; doi:10.3390/w11040763

Filtering Continuous River Surface Velocity Radar Data

Hau-Wei Wang, Gwo-Fong Lin, Samkele Sikhulile Tfwala and Jian-Hao Hong

Water 2019, 11(4), 764; doi:10.3390/w11040764

A Study on the Recovery of Head and the Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) from Long-Term Pressure Depressions in Low Permeable Coastal Aquifers

Huali Chen, Guoping Ding, Cheng Hu, Eungyu Park, Yeongkyoo Kim and Jina Jeong

Water 2019, 11(4), 777; doi:10.3390/w11040777

Methods of In Situ Assessment of Infiltration Rate Reduction in Groundwater Recharge Basins

Felix Barquero, Thomas Fichtner and Catalin Stefan

Water 2019, 11(4), 784; doi:10.3390/w11040784

Numerical Research of Flows into Gullies with Different Outlet Locations

Rita F. Carvalho, Pedro Lopes, Jorge Leandro and Luis M. David

Water 2019, 11(4), 794; doi:10.3390/w11040794

Time Domain Simulation of Damage Flooding Considering Air Compression Characteristics

XinLong Zhang, Zhuang Lin, Ping Li, Yue Dong and Fei Liu

Water 2019, 11(4), 796; doi:10.3390/w11040796

Evaluation of Minimum Karst Spring Discharge Using a Simple Rainfall-Input Model: The Case Study of Capodacqua di Spigno Spring (Central Italy)

Giuseppe Sappa, Francesco Maria De Filippi, Silvia Iacurto and Gerardo Grelle

Water 2019, 11(4), 807; doi:10.3390/w11040807

Improved Set Pair Analysis and Its Application to Environmental Impact Evaluation of Dam Break

Meimei Wu, Wei Ge, Zongkun Li, Zening Wu, Hexiang Zhang, Juanjuan Li and Yipeng Pan

Water 2019, 11(4), 821; doi:10.3390/w11040821

Methodology for Determining the Die-Off Coefficient of Enterococci in the Conditions of Transport through the Karst Aquifer—Case Study: Bokanjac–Poličnik Catchment

Željko Šreng, Goran Lončar and Marin Grubišić

Water 2019, 11(4), 820; doi:10.3390/w11040820

Improved Solutions to the Linearized Boussinesq Equation with Temporally Varied Rainfall Recharge for a Sloping Aquifer

Ming-Chang Wu and Ping-Cheng Hsieh

Water 2019, 11(4), 826; doi:10.3390/w11040826

Modeling the Application Depth and Water Distribution Uniformity of a Linearly Moved Irrigation System

Junping Liu, Xingye Zhu, Shouqi Yuan and Alexander Fordjour

Water 2019, 11(4), 827; doi:10.3390/w11040827

Effect of the Concentration of Sand in a Mixture of Water and Sand Flowing through PP and PVC Elbows on the Minor Head Loss Coefficient

Piotr Wichowski, Tadeusz Siwiec and Marek Kalenik

Water 2019, 11(4), 828; doi:10.3390/w11040828

On Solving Nonlinear Moving Boundary Problems with Heterogeneity Using the Collocation Meshless Method

Cheng-Yu Ku, Jing-En Xiao and Chih-Yu Liu

Water 2019, 11(4), 835; doi:10.3390/w11040835

Flow Division Dynamics in the Mekong Delta: Application of a 1D-2D Coupled Model

Sepehr Eslami, Piet Hoekstra, Herman Kernkamp, Nam Nguyen Trung, Dung Do Duc, Tho Tran Quang, Mochamad Februarianto, Arthur Van Dam and Maarten van der Vegt

Water 2019, 11(4), 837; doi:10.3390/w11040837

Assessment of the Nonlinear Flow Characteristic of Water Inrush Based on the Brinkman and Forchheimer Seepage Model

Yi Xue, Yang Liu, Faning Dang, Jia Liu, Zongyuan Ma, Lin Zhu and Hongwei Yang

Water 2019, 11(4), 855; doi:10.3390/w11040855

Characteristics of Tidal Discharge and Phase Difference at a Tidal Channel Junction Investigated Using the Fluvial Acoustic Tomography System

Mochammad Meddy Danial, Kiyosi Kawanisi and Mohamad Basel Al Sawaf

Water 2019, 11(4), 857; doi:10.3390/w11040857

 

 

 

Water Quality and Ecosystems

Assessing the Vulnerability of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates to Climate Warming in a Mountainous Watershed: Supplementing Presence-Only Data with Species Traits

Anne-Laure Besacier Monbertrand, Pablo Timoner, Kazi Rahman, Paolo Burlando, Simone Fatichi, Yves Gonseth, Frédéric Moser, Emmanuel Castella and Anthony Lehmann

Water 2019, 11(4), 636; doi:10.3390/w11040636

Integrating Meso-Scale Habitat Modelling in the Multicriteria Analysis (MCA) Process for the Assessment of Hydropower Sustainability

Erica Vassoney, Andrea Mammoliti Mochet, Raffaele Rocco, Roberto Maddalena, Paolo Vezza and Claudio Comoglio

Water 2019, 11(4), 640; doi:10.3390/w11040640

Assessment of Anthropogenic Impact versus Climate Change on the Succession of the Diatom Community in Lugu Lake (Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, China) Using the Sedimentary Record of Geochemical Elements

Yi Liu, Chuanhong Chen and Shao Yang

Water 2019, 11(4), 655; doi:10.3390/w11040655

An Improved Logistic Model Illustrating Microcystis aeruginosa Growth Under Different Turbulent Mixing Conditions

Haiping Zhang, Fan Huang, Feipeng Li, Zhujun Gu, Ruihong Chen and Yuehong Zhang

Water 2019, 11(4), 669; doi:10.3390/w11040669

Assessment of Water Quality Across Irrigation Schemes: A Case Study of Wetland Agriculture Impacts in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania

Edmond Alavaisha, Steve W. Lyon and Regina Lindborg

Water 2019, 11(4), 671; doi:10.3390/w11040671

Quantification of the Evaporation Rates from Six Types of Wetland Cover in Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica

César Dionisio Jiménez-Rodríguez, Catalina Esquivel-Vargas, Miriam Coenders-Gerrits and Mahmood Sasa-Marín

Water 2019, 11(4), 674; doi:10.3390/w11040674

Mathematical Model of Ammonium Nitrogen Transport to Runoff with Different Slope Gradients under Simulated Rainfall

Weimin Xing, Peiling Yang, Chang Ao, Shumei Ren and Yao Xu

Water 2019, 11(4), 675; doi:10.3390/w11040675

Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Streamflow, Sediment and Nutrient Loadings of the Minija River (Lithuania): A Hillslope Watershed Discretization Application with High-Resolution Spatial Inputs

Natalja Čerkasova, Georg Umgiesser and Ali Ertürk

Water 2019, 11(4), 676; doi:10.3390/w11040676

Beta Diversity Partitioning and Drivers of Variations in Fish Assemblages in a Headwater Stream: Lijiang River, China

Liangliang Huang, Jian Huang, Zhiqiang Wu, Yuanmin Mo, Qi Zou, Erik Jeppesen and Naicheng Wu

Water 2019, 11(4), 680; doi:10.3390/w11040680

Estimation of Hydrologic Alteration in Kaligandaki River Using Representative Hydrologic Indices

Gao Yuqin, Kamal Prasad Pandey, Xianfeng Huang, Naresh Suwal and Khem Prasad Bhattarai

Water 2019, 11(4), 688; doi:10.3390/w11040688

Hydrogeochemical Evaluation of Groundwater and Its Suitability for Domestic Uses in Halabja Saidsadiq Basin, Iraq

Twana O. Abdullah, Salahalddin S. Ali, Nadhir A. Al-Ansari and Sven Knutsson

Water 2019, 11(4), 690; doi:10.3390/w11040690

Undamming the Douro River Catchment: A Stepwise Approach for Prioritizing Dam Removal

Rui M.V. Cortes, Andrés Peredo, Daniela P.S. Terêncio, Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes, João Paulo Moura, Joaquim J.B. Jesus, Marco P.M. Magalhães, Pedro J.S. Ferreira and Fernando A.L. Pacheco

Water 2019, 11(4), 693; doi:10.3390/w11040693

Effects of Drying and Re-Wetting on Litter Decomposition and Nutrient Recycling: A Manipulative Experiment

Beatrice Palmia, Marco Bartoli, Alex Laini, Rossano Bolpagni, Claudio Ferrari and Pierluigi Viaroli

Water 2019, 11(4), 708; doi:10.3390/w11040708

Designing an Optimized Water Quality Monitoring Network with Reserved Monitoring Locations

Xiaohui Zhu, Yong Yue, Prudence W.H. Wong, Yixin Zhang and Hao Ding

Water 2019, 11(4), 713; doi:10.3390/w11040713

Effects of Sediment Released from a Check Dam on Sediment Deposits and Fish and Macroinvertebrate Communities in a Small Stream

Rei Itsukushima, Kazuaki Ohtsuki, Tatsuro Sato, Yuichi Kano, Hiroshi Takata and Hiroaki Yoshikawa

Water 2019, 11(4), 716; doi:10.3390/w11040716

Empirical Validation of MesoHABSIM Models Developed with Different Habitat Suitability Criteria for Bullhead Cottus Gobio L. as an Indicator Species

Mikołaj Adamczyk, Piotr Parasiewicz, Paolo Vezza, Paweł Prus and Giovanni De Cesare

Water 2019, 11(4), 726; doi:10.3390/w11040726

Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem Health of the Wutong River Based on Benthic Diatoms

Hao Xue, Binghui Zheng, Fansheng Meng, Yeyao Wang, Lingsong Zhang and Peixuan Cheng

Water 2019, 11(4), 727; doi:10.3390/w11040727

The Characterization of Microbial Communities Response to Shallow Groundwater Contamination in Typical Piedmont Region of Taihang Mountains in the North China Plain

Ze He, Zhuo Ning, Mingnan Yang, Guanxing Huang, Haiwei Cui, Huiwei Wang and Jichao Sun

Water 2019, 11(4), 736; doi:10.3390/w11040736

Dissolved and Particulate Organic Carbon in Icelandic Proglacial Streams: A First Estimate

Peter Chifflard, Christina Fasching, Martin Reiss, Lukas Ditzel and Kyle S. Boodoo

Water 2019, 11(4), 748; doi:10.3390/w11040748

Groundwater Quality Assessment in a Volcanic Mountain Range (South of Gran Canaria Island, Spain)

A. Ruiz-García, M.D. Carrascosa-Chisvert, V. Mena, R.M. Souto, J.J. Santana and I. Nuez

Water 2019, 11(4), 754; doi:10.3390/w11040754

An Improved Integral Model for a Non-Buoyant Turbulent Jet in Wave Environment

Shuqiao Fang, Yongping Chen, Zhenshan Xu, Ebenezer Otoo and Shiqiang Lu

Water 2019, 11(4), 765; doi:10.3390/w11040765

RZ-TRADEOFF: A New Model to Estimate Riparian Water and Air Quality Functions

Yasaman T. Hassanzadeh, Philippe G. Vidon, Arthur J. Gold, Soni M. Pradhanang and Kelly Addy Lowder

Water 2019, 11(4), 769; doi:10.3390/w11040769

Concentration Detection of the E. coli Bacteria in Drinking Water Treatment Plants through an E-Nose and a Volatiles Extraction System (VES)

Jeniffer Carrillo-Gómez, Cristhian Durán-Acevedo and Ramón García-Rico

Water 2019, 11(4), 774; doi:10.3390/w11040774

Assessing the Changes of Ecosystem Services in the Nansi Lake Wetland, China

Fan Wang, Shaoliang Zhang, Huping Hou, Yongjun Yang and Yunlong Gong

Water 2019, 11(4), 788; doi:10.3390/w11040788

Assessing Groundwater Mineralization Process, Quality, and Isotopic Recharge Origin in the Sahel Region in Africa

Aboubacar Modibo Sidibé, Xueyu Lin and Sidi Koné

Water 2019, 11(4), 789; doi:10.3390/w11040789

Response of Cladocera Fauna to Heavy Metal Pollution, Based on Sediments from Subsidence Ponds Downstream of a Mine Discharge (S. Poland)

Agnieszka Pociecha, Agata Z. Wojtal, Ewa Szarek-Gwiazda, Anna Cieplok, Dariusz Ciszewski and Andrzej Kownacki

Water 2019, 11(4), 810; doi:10.3390/w11040810

Bryophyte Communities along a Tropical Urban River Respond to Heavy Metal and Arsenic Pollution

Cristina Vásquez, James Calva, Ramiro Morocho, David A. Donoso and Ángel Benítez

Water 2019, 11(4), 813; doi:10.3390/w11040813

Migration and Transformation of Ofloxacin by Free Chlorine in Water Distribution System

Weiwei Bi, Yi Jin and Hongyu Wang

Water 2019, 11(4), 817; doi:10.3390/w11040817

Study on the Attachment of Escherichia coli to Sediment Particles at a Single-Cell Level: The Effect of Particle Size

Tao Wu, Chunhui Zhai, Jingchao Zhang, Dejun Zhu, Kun Zhao and Yongcan Chen

Water 2019, 11(4), 819; doi:10.3390/w11040819

A Multidisciplinary Approach for Evaluating Spatial and Temporal Variations in Water Quality

Viet Thang Le, Nguyen Hong Quan, Ho Huu Loc, Nguyen Thi Thanh Duyen, Tran Duc Dung, Hiep Duc Nguyen and Quang Hung Do

Water 2019, 11(4), 853; doi:10.3390/w11040853

Oil and Grease as a Water Quality Index Parameter for the Conservation of Marine Biota

Mónica Eljaiek-Urzola, Nora Romero-Sierra, Laura Segrera-Cabarcas, David Valdelamar-Martínez and Édgar Quiñones-Bolaños

Water 2019, 11(4), 856; doi:10.3390/w11040856

Climate Change Impact on Spatiotemporal Hotspots of Hydrologic Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of Chinan Catchment, Taiwan

Li-Chun Peng, Yu-Pin Lin, Guan-Wei Chen and Wan-Yu Lien

Water 2019, 11(4), 867; doi:10.3390/w11040867

PFASs in Finnish Rivers and Fish and the Loading of PFASs to the Baltic Sea

Ville Junttila, Emmi Vähä, Noora Perkola, Antti Räike, Katri Siimes, Jukka Mehtonen, Harri Kankaanpää and Jaakko Mannio

Water 2019, 11(4), 870; doi:10.3390/w11040870

Water Use and Scarcity

Impacts of Intermittent Water Supply on Water Quality in Two Palestinian Refugee Camps

Shatha Alazzeh, S. E. Galaitsi, Amahl Bishara, Nidal Al-Azraq and John L. Durant

Water 2019, 11(4), 670; doi:10.3390/w11040670

Insuring Water Supply in Irrigated Agriculture: A Proposal for Hydrological Drought Index-Based Insurance in Spain

M. Dolores Guerrero-Baena and José A. Gómez-Limón

Water 2019, 11(4), 686; doi:10.3390/w11040686

Using Desalinated Water for Irrigation: Its Effect on Field Scale Water Flow and Contaminant Transport under Cropped Conditions

David Russo and Daniel Kurtzman

Water 2019, 11(4), 687; doi:10.3390/w11040687

Stranded Assets as a Key Concept to Guide Investment Strategies for Sustainable Development Goal 6

Robert M. Kalin, Joseph Mwanamveka, Andrea B. Coulson, Donald J. C. Robertson, Holly Clark, Jon Rathjen and Michael O. Rivett

Water 2019, 11(4), 702; doi:10.3390/w11040702

Effecting Partial Elimination of Isocyanuric Acid from Swimming Pool Water Systems

Marina Corral Bobadilla, Eliseo P. Vergara González, Rubén Lostado Lorza and Fátima Somovilla Gómez

Water 2019, 11(4), 712; doi:10.3390/w11040712

Effect of Planting Density on the Growth and Yield of Sunflower under Mulched Drip Irrigation

Jingang Li, Zhongyi Qu, Jin Chen, Bo Yang and Yongping Huang

Water 2019, 11(4), 752; doi:10.3390/w11040752

Effects of Drought and Rehydration on the Physiological Responses of Artemisia halodendron

Juanli Chen, Xueyong Zhao, Yaqiu Zhang, Yuqiang Li, Yongqing Luo, Zhiying Ning, Ruixiong Wang, Peiyu Wang and Anqi Cong

Water 2019, 11(4), 793; doi:10.3390/w11040793

Urban Water Management

A Comparative Study on a Hydraulic and Water-Quality Analysis Method for Determining Rechlorination Injection Points for a Water-Supply Network

Sang Myoung Lee, Ho Min Lee, Do Guen Yoo and Joong Hoon Kim

Water 2019, 11(4), 697; doi:10.3390/w11040697

Aligning Climate Governance with Urban Water Management: Insights from Transnational City Networks

Jale Tosun and Lucas Leopold

Water 2019, 11(4), 701; doi:10.3390/w11040701

FLIAT, An Object-Relational GIS Tool for Flood Impact Assessment in Flanders, Belgium

Samuel Van Ackere, Jochem Beullens, Wouter Vanneuville, Alain De Wulf and Philippe De Maeyer

Water 2019, 11(4), 711; doi:10.3390/w11040711

Decision Support Concept to Selection of Wastewater Treatment Plant Location—the Case Study of Town of Kutina, Croatia

Nikša Jajac, Ivan Marović, Katarina Rogulj and Jelena Kilić

Water 2019, 11(4), 717; doi:10.3390/w11040717

The Effectiveness of Exfiltration Technology to Support Sponge City Objectives

Edward McBean, Gordon Huang, Aili Yang, Huiyan Cheng, Yicheng Wu, Zheng Liu, Zhineng Dai, Haiyan Fu and Munir Bhatti

Water 2019, 11(4), 723; doi:10.3390/w11040723

Interdisciplinary Collaboration on Green Infrastructure for Urban Watershed Management: An Ohio Case Study

Shawn Dayson Shifflett, Tammy Newcomer-Johnson, Tanner Yess and Scott Jacobs

Water 2019, 11(4), 738; doi:10.3390/w11040738

Residential Flood Loss Assessment and Risk Mapping from High-Resolution Simulation

Zulfahmi Afifi, Hone-Jay Chu, Yen-Lien Kuo, Yung-Chia Hsu, Hock-Kiet Wong and Muhammad Zeeshan Ali

Water 2019, 11(4), 751; doi:10.3390/w11040751

A Comparison of Design Storms for Urban Drainage System Applications

Rosario Balbastre-Soldevila, Rafael García-Bartual and Ignacio Andrés-Doménech

Water 2019, 11(4), 757; doi:10.3390/w11040757

Effects of Urban Forms on Separate Drainage Systems: A Virtual City Perspective

Ning Jia, Robert Sitzenfrei, Wolfgang Rauch, Shan Liang and Yi Liu

Water 2019, 11(4), 758; doi:10.3390/w11040758

Optimised Triangular Weir Design for Assessing the Full-Scale Performance of Green Infrastructure

Mohamad H. El Hattab, Ana Mijic and Dejan Vernon

Water 2019, 11(4), 773; doi:10.3390/w11040773

Research on Hedging Rules Based on Water Supply Priority and Benefit Loss of Water Shortage—A Case Study of Tianjin, China

Baohui Men, Zhijian Wu, Huanlong Liu, Yangsong Li and Yong Zhao

Water 2019, 11(4), 778; doi:10.3390/w11040778

Sizing of Domestic Rainwater Harvesting Systems Using Economic Performance Indicators to Support Water Supply Systems

Shivanita Umapathi, David Pezzaniti, Simon Beecham, David Whaley and Ashok Sharma

Water 2019, 11(4), 783; doi:10.3390/w11040783

Understanding the Costs of Inaction–An Assessment of Pluvial Flood Damages in Two European Cities

Harry Nicklin, Anne Margot Leicher, Carel Dieperink and Kees Van Leeuwen

Water 2019, 11(4), 801; doi:10.3390/w11040801

A New Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Methodology for the Selection of New Water Supply Infrastructure

Henry Amorocho-Daza, Sergio Cabrales, Raquel Santos and Juan Saldarriaga

Water 2019, 11(4), 805; doi:10.3390/w11040805

Evaluation of Green Roof Performance in Mitigating the Impact of Extreme Storms

Xin Liu and Ting Fong May Chui

Water 2019, 11(4), 815; doi:10.3390/w11040815

Historical Self-Comparison of Water Consumption as a Water Demand Management Tool

Yurina Otaki, Hidehito Honda and Kazuhiro Ueda

Water 2019, 11(4), 844; doi:10.3390/w11040844

The Significance of Groundwater Flow Modeling Study for Simulation of Opencast Mine Dewatering, Flooding, and the Environmental Impact

Jacek Szczepiński

Water 2019, 11(4), 848; doi:10.3390/w11040848

Evaluating Curb Inlet Efficiency for Urban Drainage and Road Bioretention Facilities

Xiaoning Li, Xing Fang, Gang Chen, Yongwei Gong, Jianlong Wang and Junqi Li

Water 2019, 11(4), 851; doi:10.3390/w11040851

 

 

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GAO Report: 'Chemical Assessments - Overview of EPA's Efforts to Produce Assessments'

This brief GAO report (27 March 2019) is actually testimony before a Congressional committee: Chemical Assessments: Overview of EPA's Efforts to Produce Assessments.

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Fast Facts
This testimony is based on our recent report on EPA's program that assesses the safety of chemicals used in consumer and industrial products. Critics said the EPA program was slow with results and had an opaque assessment process.

We found EPA made improvements to address both timeliness and transparency. For example, new software tools identified results faster and more accurately. However, in June 2018, EPA leadership directed the program to stop the assessment process during a review of program priorities. In December, EPA announced a new list of chemical assessments, reducing its original assessment workload.

What GAO Found

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program, which prepares human health toxicity assessments of chemicals, has made progress addressing historical timeliness and transparency challenges in the assessment process. Efforts to address timeliness include employing project management principles and specialized software to better plan assessments and utilize staff. To address the need for greater transparency in how the program conducts assessments, IRIS officials and the IRIS Program have implemented systematic review, which provides a structured and transparent process for identifying relevant studies, reviewing their methodological strengths and weaknesses, and integrating these studies as part of a weight of evidence analysis.

 

Since the process improvements were implemented, the program made progress toward producing chemical assessments through May 2018. In June 2018, the EPA Administrator’s office told IRIS officials that they could not release any IRIS-associated documentation without a formal request from EPA program office leadership. In August 2018, according to IRIS officials, program office leadership was asked to reconfirm which of 20 ongoing chemical assessments their offices needed. In late October 2018, prior to releasing results of the initial program and regional office survey, these offices were asked to limit their chemical requests further, to the top three or four assessments. At the same time—4 months after IRIS assessments were stopped from being released—28 of approximately 30 IRIS staff were directed to support implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA), as amended, with 25 to 50 percent of their time, according to officials. When EPA leadership’s deliberations about the program’s priorities were completed, a memorandum was issued on December 4, 2018, that listed 11 chemical assessments that the IRIS Program would develop. Then on December 19, 2018, the Office of Research and Development publicly issued its IRIS Program Outlook, which provided an updated list of 13 assessments. Eleven of the 13 chemicals on the IRIS Program Outlook were requested by two EPA program offices. The memorandum issued earlier in December, gave no indication of when additional assessments could be requested or what the IRIS Program’s workflow would be in the near term.

Why GAO Did This Study
EPA is responsible for reviewing chemicals in commerce and those entering the marketplace. Currently there are more than 40,000 active chemical substances in commerce, with more submitted to EPA for review annually. EPA’s IRIS database contains the agency’s scientific position on the potential human health effects that may result from exposure to various chemicals in the environment. EPA’s IRIS Program, which produces toxicity assessments, has been criticized in the past for timeliness and transparency issues. In response, the IRIS Program committed to making program improvements starting in 2011, which the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently commended. TSCA as amended in 2016 provides EPA with additional authority to review both existing and new chemicals and to regulate those that EPA determines pose unreasonable risks to human health or the environment.

 

This statement describes (1) the extent to which the IRIS Program has addressed identified challenges and (2) made progress toward producing chemical assessments. This statement summarizes our March 2019 report on EPA’s efforts to produce IRIS assessments.  We reviewed program documentation from 2012 through 2019 and applicable EPA guidelines and program NAS and EPA management practices. We interviewed IRIS officials, the leadership (as of October 2018) in EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), and officials from EPA program and regional offices that request or use IRIS assessments on a regular basis. We interviewed representatives from an environmental stakeholder organization and an industry stakeholder organization that both have been involved in chemical regulatory policy and worked with or followed the IRIS Program for the past several years. Our March 2019 report contains a detailed overview of our scope and methodology. GAO reviewed NAS and EPA documents and interviewed officials from EPA and representatives from an environmental and an industry stakeholder organization.

For more information, contact J. Alfredo Gómez, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, at (202) 512-3841 or gomezj@gao.gov.

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Water, Volume 11, Issue 3 (March 2019): Hydrology, Hydraulics, Ecosystems, Water-Energy-Food Nexus, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Management, Governance and More!

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Cover Story Dynamics of the Flow Exchanges between Matrix and Conduits in Karstified Watersheds at Multiple Temporal Scales Vianney Sivelle, David Labat, Naomi Mazzilli, Nicolas Massei and Hervé Jourde Water 2019, 11(3), 569; doi:10.3390/w11030569 Featured Papers The Fantasy of the Grand Inga Hydroelectric Project on the River Congo Jeroen Warner, Sarunas Jomantas, Eliot Jones, Md. Sazzad Ansari and Lotje de Vries Water 2019, 11(3), 407; doi:10.3390/w11030407 Comparison of Flow-Dependent Controllers for Remote Real-Time Pressure Control in a Water Distribution System with Stochastic Consumption Philip R. Page and Enrico Creaco Water 2019, 11(3), 422; doi:10.3390/w11030422 Water Governance in Cities: Current Trends and Future Challenges Oriana Romano and Aziza Akhmouch Water 2019, 11(3), 500; doi:10.3390/w11030500 Rainwater Harvesting for Drinking Water Production: A Sustainable and Cost-Effective Solution in The Netherlands? 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Dias, Audrey-Anne Durand, Philippe Constant, Michèle Prévost and Emilie Bédard Water 2019, 11(3), 627; doi:10.3390/w11030627 Review Water Quality and Ecosystems Ecological and Conservation Value of Small Standing-Water Ecosystems: A Systematic Review of Current Knowledge and Future Challenges Rossano Bolpagni, Sandra Poikane, Alex Laini, Simonetta Bagella, Marco Bartoli and Marco Cantonati Water 2019, 11(3), 402; doi:10.3390/w11030402 Water–Food–Energy Nexus Water, Energy and Food Supply Security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries—A Risk Perspective Mohammad Al-Saidi and Sally Saliba Water 2019, 11(3), 455; doi:10.3390/w11030455 Hydrology Rainfall Spatial Estimations: A Review from Spatial Interpolation to Multi-Source Data Merging Qingfang Hu, Zhe Li, Leizhi Wang, Yong Huang, Yintang Wang and Lingjie Li Water 2019, 11(3), 579; doi:10.3390/w11030579 Research Hydrology An Improved Method Constructing 3D River Channel for Flood Modeling Pengbo Hu, Jingming Hou, Zaixing Zhi, Bingyao Li and Kaihua Guo Water 2019, 11(3), 403; doi:10.3390/w11030403 Modelling of Soil Erosion and Accumulation in an Agricultural Landscape—A Comparison of Selected Approaches Applied at the Small Stream Basin Level in the Czech Republic Jiří Jakubínský, Vilém Pechanec, Jan Procházka and Pavel Cudlín Water 2019, 11(3), 404; doi:10.3390/w11030404 Three-Dimensional Modelling of Heterogeneous Coastal Aquifer: Upscaling from Local Scale Priyanka B.N. and M.S. Mohan Kumar Water 2019, 11(3), 421; doi:10.3390/w11030421 Modelling the Impact on Root Water Uptake and Solute Return Flow of Different Drip Irrigation Regimes with Brackish Water Fairouz Slama, Nessrine Zemni, Fethi Bouksila, Roberto De Mascellis and Rachida Bouhlila Water 2019, 11(3), 425; doi:10.3390/w11030425 Hydrologic Response of Meadow Restoration the First Year Following Removal of Encroached Conifers Christopher Surfleet, Thomas Sanford, Gregory VanOosbree and John Jasbinsek Water 2019, 11(3), 428; doi:10.3390/w11030428 Influence of Topographic Characteristics on the Adaptive Time Interval for Diffusion Wave Simulation Pin-Chun Huang, Kwan Tun Lee and Boris I. Gartsman Water 2019, 11(3), 431; doi:10.3390/w11030431 Effect of Stoniness on the Hydraulic Properties of a Soil from an Evaporation Experiment Using the Wind and Inverse Estimation Methods Nerea Arias, Iñigo Virto, Alberto Enrique, Paloma Bescansa, Riley Walton and Ole Wendroth Water 2019, 11(3), 440; doi:10.3390/w11030440 Evaluation of Four GLUE Likelihood Measures and Behavior of Large Parameter Samples in ISPSO-GLUE for TOPMODEL Huidae Cho, Jeongha Park and Dongkyun Kim Water 2019, 11(3), 447; doi:10.3390/w11030447 Combing Random Forest and Least Square Support Vector Regression for Improving Extreme Rainfall Downscaling Quoc Bao Pham, Tao-Chang Yang, Chen-Min Kuo, Hung-Wei Tseng and Pao-Shan Yu Water 2019, 11(3), 451; doi:10.3390/w11030451 Statistical Study of Rainfall Control: The Dagum Distribution and Applicability to the Southwest of Spain Fernando López-Rodríguez, Justo García-Sanz-Calcedo, Francisco J. Moral-García and Antonio J. García-Conde Water 2019, 11(3), 453; doi:10.3390/w11030453 Study of the Effects of Land Use on Hydrochemistry and Soil Microbial Diversity Hongying Zhang, Zongjun Gao, Mengjie Shi, Shaoyan Fang, Hailong Xu, Yechen Cui and Jiutan Liu Water 2019, 11(3), 466; doi:10.3390/w11030466 Statistical Assessment of Rainfall Characteristics in Upper Blue Nile Basin over the Period from 1953 to 2014 Abeer Samy, Mona G. Ibrahim, Wael Elham Mahmod, Manabu Fujii, Amr Eltawil and Waled Daoud Water 2019, 11(3), 468; doi:10.3390/w11030468 Correlation Analysis Between Groundwater Decline Trend and Human-Induced Factors in Bashang Region Zhen Hao, Hesong Zhao, Chi Zhang, Huicheng Zhou, Hongli Zhao and Hao Wang Water 2019, 11(3), 473; doi:10.3390/w11030473 Assessing the Impacts of Univariate and Bivariate Flood Frequency Approaches to Flood Risk Accounting for Reservoir Operation Ting Zhou, Zhiyong Liu, Juliang Jin and Hongxiang Hu Water 2019, 11(3), 475; doi:10.3390/w11030475 Quantification of Stream Drying Phenomena Using Grid-Based Hydrological Modeling via Long-Term Data Mining throughout South Korea including Ungauged Areas Chunggil Jung, Jiwan Lee, Yonggwan Lee and Seongjoon Kim Water 2019, 11(3), 477; doi:10.3390/w11030477 Numerical Modelling as a Support Tool for River Habitat Studies: An Italian Case Study Michael Nones Water 2019, 11(3), 482; doi:10.3390/w11030482 Mapping Riparian Vegetation Functions Using 3D Bispectral LiDAR Data Marianne Laslier, Laurence Hubert-Moy and Simon Dufour Water 2019, 11(3), 483; doi:10.3390/w11030483 Effects of No-Tillage and Conventional Tillage on Physical and Hydraulic Properties of Fine Textured Soils under Winter Wheat Mirko Castellini, Francesco Fornaro, Pasquale Garofalo, Luisa Giglio, Michele Rinaldi, Domenico Ventrella, Carolina Vitti and Alessandro Vittorio Vonella Water 2019, 11(3), 484; doi:10.3390/w11030484 Comparative Study of Regional Frequency Analysis and Traditional At-Site Hydrological Frequency Analysis Mengrui Li, Xiaodong Li and Tianqi Ao Water 2019, 11(3), 486; doi:10.3390/w11030486 Integration of Isotopic (2H and 18O) and Geophysical Applications to Define a Groundwater Conceptual Model in Semiarid Regions Pacheco-Guerrero Anuard, González-Trinidad Julián, Júnez-Ferreira Hugo, Bautista-Capetillo Carlos, Hernández-Antonio Arturo, Olmos-Trujillo Edith and Ávila-Sandoval Claudia Water 2019, 11(3), 488; doi:10.3390/w11030488 Third-Order Polynomial Normal Transform Applied to Multivariate Hydrologic Extremes Yeou-Koung Tung, Lingwan You and Chulsang Yoo Water 2019, 11(3), 490; doi:10.3390/w11030490 A Model-Based Engineering Methodology and Architecture for Resilience in Systems-of-Systems: A Case of Water Supply Resilience to Flooding Demetrios Joannou, Roy Kalawsky, Sara Saravi, Monica Rivas Casado, Guangtao Fu and Fanlin Meng Water 2019, 11(3), 496; doi:10.3390/w11030496 Effects of Different Land Uses (Abandoned Farmland, Intensive Agriculture and Forest) on Soil Hydrological Properties in Southern Spain Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Demetrio Antonio Zema, Pedro Antonio Plaza-Álvarez, Vesna Zupanc, Jantiene Baartman, Javier Sagra, Javier González-Romero, Daniel Moya and Jorge de las Heras Water 2019, 11(3), 503; doi:10.3390/w11030503 Gridded Flash Flood Risk Index Coupling Statistical Approaches and TOPLATS Land Surface Model for Mountainous Areas Byong-Ju Lee and Sangil Kim Water 2019, 11(3), 504; doi:10.3390/w11030504 Assessment of the Role of Snowmelt in a Flood Event in a Gauged Catchment Jesús Mateo-Lázaro, Jorge Castillo-Mateo, José Ángel Sánchez-Navarro, Víctor Fuertes-Rodríguez, Alejandro García-Gil and Vanesa Edo-Romero Water 2019, 11(3), 506; doi:10.3390/w11030506 Probability Analysis and Control of River Runoff–sediment Characteristics based on Pair-Copula Functions: The Case of the Weihe River and Jinghe River Qiying You, Hao Jiang, Yan Liu, Zhao Liu and Zilong Guan Water 2019, 11(3), 510; doi:10.3390/w11030510 Investigating Influence of Hydrological Regime on Organic Matters Characteristic in a Korean Watershed SangSoo Baek, Hyuk Lee, Jongkwan Park and Kyung Hwa Cho Water 2019, 11(3), 512; doi:10.3390/w11030512 Decline of Fine Suspended Sediments in the Madeira River Basin (2003–2017) Irma Ayes Rivera, Elisa Armijos Cardenas, Raúl Espinoza-Villar, Jhan Carlo Espinoza, Jorge Molina-Carpio, José Max Ayala, Omar Gutierrez-Cori, Jean-Michel Martinez and Naziano Filizola Water 2019, 11(3), 514; doi:10.3390/w11030514 Influence of Abandoning Agricultural Land Use on Hydrophysical Properties of Sandy Soil Edyta Hewelke Water 2019, 11(3), 525; doi:10.3390/w11030525 Future Hydrological Drought Risk Assessment Based on Nonstationary Joint Drought Management Index Jisoo Yu, Tae-Woong Kim and Dong-Hyeok Park Water 2019, 11(3), 532; doi:10.3390/w11030532 Comparative Analysis of High-Resolution Soil Moisture Simulations from the Soil, Vegetation, and Snow (SVS) Land Surface Model Using SAR Imagery Over Bare Soil Mohammed Dabboor, Leqiang Sun, Marco L. Carrera, Matthew Friesen, Amine Merzouki, Heather McNairn, Jarrett Powers and Stéphane Bélair Water 2019, 11(3), 542; doi:10.3390/w11030542 Numerical Analysis of Recharge Rates and Contaminant Travel Time in Layered Unsaturated Soils Adam Szymkiewicz, Julien Savard and Beata Jaworska-Szulc Water 2019, 11(3), 545; doi:10.3390/w11030545<