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Water, Volume 10, Issue 9 (September 2018): Hydraulics, Management, Governance, Hydrology, Energy-Water Nexus, and More!

Large Wood in Rivers - Tradeoffs between Ecology and Flood Risk Management

Water, Volume 10, Issue 9 (September 2018)

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Cover Story

Modelling Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Large Wood Recruitment, Transport, and Deposition at the River Reach Scale during Extreme Floods

Andreas Paul Zischg, Niccolo Galatioto, Silvana Deplazes, Rolf Weingartner and Bruno Mazzorana

Water 2018, 10(9), 1134; doi:10.3390/w10091134

 

Featured Papers

Flood Routing in River Reaches Using a Three-Parameter Muskingum Model Coupled with an Improved Bat Algorithm

Saeed Farzin, Vijay P. Singh, Hojat Karami, Nazanin Farahani, Mohammad Ehteram, Ozgur Kisi, Mohammed Falah Allawi, Nuruol Syuhadaa Mohd and Ahmed El-Shafie

Water 2018, 10(9), 1130; doi:10.3390/w10091130

Biofouling Formation and Bacterial Community Structure in Hybrid Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor-Membrane Bioreactors: Influence of Salinity Concentration

Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez, Juan Carlos Leyva-Diaz, Barbara Muñoz-Palazon, Maria Angustias Rivadeneyra, Miguel Hurtado-Martinez, Daniel Martin-Ramos, Alejandro Gonzalez-Martinez, Jose Manuel Poyatos and Jesus Gonzalez-Lopez

Water 2018, 10(9), 1133; doi:10.3390/w10091133

The Role of ICT in Improving Sequential Decisions for Water Management in Agriculture

Francesco Cavazza, Francesco Galioto, Meri Raggi and Davide Viaggi

Water 2018, 10(9), 1141; doi:10.3390/w10091141

Recent Trends (2012–2016) of N, Si, and P Export from the Nemunas River Watershed: Loads, Unbalanced Stoichiometry, and Threats for Downstream Aquatic Ecosystems

Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Mindaugas Zilius, Laura Saltyte-Vaisiauske and Marco Bartoli

Water 2018, 10(9), 1178; doi:10.3390/w10091178

Contribution of Moisture from Mediterranean Sea to Extreme Precipitation Events over Danube River Basin

Danica Ciric, Raquel Nieto, Alexandre M. Ramos, Anita Drumond and Luis Gimeno

Water 2018, 10(9), 1182; doi:10.3390/w10091182

Spatial Pattern Oriented Multicriteria Sensitivity Analysis of a Distributed Hydrologic Model

Mehmet Cüneyd Demirel, Julian Koch, Gorka Mendiguren and Simon Stisen

Water 2018, 10(9), 1188; doi:10.3390/w10091188

Sustainable Water Resources Management: A Bibliometric Overview

Amador Durán-Sánchez, José Álvarez-García and María de la Cruz del Río-Rama

Water 2018, 10(9), 1191; doi:10.3390/w10091191

Making the Case for a Female-Friendly Toilet

Margaret L. Schmitt, David Clatworthy, Tom Ogello and Marni Sommer

Water 2018, 10(9), 1193; doi:10.3390/w10091193

Willingness to Pay for Rainwater Tank Features: A Post-Drought Analysis of Sydney Water Users

Sorada Tapsuwan, Stephen Cook and Magnus Moglia

Water 2018, 10(9), 1199; doi:10.3390/w10091199

Coupling of Ultrasonic and Photometric Techniques for Synchronous Measurements of Unconfined Turbidity Currents

Richard I. Wilson and Heide Friedrich

Water 2018, 10(9), 1246; doi:10.3390/w10091246

Irrigation Management Based on Reservoir Operation with an Improved Weed Algorithm

Mohammad Ehteram, Vijay P. Singh, Hojat Karami, Khosrow Hosseini, Mojgan Dianatikhah, Md. Shabbir Hossain, Chow Ming Fai and Ahmed El-Shafie

Water 2018, 10(9), 1267; doi:10.3390/w10091267 

Review

Water Resources Management and Governance

Muddy Waters: Refining the Way forward for the “Sustainability Science” of Socio-Hydrogeology

Paul Hynds, Shane Regan, Luisa Andrade, Simon Mooney, Kevin O’Malley, Stephanie DiPelino and Jean O’Dwyer

Water 2018, 10(9), 1111; doi:10.3390/w10091111

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Microbial Electrochemical Technologies for Wastewater Treatment: Principles and Evolution from Microbial Fuel Cells to Bioelectrochemical-Based Constructed Wetlands

Carlos A. Ramírez-Vargas, Amanda Prado, Carlos A. Arias, Pedro N. Carvalho, Abraham Esteve-Núñez and Hans Brix

Water 2018, 10(9), 1128; doi:10.3390/w10091128

Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent Using Membrane Bioreactor: Novel Processes and Their Major Drawbacks

Mohammed Abdulsalam, Hasfalina Che Man, Aida Isma Idris, Khairul Faezah Yunos and Zurina Zainal Abidin

Water 2018, 10(9), 1165; doi:10.3390/w10091165

 

Urban Water Management

Building a Methodology for Assessing Service Quality under Intermittent Domestic Water Supply

Assia Mokssit, Bernard de Gouvello, Aurélie Chazerain, François Figuères and Bruno Tassin

Water 2018, 10(9), 1164; doi:10.3390/w10091164

Hydrology

Explaining Water Pricing through a Water Security Lens

Paula Cecilia Soto Rios, Tariq A. Deen, Nidhi Nagabhatla and Gustavo Ayala

Water 2018, 10(9), 1173; doi:10.3390/w10091173

Water Quality and Ecosystems

Potential Impacts of Induced Bank Filtration on Surface Water Quality: A Conceptual Framework for Future Research

Mikael Gillefalk, Gudrun Massmann, Gunnar Nützmann and Sabine Hilt

Water 2018, 10(9), 1240; doi:10.3390/w10091240

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Research

Hydrology

Recent Changes in the Occurrences and Damages of Floods and Droughts in the United States

Qianqian Zhou, Guoyong Leng and Jian Peng

Water 2018, 10(9), 1109; doi:10.3390/w10091109

Vulnerability Assessment of Dam Water Supply Capacity Based on Bivariate Frequency Analysis Using Copula

Chulsang Yoo and Eunsaem Cho

Water 2018, 10(9), 1113; doi:10.3390/w10091113

Monthly Rainfall-Runoff Modeling at Watershed Scale: A Comparative Study of Data-Driven and Theory-Driven Approaches

Won Chang and Xi Chen

Water 2018, 10(9), 1116; doi:10.3390/w10091116

Variations of the Snow Water Equivalent in the Ourika Catchment (Morocco) over 2000–2018 Using Downscaled MERRA-2 Data

Mohamed Wassim Baba, Simon Gascoin, Lionel Jarlan, Vincent Simonneaux and Lahoucine Hanich

Water 2018, 10(9), 1120; doi:10.3390/w10091120

Intensity and Persistence of Soil Water Repellency in Pine Forest Soil in a Temperate Continental Climate under Drought Conditions

Edyta Hewelke, Lidia Oktaba, Dariusz Gozdowski, Marek Kondras, Izabella Olejniczak and Ewa Beata Górska

Water 2018, 10(9), 1121; doi:10.3390/w10091121

Validation of ECMWF Multi-Layer Reanalysis Soil Moisture Based on the OzNet Hydrology Network

Wenlong Jing, Jia Song and Xiaodan Zhao

Water 2018, 10(9), 1123; doi:10.3390/w10091123

Hydrological Modeling of Climate Change Impacts in a Tropical River Basin: A Case Study of the Cauto River, Cuba

Yalina Montecelos-Zamora, Tereza Cavazos, Thomas Kretzschmar, Enrique R. Vivoni, Gerald Corzo and Eugenio Molina-Navarro

Water 2018, 10(9), 1135; doi:10.3390/w10091135

Minimizing the Principle Stresses of Powerhoused Rock-Fill Dams Using Control Turbine Running Units: Application of Finite Element Method

Ameen Mohammed Salih Ameen, Zainah Ibrahim, Faridah Othman, Nadhir Al-Ansari and Zaher Mundher Yaseen

Water 2018, 10(9), 1138; doi:10.3390/w10091138

Seasonal and Event-Based Hydrological and Slope Stability Modeling of Pyroclastic Fall Deposits Covering Slopes in Campania (Southern Italy)

Pantaleone De Vita, Francesco Fusco, Rita Tufano and Delia Cusano

Water 2018, 10(9), 1140; doi:10.3390/w10091140

Improved Inverse Modeling by Separating Model Structural and Observational Errors

Qin-Bo Cheng, Xi Chen, Dan-Dan Cheng, Yan-Yan Wu and Yong-Yu Xie

Water 2018, 10(9), 1151; doi:10.3390/w10091151

Analysis of Natural Streamflow Variation and Its Influential Factors on the Yellow River from 1957 to 2010

Jie Wu, Zhihui Wang, Zengchuan Dong, Qiuhong Tang, Xizhi Lv and Guotao Dong

Water 2018, 10(9), 1155; doi:10.3390/w10091155

Multiple Linear Regression Models for Predicting Nonpoint-Source Pollutant Discharge from a Highland Agricultural Region

Jae Heon Cho and Jong Ho Lee

Water 2018, 10(9), 1156; doi:10.3390/w10091156

Artificial Neural Network and Multiple Linear Regression for Flood Prediction in Mohawk River, New York

Katerina Tsakiri, Antonios Marsellos and Stelios Kapetanakis

Water 2018, 10(9), 1158; doi:10.3390/w10091158

Application of the 2D Depth-Averaged Model, FLATModel, to Pumiceous Debris Flows in the Amalfi Coast

Maria Nicolina Papa, Luca Sarno, Francesco Saverio Vitiello and Vicente Medina

Water 2018, 10(9), 1159; doi:10.3390/w10091159

Impact of Rain Gauges Distribution on the Runoff Simulation of a Small Mountain Catchment in Southern Ecuador

Adrián Sucozhañay and Rolando Célleri

Water 2018, 10(9), 1169; doi:10.3390/w10091169

Isotopic Characteristics of Precipitation and Origin of Moisture Sources in Hemuqiao Catchment, a Small Watershed in the Lower Reach of Yangtze River

Simin Qu, Xueqiu Chen, Yifan Wang, Peng Shi, Shuai Shan, Jianfeng Gou and Peng Jiang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1170; doi:10.3390/w10091170

Modified Richards’ Equation to Improve Estimates of Soil Moisture in Two-Layered Soils after Infiltration

Honglin Zhu, Tingxi Liu, Baolin Xue, Yinglan A. and Guoqiang Wang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1174; doi:10.3390/w10091174

The Influence of Groundwater on the Sliding and Deposition Behaviors of Cataclinal Slopes

Cheng-Hsueh Weng, Ming-Lang Lin, Chia-Ming Lo and Hsi-Hung Lin

Water 2018, 10(9), 1179; doi:10.3390/w10091179

Assessing Regional Climate Models (RCMs) Ensemble-Driven Reference Evapotranspiration over Spain

Patricia Olmos Giménez and Sandra G. García-Galiano

Water 2018, 10(9), 1181; doi:10.3390/w10091181

A Method for Detecting Abrupt Change of Sediment Discharge in the Loess Plateau, China

Dandan Shen, Weimin Bao and Peng Ni

Water 2018, 10(9), 1183; doi:10.3390/w10091183

Water Quantity and Quality under Future Climate and Societal Scenarios: A Basin-Wide Approach Applied to the Sorraia River, Portugal

Carina Almeida, Tiago B. Ramos, Pedro Segurado, Paulo Branco, Ramiro Neves and Rodrigo Proença de Oliveira

Water 2018, 10(9), 1186; doi:10.3390/w10091186

A Copula-Based Bayesian Network for Modeling Compound Flood Hazard from Riverine and Coastal Interactions at the Catchment Scale: An Application to the Houston Ship Channel, Texas

Anaïs Couasnon, Antonia Sebastian and Oswaldo Morales-Nápoles

Water 2018, 10(9), 1190; doi:10.3390/w10091190

Land Use and Land Cover Changes and Their Effect on the Flow Regime in the Upstream Dong Nai River Basin, Vietnam

Nguyen Cung Que Truong, Hong Quan Nguyen and Akihiko Kondoh

Water 2018, 10(9), 1206; doi:10.3390/w10091206

Winter Wheat Evapotranspiration Estimation under Drought Stress during Several Growth Stages in Huaibei Plain, China

Yi Cui, Shangming Jiang, Ping Feng, Juliang Jin and Hongwei Yuan

Water 2018, 10(9), 1208; doi:10.3390/w10091208

Calculation of Comprehensive Ecological Flow with Weighted Multiple Methods Considering Hydrological Alteration

Zhenxiang Xing, Yinan Wang, Xinglong Gong, Jingyan Wu, Yi Ji and Qiang Fu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1212; doi:10.3390/w10091212

New Hybrids of ANFIS with Several Optimization Algorithms for Flood Susceptibility Modeling

Dieu Tien Bui, Khabat Khosravi, Shaojun Li, Himan Shahabi, Mahdi Panahi, Vijay P. Singh, Kamran Chapi, Ataollah Shirzadi, Somayeh Panahi, Wei Chen and Baharin Bin Ahmad

Water 2018, 10(9), 1210; doi:10.3390/w10091210

An Integrated Hydrological-Hydraulic Model for Simulating Surface Water Flows of a Shallow Lake Surrounded by Large Floodplains

Tomohiro Tanaka, Hidekazu Yoshioka, Sokly Siev, Hideto Fujii, Yoichi Fujihara, Keisuke Hoshikawa, Sarann Ly and Chihiro Yoshimura

Water 2018, 10(9), 1213; doi:10.3390/w10091213

An Integrated Statistical Method to Generate Potential Future Climate Scenarios to Analyse Droughts

Antonio-Juan Collados-Lara, David Pulido-Velazquez and Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza

Water 2018, 10(9), 1224; doi:10.3390/w10091224

The Role of Attenuation and Land Management in Small Catchments to Remove Sediment and Phosphorus: A Modelling Study of Mitigation Options and Impacts

Russell Adams, Paul Quinn, Nick Barber and Sim Reaney

Water 2018, 10(9), 1227; doi:10.3390/w10091227

Quantitative Agricultural Flood Risk Assessment Using Vulnerability Surface and Copula Functions

Yongfang Wang, Guixiang Liu, Enliang Guo and Xiangjun Yun

Water 2018, 10(9), 1229; doi:10.3390/w10091229

Variation Analysis of Streamflows from 1956 to 2016 Along the Yellow River, China

Xiujie Wang, Bernard Engel, Ximin Yuan and Peixian Yuan

Water 2018, 10(9), 1231; doi:10.3390/w10091231

Regression Approaches for Hydrograph Separation: Implications for the Use of Discontinuous Electrical Conductivity Data

Antonia Longobardi, Paolo Villani, Domenico Guida and Albina Cuomo

Water 2018, 10(9), 1235; doi:10.3390/w10091235

Improving Reservoir Operation Criteria to Stabilize Water Supplies in a Multipurpose Dam: Focused on Nakdong River Basin in Korea

Jungmin Kim, Jinhyeog Park, Suhyung Jang, Hyungsan Kim and Hyunwoong Kang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1236; doi:10.3390/w10091236

Influence of Land and Water Rights on Land Degradation in Central Asia

Ekaterina Strikeleva, Iskandar Abdullaev and Tais Reznikova

Water 2018, 10(9), 1242; doi:10.3390/w10091242

Simulation of Runoff and Glacier Mass Balance and Sensitivity Analysis in a Glacierized Basin, North-Eastern Qinhai-Tibetan Plateau, China

Xiaopeng Zhang, Xiang Qin, Chunhai Xu and Yushuo Liu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1259; doi:10.3390/w10091259

Development and Integration of Sub-Daily Flood Modelling Capability within the SWAT Model and a Comparison with XAJ Model

Dachen Li, Simin Qu, Peng Shi, Xueqiu Chen, Feng Xue, Jianfeng Gou and Wenhao Zhang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1263; doi:10.3390/w10091263

An Improved Grid-Xinanjiang Model and Its Application in the Jinshajiang Basin, China

Changqing Meng, Jianzhong Zhou, Deyu Zhong, Chao Wang and Jun Guo

Water 2018, 10(9), 1265; doi:10.3390/w10091265

Development of RiverBox—An ArcGIS Toolbox for River Bathymetry Reconstruction

Tomasz Dysarz

Water 2018, 10(9), 1266; doi:10.3390/w10091266

Preliminary Study of Computational Time Steps in a Physically Based Distributed Rainfall–Runoff Model

Yun Seok Choi, Mun-Ju Shin and Kyung Tak Kim

Water 2018, 10(9), 1269; doi:10.3390/w10091269

Trend and Change-Point Analysis of Streamflow and Sediment Discharge of the Gongshui River in China during the Last 60 Years

Li-Ping Guo, Qiang Yu, Peng Gao, Xiao-Fei Nie, Kai-Tao Liao, Xiu-Long Chen, Jian-Min Hu and Xing-Min Mu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1273; doi:10.3390/w10091273

Developing Hydro-Meteorological Thresholds for Shallow Landslide Initiation and Early Warning

Benjamin B. Mirus, Michael D. Morphew and Joel B. Smith

Water 2018, 10(9), 1274; doi:10.3390/w10091274

Diurnal and Semidiurnal Cyclicity of Radon (²²²Rn) in Groundwater, Giardino Spring, Central Apennines, Italy

Marino Domenico Barberio, Francesca Gori, Maurizio Barbieri, Andrea Billi, Roberto Devoti, Carlo Doglioni, Marco Petitta, Federica Riguzzi and Sergio Rusi

Water 2018, 10(9), 1276; doi:10.3390/w10091276

Detecting the Dominant Cause of Streamflow Decline in the Loess Plateau of China Based onthe Latest Budyko Equation

Jing Zhao, Shengzhi Huang, Qiang Huang, Hao Wang and Guoyong Leng

Water 2018, 10(9), 1277; doi:10.3390/w10091277

Projected Changes in Hydrological Extremes in the Yangtze River Basin with an Ensemble of Regional Climate Simulations

Huanghe Gu, Zhongbo Yu, Chuanguo Yang and Qin Ju

Water 2018, 10(9), 1279; doi:10.3390/w10091279

Building ANN-Based Regional Multi-Step-Ahead Flood Inundation Forecast Models

Li-Chiu Chang, Mohd Zaki M. Amin, Shun-Nien Yang and Fi-John Chang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1283; doi:10.3390/w10091283

Water Resources Management and Governance

Multi-Objective Optimization of Resilient Design of the Multipurpose Reservoir in Conditions of Uncertain Climate Change

Stanislav Paseka, Zoran Kapelan and Daniel Marton

Water 2018, 10(9), 1110; doi:10.3390/w10091110

Evaluation of Potential Evapotranspiration Based on CMADS Reanalysis Dataset over China

Ye Tian, Kejun Zhang, Yue-Ping Xu, Xichao Gao and Jie Wang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1126; doi:10.3390/w10091126

Towards a New Paradigm of Urban Water Infrastructure: Identifying Goals and Strategies to Support Multi-Benefit Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Sasha Harris-Lovett, Judit Lienert and David L. Sedlak

Water 2018, 10(9), 1127; doi:10.3390/w10091127

Water Resources Carrying Capacity Analysis of YarLung Tsangpo River Basin (I)

Lili Wang, Zhonggen Wang and Xiaocong Liu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1131; doi:10.3390/w10091131

Drivers of Ecosystem Metabolism in Two Managed Shallow Lakes with Different Salinity and Trophic Conditions: The Sauce Grande and La Salada Lakes (Argentina)

María Belén Alfonso, Andrea Soledad Brendel, Alejandro José Vitale, Carina Seitz, María Cintia Piccolo and Gerardo Miguel Eduardo Perillo

Water 2018, 10(9), 1136; doi:10.3390/w10091136

Using a Hierarchical Approach to Calibrate SWAT and Predict the Semi-Arid Hydrologic Regime of Northeastern Brazil

Carlos A. S. Santos, Carina Almeida, Tiago B. Ramos, Felizardo A. Rocha, Rodrigo Oliveira and Ramiro Neves

Water 2018, 10(9), 1137; doi:10.3390/w10091137

Optimizing Policy for Balanced Industrial Profit and Water Pollution Control under a Complex Socioecological System Using a Multiagent-Based Model

Caiyun Deng, Hongrui Wang, Weiguang Zhang and Zhiqian Jiao

Water 2018, 10(9), 1139; doi:10.3390/w10091139

Utilization Characteristics and Sustainability Evaluation of Water Resources in China

Jingxin Sun, Xiang Yu, Qishan Xiao, Jianfeng Song and Shikun Sun

Water 2018, 10(9), 1142; doi:10.3390/w10091142

Modeling Landscape Change Effects on Stream Temperature Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool

Mamoon Mustafa, Brad Barnhart, Meghna Babbar-Sebens and Darren Ficklin

Water 2018, 10(9), 1143; doi:10.3390/w10091143

Response of the Downstream Braided Channel to Zhikong Reservoir on Lhasa River

Xinyu Wu, Zhiwei Li, Peng Gao, Cao Huang and Tiesong Hu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1144; doi:10.3390/w10091144

Water Quality Prediction Method Based on IGRA and LSTM

Jian Zhou, Yuanyuan Wang, Fu Xiao, Yunyun Wang and Lijuan Sun

Water 2018, 10(9), 1148; doi:10.3390/w10091148

Organochlorine Pollutants within a Polythermal Glacier in the Interior Eastern Alaska Range

Kimberley R. Miner, Seth Campbell, Christopher Gerbi, Anna Liljedahl, Therese Anderson, L. Brian Perkins, Steven Bernsen, Tiffany Gatesman and Karl J. Kreutz

Water 2018, 10(9), 1157; doi:10.3390/w10091157

Impact of Coal Resource Development on Streamflow Characteristics: Influence of Climate Variability and Climate Change

Francis H. S. Chiew, Guobin Fu, David A. Post, Yongqiang Zhang, Biao Wang and Neil R. Viney

Water 2018, 10(9), 1161; doi:10.3390/w10091161

Investigating the Dynamic Influence of Hydrological Model Parameters on Runoff Simulation Using Sequential Uncertainty Fitting-2-Based Multilevel-Factorial-Analysis Method

Shuai Zhou, Yimin Wang, Jianxia Chang, Aijun Guo and Ziyan Li

Water 2018, 10(9), 1177; doi:10.3390/w10091177

Water Resource Optimal Allocation Based on Multi-Agent Game Theory of HanJiang River Basin

Qi Han, Guangming Tan, Xiang Fu, Yadong Mei and Zhenyu Yang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1184; doi:10.3390/w10091184

Study on the Water Resource Carrying Capacity in the Middle Reaches of the Heihe River Based on Water Resource Allocation

Ruining Jia, Xiaohui Jiang, Xingxing Shang and Chen Wei

Water 2018, 10(9), 1203; doi:10.3390/w10091203

Evaluation and Hydrological Application of CMADS against TRMM 3B42V7, PERSIANN-CDR, NCEP-CFSR, and Gauge-Based Datasets in Xiang River Basin of China

Xichao Gao, Qian Zhu, Zhiyong Yang and Hao Wang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1225; doi:10.3390/w10091225

Values and Preferences for Domestic Water Use: A Study from the Transboundary River Basin of Mékrou (West Africa)

Vasileios Markantonis, Celine Dondeynaz, Dionysis Latinopoulos, Kostas Bithas, Ioannis Trichakis, Yèkambèssoun N’Tcha M’Po and Cesar Carmona Moreno

Water 2018, 10(9), 1232; doi:10.3390/w10091232

Evaluating Equity and Inclusion in Access to Water and Sanitation for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in Wukro, Ethiopia

Ruben Jimenez-Redal, Natalie Holowko, Jabier Almandoz, Javier Soriano, Francisco Arregui and Francesc Magrinya

Water 2018, 10(9), 1237; doi:10.3390/w10091237

A Framework for Assessing Instream Supporting Ecosystem Services Based on Hydroecological Modelling

Sikhululekile Ncube, Annie Visser and Lindsay Beevers

Water 2018, 10(9), 1247; doi:10.3390/w10091247

Optimal Operation of Cascade Reservoirs for Flood Control of Multiple Areas Downstream: A Case Study in the Upper Yangtze River Basin

Chao Zhou, Na Sun, Lu Chen, Yi Ding, Jianzhong Zhou, Gang Zha, Guanglei Luo, Ling Dai and Xin Yang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1250; doi:10.3390/w10091250

Investigating the Effects of Social Trust and Perceived Organizational Support on Irrigation Management Performance in Rural China

Liu Yang, Anthony Rezitis, Yuchun Zhu and Yang Ren

Water 2018, 10(9), 1252; doi:10.3390/w10091252

A Novel Methodology for Multiple-Year Regulation of Reservoir Active Storage Capacity

Panayotis C. Yannopoulos and Alexander C. Demetracopoulos

Water 2018, 10(9), 1254; doi:10.3390/w10091254

Assessing Slope Forest Effect on Flood Process Caused by a Short-Duration Storm in a Small Catchment

Jingming Hou, Kaihua Guo, Feifei Liu, Hao Han, Qiuhua Liang, Yu Tong and Peng Li

Water 2018, 10(9), 1256; doi:10.3390/w10091256

Future Predictions of Rainfall and Temperature Using GCM and ANN for Arid Regions: A Case Study for the Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Khalid Alotaibi, Abdul Razzaq Ghumman, Husnain Haider, Yousry Mahmoud Ghazaw and Md. Shafiquzzaman

Water 2018, 10(9), 1260; doi:10.3390/w10091260

A Systematic Operation Program of a Hydropower Plant Based on Minimizing the Principal Stress: Haditha Dam Case Study

Jing Li, Ameen Mohammed Salih Ameen, Thamer Ahmad Mohammad, Nadhir Al-Ansari and Zaher Mundher Yaseen

Water 2018, 10(9), 1270; doi:10.3390/w10091270

Community-Managed Water Supply Systems in Rural Uganda: The Role of Participation and Capacity Development

Daniel Etongo, G. Honor Fagan, Consolata Kabonesa and Richard Asaba B.

Water 2018, 10(9), 1271; doi:10.3390/w10091271

Interval Multi-Attribute Decision of Watershed Ecological Compensation Schemes Based on Projection Pursuit Cluster

Ming Zhang, Jinghong Zhou and Runjuan Zhou

Water 2018, 10(9), 1280; doi:10.3390/w10091280

Irrigation Canal System Delivery Scheduling Based on a Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Ye Liu, Ting Yang, Rong-Heng Zhao, Yi-Bo Li, Wen-Ju Zhao and Xiao-Yi Ma

Water 2018, 10(9), 1281; doi:10.3390/w10091281

Urban Water Management

Application of Bayesian Approach to Dynamic Assessment of Flood in Urban Underground Spaces

Jiansong Wu, Weipeng Fang, Zhuqiang Hu and Bangzhao Hong

Water 2018, 10(9), 1112; doi:10.3390/w10091112

Drag Effect of Water Consumption on Urbanization—A Case Study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2000 to 2015

Min An, Van Butsic, Weijun He, Zhaofang Zhang, Teng Qin, Zhengwei Huang and Liang Yuan

Water 2018, 10(9), 1115; doi:10.3390/w10091115

Simultaneous Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Roadway Stormwater Runoff Using Different Filter Media in Column Studies

Tadele Measho Haile and Maria Fuerhacker

Water 2018, 10(9), 1160; doi:10.3390/w10091160

Optimization of China Sponge City Design: The Case of Lincang Technology Innovation Park

Nan Li, Chengxin Qin and Pengfei Du

Water 2018, 10(9), 1189; doi:10.3390/w10091189

Estimating the Infiltration Area for Concentrated Stormwater Spreading over Grassed and Other Slopes

John S. Tyner, Daniel C. Yoder, Jacob Parker and William C. Credille

Water 2018, 10(9), 1200; doi:10.3390/w10091200

The Influence of Geotextile Type and Position in a Porous Asphalt Pavement System on Pb (II) Removal from Stormwater

Yao Zhao, Shuyu Zhou, Chen Zhao and Caterina Valeo

Water 2018, 10(9), 1205; doi:10.3390/w10091205

Factors Affecting Runoff Retention Performance of Extensive Green Roofs

Yongwei Gong, Dingkun Yin, Xing Fang and Junqi Li

Water 2018, 10(9), 1217; doi:10.3390/w10091217

Enhancing Residential Water End Use Pattern Recognition Accuracy Using Self-Organizing Maps and K-Means Clustering Techniques: Autoflow v3.1

Ao Yang, Hong Zhang, Rodney A. Stewart and Khoi Nguyen

Water 2018, 10(9), 1221; doi:10.3390/w10091221

Improving Water Distribution Systems Robustness through Optimal Valve Installation

Young Hwan Choi, Donghwi Jung, Hwandon Jun and Joong Hoon Kim

Water 2018, 10(9), 1223; doi:10.3390/w10091223

Sewer Condition Prediction and Analysis of Explanatory Factors

Tuija Laakso, Teemu Kokkonen, Ilkka Mellin and Riku Vahala

Water 2018, 10(9), 1239; doi:10.3390/w10091239

Evaporation from (Blue-)Green Roofs: Assessing the Benefits of a Storage and Capillary Irrigation System Based on Measurements and Modeling

Dirk Gijsbert Cirkel, Bernard R. Voortman, Thijs van Veen and Ruud P. Bartholomeus

Water 2018, 10(9), 1253; doi:10.3390/w10091253

Risk Assessment of Upper-Middle Reaches of Luanhe River Basin in Sudden Water Pollution Incidents Based on Control Units of Water Function Areas

Yao Xiao, Suiliang Huang, Jianguo Zhou, Fanqing Kong, Mingzhe Liu and Ying Li

Water 2018, 10(9), 1268; doi:10.3390/w10091268

Framework for WASH Sector Data Improvements in Data-Poor Environments, Applied to Accra, Ghana

Rembrandt H. E. M. Koppelaar, May N. Sule, Zoltán Kis, Foster K. Mensah, Xiaonan Wang, Charalampos Triantafyllidis, Koen H. van Dam and Nilay Shah

Water 2018, 10(9), 1278; doi:10.3390/w10091278

How Environmental Protection Motivation Influences on Residents’ Recycled Water Reuse Behaviors: A Case Study in Xi’an City

Xiaojun Liu, Yuqi He, Hanliang Fu, Baiyu Chen, Mengmeng Wang and Zelin Wang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1282; doi:10.3390/w10091282

Thermal and Hydrodynamic Changes under a Warmer Climate in a Variably Stratified Hypereutrophic Reservoir

Raymond Mark Lee, Trent Wade Biggs and Xing Fang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1284; doi:10.3390/w10091284

Water–Food–Energy Nexus

Operational Evaluation of a Small Hydropower Plant in the Context of Sustainable Development

Natalia Walczak

Water 2018, 10(9), 1114; doi:10.3390/w10091114

Irrigation Governance in Developing Countries: Current Problems and Solutions

Enrique Playán, Juan Antonio Sagardoy and Rosendo Castillo

Water 2018, 10(9), 1118; doi:10.3390/w10091118

Optimization-Based Agricultural Water-Saving Potential Analysis in Minqin County, Gansu Province China

Qiong Yue, Fan Zhang and Ping Guo

Water 2018, 10(9), 1125; doi:10.3390/w10091125

Quantification of Daily Water Requirements of Container-Grown Calathea and StromantheProduced in a Shaded Greenhouse

Richard C. Beeson and Jianjun Chen

Water 2018, 10(9), 1194; doi:10.3390/w10091194

Numerical Simulation of Gate Control for Unsteady Irrigation Flow to Improve Water Use Efficiency in Farming

Tianyu Fang, Yu Gu, Xiangli He, Xiaodong Liu, Yu Han and Jian Chen

Water 2018, 10(9), 1196; doi:10.3390/w10091196

Hydropower Future: Between Climate Change, Renewable Deployment, Carbon and Fuel Prices

Alessandro Ranzani, Mattia Bonato, Epari Ritesh Patro, Ludovic Gaudard and Carlo De Michele

Water 2018, 10(9), 1197; doi:10.3390/w10091197

Estimating Changes in the Green Water Productivity of Cropping Systems in Northern Shaanxi Province in China’s Loess Plateau

Jinping Wang, Jinzhu Ma, Afton Clarke-Sather and Jiansheng Qu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1198; doi:10.3390/w10091198

Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals the Importance of Riparian Resources as Carbon Subsidies for Fish Species in the Daning River, a Tributary of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Huatang Deng, Yun Li, Mingdian Liu, Xinbin Duan, Shaoping Liu and Daqing Chen

Water 2018, 10(9), 1233; doi:10.3390/w10091233

Describing and Visualizing a Water–Energy–Food Nexus System

Aiko Endo, Terukazu Kumazawa, Michinori Kimura, Makoto Yamada, Takaaki Kato and Kouji Kozaki

Water 2018, 10(9), 1245; doi:10.3390/w10091245

Hydraulics

Attenuation of Tides and Surges by Mangroves: Contrasting Case Studies from New Zealand

John M. Montgomery, Karin R. Bryan, Erik M. Horstman and Julia C. Mullarney

Water 2018, 10(9), 1119; doi:10.3390/w10091119

Characterizing Near-Surface Fractured-Rock Aquifers: Insights Provided by the Numerical Analysis of Electrical Resistivity Experiments

Serdar Demirel, Delphine Roubinet, James Irving and Emily Voytek

Water 2018, 10(9), 1117; doi:10.3390/w10091117

Transient Analysis of Grout Penetration With Time-Dependent Viscosity Inside 3D Fractured Rock Mass by Unified Pipe-Network Method

Zizheng Sun, Xiao Yan, Rentai Liu, Zhenhao Xu, Shucai Li and Yiming Zhang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1122; doi:10.3390/w10091122

Development of Bubble Characteristics on Chute Spillway Bottom

Ruidi Bai, Chang Liu, Bingyang Feng, Shanjun Liu and Faxing Zhang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1129; doi:10.3390/w10091129

Numerical Simulation of Wave Propagation, Breaking, and Setup on Steep Fringing Reefs

Shanju Zhang, Liangsheng Zhu and Jianhua Li

Water 2018, 10(9), 1147; doi:10.3390/w10091147

Experimental Investigations of Interactions between Sand Wave Movements, Flow Structure, and Individual Aquatic Plants in Natural Rivers: A Case Study of Potamogeton Pectinatus L.

Łukasz Przyborowski, Anna Maria Łoboda and Robert Józef Bialik

Water 2018, 10(9), 1166; doi:10.3390/w10091166

Laboratory Investigation on the Evolution of a Sandy Beach Nourishment Protected by a Mixed Soft–Hard System

Alessandra Saponieri, Nico Valentini, Marcello Di Risio, Davide Pasquali and Leonardo Damiani

Water 2018, 10(9), 1171; doi:10.3390/w10091171

In-Situ and Numerical Investigation of Groundwater Inrush Hazard from Grouted Karst Collapse Pillar in Longwall Mining

Dan Ma, Xin Cai, Qiang Li and Hongyu Duan

Water 2018, 10(9), 1187; doi:10.3390/w10091187

Experiments on Turbulence Intensity and Bubble Frequency in Self-Aerated Open Channel Flows

Ruidi Bai, Faxing Zhang, Shanjun Liu and Wei Wang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1201; doi:10.3390/w10091201

Experimental Study of Influence of Karst Aquifer on the Law of Water Inrush in Tunnels

Weimin Yang, Zhongdong Fang, Xin Yang, Shaoshuai Shi, Jing Wang, Hao Wang, Lin Bu, Liping Li, Zongqing Zhou and Xueqing Li

Water 2018, 10(9), 1211; doi:10.3390/w10091211

Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity Trends and Habitat Relationships within Headwater Rivers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Mengzhen Xu, Na Zhao, Xiongdong Zhou, Baozhu Pan, Wei Liu, Shimin Tian and Zhaoyin Wang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1214; doi:10.3390/w10091214

Application of a Coastal Vulnerability Index. A Case Study along the Apulian Coastline, Italy

Daniela Pantusa, Felice D’Alessandro, Luigia Riefolo, Francesca Principato and Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio

Water 2018, 10(9), 1218; doi:10.3390/w10091218

Study of Hydrodynamic Interference of Vertical-Axis Tidal Turbine Array

Guangnian Li, Qingren Chen and Hanbin Gu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1228; doi:10.3390/w10091228

Evaluation of the Non-Darcy Effect of Water Inrush from Karst Collapse Columns by Means of a Nonlinear Flow Model

Yi Xue, Teng Teng, Lin Zhu, Mingming He, Jie Ren, Xun Dong and Fei Liu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1234; doi:10.3390/w10091234

Mathematical Modeling of Ice Dynamics as a Decision Support Tool in River Engineering

Tomasz Kolerski

Water 2018, 10(9), 1241; doi:10.3390/w10091241

A Hooked-Collar for Bridge Piers Protection: Flow Fields and Scour

Su-Chin Chen, Samkele Tfwala, Tsung-Yuan Wu, Hsun-Chuan Chan and Hsien-Ter Chou

Water 2018, 10(9), 1251; doi:10.3390/w10091251

Estimation of Precipitation Evolution from Desert to Oasis Using Information Entropy Theory: A Case Study in Tarim Basin of Northwestern China

Xiangyang Zhou, Zhipan Niu and Wenjuan Lei

Water 2018, 10(9), 1258; doi:10.3390/w10091258

Assessing the Analytical Solution of One-Dimensional Gravity Wave Model Equations Using Dam-Break Experimental Measurements

Wenjun Liu, Bo Wang, Yunliang Chen, Chao Wu and Xin Liu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1261; doi:10.3390/w10091261

Experimental Study on the Impact Characteristics of Cavitation Bubble Collapse on a Wall

Jing Luo, Weilin Xu, Jun Deng, Yanwei Zhai and Qi Zhang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1262; doi:10.3390/w10091262

Collapsing Mechanisms of the Typical Cohesive Riverbank along the Ningxia–Inner Mongolia Catchment

Guosheng Duan, Anping Shu, Matteo Rubinato, Shu Wang and Fuyang Zhu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1272; doi:10.3390/w10091272

Water Quality and Ecosystems

The Integration of Nature-Inspired Algorithms with Least Square Support Vector Regression Models: Application to Modeling River Dissolved Oxygen Concentration

Zaher Mundher Yaseen, Mohammad Ehteram, Ahmad Sharafati, Shamsuddin Shahid, Nadhir Al-Ansari and Ahmed El-Shafie

Water 2018, 10(9), 1124; doi:10.3390/w10091124

Quantity and Quality of Surface and Subsurface Runoff from an Eroded Loess Slope Used for Agricultural Purposes

Andrzej Mazur

Water 2018, 10(9), 1132; doi:10.3390/w10091132

Multi-Parameter Compensation Method for Accurate In Situ Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter Monitoring and Properties Characterization

Guilherme F. de Oliveira, Edoardo Bertone, Rodney A. Stewart, John Awad, Aleicia Holland, Kelvin O’Halloran and Steve Bird

Water 2018, 10(9), 1146; doi:10.3390/w10091146

First-Principles Study on the Migration of Heavy Metal Ions in Ice-Water Medium from Ulansuhai Lake

Chi Sun, Changyou Li, Jianjun Liu, Xiaohong Shi, Shengnan Zhao, Yong Wu and Weidong Tian

Water 2018, 10(9), 1149; doi:10.3390/w10091149

The Functioning of a Water Body Within a Fluvio-Lacustrine System as an Effect of Excessive Nitrogen Loading—The Case of Lake Symsar and its Drainage Area (Northeastern Poland)

Angela Kuriata-Potasznik

Water 2018, 10(9), 1163; doi:10.3390/w10091163

Hydrological Performance and Runoff Water Quality of Experimental Green Roofs

Grzegorz Pęczkowski, Tomasz Kowalczyk, Katarzyna Szawernoga, Wojciech Orzepowski, Romuald Żmuda and Ryszard Pokładek

Water 2018, 10(9), 1185; doi:10.3390/w10091185

Threshold Responses of Macroinvertebrate Communities to Stream Velocity in Relation to Hydropower Dam: A Case Study from The Guayas River Basin (Ecuador)

Thi Hanh Tien Nguyen, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Pieter Boets, Koen Lock, Minar Naomi Damanik Ambarita, Natalija Suhareva, Gert Everaert, Christine Van der heyden, Luis Elvin Dominguez-Granda, Thu Huong Thi Hoang and Peter Goethals

Water 2018, 10(9), 1195; doi:10.3390/w10091195

The Contribution of Different Restored Habitats to Fish Diversity and Population Development in a Highly Modified River: A Case Study from the River Günz

Joachim Pander and Juergen Geist

Water 2018, 10(9), 1202; doi:10.3390/w10091202

Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Quality Assessment of Groundwater in a Long-Term Reclaimed Water Irrigation Area, North China Plain

Xiaomin Gu, Yong Xiao, Shiyang Yin, Qichen Hao, Honglu Liu, Zhongyong Hao, Geping Meng, Qiuming Pei and Huijun Yan

Water 2018, 10(9), 1209; doi:10.3390/w10091209

Adsorption of Aclonifen, Alachlor, Cd and Cu onto Natural River Suspended Matter in the Context of Multi-Pollutions: Influence of Contaminant Co-Presence and Order of Input into the Aqueous Solution

Desiree El Azzi, François Laurent, Vincent Roussiez, Lei Chou, Maritxu Guiresse and Jean-Luc Probst

Water 2018, 10(9), 1222; doi:10.3390/w10091222

Soil Moisture, Grass Production and Mesquite Resprout Architecture Following Mesquite Above-Ground Mortality

R. James Ansley, Tian Zhang and Caitlyn Cooper

Water 2018, 10(9), 1243; doi:10.3390/w10091243

Water Quality as an Indicator of Stream Restoration Effects—A Case Study of the Kwacza River Restoration Project

Natalia Mrozińska, Katarzyna Glińska-Lewczuk, Paweł Burandt, Szymon Kobus, Wojciech Gotkiewicz, Monika Szymańska, Martyna Bąkowska and Krystian Obolewski

Water 2018, 10(9), 1249; doi:10.3390/w10091249

Effect of Water Management Technology Used in Trout Culture on Water Quality in Fish Ponds

Marcin Sidoruk and Ireneusz Cymes

Water 2018, 10(9), 1264; doi:10.3390/w10091264

Maternal Environment Effect of Warming and Eutrophication on the Emergence of Curled Pondweed, Potamogeton crispus L.

Chao Li, Tao Wang, Min Zhang and Jun Xu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1285; doi:10.3390/w10091285

Water Use and Scarcity

Impact of Social Factors in Agricultural Production on the Crop Water Footprint in Xinjiang, China

Pei Zhang, Xiaoya Deng, Aihua Long, Yang Hai, Yang Li, Hao Wang and Hailiang Xu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1145; doi:10.3390/w10091145

Considering Abrupt Change in Rainfall for Flood Season Division: A Case Study of the Zhangjia Zhuang Reservoir, Based on a New Model

Li Tang and Yongbo Zhang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1152; doi:10.3390/w10091152

Advances in the Economic Analysis of Residential Water Use: An Introduction

Arnaud Reynaud and Giulia Romano

Water 2018, 10(9), 1162; doi:10.3390/w10091162

Water Footprint Accounting Along the Wheat-Bread Value Chain: Implications for Sustainable and Productive Water Use Benchmarks

Pascalina Matohlang Mohlotsane, Enoch Owusu-Sekyere, Henry Jordaan, Jonannes Hendrikus Barnard and Leon Daniel van Rensburg

Water 2018, 10(9), 1167; doi:10.3390/w10091167

Evolution of Crop Water Productivity in the Nile Delta over Three Decades (1985–2015)

Samia M. El-Marsafawy, Atef Swelam and Ashraf Ghanem

Water 2018, 10(9), 1168; doi:10.3390/w10091168

Evaluation of Water-Storage and Water-Saving Potential for Paddy Fields in Gaoyou, China

Chuanjuan Wang, Shaoli Wang, Haorui Chen, Jiandong Wang, Yuan Tao and Jing Liu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1176; doi:10.3390/w10091176

Optimal Irrigation Mode and Spatio-Temporal Variability Characteristics of Soil Moisture Content in Different Growth Stages of Winter Wheat

Yujian Yang, Yanbo Huang, Yong Zhang and Xueqin Tong

Water 2018, 10(9), 1180; doi:10.3390/w10091180

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Decontamination of Arsenic in Actual Water Samples by Calcium Containing Layered Double Hydroxides from a Convenient Synthesis Method

Hongtao Lu, Shuxia Liu, Hua Zhang, Yanling Qiu, Jianfu Zhao and Zhiliang Zhu

Water 2018, 10(9), 1150; doi:10.3390/w10091150

Development of a Field Laboratory for Monitoring of Fecal-Sludge Treatment Plants

Johannes Bousek, Marco Skodak, Magdalena Bäuerl, Georg Ecker, Jan Spit, Adam Hayes and Werner Fuchs

Water 2018, 10(9), 1153; doi:10.3390/w10091153

Evaluation of Key Antimicrobial Properties of Moringa oleifera in Relation to Its Use as a Hand-Washing Product

Jasmine Naemi-Baghshomali Clark, Monica Jimenez, Enrique Raso, Loretta Antwi, Lawrence H. Ofosu-Appiah, David Opare and Belen Torondel

Water 2018, 10(9), 1154; doi:10.3390/w10091154

Microspheres as Surrogate Helminth Eggs: A Comparative Labscale Sedimentation Study for Tap- and Wastewater

Barbara K. Arthur, Edith Nettmann, Andrea Rademacher, Manfred Lübken, Bernd Marschner and Marc Wichern

Water 2018, 10(9), 1192; doi:10.3390/w10091192

The Effect of Ca and Mg Ions on the Filtration Profile of Sodium Alginate Solution in a Polyethersulfone-2-(methacryloyloxy) Ethyl Phosphorylchloline Membrane

Nasrul Arahman, Suffriandy Satria, Fachrul Razi and M. Roil Bilad

Water 2018, 10(9), 1207; doi:10.3390/w10091207

Inhibition of Cationic Polymer-Induced Colloid Flocculation by Polyacrylic Acid

Voon Huey Lim, Yuji Yamashita, Yen Thi Hai Doan and Yasuhisa Adachi

Water 2018, 10(9), 1215; doi:10.3390/w10091215

Searching for Activity Markers that Approximate (VBNC) Legionella pneumophila Infectivity in Amoeba after Ultraviolet (UV) Irradiation

Michael R. Grossi, Rafik Dey and Nicholas J. Ashbolt

Water 2018, 10(9), 1219; doi:10.3390/w10091219

Engineering Analysis of Plant and Fungal Contributions to Bioretention Performance

Alex Taylor, Jill Wetzel, Emma Mudrock, Kennith King, James Cameron, Jay Davis and Jenifer McIntyre

Water 2018, 10(9), 1226; doi:10.3390/w10091226

Insight into the Degradation of Two Benzophenone-Type UV Filters by the UV/H₂O₂Advanced Oxidation Process

Erdeng Du, Jiaqi Li, Siqi Zhou, Miao Li, Xiang Liu and Huajie Li

Water 2018, 10(9), 1238; doi:10.3390/w10091238

Effect of Aeration Rates and Filter Media Heights on the Performance of Pollutant Removal in an Up-Flow Biological Aerated Filter

Jiehui Ren, Wen Cheng, Tian Wan, Min Wang and Chengcheng Zhang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1244; doi:10.3390/w10091244

Determining Discharge Characteristics and Limits of Heavy Metals and Metalloids for Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in China Based on Statistical Methods

Yuhua Zhou, Jing Lei, Yu Zhang, Jing Zhu, Yanna Lu, Xuefang Wu and Hao Fang

Water 2018, 10(9), 1248; doi:10.3390/w10091248

Energy Efficient Operation of Variable Speed Submersible Pumps: Simulation of a Ground Water Well Field

Alexander Sperlich, Dino Pfeiffer, Jens Burgschweiger, Enrique Campbell, Marcus Beck, Regina Gnirss and Mathias Ernst

Water 2018, 10(9), 1255; doi:10.3390/w10091255

Formation of Palygorskite Clay from Treated Diatomite and its Application for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solution

Houwaida Nefzi, Manef Abderrabba, Sameh Ayadi and Jalel Labidi

Water 2018, 10(9), 1257; doi:10.3390/w10091257

A Novel System for Water Disinfection with UV Radiation

Bassam A. Younis, Laura Mahoney and Nicholas Palomo

Water 2018, 10(9), 1275; doi:10.3390/w10091275

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Wenxiang Pan, Baodeng Hou, Ruixiang Yang, Xuzhu Zhan, Wenkai Tian, Baoqi Li, Weihua Xiao, Jianhua Wang, Yuyan Zhou, Yong Zhao and Xuerui Gao

Water 2018, 10(9), 1172; doi:10.3390/w10091172

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Communication

Symbolic Regression-Based Genetic Approximations of the Colebrook Equation for Flow Friction

Pavel Praks and Dejan Brkić

Water 2018, 10(9), 1175; doi:10.3390/w10091175

Spatiotemporal Rainfall Trends in the Brazilian Legal Amazon between the Years 1998 and 2015

Celso H. L. Silva Junior, Catherine T. Almeida, Jessflan R. N. Santos, Liana O. Anderson, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão and Fabrício B. Silva

Water 2018, 10(9), 1220; doi:10.3390/w10091220

 

Essay

Effect of a Lateral Jet on the Turbulent Flow Characteristics of an Open Channel Flow with Rigid Vegetation

Sufen Teng, Minquan Feng, Kailin Chen, Weijie Wang and Bangmin Zheng

Water 2018, 10(9), 1204; doi:10.3390/w10091204

 

Editorial

Advances in Ecological Water System Modeling: Integration and Leanification as a Basis for Application in Environmental Management

Peter L.M. Goethals and Marie Anne Eurie Forio

Water 2018, 10(9), 1216; doi:10.3390/w10091216

Transitioning to Sponge Cities: Challenges and Opportunities to Address Urban Water Problems in China

Chris Zevenbergen, Dafang Fu and Assela Pathirana

Water 2018, 10(9), 1230; doi:10.3390/w10091230

 

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(Deadline: 30 October 2018)

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USGAO Report: 'Columbia River Basin - Additional Federal Actions Would Benefit Restoration Efforts'

Still another look at ecosystem restoration from GAO (see San Francisco Bay Delta, Puget Sound and Long Island Sound): Columbia River Basin: Additional Federal Actions Would Benefit Restoration Efforts.

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Fast Facts
Activities, such as hydropower and agricultural practices, have impaired water quality in parts of the Columbia River Basin. This has put human health at risk and threatened the existence of some species, such as salmon.

Federal and state agencies, tribes and others have taken steps to improve Basin water quality. However, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Management and Budget have yet to take actions required under a 2016 amendment to the Clean Water Act. EPA, for example, has not begun a program to oversee and help coordinate restoration efforts.

We recommended these agencies take actions specified in the law.

 

What GAO Found
Various entities, including federal and state agencies and tribes, implemented restoration efforts to improve water quality in the Columbia River Basin from fiscal years 2010 through 2016, according to GAO survey results. Entities implemented a range of restoration efforts. Efforts included activities to improve surface water quality and restore and protect habitat. For example, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho implemented projects on the Kootenai River to restore and maintain conditions that support all life stages of native fish.

Entities used various collaborative approaches. Entities' approaches to collaboration for selected water quality-related efforts in the Basin varied. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sought various entities' voluntary involvement to coordinate toxics reduction efforts in the Basin.

Total federal expenditures could not be determined. Entities reported using a mix of federal and nonfederal funding sources for restoration efforts in the Basin, but total federal expenditures could not be determined, in part because there is no federal funding dedicated to restoring the Basin.

EPA and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have not yet implemented Section 123. According to EPA officials, the agency has not yet taken steps to establish the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program, as required by the Clean Water Act Section 123. EPA officials told GAO they have not received dedicated funding appropriated for this purpose; however, EPA has not yet requested funding to implement the program or identified needed resources. By developing a program management plan that identifies actions and resources needed, EPA would have more reasonable assurance that it can establish the program in a timely manner. Also, an interagency crosscut budget has not been submitted. According to OMB officials, they have had internal conversations on the approach to develop the budget but have not requested information from agencies. A crosscut budget would help ensure Congress is better informed as it considers funding for Basin restoration efforts. 

Why GAO Did This Study
The Basin is one of the nation's largest watersheds and extends mainly through four Western states and into Canada. Activities such as power generation and agricultural practices have impaired water quality in some areas, so that human health is at risk and certain species, such as salmon, are threatened or extinct. In December 2016, Congress amended the Clean Water Act by adding Section 123, which requires EPA and OMB to take actions related to restoration efforts in the Basin.

GAO was asked to review restoration efforts in the Basin. This report examines (1) efforts to improve water quality in the Basin from fiscal years 2010 through 2016; (2) approaches to collaboration that entities have used for selected efforts; (3) sources of funding and federal funding expenditures; and (4) the extent to which EPA and OMB have implemented Clean Water Act Section 123. GAO reviewed documentation, including laws, policies, and budget information; surveyed federal, state, tribal, and nongovernmental entities that GAO determined had participated in restoration efforts; and conducted interviews with officials from most of these entities.

What GAO Recommends
is making three recommendations, including that EPA develop a program management plan for implementing the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program and that OMB compile and submit an interagency crosscut budget. EPA agreed with its recommendation. OMB did not comment, and GAO maintains its recommendations are valid.

Recommendation 1: The Administrator of the EPA should develop a program management plan that includes a schedule of the actions EPA will take and the resources and funding it needs to establish and implement the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program, including formation of the associated Columbia River Basin Restoration Working Group, and submit this plan to the appropriate congressional authorizing committees as part of the fiscal year 2020 budget process. (Recommendation 1).

Agency Affected: Environmental Protection Agency

Recommendation 2: The Director of OMB should develop and provide guidance on the types of projects and activities that agencies involved in the protection and restoration of the Columbia River Basin should include in their reports, as well as the processes they should follow in compiling the related budget and spending information. (Recommendation 2).

Agency Affected: Executive Office of the President: Office of Management and Budget

Recommendation 3: The Director of OMB should direct each federal agency involved in the protection and restoration of the Columbia River Basin to collect the information OMB needs for the interagency crosscut budget and to submit this information to OMB for inclusion in the interagency crosscut as part of the President's budget request for fiscal year 2020. (Recommendation 3).

Agency Affected: Executive Office of the President: Office of Management and Budget

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CRS Report: 'Land and Water Conservation Fund: Overview, Funding History, and Issues'

I did not know there was such an entity - Land and Water Conservation Fund - until I saw this CRS report, Land and Water Conservation Fund: Overview, Funding History, and Issues by Carol Hardy Vincent that was issued on 17 August 2018.

From the LWCF site

The Land and Water Conservation Fund was established by Congress in 1964 to fulfill a bipartisan commitment to safeguard our natural areas, water resources and cultural heritage, and to provide recreation opportunities to all Americans. Using zero taxpayer dollars, the fund invests earnings from offshore oil and gas leasing to help strengthen communities, preserve our history and protect our national endowment of lands and waters. The LWCF program can be divided into the "State Side" which provides grants to State and local governments, and the "Federal Side" which is used to acquire lands, waters, and interests therein necessary to achieve the natural, cultural, wildlife, and recreation management objectives of federal land management agencies.

The CRS report (click on the graphics to enlarge them):

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Summary
The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act of 1965 was enacted to help preserve, develop, and ensure access to outdoor recreation facilities to strengthen the health of U.S. citizens. The law created the Land and Water Conservation Fund in the U.S. Treasury as a funding source to implement its outdoor recreation goals.

The LWCF has been used for three general purposes. First, it has been the principal source of monies for land acquisition for outdoor recreation by four federal agencies—the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Forest Service. Second, the LWCF also funds a matching grant program to assist states in recreational planning, acquiring recreational lands and waters, and developing outdoor recreational facilities. There are two aspects to this “stateside” program: the traditional state grants and the more recent competitive state grants. Under the traditional state grant program, a portion of the appropriation is divided equally among the states, with the remainder apportioned based on need. Each state awards its grant money based on its own outdoor recreation plan and priorities. The competitive state grant program, begun in FY2014, funds recreation projects in urbanized areas meeting certain criteria. Third, beginning in FY1998, LWCF has been used to fund other federal programs with related purposes, such as the Forest Legacy program of the Forest Service and grants under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund of the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Under the LWCF Act, the fund is authorized through September 30, 2018, to accrue $900 million annually from multiple sources. However, nearly all of the revenue is derived from oil and gas leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The LWCF receives additional money under more recent legislation (P.L. 109-432, “GOMESA”). Throughout the history of the LWCF, $40.0 billion in revenues have accrued under both the LWCF Act and GOMESA.

Congress determines the level of funding for the three LWCF purposes through the annual appropriations process. These discretionary appropriations have fluctuated widely since the origin of the program. In addition, any funds deposited under GOMESA are mandatory appropriations for the state grant program. Mandatory appropriations were relatively small from FY2009- FY2017. They increased substantially in FY2018, and are expected to remain relatively high at least over the next decade, due to additional revenues from leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Less than half of the $40.0 billion in total revenues that have accrued in the LWCF have been appropriated ($18.4 billion). FY2001 marked the highest funding ever, with appropriations exceeding the authorized level by reaching nearly $1 billion. For FY2018, the most recent fiscal year, the total appropriation was $487.6 million (with $425.0 million in discretionary funds and $62.6 million in mandatory funds).

The $18.4 billion appropriated through the history of the program has been allocated unevenly among federal land acquisition (61%), the state grant program (25%), and other purposes (14%). Similarly, federal land acquisition funds have been allocated unevenly among the four agencies.

A variety of issues pertaining to the LWCF are the subject of legislation, hearings, and other debate. Some of them are being considered as part of deliberations over whether to reauthorize the LWCF beyond September 30, 2018. Issues include the optimal level of funding for LWCF overall and its individual components, whether to reauthorize provisions of the LWCF, and whether to retain discretionary appropriations or provide additional mandatory appropriations. Other issues involve whether LWCF funds should be used for additional purposes, such as maintenance, or set aside for particular priorities, such as securing additional access to federal lands for recreation. The priority of the state grant program vis-à-vis federal acquisition is being debated, as is the extent to which the fund should be used for other programs benefitting states.

Who knew?

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“No just cause is futile, even if it’s lost, if it helps make the future better than the past.” - @SenJohnMcCain.

CRS Report: 'Wetlands - An Overview of Issues' (5 January 2017)

This CRS wetlands report escaped my attention when it was published on 5 January 2017: Wetlands: An Overview of Issues. Very good overview; graphics would have been helpful.

The graphics are taken from the USGS. Click on the graphics to expand them.

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Summary

Recent Congresses have considered numerous policy topics that involve wetlands. Many reflect issues of long-standing interest, such as applying federal regulations on private lands, wetland loss rates, and restoration and creation accomplishments.

The issue receiving the greatest attention recently has been determining which wetlands should be included and excluded from requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA), especially the Section 404 permit program that regulates waste discharges affecting wetlands, which is administered by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As a result of Supreme Court rulings in 2001and 2006 that narrowed federal regulatory jurisdiction over certain isolated wetlands, the jurisdictional reach of the permit program has also been narrowed. In 2015, EPA and the Army Corps promulgated a rule to define the scope of waters protected by the CWA. The rule revises the existing administrative definition of "waters of the United States" consistent with the Supreme Court's rulings and consistent with science concerning the interconnectedness of tributaries, wetlands, and other waters and the effects of these connections on the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of downstream waters. The rule has been controversial with groups and many Members of Congress who contend that it would vastly increase federal assertion of jurisdiction that triggers CWA regulatory requirements. 

Wetland protection efforts continue to engender controversy over issues of science and policy. Topics include the rate and pattern of loss, whether all wetlands should be protected in a single fashion, the effectiveness of the current suite of laws in protecting them, and the fact that 75% of remaining U.S. wetlands are located on private lands.

Many public and private efforts have sought to mitigate damage to wetlands and to protect them through acquisition, restoration, enhancement, and creation, particularly coastal wetlands. While recent data indicate success in some restoration efforts, leading to increases in some types of wetlands in some locations, many scientists question if restored or created wetlands provide equivalent replacement for natural wetlands that contribute multiple environmental services and values.

One reason for controversies about wetlands is that they occur in a wide variety of physical forms, and the numerous values they provide, such as wildlife habitat, also vary widely. In addition, the total wetland acreage in the lower 48 states is estimated to have declined from more than 220 million acres three centuries ago to 110.1 million acres in 2009. The national policy goal of no net loss, endorsed by Administrations for the past two decades, had been reached by 2004, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service, as the rate of loss had been more than offset by net gains through expanded restoration efforts authorized in multiple laws. However, more recent data show wetlands losses of nearly 14,000 acres per year. Many protection advocates say that gains do not necessarily account for the changes in quality of the remaining wetlands, and many also view federal protection efforts as inadequate or uncoordinated. Others, who advocate the rights of property owners and development interests, characterize these efforts as too intrusive. Numerous state and local wetland programs add to the complexity of the protection effort.

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"Environmentalists changed the word jungle to rain forest, because no one would give them money to save a jungle. Same with swamps and wetlands." - George Carlin.

Water, Volume 10, Issue 6 (June 2018): Water Quality, Water Use, Water-Food-Energy Nexus, Management and Governance, Hydrology and More!

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Agricultural Green Infrastructure for Nutrient Reduction in Watersheds

Nutrient Reduction in Agricultural Green Infrastructure: An Analysis of the Raccoon River Watershed

James F. Canning and Ashlynn S. Stillwell

Water 2018, 10(6), 749; doi:10.3390/w10060749

 

Featured Papers

Problemshed or Watershed? Participatory Modeling towards IWRM in North Ghana

William’s Daré, Jean-Philippe Venot, Christophe Le Page and Aaron Aduna

Water 2018, 10(6), 721; doi:10.3390/w10060721

Governing Non-Potable Water-Reuse to Alleviate Water Stress: The Case of Sabadell, Spain

Marketa Šteflová, Steven Koop, Richard Elelman, Jordi Vinyoles and Kees Van Leeuwen

Water 2018, 10(6), 739; doi:10.3390/w10060739

A Review of In-Situ and Remote Sensing Technologies to Monitor Water and Sanitation Interventions

Luis Andres, Kwasi Boateng, Christian Borja-Vega and Evan Thomas

Water 2018, 10(6), 756; doi:10.3390/w10060756

Beyond Eutrophication: Vancouver Lake, WA, USA as a Model System for Assessing Multiple, Interacting Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms

Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Tammy Lee, Vanessa Rose and Stephen M. Bollens

Water 2018, 10(6), 757; doi:10.3390/w10060757

A Stakeholder Oriented Modelling Framework for the Early Detection of Shortage in Water Supply Systems

Emanuele Romano, Nicolas Guyennon, Andrea Duro, Raffaele Giordano, Anna Bruna Petrangeli, Ivan Portoghese and Franco Salerno

Water 2018, 10(6), 762; doi:10.3390/w10060762

Calculating the Economic Level of Friction in Pressurized Water Systems

Enrique Cabrera, Elena Gómez, Enrique Cabrera and Javier Soriano

Water 2018, 10(6), 763; doi:10.3390/w10060763

A Longitudinal Microcosm Study on the Effects of Ageing on Potential Green Roof Hydrological Performance

Simon De-Ville, Manoj Menon, Xiaodong Jia and Virginia Stovin

Water 2018, 10(6), 784; doi:10.3390/w10060784

Quantification of Seasonal Precipitation over the upper Chao Phraya River Basin in the Past Fifty Years Based on Monsoon and El Niño/Southern Oscillation Related Climate Indices

Tsuyoshi Kinouchi, Gakuji Yamamoto, Atchara Komsai and Winai Liengcharernsit

Water 2018, 10(6), 800; doi:10.3390/w10060800

Delineation of Suitable Zones for the Application of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in Coastal Aquifers Using Quantitative Parameters and the Analytical Hierarchy Process

Nerantzis Kazakis

Water 2018, 10(6), 804; doi:10.3390/w10060804

Phosphorus Fluxes from Three Coastal Watersheds under Varied Agriculture Intensities to the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Songjie He and Y. Jun Xu

Water 2018, 10(6), 816; doi:10.3390/w10060816

 

Review

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Constructed Wetlands: A Review on the Role of Radial Oxygen Loss in the Rhizosphere by Macrophytes

Qian Wang, Yanbiao Hu, Huijun Xie and Zhongchen Yang

Water 2018, 10(6), 678; doi:10.3390/w10060678

Reuse and Recycling of Livestock and Municipal Wastewater in Chilean Agriculture: A Preliminary Assessment

Cristina-Alejandra Villamar, Ismael Vera-Puerto, Diego Rivera and Felipe De la Hoz

Water 2018, 10(6), 817; doi:10.3390/w10060817

Hydrology

Compound Extremes in Hydroclimatology: A Review

Zengchao Hao, Vijay P. Singh and Fanghua Hao

Water 2018, 10(6), 718; doi:10.3390/w10060718

Water Use and Scarcity

Quantifying Averted Disability-Adjusted Life Years as a Performance Indicator for Water Quality Interventions: A Review of Current Methodologies and Challenges

Darcy M. Anderson, Evan A. Thomas and Thomas F. Clasen

Water 2018, 10(6), 744; doi:10.3390/w10060744

Water Quality and Ecosystems

Disinfection Methods for Swimming Pool Water: Byproduct Formation and Control

Huma Ilyas, Ilyas Masih and Jan Peter van der Hoek

Water 2018, 10(6), 797; doi:10.3390/w10060797

 

Research

Hydrology

Characteristics of Aggregate Size Distribution of Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron in Aqueous Suspensions and Its Effect on Transport Process in Porous Media

Ruiqi Duan, Yanhui Dong and Qian Zhang

Water 2018, 10(6), 670; doi:10.3390/w10060670

Analysis of the Erosion Law of Karst Groundwater Using Hydrogeochemical Theory in Liulin Spring Area, North China

Xiuqing Zheng, Kai Wang, Fei Zhang, Junfeng Chen, Aimin Li and Yanping Chen

Water 2018, 10(6), 674; doi:10.3390/w10060674

Managing Salinity in Upper Colorado River Basin Streams: Selecting Catchments for Sediment Control Efforts Using Watershed Characteristics and Random Forests Models

Fred D. Tillman, David W. Anning, Julian A. Heilman, Susan G. Buto and Matthew P. Miller

Water 2018, 10(6), 676; doi:10.3390/w10060676

Evaluation of Multiple Satellite Precipitation Products and Their Use in Hydrological Modelling over the Luanhe River Basin, China

Peizhen Ren, Jianzhu Li, Ping Feng, Yuangang Guo and Qiushuang Ma

Water 2018, 10(6), 677; doi:10.3390/w10060677

River Discharge and Saltwater Intrusion Level Study of Yangtze River Estuary, China

Zhi Xu, Jing Ma, Hao Wang, Yajie Hu, Guiyu Yang and Wei Deng

Water 2018, 10(6), 683; doi:10.3390/w10060683

The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Groundwater Vulnerability and Human Health Risk in the Limin District, Harbin, China

Ying Huang, Rui Zuo, Jiao Li, Jin Wu, Yuanzheng Zhai and Yanguo Teng

Water 2018, 10(6), 686; doi:10.3390/w10060686

Monitoring of a Full-Scale Embankment Experiment Regarding Soil–Vegetation–Atmosphere Interactions

Raül Oorthuis, Marcel Hürlimann, Alessandro Fraccica, Antonio Lloret, José Moya, Càrol Puig-Polo and Jean Vaunat

Water 2018, 10(6), 688; doi:10.3390/w10060688

Hydrologic Modeling of Three Sub-Basins in the Kenai River Watershed, Alaska, USA

Brett Wells and Horacio Toniolo

Water 2018, 10(6), 691; doi:10.3390/w10060691

The Influences of Riparian Vegetation on Bank Failures of a Small Meadow-Type Meandering River

Haili Zhu, Xiasong Hu, Zhiwei Li, Lu Song, Ke Li, Xilai Li and Guorong Li

Water 2018, 10(6), 692; doi:10.3390/w10060692

Effects of Water Depth and Ice Thickness on Ice Cover Blasting for Ice Jam Flood Prevention: A Case Study on the Heilong River, China

Tao Wang, Xinlei Guo, Hui Fu, Yongxin Guo, Xuming Peng, Yunan Wu, Jiazhen Li and Yinyin Xia

Water 2018, 10(6), 700; doi:10.3390/w10060700

Assessment of Rainfall Variability and Its Relationship to ENSO in a Sub-Andean Watershed in Central Bolivia

Andres Gonzales Amaya, Mauricio F. Villazon and Patrick Willems

Water 2018, 10(6), 701; doi:10.3390/w10060701

Characterizing the Flash Flooding Risks from 2011 to 2016 over China

Meihong Ma, Bingshun He, Jinhong Wan, Pengfei Jia, Xirong Guo, Liang Gao, Lane W. Maguire and Yang Hong

Water 2018, 10(6), 704; doi:10.3390/w10060704

Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopes of Precipitation in a Rocky Mountainous Area of Beijing to Distinguish and Estimate Spring Recharge

Ziqiang Liu, Xinxiao Yu, Guodong Jia and Dandan Wang

Water 2018, 10(6), 705; doi:10.3390/w10060705

Calibration Parameter Selection and Watershed Hydrology Model Evaluation in Time and Frequency Domains

Karthik Kumarasamy and Patrick Belmont

Water 2018, 10(6), 710; doi:10.3390/w10060710

Use of Decision Tables to Simulate Management in SWAT+

Jeffrey G. Arnold, Katrin Bieger, Michael J. White, Raghavan Srinivasan, John A. Dunbar and Peter M. Allen

Water 2018, 10(6), 713; doi:10.3390/w10060713

Impacts of Climate Change on Soil Erosion in the Great Lakes Region

Lili Wang, Keith A. Cherkauer and Dennis C. Flanagan

Water 2018, 10(6), 715; doi:10.3390/w10060715

Spatial and Temporal Variations of Precipitation Extremes and Seasonality over China from 1961~2013

Yiyuan Tao, Wen Wang, Shuang Song and Jun Ma

Water 2018, 10(6), 719; doi:10.3390/w10060719

Climate Trends Impact on the Snowfall Regime in Mediterranean Mountain Areas: Future Scenario Assessment in Sierra Nevada (Spain)

María José Pérez-Palazón, Rafael Pimentel and María José Polo

Water 2018, 10(6), 720; doi:10.3390/w10060720

Evaluation of the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis Weather Data for Watershed Modeling in Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia

Mesfin Benti Tolera, Il-Moon Chung and Sun Woo Chang

Water 2018, 10(6), 725; doi:10.3390/w10060725

An Integration Approach for Mapping Field Capacity of China Based on Multi-Source Soil Datasets

Xiaotao Wu, Guihua Lu, Zhiyong Wu, Hai He, Jianhong Zhou and Zhenchen Liu

Water 2018, 10(6), 728; doi:10.3390/w10060728

Geothermometry and Isotope Geochemistry of CO₂-Rich Thermal Waters in Choygan, East Tuva, Russia

Anastasia Shestakova, Natalia Guseva, Yulia Kopylova, Albina Khvaschevskaya, David A. Polya and Igor Tokarev

Water 2018, 10(6), 729; doi:10.3390/w10060729

Hydrological Analysis of a Dyke Pumping Station for the Purpose of Improving Its Functioning Conditions

Jerzy Machajski and Stanisław Kostecki

Water 2018, 10(6), 737; doi:10.3390/w10060737

The Atmospheric Branch of the Hydrological Cycle over the Negro and Madeira River Basins in the Amazon Region

Rogert Sorí, José A. Marengo, Raquel Nieto, Anita Drumond and Luis Gimeno

Water 2018, 10(6), 738; doi:10.3390/w10060738

Integrating Field Experiments with Modeling to Evaluate the Freshwater Availability at Ungauged Sites: A Case Study of Pingtan Island (China)

Xiaocong Liu, Zhonggen Wang, Yin Tang, Zehua Wu, Yuhan Guo and Yashan Cheng

Water 2018, 10(6), 740; doi:10.3390/w10060740

Evolution of Surface Hydrology in the Sahelo-Sudanian Strip: An Updated Review

Luc Descroix, Françoise Guichard, Manuela Grippa, Laurent A. Lambert, Gérémy Panthou, Gil Mahé, Laetitia Gal, Cécile Dardel, Guillaume Quantin, Laurent Kergoat, Yasmin Bouaïta, Pierre Hiernaux, Théo Vischel, Thierry Pellarin, Bakary Faty, Catherine Wilcox, Moussa Malam Abdou, Ibrahim Mamadou, Jean-Pierre Vandervaere, Aïda Diongue-Niang, Ousmane Ndiaye, Youssouph Sané, Honoré Dacosta, Marielle Gosset, Claire Cassé, Benjamin Sultan, Aliou Barry, Okechukwu Amogu, Bernadette Nka Nnomo, Alseny Barry and Jean-Emmanuel Paturel

Water 2018, 10(6), 748; doi:10.3390/w10060748

Hazard Assessment under Multivariate Distributional Change-Points: Guidelines and a Flood Case Study

Gianfausto Salvadori, Fabrizio Durante, Carlo De Michele and Mauro Bernardi

Water 2018, 10(6), 751; doi:10.3390/w10060751

Water Resources Sustainability of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia

Naranchimeg Batsaikhan, Jae Min Lee, Buyankhishig Nemer and Nam C. Woo

Water 2018, 10(6), 750; doi:10.3390/w10060750

Using Copulas to Evaluate Rationality of Rainfall Spatial Distribution in a Design Storm

Leizhi Wang, Qingfang Hu, Yintang Wang, Zhenduo Zhu, Lingjie Li, Yong Liu and Tingting Cui

Water 2018, 10(6), 758; doi:10.3390/w10060758

Development and Application of Advanced Muskingum Flood Routing Model Considering Continuous Flow

Eui Hoon Lee, Ho Min Lee and Joong Hoon Kim

Water 2018, 10(6), 760; doi:10.3390/w10060760

Impacts of Global Circulation Model (GCM) bias and WXGEN on Modeling Hydrologic Variables

Sangchul Lee, Carlington W. Wallace, Ali M. Sadeghi, Gregory W. McCarty, Honglin Zhong and In-Young Yeo

Water 2018, 10(6), 764; doi:10.3390/w10060764

Spatial and Temporal Trend Analysis of Precipitation and Drought in South Korea

Muhammad Azam, Seung Jin Maeng, Hyung San Kim, Seung Wook Lee and Jae Eun Lee

Water 2018, 10(6), 765; doi:10.3390/w10060765

A Cautionary Note on the Reproduction of Dependencies through Linear Stochastic Models with Non-Gaussian White Noise

Ioannis Tsoukalas, Simon Michael Papalexiou, Andreas Efstratiadis and Christos Makropoulos

Water 2018, 10(6), 771; doi:10.3390/w10060771

Nonstationary Multivariate Hydrological Frequency Analysis in the Upper Zhanghe River Basin, China

Henan Gu, Zhongbo Yu, Guofang Li and Qin Ju

Water 2018, 10(6), 772; doi:10.3390/w10060772

Integrated Modeling Approach for the Development of Climate-Informed, Actionable Information

David R. Judi, Cynthia L. Rakowski, Scott R. Waichler, Youcan Feng and Mark S. Wigmosta

Water 2018, 10(6), 775; doi:10.3390/w10060775

Study of the Scale Effect on Permeability in the Interlayer Shear Weakness Zone Using Sequential Indicator Simulation and Sequential Gaussian Simulation

Meng Chen, Zhifang Zhou, Lei Zhao, Mu Lin, Qiaona Guo and Mingwei Li

Water 2018, 10(6), 779; doi:10.3390/w10060779

EmiStatR: A Simplified and Scalable Urban Water Quality Model for Simulation of Combined Sewer Overflows

Jairo Arturo Torres-Matallana, Ulrich Leopold, Kai Klepiszewski and Gerard B. M. Heuvelink

Water 2018, 10(6), 782; doi:10.3390/w10060782

Drought Prediction for Areas with Sparse Monitoring Networks: A Case Study for Fiji

Jinyoung Rhee and Hongwei Yang

Water 2018, 10(6), 788; doi:10.3390/w10060788

Adaptation Strategies of the Hydrosocial Cycles in the Mediterranean Region

Ana Arahuetes, María Hernández and Antonio M. Rico

Water 2018, 10(6), 790; doi:10.3390/w10060790

Variability of Short-Term Diel Water Temperature Amplitudes in a Mountain Lake

Adam Choiński and Agnieszka Strzelczak

Water 2018, 10(6), 795; doi:10.3390/w10060795

Recent Glacier Mass Balance and Area Changes from DEMs and Landsat Images in Upper Reach of Shule River Basin, Northeastern Edge of Tibetan Plateau during 2000 to 2015

Xiaowen Zhang, Haojie Li, Zhihua Zhang, Qianxin Wu and Shiqiang Zhang

Water 2018, 10(6), 796; doi:10.3390/w10060796

The Assessment of Green Water Based on the SWAT Model: A Case Study in the Hai River Basin, China

Kui Zhu, Zibo Xie, Yong Zhao, Fan Lu, Xinyi Song, Lu Li and Xiaomeng Song

Water 2018, 10(6), 798; doi:10.3390/w10060798

Research on Characteristics of Groundwater Recharge in the Weishan Irrigated District Based on a Bromide Tracer

Xin Cong, Zhenghe Xu and Tong Wang

Water 2018, 10(6), 799; doi:10.3390/w10060799

Improving the Muskingum Flood Routing Method Using a Hybrid of Particle Swarm Optimization and Bat Algorithm

Mohammad Ehteram, Faridah Binti Othman, Zaher Mundher Yaseen, Haitham Abdulmohsin Afan, Mohammed Falah Allawi, Marlinda Bt. Abdul Malek, Ali Najah Ahmed, Shamsuddin Shahid, Vijay P. Singh and Ahmed El-Shafie

Water 2018, 10(6), 807; doi:10.3390/w10060807

Multi-Source Uncertainty Analysis in Simulating Floodplain Inundation under Climate Change

Nadine Maier, Lutz Breuer, Alejandro Chamorro, Philipp Kraft and Tobias Houska

Water 2018, 10(6), 809; doi:10.3390/w10060809

An Improved Approach for Evapotranspiration Estimation Using Water Balance Equation: Case Study of Yangtze River Basin

Qiong Li, Zhicai Luo, Bo Zhong and Hao Zhou

Water 2018, 10(6), 812; doi:10.3390/w10060812

Extrapolation of Leaf Measurements to Obtain the Whole-Canopy Transpiration of C₃ and C₄Xerophytic Shrubs

Yanxia Jin, Xinping Wang, Yafeng Zhang, Yanxia Pan and Rui Hu

Water 2018, 10(6), 813; doi:10.3390/w10060813

Urban Water Management

Detention and Retention Behavior of Four Extensive Green Roofs in Three Nordic Climate Zones

Birgitte Gisvold Johannessen, Tone Merete Muthanna and Bent Christen Braskerud

Water 2018, 10(6), 671; doi:10.3390/w10060671

Assessing Urban Water Management Sustainability of a Megacity: Case Study of Seoul, South Korea

Hyowon Kim, Jaewoo Son, Seockheon Lee, Stef Koop, Kees van Leeuwen, Young June Choi and Jeryang Park

Water 2018, 10(6), 682; doi:10.3390/w10060682

The Testing of Standard and Recyclable Filter Media to Eliminate Hydrogen Sulphide from Sewerage Systems

Petr Hluštík and Jiří Novotný

Water 2018, 10(6), 689; doi:10.3390/w10060689

Conceptual Framework and Computational Research of Hierarchical Residential Household Water Demand

Baodeng Hou, Ruixiang Yang, Xuzhu Zhan, Wenkai Tian, Baoqi Li, Weihua Xiao, Jianhua Wang, Yuyan Zhou and Yong Zhao

Water 2018, 10(6), 696; doi:10.3390/w10060696

Simulation of Urban Water Resources in Xiamen Based on a WEAP Model

Limin Kou, Xiangyang Li, Jianyi Lin and Jiefeng Kang

Water 2018, 10(6), 732; doi:10.3390/w10060732

Uchimizu: A Cool(ing) Tradition to Locally Decrease Air Temperature

Anna Solcerova, Tim van Emmerik, Koen Hilgersom, Frans van de Ven and Nick van de Giesen

Water 2018, 10(6), 741; doi:10.3390/w10060741

The Influences of Sponge City on Property Values in Wuhan, China

Shiying Zhang, Chris Zevenbergen, Paul Rabé and Yong Jiang

Water 2018, 10(6), 766; doi:10.3390/w10060766

Statistical Distribution of TSS Event Loads from Small Urban Environments

Dominik Leutnant, Dirk Muschalla and Mathias Uhl

Water 2018, 10(6), 769; doi:10.3390/w10060769

Modeling the Spatial and Seasonal Variations of Groundwater Head in an Urbanized Area under Low Impact Development

Yu Zheng, Sidian Chen, Huapeng Qin and Jiu Jimmy Jiao

Water 2018, 10(6), 803; doi:10.3390/w10060803

Water Resources Management and Governance

Matching Ecosystem Functions with Adaptive Ecosystem Management: Decision Pathways to Overcome Institutional Barriers

Amar V. V. Nanda, Jeroen Rijke, Leah Beesley, Berry Gersonius, Matthew R. Hipsey and Anas Ghadouani

Water 2018, 10(6), 672; doi:10.3390/w10060672

Evaluation of the Impact of Water Management Technologies on Water Savings in the Lower Chenab Canal Command Area, Indus River Basin

Muhammad Rizwan, Allah Bakhsh, Xin Li, Lubna Anjum, Kashif Jamal and Shanawar Hamid

Water 2018, 10(6), 681; doi:10.3390/w10060681

An Interval Quadratic Fuzzy Dependent-Chance Programming Model for Optimal Irrigation Water Allocation under Uncertainty

Hang Wang, Chenglong Zhang and Ping Guo

Water 2018, 10(6), 684; doi:10.3390/w10060684

Parameter Uncertainty Analysis of the SWAT Model in a Mountain-Loess Transitional Watershed on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Fubo Zhao, Yiping Wu, Linjing Qiu, Yuzhu Sun, Liqun Sun, Qinglan Li, Jun Niu and Guoqing Wang

Water 2018, 10(6), 690; doi:10.3390/w10060690

An Integrated Simulation, Inference and Optimization Approach for Groundwater Remediation with Two-Stage Health-Risk Assessment

Aili Yang, Qi Yang, Yurui Fan, Meiqin Suo, Haiyan Fu, Jing Liu and Xiajing Lin

Water 2018, 10(6), 694; doi:10.3390/w10060694

A Dynamic Study of a Karst Spring Based on Wavelet Analysis and the Mann-Kendall Trend Test

Liting Xing, Linxian Huang, Guangyao Chi, Lizhi Yang, Changsuo Li and Xinyu Hou

Water 2018, 10(6), 698; doi:10.3390/w10060698

Dynamic Analysis of Meteorological Parameters in Košice Climatic Station in Slovakia

Martina Zeleňáková, Vinayakam Jothiprakash, Sasi Arjun, Daniela Káposztásová and Helena Hlavatá

Water 2018, 10(6), 702; doi:10.3390/w10060702

Factors Affecting the Choice, Intensity, and Allocation of Irrigation Technologies by U.S. Cotton Farmers

Bijay K. Pokhrel, Krishna P. Paudel and Eduardo Segarra

Water 2018, 10(6), 706; doi:10.3390/w10060706

Stakeholder Engagement in Maritime Spatial Planning: The Efficacy of a Serious Game Approach

Xander Keijser, Malena Ripken, Igor Mayer, Harald Warmelink, Lodewijk Abspoel, Rhona Fairgrieve and Crawford Paris

Water 2018, 10(6), 724; doi:10.3390/w10060724

Trends in Precipitation and Temperatures in Eastern Slovakia (1962–2014)

Martina Zeleňáková, Pavol Purcz, Peter Blišťan, Zuzana Vranayová, Helena Hlavatá, Daniel Constantin Diaconu and Maria Manuela Portela

Water 2018, 10(6), 727; doi:10.3390/w10060727

A Comparative Study of Groundwater Level Forecasting Using Data-Driven Models Based on Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition

Yicheng Gong, Zhongjing Wang, Guoyin Xu and Zixiong Zhang

Water 2018, 10(6), 730; doi:10.3390/w10060730

Critical Issues Affecting Groundwater Quality Governance and Management in the United States

Jacob D. Petersen-Perlman, Sharon B. Megdal, Andrea K. Gerlak, Mike Wireman, Adriana A. Zuniga-Teran and Robert G. Varady

Water 2018, 10(6), 735; doi:10.3390/w10060735

Application of SWAT Model with CMADS Data to Estimate Hydrological Elements and Parameter Uncertainty Based on SUFI-2 Algorithm in the Lijiang River Basin, China

Yang Cao, Jing Zhang, Mingxiang Yang, Xiaohui Lei, Binbin Guo, Liu Yang, Zhiqiang Zeng and Jiashen Qu

Water 2018, 10(6), 742; doi:10.3390/w10060742

Influence of Climate Change on the Design of Retention Basins in Northeastern Portugal

Luis F. Sanches Fernandes, Mário G. Pereira, Sónia G. Morgado and Eduarda B. Macário

Water 2018, 10(6), 743; doi:10.3390/w10060743

Evaluation of Agricultural Water Pricing in an Irrigation District Based on a Bayesian Network

Xiaotong Zhu, Guangpeng Zhang, Kaiye Yuan, Hongbo Ling and Hailiang Xu

Water 2018, 10(6), 768; doi:10.3390/w10060768

Institutionalizing Participation in Water Resource Development: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Practices in Southern Thailand

Chakaphon Singto, Luuk Fleskens and Jeroen Vos

Water 2018, 10(6), 781; doi:10.3390/w10060781

Assessing Environmental Flow Targets Using Pre-Settlement Land Cover: A SWAT Modeling Application

Sean J. Zeiger and Jason A. Hubbart

Water 2018, 10(6), 791; doi:10.3390/w10060791

Efficiency Evaluation of Water Consumption in a Chinese Province-Level Region Based on Data Envelopment Analysis

Ping Hu, Na Chen, Yongjun Li and Qiwei Xie

Water 2018, 10(6), 793; doi:10.3390/w10060793

Navigating the Water-Energy Governance Landscape and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in the Northern Patagonia Region of Argentina

Laura Forni, Marisa Escobar, Pablo Cello, Marta Marizza, Gustavo Nadal, Leonidas Girardin, Fernando Losano, Lisandro Bucciarelli, Charles Young and David Purkey

Water 2018, 10(6), 794; doi:10.3390/w10060794

Research on Cascade Reservoirs’ Short-Term Optimal Operation under the Effect of Reverse Regulation

Changming Ji, Hongjie Yu, Jiajie Wu, Xiaoran Yan and Rui Li

Water 2018, 10(6), 808; doi:10.3390/w10060808

The Impacts of Climate Variability and Land Use Change on Streamflow in the Hailiutu River Basin

Guangwen Shao, Yiqing Guan, Danrong Zhang, Baikui Yu and Jie Zhu

Water 2018, 10(6), 814; doi:10.3390/w10060814

Hydraulics

Numerical Study of Spatial Behavior of Solute Particle Transport in Single Fracture with Variable Apertures

Yong-Wook Jeong and Woochang Jeong

Water 2018, 10(6), 673; doi:10.3390/w10060673

Geometric Characteristics of Spur Dike Scour under Clear-Water Scour Conditions

Li Zhang, Pengtao Wang, Wenhai Yang, Weiguang Zuo, Xinhong Gu and Xiaoxiao Yang

Water 2018, 10(6), 680; doi:10.3390/w10060680

Trunk Network Rehabilitation for Resilience Improvement and Energy Recovery in Water Distribution Networks

Gustavo Meirelles, Bruno Brentan, Joaquín Izquierdo, Helena Ramos and Edevar Luvizotto

Water 2018, 10(6), 693; doi:10.3390/w10060693

Discharge Coefficient of Combined Orifice-Weir Flow

Zong-Fu Fu, Zhen Cui, Wen-Hong Dai and Yue-Jun Chen

Water 2018, 10(6), 699; doi:10.3390/w10060699

Equitable and Reasonable Utilization: Reconstructing the Nile Basin Water Allocation Dialogue

Abby Muricho Onencan and Bartel Van de Walle

Water 2018, 10(6), 707; doi:10.3390/w10060707

On the Effect of Regular Waves on Inclined Negatively Buoyant Jets

Simone Ferrari, Maria Grazia Badas and Giorgio Querzoli

Water 2018, 10(6), 726; doi:10.3390/w10060726

Validation of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Model for a Novel Residence Time Distribution Analysis in Mixing at Cross-Junctions

Daniel Hernández-Cervantes, Xitlali Delgado-Galván, José L. Nava, P. Amparo López-Jiménez, Mario Rosales and Jesús Mora Rodríguez

Water 2018, 10(6), 733; doi:10.3390/w10060733

Application of Terrestrial Laser Scanning to Tree Trunk Bark Structure Characteristics Evaluation and Analysis of Their Effect on the Flow Resistance Coefficient

Tomasz Kałuża, Mariusz Sojka, Paweł Strzeliński and Rafał Wróżyński

Water 2018, 10(6), 753; doi:10.3390/w10060753

Observation of the Dynamics and Horizontal Dispersion in a Shallow Intermittently Closed and Open Lake and Lagoon (ICOLL)

Kabir Suara, Neda Mardani, Helen Fairweather, Adrian McCallum, Chris Allan, Roy Sidle and Richard Brown

Water 2018, 10(6), 776; doi:10.3390/w10060776

Horizontal Circulation Patterns in a Large Shallow Lake: Taihu Lake, China

Sien Liu, Qinghua Ye, Shiqiang Wu and Marcel J. F. Stive

Water 2018, 10(6), 792; doi:10.3390/w10060792

Effects of the Notch Angle, Notch Length and Injection Rate on Hydraulic Fracturing under True Triaxial Stress: An Experimental Study

Yulong Chen, Qingxiang Meng and Jianwei Zhang

Water 2018, 10(6), 801; doi:10.3390/w10060801

Simulation of Fluid and Complex Obstacle Coupling Based on Narrow Band FLIP Method

Changjun Zou and Yong Yin

Water 2018, 10(6), 811; doi:10.3390/w10060811

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Application of Klebsiella oxytoca Biomass in the Biosorptive Treatment of PAH-Bearing Wastewater: Effect of PAH Hydrophobicity and Implications for Prediction

Dong Zhang, Li Lu, Hongting Zhao, Meiqing Jin, Ting Lü and Jun Lin

Water 2018, 10(6), 675; doi:10.3390/w10060675

Obtaining Key Parameters and Working Conditions of Wastewater Biological Nutrient Removal by Means of Artificial Intelligence Tools

Pedro T. Martín de la Vega and Miguel A. Jaramillo-Morán

Water 2018, 10(6), 685; doi:10.3390/w10060685

Adsorption of Reactive Brilliant Red X-3B in Aqueous Solutions on Clay–Biochar Composites from Bagasse and Natural Attapulgite

Si Chen, Min Zhou, Han-Fei Wang, Teng Wang, Xiao-Shu Wang, Hao-Bo Hou and Bi-Yu Song

Water 2018, 10(6), 703; doi:10.3390/w10060703

A Constructed Wetland System for Rural Household Sewage Treatment in Subtropical Regions

Xinxi Fu, Xiaofu Wu, Sangyang Zhou, Yonghua Chen, Mingli Chen and Runhua Chen

Water 2018, 10(6), 716; doi:10.3390/w10060716

Serial Use of Helosciadum nodiflorum and Typha latifolia in Mediterranean Constructed Wetlands to Naturalize Effluents of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Antonio Camacho, Antonio Picazo, Carlos Rochera, María Peña, Daniel Morant, Javier Miralles-Lorenzo, Anna C. Santamans, Héctor Estruch, Tatiana Montoya, Gloria Fayos and Carmen Ferriol

Water 2018, 10(6), 717; doi:10.3390/w10060717

What Germany’s University Beginners Think about Water Reuse

Sarah Schmid and Franz X. Bogner

Water 2018, 10(6), 731; doi:10.3390/w10060731

Decision Support for the Design and Operation of Variable Speed Pumps in Water Supply Systems

Dimitri Nowak, Helene Krieg, Michael Bortz, Christian Geil, Axel Knapp, Harald Roclawski and Martin Böhle

Water 2018, 10(6), 734; doi:10.3390/w10060734

The 1987–1989 Phytoplankton Bloom in Kaneohe Bay

Edward Laws and Satoru Taguchi

Water 2018, 10(6), 747; doi:10.3390/w10060747

H₃PO₄-Activated Cattail Carbon Production and Application in Chromium Removal from Aqueous Solution: Process Optimization and Removal Mechanism

Yan Shu, Chunfang Tang, Xinjiang Hu, Luhua Jiang, Xi Hu and Yunlin Zhao

Water 2018, 10(6), 754; doi:10.3390/w10060754

Improved Assessment of Energy Recovery Potential in Water Supply Systems with High Demand Variation

Laura Monteiro, João Delgado and Dídia I. C. Covas

Water 2018, 10(6), 773; doi:10.3390/w10060773

Development of an Integrated Modelling System for Evaluating Water Quantity and Quality Effects of Individual Wetlands in an Agricultural Watershed

Yongbo Liu, Wanhong Yang, Hui Shao, Zhiqiang Yu and John Lindsay

Water 2018, 10(6), 774; doi:10.3390/w10060774

COD Discharge Limits for Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants in China Based on Statistical Methods

Yuhua Zhou, Ning Duan, Xuefang Wu and Hao Fang

Water 2018, 10(6), 777; doi:10.3390/w10060777

Energy-Recovery Pressure-Reducer in District Heating System

Dariusz Borkowski and Tomasz Węgiel

Water 2018, 10(6), 787; doi:10.3390/w10060787

End Use Level Water and Energy Interactions: A Large Non-Residential Building Case Study

Sudeep Nair, Hafiz Hashim, Louise Hannon and Eoghan Clifford

Water 2018, 10(6), 810; doi:10.3390/w10060810

Water Quality and Ecosystems

The Role of Confluence in Shaping Water Quality Parameters on Example of the Flow-Through Lake Bikcze (Eastern Poland)

Beata Ferencz and Jarosław Dawidek

Water 2018, 10(6), 679; doi:10.3390/w10060679

Coastal Aquifer Contamination and Geochemical Processes Evaluation in Tugela Catchment, South Africa—Geochemical and Statistical Approaches

Badana Ntanganedzeni, Vetrimurugan Elumalai and Natarajan Rajmohan

Water 2018, 10(6), 687; doi:10.3390/w10060687

Variability in the Wettability and Water Storage Capacity of Common Oak Leaves (Quercus robur L.)

Anna Klamerus-Iwan and Wojciech Witek

Water 2018, 10(6), 695; doi:10.3390/w10060695

Dynamics of Bacterial Community Diversity and Structure in the Terminal Reservoir of the South-To-North Water Diversion Project in China

Jiangqi Qu, Chengxia Jia, Qing Liu, Zhi Li, Pan Liu, Mu Yang, Meng Zhao, Wentong Li, Hua Zhu and Qingjing Zhang

Water 2018, 10(6), 709; doi:10.3390/w10060709

Use of the Coenobial Green Algae Pseudopediastrum boryanum (Chlorophyceae) to Remove Hexavalent Chromium from Contaminated Aquatic Ecosystems and Industrial Wastewaters

Małgorzata Sutkowy and Grzegorz Kłosowski

Water 2018, 10(6), 712; doi:10.3390/w10060712

Plant Harvesting Impacts on Soil Water Patterns and Phenology for Shrub-encroached Grassland

Ying Fan, Xiao-Yan Li, Liu Li, Jun-Qi Wei, Fang-Zhong Shi, Hong-Yun Yao and Lei Liu

Water 2018, 10(6), 736; doi:10.3390/w10060736

A Location Intelligence System for the Assessment of Pluvial Flooding Risk and the Identification of Storm Water Pollutant Sources from Roads in Suburbanised Areas

Szymon Szewrański, Jakub Chruściński, Joost van Hoof, Jan K. Kazak, Małgorzata Świąder, Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak and Romuald Żmuda

Water 2018, 10(6), 746; doi:10.3390/w10060746

Groundwater Hydrochemical Zoning in Inland Plains and its Genetic Mechanisms

Liting Xing, Linxian Huang, Xinyu Hou, Lizhi Yang, Guangyao Chi, Junxiang Xu and Henghua Zhu

Water 2018, 10(6), 752; doi:10.3390/w10060752

Single Session of Chiseling Tillage for Soil and Vegetation Restoration in Severely Degraded Shrublands

Ilan Stavi, Zehava Siegal, Ben Drori, Eran Hyams, Amir Shafir, Yevgeni Kamiski, Ashraf Al-Ashhab, Michael Dorman and Asaf Tsoar

Water 2018, 10(6), 755; doi:10.3390/w10060755

Effects of Water Diversion from Yangtze River to Lake Taihu on the Phytoplankton Habitat of the Wangyu River Channel

Jiangyu Dai, Shiqiang Wu, Xiufeng Wu, Wanyun Xue, Qianqian Yang, Senlin Zhu, Fangfang Wang and Dan Chen

Water 2018, 10(6), 759; doi:10.3390/w10060759

Electrochemical Degradation of Phenol and Resorcinol Molecules through the Dissolution of Sacrificial Anodes of Macro-Corrosion Galvanic Cells

Boguslaw Pierozynski and Grazyna Piotrowska

Water 2018, 10(6), 770; doi:10.3390/w10060770

Comparison of Time Nonlocal Transport Models for Characterizing Non-Fickian Transport: From Mathematical Interpretation to Laboratory Application

Bingqing Lu, Yong Zhang, Chunmiao Zheng, Christopher T. Green, Charles O’Neill, Hong-Guang Sun and Jiazhong Qian

Water 2018, 10(6), 778; doi:10.3390/w10060778

Concentrations, Distribution, and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Daya Bay, China

Huijuan Tang, Zhixin Ke, Muting Yan, Wenjing Wang, Huayue Nie, Boxing Li, Jingping Zhang, Xiangrong Xu and Jun Wang

Water 2018, 10(6), 780; doi:10.3390/w10060780

Presence of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents Utilized as Water Reuse for Irrigation

Asli Aslan, Zachariah Cole, Anunay Bhattacharya and Oghenekpaobor Oyibo

Water 2018, 10(6), 805; doi:10.3390/w10060805

Water Use and Scarcity

An Assessment of the Microbiological Water Quality of Sand Dams in Southeastern Kenya

Ruth Quinn, Orlando Avis, Manon Decker, Alison Parker and Sandy Cairncross

Water 2018, 10(6), 708; doi:10.3390/w10060708

Effects of Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation Regime and Nitrogen Fertilizer on Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Irrigated Rice in the Sahel

Koffi Djaman, Valere C. Mel, Lamine Diop, Abdoulaye Sow, Raafat El-Namaky, Baboucarr Manneh, Kazuki Saito, Koichi Futakuchi and Suat Irmak

Water 2018, 10(6), 711; doi:10.3390/w10060711

Uptake Fluoride from Water by Starch Stabilized Layered Double Hydroxides

Jiming Liu, Xiuping Yue, Xinyu Lu and Yu Guo

Water 2018, 10(6), 745; doi:10.3390/w10060745

Clock Hand Lateral, A New Layout for Semi-Permanent Sprinkler Irrigation System

Lei Gan, Saeed Rad, Xiaobing Chen, Rongjie Fang, Lei Yan and Shihua Su

Water 2018, 10(6), 767; doi:10.3390/w10060767

Evaluation of Water Resource Security Based on an MIV-BP Model in a Karst Area

Liying Liu, Dongjie Guan and Qingwei Yang

Water 2018, 10(6), 786; doi:10.3390/w10060786

Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Meteorological Elements in the North China District of China during 1960–2015

Jinsong Ti, Yuhao Yang, Xiaogang Yin, Jing Liang, Liangliang Pu, Yulin Jiang, Xinya Wen and Fu Chen

Water 2018, 10(6), 789; doi:10.3390/w10060789

Water–Food–Energy Nexus

Hydrological Behavior of Peat- and Coir-Based Substrates and Their Effect on Begonia Growth

Paraskevi Londra, Angeliki Paraskevopoulou and Maria Psychogiou

Water 2018, 10(6), 722; doi:10.3390/w10060722

An Assessment of the Vertical Movement of Water in a Flooded Paddy Rice Field Experiment Using Hydrus-1D

Abdikani Abdullahi Mo’allim, Md Rowshon Kamal, Hadi Hamaaziz Muhammed, Nasehir Khan E. M. Yahaya, Mohamed Azwan b. Mohamed Zawawe, Hasfalina bt. Che Man and Aimrun Wayayok

Water 2018, 10(6), 783; doi:10.3390/w10060783

Assessment of Nutrient Leaching in Flooded Paddy Rice Field Experiment Using Hydrus-1D

Abdikani Abdullahi Mo’allim, Md Rowshon Kamal, Hadi Hamaaziz Muhammed, Mohd Amin Mohd Soom, Mohamed Azwan b. Mohamed Zawawi, Aimrun Wayayok and Hasfalina bt. Che Man

Water 2018, 10(6), 785; doi:10.3390/w10060785

Water Quality Prediction Model of a Water Diversion Project Based on the Improved Artificial Bee Colony–Backpropagation Neural Network

Siyu Chen, Guohua Fang, Xianfeng Huang and Yuhong Zhang

Water 2018, 10(6), 806; doi:10.3390/w10060806

Further Publication

Applying the Theory of Reliability to the Assessment of Hazard, Risk and Safety in a Hydrologic System: A Case Study in the Upper Sola River Catchment, Poland

Bogdan Ozga-Zielinski, Jan Adamowski and Maurycy Ciupak

Water 2018, 10(6), 723; doi:10.3390/w10060723

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Technical Note

Using a Helicopter to Measure River Discharge under Extreme Environmental Conditions: A Methodological Approach on the Sagavanirktok River, Alaska

John Keech, Mike Terwilliger, Joel Bailey and Horacio Toniolo

Water 2018, 10(6), 697; doi:10.3390/w10060697

Parameter Estimation for Soil Water Retention Curve Using the Salp Swarm Algorithm

Jing Zhang, Zhenhua Wang and Xiong Luo

Water 2018, 10(6), 815; doi:10.3390/w10060815

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Communication

Water Event Categorization Using Sub-Metered Water and Coincident Electricity Data

J. Scott Vitter and Michael Webber

Water 2018, 10(6), 714; doi:10.3390/w10060714

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Erratum

Erratum: Worqlul, A.W.; et al. Impact of Climate Change on Streamflow Hydrology in Headwater Catchments of the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Water 2018, 10, 120

Abeyou Wale Worqlul, Yihun Taddele Dile, Essayas Kaba Ayana, Jaehak Jeong, Anwar Assefa Adem and Thomas Gerik

Water 2018, 10(6), 761; doi:10.3390/w10060761

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Editorial

The Impact of Climate on Hydrological Extremes

Salvatore Manfreda, Vito Iacobellis, Andrea Gioia, Mauro Fiorentino and Krzysztof Kochanek

Water 2018, 10(6), 802; doi:10.3390/w10060802

 

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