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Water, Volume 13, Issue 20 (October-2 2021) - 143 Articles

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Table of Contents

General	Water and One Health
Water-Energy Nexus	New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences
Hydrogeology	Soil and Water
Water and Climate Change	Ecohydrology
Hydrology	Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance	Water Quality and Contamination
Urban Water Management	Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics
Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems	Oceans and Coastal Zones
Water Erosion and Sediment Transport	Water Use and Scarcity
Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture	Special Issues Open for Submissions
Topical Collections (without Deadline)	Upcoming Conference
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General

Review: Effective Communication for Water Resilient Communities: A Conceptual Framework

Mohammad Fahmi Abu Bakar, Wenyan Wu, David Proverbs and Eirini Mavritsaki

Water 2021, 13(20), 2880; doi:10.3390/w13202880

Article: Upper Limit and Power Generation Loss of Water Supplement from Cascade Hydropower Stations to Downstream under Lancang-Mekong Cooperation

Jiahui Deng, Yu Li, Wei Ding, Bingyao Zhang, Bo Xu and Huicheng Zhou

Water 2021, 13(20), 2826; doi:10.3390/w13202826

Article: Ocean Response to Super-Typhoon Haiyan

Tolulope Emmanuel Oginni, Shuang Li, Hailun He, Hongwei Yang and Zheng Ling

Water 2021, 13(20), 2841; doi:10.3390/w13202841

Article: Hydrogeochemical Variability of the Acidic Springs in the Rio Tinto Headwaters

Christopher John Allman, David Gómez-Ortiz, Andrea Burke, Ricardo Amils, Nuria Rodriguez and David Fernández-Remolar

Water 2021, 13(20), 2861; doi:10.3390/w13202861

Article: Incorporation of COVID-19-Inspired Behaviour into Agent-Based Modelling for Water Distribution Systems’ Contamination Responses

Leonid Kadinski and Avi Ostfeld

Water 2021, 13(20), 2863; doi:10.3390/w13202863

Article: Evaluation of the RF-Based Downscaled SMAP and SMOS Products Using Multi-Source Data over an Alpine Mountains Basin, Northwest China

Yuanyuan Wen, Jun Zhao, Guofeng Zhu, Ri Xu and Jianxia Yang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2875; doi:10.3390/w13202875

Article: Transboundary Aquifers between Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, and California, Arizona and New Mexico, United States: Identification and Categorization

Rosario Sanchez and Laura Rodriguez

Water 2021, 13(20), 2878; doi:10.3390/w13202878

Article: Study of Long-Term Effectiveness of Water Safety Plan Applied to Microfiltered Water Dispensers to Improve Water Quality

Marta Mazzotta, Silvano Salaris, Maria Rosaria Pascale, Luna Girolamini, Graziella Ciani and Sandra Cristino

Water 2021, 13(20), 2905; doi:10.3390/w13202905

Article: Reduction in Arsenic Exposure by Domestic Water Purification Devices in Shanghai Area and Related Health Risk Assessment

Qin Qin, Hongtao Lu, Zhiliang Zhu, Minghao Sui, Yanling Qiu and Daqiang Yin

Water 2021, 13(20), 2916; doi:10.3390/w13202916

Article: An Assessment of Hydroacoustic and Electric Fishing Data to Evaluate Long Term Spatial and Temporal Fish Population Change in the River Thames, UK

Jim Lyons, Jon Hateley, Graeme Peirson, Frances Eley, Stuart Manwaring and Karen Twine

Water 2021, 13(20), 2932; doi:10.3390/w13202932

Hydrogeology

Article: Can Simple Machine Learning Tools Extend and Improve Temperature-Based Methods to Infer Streambed Flux?

Mohammad A. Moghaddam, Ty P. A. Ferré, Xingyuan Chen, Kewei Chen, Xuehang Song and Glenn Hammond

Water 2021, 13(20), 2837; doi:10.3390/w13202837

Article: Impacts of Desalinated and Recycled Water in the Abu Dhabi Surficial Aquifer

Sadhasivam Sathish, Claudia Cherubini, Nicola Pastore, Concetta I. Giasi and Dimitra Rapti

Water 2021, 13(20), 2853; doi:10.3390/w13202853

Article: Identification of Natural and Anthropogenic Geochemical Processes Determining the Groundwater Quality in Port del Comte High Mountain Karst Aquifer (SE, Pyrenees)

Ignasi Herms, Jorge Jódar, Albert Soler, Luís Javier Lambán, Emilio Custodio, Joan Agustí Núñez, Georgina Arnó, David Parcerisa and Joan Jorge-Sánchez

Water 2021, 13(20), 2891; doi:10.3390/w13202891

Article: Telecoupled Groundwaters: New Ways to Investigate Increasingly De-Localized Resources

Robert Luetkemeier, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Dženeta Hodžić, Anne Jäger, David Kuhn and Linda Söller

Water 2021, 13(20), 2906; doi:10.3390/w13202906

Article: Transient Process of Pumped Storage System Coupling Gas–Liquid Interface: Novel Mathematical Model and Experimental Verification

Chengpeng Liu, Tao Peng, Jiebin Yang, Zhigao Zhao and Jiandong Yang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2933; doi:10.3390/w13202933

Soil and Water

Article: Translocation of Soil Arsenic towards Accumulation in Rice: Magnitude of Water Management to Minimize Health Risk

Israt Jahan, Mohammad Anwarul Abedin, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Mahmud Hossain, Tahsina Sharmin Hoque, Quazi Forhad Quadir, Mohammad Ismail Hossain, Ahmed Gaber, Yusuf S. Althobaiti and Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman

Water 2021, 13(20), 2816; doi:10.3390/w13202816

Article: Synthesis and Characterization of a Nano-Adsorbent Derivative Derived from Grape Seeds for Cadmium Ion Removal in an Aqueous Solution

Alaa Jasim Mohammed, Mohd Hafiz Ibrahim, Syaizwan Zahmir Zulkifli and Jasim Mohammed Salman

Water 2021, 13(20), 2896; doi:10.3390/w13202896

Article: A Characterization of the Hydrochemistry and Main Controlling Factors of Lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert, China

Bing Jia, Jianhua Si, Haiyang Xi and Jie Qin

Water 2021, 13(20), 2931; doi:10.3390/w13202931

Water and Climate Change

Article: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Vulnerability among Rural Areas and Small Towns in South Africa: Exploring the Role of Climate Change, Marginalization, and Inequality

Amber L. Abrams, Kirsty Carden, Charles Teta and Katinka Wågsæther

Water 2021, 13(20), 2810; doi:10.3390/w13202810

Article: Addressing Climate Internal Variability on Future Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves at Fine Scales across South Korea

Manh Van Doi and Jongho Kim

Water 2021, 13(20), 2828; doi:10.3390/w13202828

Article: Wave Impact Loads on Vertical Seawalls: Effects of the Geometrical Properties of Recurve Retrofitting

Shudi Dong, Md Salauddin, Soroush Abolfathi and Jonathan Pearson

Water 2021, 13(20), 2849; doi:10.3390/w13202849

Article: A GIS-Based Groundwater Contamination Assessment Using Modified DRASTIC Geospatial Technique

Ahsen Maqsoom, Bilal Aslam, Mamdooh Alwetaishi, Muhammad Awais, Usman Hassan, Sidra Maqsoom, Wesam Salah Alaloul, Muhammad Ali Musarat, Bilel Zerouali and Enas E. Hussein

Water 2021, 13(20), 2868; doi:10.3390/w13202868

Article: A Comparison of BPNN, GMDH, and ARIMA for Monthly Rainfall Forecasting Based on Wavelet Packet Decomposition

Wenchuan Wang, Yujin Du, Kwokwing Chau, Haitao Chen, Changjun Liu and Qiang Ma

Water 2021, 13(20), 2871; doi:10.3390/w13202871

Article: Impacts of Rainfall and Temperature Changes on Smallholder Agriculture in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Sydney Shikwambana, Ntokozo Malaza and Karabo Shale

Water 2021, 13(20), 2872; doi:10.3390/w13202872

Article: Impacts of Climate and Anthropogenic Activities on Streamflow Regimes in the Beiluo River, China

Zhibo Xie, Xingmin Mu, Peng Gao, Changxue Wu and Dexun Qiu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2892; doi:10.3390/w13202892

Article: Proposal of a New Method for Controlling the Thaw of Permafrost around the China–Russia Crude Oil Pipeline and a Preliminary Study of Its Ventilation Capacity

Yapeng Cao, Guoyu Li, Gang Wu, Dun Chen, Kai Gao, Liyun Tang, Hailiang Jia and Fuqiang Che

Water 2021, 13(20), 2908; doi:10.3390/w13202908

Article: Influence of Terrestrial Precipitation on the Variability of Extreme Sea Levels along the Coast of Bangladesh

Md. Anowarul Islam and Tomonori Sato

Water 2021, 13(20), 2915; doi:10.3390/w13202915

Article: Integrated Geospatial Analysis and Hydrological Modeling for Peak Flow and Volume Simulation in Rwanda

Richard Mind’je, Lanhai Li, Patient Mindje Kayumba, Mapendo Mindje, Sikandar Ali and Adeline Umugwaneza

Water 2021, 13(20), 2926; doi:10.3390/w13202926

 

Ecohydrology

Article: Rainfall Determines Shallow Soil Seepage in a Piedmont Summer Pasture of Alpine Meadow on the Northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

Hongqin Li, Yongsheng Yang, Fawei Zhang, Xiaowei Guo, Yikang Li, Li Lin, Yingnian Li, Guangmin Cao and Huakun Zhou

Water 2021, 13(20), 2815; doi:10.3390/w13202815

Article: Analysis of Basin Morphologic Characteristics and Their Influence on the Water Yield of Mountain Watersheds Upstream of the Xiongan New Area, North China

Hui Yang and Jiansheng Cao

Water 2021, 13(20), 2903; doi:10.3390/w13202903

 

Hydrology

Review: An Overview of Crop and Crop Residue Management Impacts on Crop Water Use and Runoff in the Canadian Prairies

Jian Liu and David A. Lobb

Water 2021, 13(20), 2929; doi:10.3390/w13202929

Article: Determining Water Isotope Compositions for the IAEA WICO and North West Villages, South Africa

Joseph Mathuthu, Naomi Dikeledi Mokhine, Namhla Mkiva, Samuel Che Nde, Ingrid Dennis, Johan Hendriks, Lobina Palamuleni, Tebogo Gilbert Kupi and Manny Mathuthu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2801; doi:10.3390/w13202801

Article: Uncertain Analysis of Fuzzy Evaluation Model for Water Resources Carrying Capacity: A Case Study in Zanhuang County, North China Plain

Yinxin Ge, Jin Wu, Dasheng Zhang, Ruitao Jia and Haotian Yang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2804; doi:10.3390/w13202804

Article: Discharge Estimation with the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Hydraulic Methods in Shallow Rivers

Sergios Lagogiannis and Elias Dimitriou

Water 2021, 13(20), 2808; doi:10.3390/w13202808

Article: Hydrogeochemical Processes and Natural Background Levels of Chromium in an Ultramafic Environment. The Case Study of Vermio Mountain, Western Macedonia, Greece

Eleni Vasileiou, Panagiotis Papazotos, Dimitrios Dimitrakopoulos and Maria Perraki

Water 2021, 13(20), 2809; doi:10.3390/w13202809

Article: Two Comprehensive and Practical Methods for Simulating Pan Evaporation under Different Climatic Conditions in Iran

Mohammad Hassan Dehghanipour, Hojat Karami, Hamidreza Ghazvinian, Zahra Kalantari and Amir Hossein Dehghanipour

Water 2021, 13(20), 2814; doi:10.3390/w13202814

Article: Research on Water Quality Simulation and Water Environmental Capacity in Lushui River Based on WASP Model

Nicolas Obin, Hongni Tao, Fei Ge and Xingwang Liu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2819; doi:10.3390/w13202819

Article: Integrated Quality Control Process for Hydrological Database: A Case Study of Daecheong Dam Basin in South Korea

Gimoon Jeong, Do-Guen Yoo, Tae-Woong Kim, Jin-Young Lee, Joon-Woo Noh and Doosun Kang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2820; doi:10.3390/w13202820

Article: Temporal Changes in Flow Regime along the River Vistula

Ewa Bogdanowicz, Emilia Karamuz and Renata Julita Romanowicz

Water 2021, 13(20), 2840; doi:10.3390/w13202840

Article: Determining Stress State of Source Media with Identified Difference between Groundwater Level during Loading and Unloading Induced by Earth Tides

Huaizhong Yu, Chen Yu, Yuchuan Ma, Binbin Zhao, Chong Yue, Rong Gao and Yulong Chang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2843; doi:10.3390/w13202843

Article: Elevation-Dependent Trends in Precipitation Observed over and around the Tibetan Plateau from 1971 to 2017

Wenfeng Hu, Junqiang Yao, Qing He and Jing Chen

Water 2021, 13(20), 2848; doi:10.3390/w13202848

Article: The Use of High-Speed Cameras as a Tool for the Characterization of Raindrops in Splash Laboratory Studies

María Fernández-Raga, Marco Cabeza-Ortega, Víctor González-Castro, Piet Peters, Meindert Commelin and Julián Campo

Water 2021, 13(20), 2851; doi:10.3390/w13202851

Article: Variation of Hourly Extreme Precipitation in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China, from the Observation Record

Tianyu Zhang, Yuxiao Wang, Bo Liu, Yingying Sun and Xianyan Chen

Water 2021, 13(20), 2855; doi:10.3390/w13202855

Article: The Effect of Water Vapor Originating from Land on the 2018 Drought Development in Europe

Fares Al Hasan, Andreas Link and Ruud J. van der Ent

Water 2021, 13(20), 2856; doi:10.3390/w13202856

Article: Multi-Criteria Analysis of the “Lake Baikal—Irkutsk Reservoir” Operating Modes in a Changing Climate: Reliability, Resilience, Vulnerability

Alexander Buber and Mikhail Bolgov

Water 2021, 13(20), 2879; doi:10.3390/w13202879

Article: Evaluating the Cost of Failure Risk: A Case Study of the Kang-Wei-Kou Stream Diversion Project

Chung-Yuan Liang, Yuan-Heng Wang, Gene Jiing-Yun You, Po-Chun Chen and Emilie Lo

Water 2021, 13(20), 2881; doi:10.3390/w13202881

Article: Land Degradation and Soil Conservation Measures in the Moldavian Plateau, Eastern Romania: A Case Study from the Racova Catchment

Lilian Niacsu, Ion Ionita, Claudia Samoila, Georgel Grigoras and Ana Maria Blebea-Apostu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2877; doi:10.3390/w13202877

Article: Evaluation of Catchments’ Similarity by Penalization in the Context of Engineering Tasks—A Case Study of Four Slovakian Catchments

Milan Cisty, Barbora Povazanova and Milica Aleksic

Water 2021, 13(20), 2894; doi:10.3390/w13202894

Article: Seasonal Variations in Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Source Region of the Yellow River on the Tibetan Plateau

Xiaoni You and Xiangying Li

Water 2021, 13(20), 2901; doi:10.3390/w13202901

Article: Variability of δ²H and δ¹⁸O in Soil Water and Its Linkage to Precipitation in an East Asian Monsoon Subtropical Forest Plantation

Sidan Lyu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2930; doi:10.3390/w13202930

Article: Matrix Suction Evaluation of Soil-Rock Mixture Based on Electrical Resistivity

Kui Wang, Zhengting Xia and Xue Li

Water 2021, 13(20), 2937; doi:10.3390/w13202937

Article: Assessment of the Continuous Extreme Drought Events in Namibia during the Last Decade

Xuan Liu and Jie Zhou

Water 2021, 13(20), 2942; doi:10.3390/w13202942

 

Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance

Article: The Impact of Climate Change on Hydrological Regime of the Transboundary River Shu Basin (Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan): Forecast for 2050

Karlygash Kaliyeva, Petras Punys and Yermekul Zhaparkulova

Water 2021, 13(20), 2800; doi:10.3390/w13202800

Article: Assessment of the Disaster Resilience of Complex Systems: The Case of the Flood Resilience of a Densely Populated City

Marcello Arosio, Luigi Cesarini and Mario L. V. Martina

Water 2021, 13(20), 2830; doi:10.3390/w13202830

Article: The Relationships between Public Risk Perceptions of Climate Change, Environmental Sensitivity and Experience of Extreme Weather-Related Disasters: Evidence from Greece

Michalis Diakakis, Michalis Skordoulis and Eleni Savvidou

Water 2021, 13(20), 2842; doi:10.3390/w13202842

Article: Understanding the Complexity of Water Supply System Governance: A Proposal for a Methodological Framework

Fernando Gumeta-Gómez, Andrea Sáenz-Arroyo, Gustavo Hinojosa-Arango, Claudia Monzón-Alvarado, Maria Azahara Mesa-Jurado and Dolores Molina-Rosales

Water 2021, 13(20), 2870; doi:10.3390/w13202870

Article: A Strategy to Optimize the Implementation of a Machine-Learning Scheme for Extreme Meiyu Rainfall Prediction over Southern Taiwan

Jung-Lien Chu, Chou-Chun Chiang, Li-Huan Hsu, Li-Rung Hwang, Yi-Chiang Yu, Kuan-Ling Lin, Chieh-Ju Wang, Shih-Hao Su and Ting-Shuo Yo

Water 2021, 13(20), 2884; doi:10.3390/w13202884

Article: Spatial Distributions of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Surface Sediments in Intertidal Flats of the Yellow River Delta, China

Gang Fu, Yue Qi, Junsheng Li, Caiyun Zhao, Jing He, Yiwen Ma and Jinfang Zhu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2899; doi:10.3390/w13202899

Article: Has Third-Party Monitoring Improved Water Pollution Data Quality? Evidence from National Surface Water Assessment Sections in China

Liange Zhao, Mengyao Hong and Xueyuan Wang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2917; doi:10.3390/w13202917

 

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Review: Engineering Microbial Consortia towards Bioremediation

Xianglong Li, Shanghua Wu, Yuzhu Dong, Haonan Fan, Zhihui Bai and Xuliang Zhuang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2928; doi:10.3390/w13202928

Article: Adsorption Kinetics and Isotherm Study of Basic Red 5 on Synthesized Silica Monolith Particles

Sultan Alam, Barkat Ullah, Muhammad Sufaid Khan, Najeeb ur Rahman, Luqman Khan, Luqman Ali Shah, Ivar Zekker, Juris Burlakovs, Anna Kallistova, Nikolai Pimenov, Erkata Yandri, Roy Hendroko Setyobudi, Yahya Jani and Muhammad Zahoor

Water 2021, 13(20), 2803; doi:10.3390/w13202803

Article: State Regulations and Guidelines for Wastewater Reuse for Irrigation in the U.S.

William Ritter

Water 2021, 13(20), 2818; doi:10.3390/w13202818

Article: The Impact of Bioaugmentation on the Performance and Microbial Community Dynamics of an Industrial-Scale Activated Sludge Sequencing Batch Reactor under Various Loading Shocks of Heavy Oil Refinery Wastewater

Kai Cui, Quanshu Xu, Xiaoying Sheng, Qingfan Meng, Gaoyuan Shang, Yingqun Ma, Zhongzhi Zhang and Kun Guo

Water 2021, 13(20), 2822; doi:10.3390/w13202822

Article: Evaluation of Microbial Communities of Bottled Mineral Waters and Preliminary Traceability Analysis Using NGS Microbial Fingerprints

Federica Carraturo, Carmela Del Giudice, Mariacristina Compagnone, Giovanni Libralato, Maria Toscanesi, Marco Trifuoggi, Emilia Galdiero and Marco Guida

Water 2021, 13(20), 2824; doi:10.3390/w13202824

Article: Water Demand Management Based on Water Consumption Data Analysis in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Shayma Albannay, Shinobu Kazama, Kumiko Oguma, Takashi Hashimoto and Satoshi Takizawa

Water 2021, 13(20), 2827; doi:10.3390/w13202827

Article: Digested Sludge Quality in Mesophilic, Thermophilic and Temperature-Phased Anaerobic Digestion Systems

Iryna Lanko, Jakub Hejnic, Jana Říhová-Ambrožová, Ivet Ferrer and Pavel Jenicek

Water 2021, 13(20), 2839; doi:10.3390/w13202839

Article: Integrated Treatment at Laboratory Scale of a Mature Landfill Leachate via Active Filtration and Anaerobic Digestion: Preliminary Results

Filippo Fazzino, Stefania Bilardi, Nicola Moraci and Paolo S. Calabrò

Water 2021, 13(20), 2845; doi:10.3390/w13202845

Article: Technology for Upgrading the Tailwater of Municipal Sewage Treatment Plants: The Efficacy and Mechanism of Microbial Coupling for Nitrogen and Carbon Removal

Yinan Zhang, Shihuan Lu, Yuxin Fang, Kexin Yang, Jiafeng Ding, Xueping Ye and Hangjun Zhang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2850; doi:10.3390/w13202850

Article: Study of the Photocatalytic Activity of TiO₂ and Fe²⁺ in the Activation of Peroxymonosulfate

Rodrigo González-Quiles, Juan Manuel de Andrés and Jorge Rodríguez-Chueca

Water 2021, 13(20), 2860; doi:10.3390/w13202860

Article: Quantitative Analysis of Malachite Green in Environmental Samples Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Afnan Ali Hussain Hakami, Mohammed Asif Ahmed, Moonis Ali Khan, Zeid A. AlOthman, Mohd Rafatullah, Md. Ataul Islam and Masoom Raza Siddiqui

Water 2021, 13(20), 2864; doi:10.3390/w13202864

Article: Laboratory and Semi-Pilot Scale Study on the Electrochemical Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Acids from Ion Exchange Still Bottoms

Vanessa Y. Maldonado, Michael F. Becker, Michael G. Nickelsen and Suzanne E. Witt

Water 2021, 13(20), 2873; doi:10.3390/w13202873

Article: Hybrid Beads of Zero Valent Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Chitosan for Removal of Arsenic in Contaminated Water

Mian Fawaz Ahmed, Muhammad Asad Abbas, Azhar Mahmood, Nasir M. Ahmad, Hifza Rasheed, Muhammad Abdul Qadir, Asad Ullah Khan, Hazim Qiblawey, Shenmin Zhu, Rehan Sadiq and Niaz Ali Khan

Water 2021, 13(20), 2876; doi:10.3390/w13202876

Article: Bioaugmentation-Enhanced Remediation of Crude Oil Polluted Water in Pilot-Scale Floating Treatment Wetlands

Khadeeja Rehman, Muhammad Arslan, Jochen A. Müller, Muhammad Saeed, Asma Imran, Imran Amin, Tanveer Mustafa, Samina Iqbal and Muhammad Afzal

Water 2021, 13(20), 2882; doi:10.3390/w13202882

Article: Preparedness Plan for the Water Supply Infrastructure during Water Terrorism—A Case Study from Irbid, Jordan

Muna Hindiyeh, Aiman Albatayneh, Rashed Tarawneh, Suzan Suleiman, Adel Juaidi, Ramez Abdallah, Salah Jellali and Mejdi Jeguirim

Water 2021, 13(20), 2887; doi:10.3390/w13202887

Article: Sewage Markers as Determinants to Differentiate Origins of Emerging Organic Pollutants in an Urban Sri Lankan Water Drainage Network

Do Thi Thuy Quyen, Otaki Masahiro, Yurina Otaki and Tushara Chaminda

Water 2021, 13(20), 2898; doi:10.3390/w13202898

Article: High Concentration Organic Wastewater with High Phosphorus Treatment by Facultative MBR

Bing Wang, Yunlong Liu, Siyu Zhang, Kaihang Zhang, Pedro Alvarez, John C. Crittenden, Bing Sun, Lin Yang, Su Liu and Zhilin Ran

Water 2021, 13(20), 2902; doi:10.3390/w13202902

Article: Network Model Analysis of Residual Chlorine to Reduce Disinfection Byproducts in Water Supply Systems in Yangon City, Myanmar

Nwe Nwe Zin, Shinobu Kazama and Satoshi Takizawa

Water 2021, 13(20), 2921; doi:10.3390/w13202921

Article: Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Isotherms of Methylene Blue Adsorption Study onto Cassava Stem Activated Carbon

Nurul Syuhada Sulaiman, Mohd Hazim Mohamad Amini, Mohammed Danish, Othman Sulaiman and Rokiah Hashim

Water 2021, 13(20), 2936; doi:10.3390/w13202936

Perspective: Making Waves: Zero Liquid Discharge for Sustainable Industrial Effluent Management

Yinglin Liang, Xin Lin, Xiangtong Kong, Qiushi Duan, Pan Wang, Xiaojie Mei and Jinxing Ma

Water 2021, 13(20), 2852; doi:10.3390/w13202852

Concept Paper: Evaluation of a Minimum Liquid Discharge (MLD) Desalination Approach for Management of Unconventional Oil and Gas Produced Waters with a Focus on Waste Minimization

Ganesh L. Ghurye

Water 2021, 13(20), 2912; doi:10.3390/w13202912

 

Water Quality and Contamination

Review: Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) Inhibitors as Emergent Environmental Contaminants: Advanced Remediation and Analytical Methods

Giuliana Bianco, Luca Foti, Raffaella Pascale, Filomena Lelario, Donatella Coviello, Monica Brienza, Sabino Aurelio Bufo and Laura Scrano

Water 2021, 13(20), 2859; doi:10.3390/w13202859

Article: Experimental Study for Sand Filter Backwash Water Management: Low-Cost Treatment for Recycling and Residual Sludge Utilization for Radium Removal

Md. Shafiquzzaman, Saleem S. AlSaleem, Husnain Haider, Mohammad T. Alresheedi and Hussein Thabit

Water 2021, 13(20), 2799; doi:10.3390/w13202799

Article: Microplastics Footprints in a High-Altitude Basin of the Tibetan Plateau, China

Sansan Feng, Hongwei Lu and Tianci Yao

Water 2021, 13(20), 2805; doi:10.3390/w13202805

Article: Predicted and Measured Concentration of Pharmaceuticals in Surface Water of Areas with Increasing Anthropic Pressure: A Case Study in the Coastal Area of Central Italy

Alessio Cardini, Elisa Pellegrino and Laura Ercoli

Water 2021, 13(20), 2807; doi:10.3390/w13202807

Article: Large-Volume Samplers for Efficient Composite Sampling and Particle Characterization in Sewer Systems

Jan Philip Nickel and Stephan Fuchs

Water 2021, 13(20), 2831; doi:10.3390/w13202831

Article: Are Rural and Small Community Aerated Wastewater Stabilization Ponds a Neglected Source of Microplastic Pollution?

Zhiqiang Gao, James V. Cizdziel, Kendall Wontor and Haitao Lu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2833; doi:10.3390/w13202833

Article: Bacterioplankton Community as a Biological Element for Reservoirs Water Quality Assessment

Ivo Pinto, Rita Calisto, Cláudia R. Serra, Olga M. Lage and Sara C. Antunes

Water 2021, 13(20), 2836; doi:10.3390/w13202836

Article: Comparison of Different Procedures for Separating Microplastics from Sediments

Veronica Nava and Barbara Leoni

Water 2021, 13(20), 2854; doi:10.3390/w13202854

Article: Influence of Nano- and Small Microplastics on Ciliated Protozoan Spirostomum ambiguum(Müller, 1786) Ehrenberg, 1835

Grzegorz Nałęcz-Jawecki, Justyna Chojnacka, Milena Wawryniuk and Agata Drobniewska

Water 2021, 13(20), 2857; doi:10.3390/w13202857

Article: Phycocyanin Monitoring in Some Spanish Water Bodies with Sentinel-2 Imagery

Rebeca Pérez-González, Xavier Sòria-Perpinyà, Juan Miguel Soria, Jesús Delegido, Patricia Urrego, María D. Sendra, Antonio Ruíz-Verdú, Eduardo Vicente and José Moreno

Water 2021, 13(20), 2866; doi:10.3390/w13202866

Article: Ionic Liquid-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Nanocomposite Based All Solid State Ion-Selective Electrode for the Determination of Copper in Water Samples

Cecylia Wardak, Karolina Pietrzak and Małgorzata Grabarczyk

Water 2021, 13(20), 2869; doi:10.3390/w13202869

Article: Hyper-Nutrient Enrichment Status in the Sabalan Lake, Iran

Roohollah Noori, Elmira Ansari, Yong-Wook Jeong, Saber Aradpour, Mohsen Maghrebi, Majid Hosseinzadeh and Sayed M. Bateni

Water 2021, 13(20), 2874; doi:10.3390/w13202874

Article: Effect of Biochar Amendment in Woodchip Denitrifying Bioreactors for Nitrate and Phosphate Removal in Tile Drainage Flow

Rasa Vismontienė and Arvydas Povilaitis

Water 2021, 13(20), 2883; doi:10.3390/w13202883

Article: Some Observations on Phytoplankton Community Structure, Dynamics and Their Relationship to Water Quality in Five Santiago Island Reservoirs, Cape Verde

Manuela Morais, Alexandra Marchã Penha, Maria Helena Novais, Leonel Landim, Sónia Silva Victória, Eduardo A. Morales and Luciana Gomes Barbosa

Water 2021, 13(20), 2888; doi:10.3390/w13202888

Article: Effect of High-Speed Railways on City Industrial Sewage Discharge

Yu Chen, Guangming Zhu and Yuandi Wang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2893; doi:10.3390/w13202893

Article: Nitrate Removal from Actual Wastewater by Coupling Sulfur-Based Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Denitrification under Different Influent Concentrations

Feng Liu, Suqin Wang, Xuezhi Zhang, Feiyue Qian, Yaobing Wang and Yao Yin

Water 2021, 13(20), 2913; doi:10.3390/w13202913

Article: Trends of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Surface Sediments of the Lagoons of the Northern Adriatic Sea

Adriano Sfriso, Alessandro Buosi, Yari Tomio, Abdul-Salam Juhmani, Michele Mistri, Cristina Munari and Andrea Augusto Sfriso

Water 2021, 13(20), 2914; doi:10.3390/w13202914

Article: Discharge and Temperature Controls of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in a Forested Coastal Plain Stream

Yuehan Lu, Peng Shang, Shuo Chen, Yingxun Du, Marco Bonizzoni and Amelia K. Ward

Water 2021, 13(20), 2919; doi:10.3390/w13202919

Article: Investigation of Metal and Trace Elements of Cenospheres from Lignite High-Calcium Fly Ash (Thailand)

Sorachon Yoriya and Phattarathicha Tepsri

Water 2021, 13(20), 2935; doi:10.3390/w13202935

 

Urban Water Management

Review: Resilience of Interdependent Water and Power Systems: A Literature Review and Conceptual Modeling Framework

Konstantinos Oikonomou, Kendall Mongird, Jennie S. Rice and Juliet S. Homer

Water 2021, 13(20), 2846; doi:10.3390/w13202846

Review: Drinking Water Standards and Their Implementation—A Critical Assessment

Charikleia Tsaridou and Anastasios J. Karabelas

Water 2021, 13(20), 2918; doi:10.3390/w13202918

Article: A Simplified Model for Predicting the Effectiveness of Bioswale’s Control on Stormwater Runoff from Roadways

Jianpeng Zhou, Azadeh Akhavan Bloorchian, Sina Nassiri and Abdolreza Osouli

Water 2021, 13(20), 2798; doi:10.3390/w13202798

Article: Model-Driven Strategies for Sulfide Control in a Regional Wastewater System Receiving Tannery Effluents in Portugal

Rita Ventura Matos, Manuel Peixeiro, Filipa Ferreira and José Saldanha Matos

Water 2021, 13(20), 2838; doi:10.3390/w13202838

Article: Inland Reservoir Water Quality Inversion and Eutrophication Evaluation Using BP Neural Network and Remote Sensing Imagery: A Case Study of Dashahe Reservoir

Yanhu He, Zhenjie Gong, Yanhui Zheng and Yuanbo Zhang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2844; doi:10.3390/w13202844

Article: Stormwater Runoff Modelling in an Urban Catchment to Plan Risk Management for Contaminant Spills for Stormwater Harvesting

Baden Myers, John Awad, David Pezzaniti, Dennis Gonzalez, Declan Page and Peter Dillon

Water 2021, 13(20), 2865; doi:10.3390/w13202865

Article: Evaluation and Optimization of Low Impact Development Designs for Sustainable Stormwater Management in a Changing Climate

Yasir Abduljaleel and Yonas Demissie

Water 2021, 13(20), 2889; doi:10.3390/w13202889

Article: Continuous Simulation of Highly Urbanized Watershed to Quantify Nutrients’ Loadings

Naila Mahdi and Krishna R. Pagilla

Water 2021, 13(20), 2910; doi:10.3390/w13202910

Article: Improving Household Agriculture with Roof-Harvested Rainwater: A Case Study in Sydney and Nairobi

Caleb Christian Amos, Ataur Rahman, Sayka Jahan, John Mwangi Gathenya and Mohammad A. Alim

Water 2021, 13(20), 2920; doi:10.3390/w13202920

Article: Study on the Bathroom Space and the Application of Same-Floor Drainage in Congregate Housing

Wan-Ju Liao, Cheng-Li Cheng and Chao-Jung Lee

Water 2021, 13(20), 2922; doi:10.3390/w13202922

Article: A Leak Zone Location Approach in Water Distribution Networks Combining Data-Driven and Model-Based Methods

Marlon Jesús Ares-Milián, Marcos Quiñones-Grueiro, Cristina Verde and Orestes Llanes-Santiago

Water 2021, 13(20), 2924; doi:10.3390/w13202924

Article: Resilience Assessment and Critical Point Identification for Urban Water Supply Systems under Uncertain Scenarios

Jinning Liu, Zhiguo Shao and Wei Wang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2939; doi:10.3390/w13202939

 

Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics

Article: Extending the Applicability of the Meyer–Peter and Müller Bed Load Transport Formula

Epaminondas Sidiropoulos, Konstantinos Vantas, Vlassios Hrissanthou and Thomas Papalaskaris

Water 2021, 13(20), 2817; doi:10.3390/w13202817

Article: Optimal Regulation of the Cascade Gates Group Water Diversion Project in a Flow Adjustment Period

Jie Zhu, Zhao Zhang, Xiaohui Lei, Xia Yue, Xiaohua Xiang, Hao Wang and Mao Ye

Water 2021, 13(20), 2825; doi:10.3390/w13202825

Article: Emulation of 2D Hydrodynamic Flood Simulations at Catchment Scale Using ANN and SVR

Saba Mirza Alipour and Joao Leal

Water 2021, 13(20), 2858; doi:10.3390/w13202858

Article: Methodology for Pumping Station Design Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Christian X. Briceño-León, Diana S. Sanchez-Ferrer, Pedro L. Iglesias-Rey, F. Javier Martinez-Solano and Daniel Mora-Melia

Water 2021, 13(20), 2886; doi:10.3390/w13202886

Article: Modelling and Incorporating the Variable Demand Patterns to the Calibration of Water Distribution System Hydraulic Model

Sharif Hossain, Guna A. Hewa, Christopher W. K. Chow and David Cook

Water 2021, 13(20), 2890; doi:10.3390/w13202890

 

Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems

Article: Distribution Patterns of Benthic Foraminifera in Fish Farming Areas (Corsica, France): Implications for the Implementation of Biotic Indices in Biomonitoring Studies

Antoine Dubois, Christine Barras, Jean-Charles Pavard, Annick Donnay, Melvin Béatrix and Vincent M. P. Bouchet

Water 2021, 13(20), 2821; doi:10.3390/w13202821

Article: Analyses of Protection and Conservation According to the Fish Act 1950 in Bangladesh’s Kaptai Lake Fisheries Management

Nafis Rayhan, Petra Schneider, Md. Shahidul Islam, Aminur Rashid, Mohammad Mojibul Hoque Mozumder, Mohammad Mosarof Hossain, Amany Begum and Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman

Water 2021, 13(20), 2835; doi:10.3390/w13202835

Article: Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Simulation of a Mariculture Platform under Waves

Feng Zhang, Li Zhang, Yanshuang Xie, Zhiyuan Wang and Shaoping Shang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2847; doi:10.3390/w13202847

Article: Effects of Water Level Fluctuations on the Growth Characteristics and Community Succession of Submerged Macrophytes: A Case Study of Yilong Lake, China

Fengbin Zhao, Xin Fang, Zeyu Zhao and Xiaoli Chai

Water 2021, 13(20), 2900; doi:10.3390/w13202900

Article: Development and Evaluation of a Chinook Salmon Smolt Swimming Behavior Model

Edward S. Gross, Rusty C. Holleman, Michael J. Thomas, Nann A. Fangue and Andrew L. Rypel

Water 2021, 13(20), 2904; doi:10.3390/w13202904

Article: Macrophyte Diversity as a Response to Extreme Conditions in the Post-Mining Lakes of the Muskau Arch (West Poland)

Małgorzata Oszkinis-Golon, Marcin Frankowski and Andrzej Pukacz

Water 2021, 13(20), 2909; doi:10.3390/w13202909

Brief Report: Effect of the Presence of Virus-like Particles on Bacterial Growth in Sunlit Surface and Dark Deep Ocean Environments in the Southern East China Sea

An-Yi Tsai, Ying-Tsong Lin and Gwo-Ching Gong

Water 2021, 13(20), 2934; doi:10.3390/w13202934

 

Oceans and Coastal Zones

Review: Planning and Management of Coastal Buffer Zones in Taiwan

Yuan-Jyh Lan and Tai-Wen Hsu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2925; doi:10.3390/w13202925

Article: Sediment Sources and Dispersion on the Western Sunda Shelf, Malay Peninsula, Southern South China Sea

Yanguang Liu, Chuanshun Li, Ramlan Bin Omar, Xuefa Shi, Hui Zhang and Noraswana Nor Faiz

Water 2021, 13(20), 2823; doi:10.3390/w13202823

Article: Investigating Controls on Barrier Island Overwash and Evolution during Extreme Storms

Jesse N. Beckman, Joseph W. Long, Andrea D. Hawkes, Lynn A. Leonard and Eman Ghoneim

Water 2021, 13(20), 2829; doi:10.3390/w13202829

Article: Calibration of CFD Numerical Model for the Analysis of a Combined Caisson

Claudio Iuppa, Lilia Carlo, Enrico Foti and Carla Faraci

Water 2021, 13(20), 2862; doi:10.3390/w13202862

 

Water Erosion and Sediment Transport

Article: Impacts of Massive Sediment Input on the Channel Geometry Adjustment of Alluvial Rivers: Revisiting the North Fork Toutle River Case

Xiaofan Wang, Xudong Ma and Xingnian Liu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2802; doi:10.3390/w13202802

Article: Formation of Coherent Flow Structures beyond Vegetation Patches in Channel

Masoud Kazem, Hossein Afzalimehr and Jueyi Sui

Water 2021, 13(20), 2812; doi:10.3390/w13202812

Water Use and Scarcity

Review: Hydro-Technologies of Mehrgarh, Baluchistan and Indus Valley Civilizations, Punjab, Pakistan (ca. 7000–1500 BC)

Saifullah Khan, Nese Yilmaz, Mohammad Valipour and Andreas N. Angelakis

Water 2021, 13(20), 2813; doi:10.3390/w13202813

Article: Stem Photosynthesis Affects Hydraulic Resilience in the Deciduous Populusalba but Not in the Evergreen Laurus nobilis

Patrizia Trifilò, Sara Natale, Sara Gargiulo, Elisa Abate, Valentino Casolo and Andrea Nardini

Water 2021, 13(20), 2911; doi:10.3390/w13202911

Article: Water Quality, Availability, and Uses in Rural Communities in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Shwan Seeyan, Ammar Adham, Karrar Mahdi and Coen Ritsema

Water 2021, 13(20), 2927; doi:10.3390/w13202927

 

Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture

Article: Optimal Operation Model of Drainage Works for Minimizing Waterlogging Loss in Paddy Fields

Zhenyang Liu, Yujiang Xiong, Juzeng Xu, Shihong Yang, Zewei Jiang and Fangping Liu

Water 2021, 13(20), 2811; doi:10.3390/w13202811

Article: Effects of Chlorpyrifos Ethyl on Cholinesterase and Growth of Silver Barb (Barbonymus gonionotus)

Nguyen Van Cong, Dinh Thai Danh and Tran Sy Nam

Water 2021, 13(20), 2885; doi:10.3390/w13202885

Article: Optimal Water-Fertilizer Combinations for Efficient Nitrogen Fixation by Sugarcane at Different Stages of Growth

Zhanxia Ma, Weixiong Wu, Juha M. Alatalo, Wuxiang Fu and Yang Bai

Water 2021, 13(20), 2895; doi:10.3390/w13202895

Article: A Long-Term Water Quality Prediction Method Based on the Temporal Convolutional Network in Smart Mariculture

Yuexin Fu, Zhuhua Hu, Yaochi Zhao and Mengxing Huang

Water 2021, 13(20), 2907; doi:10.3390/w13202907

 

"What’s the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we’re willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?" - F. Sherwood Rowland

Water, Volume 13, Issue 19 (October-1 2021) - 193 Articles

From MDPI -Water, Volume 13, Issue 19 (October-1 2021) - 193 articles.

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Cover Story

Article: Economic and Sustainability Inequalities and Water Consumption of European Union Countries

Marcos Ferasso, Lydia Bares, Daniel Ogachi and Miguel Blanco

Water 2021, 13(19), 2696; doi:10.3390/w13192696

 

Featured Papers

Review: Impact of Green Roofs and Vertical Greenery Systems on Surface Runoff Quality

Imane Hachoumi, Bernhard Pucher, Elisabetta De Vito-Francesco, Flora Prenner, Thomas Ertl, Guenter Langergraber, Maria Fürhacker and Roza Allabashi

Water 2021, 13(19), 2609; doi:10.3390/w13192609

Article: Abundance and Temporal Distribution of Beach Litter on the Coast of Ceuta (North Africa, Gibraltar Strait)

Francisco Asensio-Montesinos, Giorgio Anfuso, María Teresa Aguilar-Torrelo and Milagrosa Oliva Ramírez

Water 2021, 13(19), 2739; doi:10.3390/w13192739

Article: Improving Formaldehyde Removal from Water and Wastewater by Fenton, Photo-Fenton and Ozonation/Fenton Processes through Optimization and Modeling

Ahmad Hosseinzadeh, Ali Asghar Najafpoor, Ali Asghar Navaei, John L. Zhou, Ali Altaee, Navid Ramezanian, Aliakbar Dehghan, Teng Bao and Mohsen Yazdani

Water 2021, 13(19), 2754; doi:10.3390/w13192754

Article: Release of Antibiotic-Resistance Genes from Hospitals and a Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Ocean Thakali, Bikash Malla, Sarmila Tandukar, Niva Sthapit, Sunayana Raya, Takashi Furukawa, Kazunari Sei, Jeevan B. Sherchand and Eiji Haramoto

Water 2021, 13(19), 2733; doi:10.3390/w13192733

Article: Deep Learning Based Filtering Algorithm for Noise Removal in Underwater Images

Aswathy K. Cherian, Eswaran Poovammal, Ninan Sajeeth Philip, Kadiyala Ramana, Saurabh Singh and In-Ho Ra

Water 2021, 13(19), 2742; doi:10.3390/w13192742

Article: Mapping Risk to Land Subsidence: Developing a Two-Level Modeling Strategy by Combining Multi-Criteria Decision-Making and Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Ata Allah Nadiri, Marjan Moazamnia, Sina Sadeghfam and Rahim Barzegar

Water 2021, 13(19), 2622; doi:10.3390/w13192622

Article: Estimation of Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficient of Chinese Cabbage Using Eddy Covariance in Northwest China

Jie Ding, Sien Li, Hongshuo Wang, Chunyu Wang, Yunxuan Zhang and Danni Yang

Water 2021, 13(19), 2781; doi:10.3390/w13192781

Article: Spatial Heterogeneity and Driving Factors of Soil Moisture in Alpine Desert Using the Geographical Detector Method

Zhiwei Zhang, Huiyan Yin, Ying Zhao, Shaoping Wang, Jiahua Han, Bo Yu and Jie Xue

Water 2021, 13(19), 2652; doi:10.3390/w13192652

Article: Soil Moisture and Salinity Inversion Based on New Remote Sensing Index and Neural Network at a Salina-Alkaline Wetland

Jie Wang, Weikun Wang, Yuehong Hu, Songni Tian and Dongwei Liu

Water 2021, 13(19), 2762; doi:10.3390/w13192762

Article: Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Hot Springs and Their Short-Term Seismic Precursor Anomalies along the Xiaojiang Fault Zone, Southeast Tibet Plateau

Chenhua Li, Xiaocheng Zhou, Yucong Yan, Shupei Ouyang and Fengli Liu

Water 2021, 13(19), 2638; doi:10.3390/w13192638

Article: Behaviors of the Yukon River Sediment Plume in the Bering Sea: Relations to Glacier-Melt Discharge and Sediment Load

Kazuhisa A. Chikita, Tomoyuki Wada, Isao Kudo, Sei-Ichi Saitoh, Toru Hirawake and Mitsuhiro Toratani

Water 2021, 13(19), 2646; doi:10.3390/w13192646

Article: A Probabilistic Model for Maximum Rainfall Frequency Analysis

Maurycy Ciupak, Bogdan Ozga-Zieliński, Tamara Tokarczyk and Jan Adamowski

Water 2021, 13(19), 2688; doi:10.3390/w13192688

Article: Multi Frequency Isotopes Survey to Improve Transit Time Estimation in a Situation of River-Aquifer Interaction

Angélique Poulain, Vincent Marc, Marina Gillon, Anne-Laure Cognard-Plancq, Roland Simler, Milanka Babic and Marc Leblanc

Water 2021, 13(19), 2695; doi:10.3390/w13192695

Article: A ConvLSTM Conjunction Model for Groundwater Level Forecasting in a Karst Aquifer Considering Connectivity Characteristics

Fei Guo, Jing Yang, Hu Li, Gang Li and Zhuo Zhang

Water 2021, 13(19), 2759; doi:10.3390/w13192759

Article: OpenHi.net: A Synergistically Built, National-Scale Infrastructure for Monitoring the Surface Waters of Greece

Nikos Mamassis, Katerina Mazi, Elias Dimitriou, Demetris Kalogeras, Nikolaos Malamos, Spyridon Lykoudis, Antonis Koukouvinos, Ioannis Tsirogiannis, Ino Papageorgaki, Anastasios Papadopoulos, Yiannis Panagopoulos, Demetris Koutsoyiannis, Antonis Christofides, Andreas Efstratiadis, Georgios Vitantzakis, Nikos Kappos, Dimitrios Katsanos, Basil Psiloglou, Evangelos Rozos, Theodora Kopania, Ioannis Koletsis and Antonis D. Koussis

Water 2021, 13(19), 2779; doi:10.3390/w13192779

Article: Characterisation of Organic Matter and Its Transformation Processes in On-Site Wastewater Effluent Percolating through Soil Using Fluorescence Spectroscopic Methods and Parallel Factor Analysis (PARAFAC)

Donata Dubber, Jan Knappe and Laurence W. Gill

Water 2021, 13(19), 2627; doi:10.3390/w13192627

Article: Cyanide Removal and Recovery by Electrochemical Crystallization Process

Natacha Martin, Vinh Ya, Vincenzo Naddeo, Kwang-Ho Choo and Chi-Wang Li

Water 2021, 13(19), 2704; doi:10.3390/w13192704

Article: Photocatalytic Bactericidal Performance of LaFeO₃ under Solar Light in the Presence of Natural Organic Matter: Spectroscopic and Mechanistic Evaluation

Nazmiye Cemre Birben, Ezgi Lale, Renato Pelosato, Nazli Turkten, Isabella Natali Sora and Miray Bekbolet

Water 2021, 13(19), 2785; doi:10.3390/w13192785

Article: The Role of Large Dams in a Transboundary Drought Management Co-Operation Framework—Case Study of the Kabul River Basin

Yar M. Taraky, Edward McBean, Yongbo Liu, Prasad Daggupati, Narayan Kumar Shrestha, Albert Jiang and Bahram Gharabaghi

Water 2021, 13(19), 2628; doi:10.3390/w13192628

Article: Comparison of Deterministic and Statistical Models for Water Quality Compliance Forecasting in the San Joaquin River Basin, California

Nigel W. T. Quinn, Michael K. Tansey and James Lu

Water 2021, 13(19), 2661; doi:10.3390/w13192661

Article: Microalgae Growth Inhibition-Based Reservoirs Water Quality Assessment to Identify Ecotoxicological Risks

Sara Rodrigues, Ivo Pinto, Nuno Formigo and Sara C. Antunes

Water 2021, 13(19), 2605; doi:10.3390/w13192605

Article: Ecological Importance of Alkaline Phosphatase Activity in Changing Marine Environmental Conditions

Ingrid Ivančić, Romina Kraus, Mirjana Najdek and Stefano Cozzi

Water 2021, 13(19), 2750; doi:10.3390/w13192750

Article: A Case Study on Reliability, Water Demand and Economic Analysis of Rainwater Harvesting in Australian Capital Cities

Preeti Preeti and Ataur Rahman

Water 2021, 13(19), 2606; doi:10.3390/w13192606

Article: Numerical Investigation of Hydraulics in a Vertical Slot Fishway with Upgraded Configurations

Mohammad Ahmadi, Amir Ghaderi, Hossein MohammadNezhad, Alban Kuriqi and Silvia Di Francesco

Water 2021, 13(19), 2711; doi:10.3390/w13192711

Article: The Simultaneous Analysis of Droplets’ Impacts and Heat Transfer during Water Spray Cooling Using a Transparent Heater

Vladimir Serdyukov, Nikolay Miskiv and Anton Surtaev

Water 2021, 13(19), 2730; doi:10.3390/w13192730

Article: Climate Change Effects on Fish Passability across a Rock Weir in a Mediterranean River

Daniel Mameri, Rui Rivaes, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Stefan Schmutz and José Maria Santos

Water 2021, 13(19), 2758; doi:10.3390/w13192758

Article: Protection and Guidance of Downstream Moving Fish with Electrified Horizontal Bar Rack Bypass Systems

Julian Meister, Anita Moldenhauer-Roth, Claudia Beck, Oliver M. Selz, Armin Peter, Ismail Albayrak and Robert M. Boes

Water 2021, 13(19), 2786; doi:10.3390/w13192786

Article: Riparian Land Cover, Water Temperature Variability, and Thermal Stress for Aquatic Species in Urban Streams

Anne Timm, Valerie Ouellet and Melinda Daniels

Water 2021, 13(19), 2732; doi:10.3390/w13192732

Article: On Dam Failure Induced Seismic Signals Using Laboratory Tests and on Breach Morphology due to Overtopping by Modeling

Chi-Yao Hung, I-Fan Tseng, Su-Chin Chen and Zheng-Yi Feng

Water 2021, 13(19), 2757; doi:10.3390/w13192757

Article: Experimental Study on the Characteristics of Sediment Transport and Sorting in Pressurized Pipes

Yan Li, Jinliang Zhang, Haijue Xu and Yuchuan Bai

Water 2021, 13(19), 2782; doi:10.3390/w13192782

 

General

Review: Heavy Metals Removal from Water by Efficient Adsorbents

Muhammad Zaim Anaqi Zaimee, Mohd Sani Sarjadi and Md Lutfor Rahman

Water 2021, 13(19), 2659; doi:10.3390/w13192659

Article: A Simplified Method for Rapid Estimation of Emergency Water Supply Needs after Earthquakes

Joseph Toland and Anne Wein

Water 2021, 13(19), 2635; doi:10.3390/w13192635

Article: Wildfires as a Source of PAHs in Surface Waters of Background Areas (Lake Baikal, Russia)

Alexander G. Gorshkov, Oksana N. Izosimova, Olga V. Kustova, Irina I. Marinaite, Yuri P. Galachyants, Valery N. Sinyukovich and Tamara V. Khodzher

Water 2021, 13(19), 2636; doi:10.3390/w13192636

Article: Effect of Chemical Oxygen Demand Concentration on Nutrient Removal in Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification and Phosphorus Removal System in High-Altitude Areas

Yani Zhao, Liling Zhang, Meng Zhang, Jingya Wu, Shuping Li, Douzhi Ran, Liwei Sun and Guangcan Zhu

Water 2021, 13(19), 2656; doi:10.3390/w13192656

Article: Modeling as a Tool for Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Prioritization

Ashley E. P. Atkins, Saeed P. Langarudi and Alexander G. Fernald

Water 2021, 13(19), 2685; doi:10.3390/w13192685

Article: Improved Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometer Method for Measuring Dissolved Methane Concentration and Methane Production Rate in a Large Shallow Lake

Feng Zhao, Hai Xu, Todd Kana, Guangwei Zhu, Xu Zhan, Wei Zou, Mengyuan Zhu, Lijuan Kang and Xingchen Zhao

Water 2021, 13(19), 2699; doi:10.3390/w13192699

Article: Using Dual Isotopes of Nitrate to Identify the Source of Nitrogen Pollution in the Songhua River Basin, Northeast China

Kuangmin Ye, Fansheng Meng, Lingsong Zhang, Yeyao Wang, Hao Xue and Daoping Zhang

Water 2021, 13(19), 2721; doi:10.3390/w13192721

Article: Three-Dimensional Numerical Investigation on the Seepage Field and Stability of Soil Slope Subjected to Snowmelt Infiltration

Shengyi Cong, Liang Tang, Xianzhang Ling, Wenqiang Xing, Lin Geng, Xinyu Li, Guoyu Li and Hui Li

Water 2021, 13(19), 2729; doi:10.3390/w13192729

Article: Evaluation of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Measures for Sediment Yield in a Tropical Watershed in Thailand

Mukand S. Babel, Miyuru B. Gunathilake and Manoj K. Jha

Water 2021, 13(19), 2767; doi:10.3390/w13192767

Article: Combining Spectral Water Indices and Mathematical Morphology to Evaluate Surface Water Extraction in Taiwan

Fang-Shii Ning and Yu-Chan Lee

Water 2021, 13(19), 2774; doi:10.3390/w13192774

Article: Study on Sludge and Dissolved Oxygen Distribution in a Full-Scale A2/O Oxidation Ditch

Chengyi Li, Zhao Han, Yuquan Zhang, Yuan Zheng, Hepeng Zhang and Emmanuel Fernandez-Rodriguez

Water 2021, 13(19), 2776; doi:10.3390/w13192776

 

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No, this is not a late April Fools' Day joke - it's the real deal! Everyone's favorite ex-New Yorker and erstwhile Golden Stater (Truckee and Santa Cruz) WaterWired/Aquadoc is editing the July-August 2021 issue of Water Resources IMPACT with the working title  'SYPs: Speaking on Water'. I need your help in populating the issue with 6 - 9 short (800 - 1300 words, more or less) articles.

Why SYPs? Well, why not? Let's hear what they have to say. I am not necessarily soliciting articles that describe what it is like to be an SYP in a 'boomer' world, although a few such articles would be valuable. I am just looking for articles written from the SYP vantage point. Climate change. The 'water crisis'. Diversity, inclusion, equity. Gender issues. IWRM. Sustainability/resilience. Water quality. Water security. A short story about droughts. Forever chemicals. 

I am not seeking journal-style articles but ones that are much shorter, less technical, and written in a conversational, 'story-telling' style. The audience will be water-resources practitioners and students who are not necessarily technical geeks; even those who aren't WaterWonks read the magazine, which is published online-only. Circulation is a couple thousand or so.

If you think your proposed topic is too speculative or 'off the wall' - run it past me. If it is labeled as such - no problem - I like thinking outside the box. For example: you may be older than 35 and going back to school to switch to a new career. That could make a very interesting article. 

Here are two IMPACT articles I wrote that may help you:

Growing Up...with Managed Aquifer Recharge - recounts my 'childhood  adventures' on 1950s Long Island, NY, and the 'sumps' (recharge basins) I encountered. 

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Here is a brief article I wrote for the March 2018) of Water Resources IMPACT - Managing Water Ethically. It's sure to raise the hackles of some, as I promote the concept of Managed Aquifer Depletion (MAD) to assess when a groundwater supply is going to run out and then manage it to prolong it for as long as possible. 

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If you have never seen a copy of Water Resources IMPACT, take a look at our current
issue Connecting Land and Water for Healthy Communities, edited by our friend and colleague Mike Antos. 

If you are interested in submitting an article please let me know as soon as possible by sending a title and several sentences. We would like the complete articles by 24 June or so. We have some flexibility. Email: Michael.Campana@oregonstate.edu. My cell is 541-602-4085. Please don't send an article written without checking with me first; I don't want you wasting your time. Previously-written articles may be suitable for publication in Water Resources IMPACT as long as there are no copyright restrictions. 

Here are author instructions:

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Questions? Let me know ASAP.

Thank you!

Tell me a story.

"An ill-chosen word is the fool's messenger."- Anonymous

CRS Report: 'An Overview of Rare Earth Elements and Related Issues for Congress'

Brandon S. Tracy of CRS addresses a very important issue - Rare Earth Elements - so important to our security (24 November 2020): An Overview of Rare Earth Elements and Related Issues for Congress. 

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Introduction
The rare earth elements (REE) are a commonly recognized group of 17 elements included in the list of critical minerals identified by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) pursuant to Executive Order 13817. Although domestic resources exist for some REE, the United States is currently reliant on imports. In 2019, the United States imported 100% of rare earth metals and compounds it consumed, even though it exported some domestically mined rare earth element concentrate for further processing (due in part to a lack of domestic processing facilities).

As the United States currently imports all rare earth metals and compounds, an ongoing concern for many is maintaining unrestricted access to these supplies. REE are used in many products and sectors; examples of products containing REE include metal alloys, catalysts, magnets, motors, and electronic displays. More information on the consumption of REE in representative sectors and products is presented in the section “Demand for Rare Earth Elements” below.

This report provides an overview of REE, with a focus on domestic mineral resources and the potential for transforming REE sources (e.g., minerals, ores, concentrate, compounds) into inputs for other products. The United States has known deposits of REE, and one has been mined intermittently over several decades. While some deposits offer additional potential supply options, the United States currently does not have commercial-scale REE extraction capabilities. Ongoing research aims to lower the cost of extracting REE from mineral deposits and from recycled materials. Congress has shown interest in securing and enhancing the domestic supply of rare earth elements and critical minerals through proposed legislation.

Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Elements Defined
Many discussions of critical minerals employ the definition stated in, and the resulting list pursuant to, Executive Order (E.O.) 13817. The E.O. defines a critical mineral to be

(i) a non-fuel mineral or mineral material essential to the economic and national security of the United States, (ii) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to disruption, and (iii) that serves an essential function in the manufacturing of a product, the absence of which would have significant consequences for our economy or our national security.

The E.O. directs the Secretary of the Interior, who in turn directs the USGS, to work with other federal agencies to produce a list of critical minerals (and to update the list periodically). The Department of the Interior (DOI) accepted the final list from USGS, which includes the REE as critical minerals.

Seventeen elements are commonly considered to be REE, 15 within the lanthanoid group of elements, as well as yttrium and scandium. REE are often discussed or categorized as light REE (LREE) or heavy REE (HREE). LREE include lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), and gadolinium (Gd).

HREE include terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), and lutetium (Lu). Yttrium (Y) is generally considered a HREE, due to its similar chemical and physical properties. Scandium (Sc) is not included in either subcategory. Promethium is sometimes excluded from these subcategories because it does not occur in nature.

 Cutting to the chase...

REE Cooperative and Corporation
Among other provisions, S. 2093 and H.R. 4410 would establish a federally chartered cooperative to process domestic and international sources of REE ores and materials containing thorium into products for sale. Afederally chartered corporation would accept and store all radiological material (e.g., thorium) produced by the cooperative and sell any valuable materials, and could conduct research on new uses of such materials. The cooperative and corporation would be privately funded and operated.

The presence of thorium (or other radiological minerals) in REE deposits can add to overall costs of production, as the thorium becomes regulated source material during processing.62 A cooperative/corporation could create a scale of operations that could overcome these additional costs that may render smaller operations unprofitable. In the absence of federal funding, it is not clear whether the federally chartered cooperative and corporation would be any more viable than a similar cooperative and corporation created by private sector entities.

These bills suggest that a federally chartered corporation could eliminate the higher costs a REE mining operation faces if the ore body contains thorium by taking ownership of thorium materials produced by cooperative members. It is unclear how a federally chartered cooperative could reduce the costs associated with the presence of thorium, as thorium materials would be expected to be regulated at the mine, where physical refining (e.g., crushing, sorting, floatation separation) can increase thorium concentrations to those regulated as source material. If the cooperative and corporation were to receive ore directly from the REE mine, they would likely face the higher costs associated with transportation of the ore and disposal of the tailings.

Fascinating!

Enjoy!

"The ball does not stain." - Diego Maradona

CRS Report: 'The National Institute of Standards and Technology - An Appropriations Overview' Updated: 25 February 2020

So who's ever heard of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)? It's probably one of the agrecies that if you've heard of it, then it's not doing a good job.Remember the National Bureau of Standards? It's now the NIST.

Actually it's so important that John F. Sargent Jr. has written this CRS report (updated: 25 February 2020): The National Institute of Standards and Technology: An Appropriations Overview.

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Introduction

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a laboratory of the Department of Commerce, is mandated to provide technical services to facilitate the competitiveness of U.S. industry. NIST is directed to offer support to the private sector for the development of precompetitive generic technologies and the diffusion of government-developed innovation to users in all segments of the American economy. Laboratory research is to provide measurement, calibration, and quality assurance techniques that underpin U.S. commerce, technological progress, improved product reliability, manufacturing processes, and public safety.

Concerns about the adequacy of federal funding for physical science and engineering research led to efforts by successive Presidents and Congresses to double funding for the NIST laboratory and construction accounts, together with the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science. President Bush’s proposal was to do so over 10 years; the America COMPETES Act (P.L. 110-69) set authorization levels consistent with a seven-year doubling and the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 set authorization levels consistent with an 11-year doubling. However, appropriations did not keep pace with authorization levels or presidential requests. In addition, the appropriations authorizations for the accounts targeted for doubling lapsed at the end of FY2013. Appropriations for the targeted NIST accounts increased by 42.3% from FY2006 to FY2016.

Funding for NIST extramural programs directed toward increased private sector commercialization has been a topic of congressional debate. Some Members of Congress have expressed skepticism over a “technology policy” based on providing federal funds to industry for development of precompetitive generic technologies. This approach, coupled with pressures to balance the federal budget, led to significant reductions in funding for NIST. The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), which accounted for over 50% of the FY1995 NIST budget, were subsequently proposed for elimination. In 2007, ATP was terminated and replaced by the Technology Innovation Program (TIP). TIP was subsequently defunded in the FY2012 appropriations legislation. President Trump has proposed the elimination of federal funding for the MEP program in fiscal years 2018 to 2021.

In December 2014, Congress enacted the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014 (Title VII of Division B of P.L. 113-235), establishing a Network for Manufacturing Innovation (also referred to as Manufacturing USA). The explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113) directed NIST to use an open competition to select the technological focus areas of industry-driven manufacturing institutes. Upon completion of its first competition, NIST announced its selection of the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL). In total, 14 NNMI institutes have been sponsored by the Department of Defense (DOD, eight institutes), Department of Energy (six institutes), and Department of Commerce (one institute). A new DOD-sponsored instituted is being competed in FY2020. A second NIST-sponsored institute has been requested in the President’s budget.

For FY2020, Congress provided $1,034.0 billion for NIST, including $754.0 million for the Scientific and Technical Research and Services (STRS) account, $162.0 million for the Industrial Technology Services (ITS) account, and $118.0 million for the Construction of Research Facilities (CRF) account. Within the ITS account, Congress provided $146.0 million for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program and $16.0 million for Manufacturing USA, including ongoing support for NIST’s first institute, the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), and support for coordination of the Manufacturing USA network.

The President is requesting $737.5 million for NIST in FY2021, a decrease of $296.5 million (28.7%) from the FY2020 enacted appropriation of $1,034.0 million. Included in the FY2021 request is $652 million for the STRS account, a decrease of $102.0 million (13.5%); $25.3 million for the ITS account, down $136.7 million (84.4%); and $60.2 million for the NIST CRF account for FY2020, down $57.8 million (49.0%). Within the ITS account, the request would provide no funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program, a reduction of $146.0 million from the FY2020 enacted level. The FY2021 ITS request includes $25.3 million for Manufacturing USA, an increase of $9.3 million (58.1%). Of these funds, $20.0 million would be for the award and initial funding of a second Manufacturing USA institute; and $5.3 million would be for coordination of the Manufacturing USA network. All changes are from the FY2020 enacted levels.

Mission

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the “lead national laboratory for providing the measurements, calibrations, and quality assurance techniques which underpin United States commerce, technological progress, improved product reliability and manufacturing processes, and public safety.”

By statute, NIST is “to assist private sector initiatives to capitalize on advanced technology; to advance, through cooperative efforts among industries, universities, and government laboratories, promising research and development projects, which can be optimized by the private sector for commercial and industrial applications; and to promote shared risks, accelerated development, and pooling of skills which will be necessary to strengthen America’s manufacturing industries.”

NIST conducts leading-edge research in its seven research laboratories located in facilities in Gaithersburg, MD, and Boulder, CO.3 NIST employs approximately 3,000 scientists, engineers, technicians, and support personnel, and hosts about 3,500 guest researchers and associates from academia, industry, and other government agencies, who collaborate with NIST staff and access user facilities. Research is focused on measurement, standards, test methods, and basic “infrastructural technologies” that enable development of advanced technologies. Infrastructural technologies assist industry in characterizing new materials, monitoring production processes, and ensuring the quality of new product lines. Cooperative research with industry to overcome technical barriers to commercialization of emerging technologies is a major component of NIST’s work.

In addition, NIST manages extramural programs such as the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program and the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NMI, also referred to as Manufacturing USA). Several other extramural programs previously conducted by NIST have been eliminated or integrated into other NIST activities. These programs are discussed in the next section.

Cutting to the chase....

Concluding Observations

When NBS was renamed NIST under the provisions of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, the laboratory was given additional missions and supporting programs. Two of the new programs—the Advanced Technology Program and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program—were intended to improve U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness. These programs generated criticism from some policymakers and analysts who objected to them on a variety of grounds, including whether such activities are appropriate for the federal government to undertake; whether they might result in suboptimal choices of technologies, choices better left to market forces; whether certain technologies, companies, or industries might be chosen for support based on criteria other than technical or business merit; and whether tax dollars should be awarded to already-profitable firms.

In contrast, NIST’s historical mission of conducting laboratory research in support of standards and metrics continued to enjoy broad support and faced little controversy. Evidence of this support can be seen in the selection of the STRS account—through which NIST laboratory work is funded—as one of the targeted accounts in the doubling efforts of former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and successive Congresses. However, even with broad support and the absence of controversy, funding for the NIST STRS account did not grow at the pace its advocates supported in presidential budget requests and successive authorizations of appropriations due to tight overall fiscal constraints on the federal budget.

These issues are discussed in more detail below.

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“In the year 1500 AD Europe knew less than Archimedes who died in the year 212 BC.” – Alfred North Whitehead