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Water, Volume 14, Issue 2 (January-2 2022) - 139 Articles

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Cover Story

Article: Dynamic Compression Characteristics and Failure Mechanism of Water-Saturated Granite

Ke Man, Xiaoli Liu, Zhifei Song, Zongxu Liu, Ruilin Liu, Liwen Wu and Zixiang Cao

Water 2022, 14(2), 216; doi:10.3390/w140202

Featured Papers

Review: Mesilla/Conejos-Médanos Basin: U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Water Resources

Andrew J. Robertson, Anne-Marie Matherne, Jeff D. Pepin, Andre B. Ritchie, Donald S. Sweetkind, Andrew P. Teeple, Alfredo Granados-Olivas, Ana Cristina García-Vásquez, Kenneth C. Carroll, Erek H. Fuchs and Amy E. Galanter

Water 2022, 14(2), 134; doi:10.3390/w14020134

Review: Application of Natural Coagulants for Pharmaceutical Removal from Water and Wastewater: A Review

Motasem Y. D. Alazaiza, Ahmed Albahnasawi, Gomaa A. M. Ali, Mohammed J. K. Bashir, Dia Eddin Nassani, Tahra Al Maskari, Salem S. Abu Amr and Mohammed Shadi S. Abujazar

Water 2022, 14(2), 140; doi:10.3390/w14020140

Review: Sustainability Assessment for Wastewater Treatment Systems in Developing Countries

Markus Starkl, Norbert Brunner, Sukanya Das and Anju Singh

Water 2022, 14(2), 241; doi:10.3390/w14020241

Review: Review on Methylene Blue: Its Properties, Uses, Toxicity and Photodegradation

Idrees Khan, Khalid Saeed, Ivar Zekker, Baoliang Zhang, Abdulmajeed H. Hendi, Ashfaq Ahmad, Shujaat Ahmad, Noor Zada, Hanif Ahmad, Luqman Ali Shah, Tariq Shah and Ibrahim Khan

Water 2022, 14(2), 242; doi:10.3390/w14020242

Review: A Bibliometric Analysis of Drought Indices, Risk, and Forecast as Components of Drought Early Warning Systems

Gokhan Yildirim, Ataur Rahman and Vijay P. Singh

Water 2022, 14(2), 253; doi:10.3390/w14020253

Review: Review of a Semi-Empirical Modelling Approach for Cohesive Sediment Transport in River Systems

Bommanna G. Krishnappan

Water 2022, 14(2), 256; doi:10.3390/w14020256

Article: Comprehensive Assessment of Flood Hazard, Vulnerability, and Flood Risk at the Household Level in a Municipality Area: A Case Study of Nan Province, Thailand

Tawatchai Tingsanchali and Thanasit Promping

Water 2022, 14(2), 161; doi:10.3390/w14020161

Article: Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity of Climate Warming in the Chinese Tianshan Mountainous Region

Xuemei Li, Bo Zhang, Rui Ren, Lanhai Li and Slobodan P. Simonovic

Water 2022, 14(2), 199; doi:10.3390/w14020199

Article: Detecting the Quantitative Hydrological Response to Changes in Climate and Human Activities at Temporal and Spatial Scales in a Typical Gully Region of the Loess Plateau, China

Peng Guo, Jiqiang Lyu, Weining Yuan, Xiawan Zhou, Shuhong Mo, Dengrui Mu and Pingping Luo

Water 2022, 14(2), 257; doi:10.3390/w14020257

Article: Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Mangrove Mapping Using Multi-Temporal and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Imagery

Arsalan Ghorbanian, Seyed Ali Ahmadi, Meisam Amani, Ali Mohammadzadeh and Sadegh Jamali

Water 2022, 14(2), 244; doi:10.3390/w14020244

Article: Key Factors for Activated Carbon Adsorption of Pharmaceutical Compounds from Wastewaters: A Multivariate Modelling Approach

Rui M. C. Viegas, Ana S. Mestre, Elsa Mesquita, Miguel Machuqueiro, Marta A. Andrade, Ana P. Carvalho and Maria João Rosa

Water 2022, 14(2), 166; doi:10.3390/w14020166

Article: The Recycling of Acid Wastewater with High Concentrations of Organic Matter: Recovery of H₂SO₄ and Preparation of Activated Carbon

Xingyun Hu, Linghao Kong, Feng Zhu and Xianjia Peng

Water 2022, 14(2), 183; doi:10.3390/w14020183

Article: Effects of Filtration Mode on the Performance of Gravity-Driven Membrane (GDM) Filtration: Cross-Flow Filtration and Dead-End Filtration

Qian Wang, Xiaobin Tang, Heng Liang, Wenjun Cheng, Guibai Li, Qingjun Zhang, Jie Chen, Kang Chen and Jinlong Wang

Water 2022, 14(2), 190; doi:10.3390/w14020190

Article: Assessment of Nutrients Recovery Capacity and Biomass Growth of Four Microalgae Species in Anaerobic Digestion Effluent

Paraskevi Psachoulia, Sofia-Natalia Schortsianiti, Urania Lortou, Spyros Gkelis, Christos Chatzidoukas and Petros Samaras

Water 2022, 14(2), 221; doi:10.3390/w14020221

Article: SWOT-SOR Analysis of Activated Carbon-Based Technologies and O₃/UV Process as Polishing Treatments for Hospital Effluent

Vittoria Grillini, Paola Verlicchi and Giacomo Zanni

Water 2022, 14(2), 243; doi:10.3390/w14020243

Article: Study of the Effect of Leucine on Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in a Circular Economy Perspective

Giuseppe Mazziotti di Celso, Marina Prisciandaro, Despina Karatza, Dino Musmarra and Amedeo Lancia

Water 2022, 14(2), 270; doi:10.3390/w14020270

Article: Adaptation Strategies for Flooding Risk from Rainfall Events in Southeast Spain: Case Studies from the Bajo Segura, Alicante

Esther Sánchez-Almodóvar, Jorge Olcina-Cantos and Javier Martí-Talavera

Water 2022, 14(2), 146; doi:10.3390/w14020146

Article: Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Build a Lightweight Flood Height Prediction Model with Grad-Cam for the Selection of Key Grid Cells in Radar Echo Maps

Yi-Chung Chen, Tzu-Yin Chang, Heng-Yi Chow, Siang-Lan Li and Chin-Yu Ou

Water 2022, 14(2), 155; doi:10.3390/w14020155

Article: Using Adaptive Capacity to Shift Absorptive Capacity: A Framework of Water Reallocation in Highly Modified Rivers

Peter M. Rudberg and Timos Karpouzoglou

Water 2022, 14(2), 193; doi:10.3390/w14020193

Article: Innovative Culturomic Approaches and Predictive Functional Metagenomic Analysis: The Isolation of Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria with Plant Growth Promoting Capacity

Ilaria Chicca, Simone Becarelli, Giacomo Bernabei, Giovanna Siracusa and Simona Di Gregorio

Water 2022, 14(2), 142; doi:10.3390/w14020142

Article: Ecotoxicological Effects of Silver Nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) on Parturition Time, Survival Rate, Reproductive Success and Blood Parameters of Adult Common Molly (Poecilia sphenops) and Their Larvae

Sara Vali, Nava Majidiyan, Ahmad Mohamadi Yalsuyi, Mohammad Forouhar Vajargah, Marko D. Prokić and Caterina Faggio

Water 2022, 14(2), 144; doi:10.3390/w14020144

Article: Increases in Picocyanobacteria Abundance in Agriculturally Eutrophic Pampean Lakes Inferred from Historical Records of Secchi Depth and Chlorophyll-a

Horacio Ernesto Zagarese, Nadia R. Diovisalvi, María de los Ángeles González Sagrario, Irina Izaguirre, Paulina Fermani, Fernando Unrein, Manuel Castro Berman and Gonzalo Luis Pérez

Water 2022, 14(2), 159; doi:10.3390/w14020159

Article: Ge/Si Ratio of River Water in the Yarlung Tsangpo: Implications for Hydrothermal Input and Chemical Weathering

Yuchen Wang, Tong Zhao, Zhifang Xu, Huiguo Sun and Jiangyi Zhang

Water 2022, 14(2), 181; doi:10.3390/w14020181

Article: Anaerobic Digestion of the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste in Plug-Flow Reactors: Focus on Bacterial Community Metabolic Pathways

Elena Rossi, Simone Becarelli, Isabella Pecorini, Simona Di Gregorio and Renato Iannelli

Water 2022, 14(2), 195; doi:10.3390/w14020195

Article: Coprostanol as a Population Biomarker for SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Studies

Liam J. Reynolds, Laura Sala-Comorera, Mohd Faheem Khan, Niamh A. Martin, Megan Whitty, Jayne H. Stephens, Tristan M. Nolan, Eadaoin Joyce, Nicola F. Fletcher, Cormac D. Murphy and Wim G. Meijer

Water 2022, 14(2), 225; doi:10.3390/w14020225

Article: Arsenic Accumulation and Biotransformation Affected by Nutrients (N and P) in Common Blooming-Forming Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek ex Komárek (Cyanobacteria)

Zhe Xiao, Xiaochuang Li and Shouliang Huo

Water 2022, 14(2), 245; doi:10.3390/w14020245

Article: How to Implement User-Friendly BLMs in the Absence of DOC Monitoring Data: A Case Study on Bulgarian Surface Waters

Tony Venelinov and Stefan Tsakovski

Water 2022, 14(2), 246; doi:10.3390/w14020246

Article: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the SED-BIO System in Reducing the Inflow of Selected Physical, Chemical and Biological Pollutants to a Lake

Jerzy M. Kupiec, Agnieszka Bednarek, Sebastian Szklarek, Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek, Liliana Serwecińska and Jolanta Dąbrowska

Water 2022, 14(2), 239; doi:10.3390/w14020239

Article: Performance and Design of a Stepped Spillway Aerator

Stéphane Terrier, Michael Pfister and Anton J. Schleiss

Water 2022, 14(2), 153; doi:10.3390/w14020153

Article: Three-Dimensional Hydrostatic Curved Channel Flow Simulations Using Non-Staggered Triangular Grids

Wei Zhang, Miguel Uh Zapata, Damien Pham Van Bang and Kim Dan Nguyen

Water 2022, 14(2), 174; doi:10.3390/w14020174

Article: Free Global DEMs and Flood Modelling—A Comparison Analysis for the January 2015 Flooding Event in Mocuba City (Mozambique)

Julio Garrote

Water 2022, 14(2), 176; doi:10.3390/w14020176

Article: Description of Aurelia pseudosolida sp. nov. (Scyphozoa, Ulmaridae) from the Adriatic Sea

Rade Garić and Mirna Batistić

Water 2022, 14(2), 135; doi:10.3390/w14020135

Article: Swin Transformer for Complex Coastal Wetland Classification Using the Integration of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Imagery

Ali Jamali and Masoud Mahdianpari

Water 2022, 14(2), 178; doi:10.3390/w14020178

Article: Distribution and Driving Mechanism of N₂O in Sea Ice and Its Underlying Seawater during Arctic Melt Season

Jian Liu, Liyang Zhan, Qingkai Wang, Man Wu, Wangwang Ye, Jiexia Zhang, Yuhong Li, Jianwen Wen and Liqi Chen

Water 2022, 14(2), 145; doi:10.3390/w14020145

Article: Economic Contributions of Visitor Spending in Ocean Recreation in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Kathryn Gazal, Ross Andrew and Robert Burns

Water 2022, 14(2), 198; doi:10.3390/w14020198

Article: Effects of Barrier Stiffness on Debris Flow Dynamic Impact—I: Laboratory Flume Test

Yu Huang, Xiaoyan Jin and Junji Ji

Water 2022, 14(2), 177; doi:10.3390/w14020177

 

General

Article: Adsorption Characteristics and Molecular Simulation of Malachite Green onto Modified Distillers’ Grains

Chengtao Li, Deyi Kong, Xiaolong Yao, Xiaotao Ma, Chunhui Wei and Hong Wang

Water 2022, 14(2), 171; doi:10.3390/w14020171

Article: A Model of Evapotranspirative Irrigation to Manage the Various Water Levels in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Its Effect on Crop and Water Productivities

Chusnul Arif, Satyanto Krido Saptomo, Budi Indra Setiawan, Muh Taufik, Willy Bayuardi Suwarno and Masaru Mizoguchi

Water 2022, 14(2), 170; doi:10.3390/w14020170

Article: Assessment of Risk and Social Impact on Groundwater Pollution by Nitrates. Implementation in the Gallocanta Groundwater Body (NE Spain)

José María Orellana-Macías and María Jesús Perles Roselló

Water 2022, 14(2), 202; doi:10.3390/w14020202

Article: Investigating the Attitude of Domestic Water Use in Urban and Rural Households in South Africa

Prince Obinna Njoku, Olatunde Samod Durowoju, Solomon Eghosa Uhunamure and Rachel Makungo

Water 2022, 14(2), 210; doi:10.3390/w14020210

Article: Determining the Risk Level of Heavy Rain Damage by Region in South Korea

Jongsung Kim, Donghyun Kim, Myungjin Lee, Heechan Han and Hung Soo Kim

Water 2022, 14(2), 219; doi:10.3390/w14020219

Article: Achieving Partial Nitritation in Anammox Start-Up Environment

Sabin Pathak, Shuai Wang and Eshetu Janka

Water 2022, 14(2), 229; doi:10.3390/w14020229

Article: Assessing Groundwater Withdrawal Sustainability in the Mexican Portion of the Transboundary Santa Cruz River Aquifer

Elia M. Tapia-Villaseñor, Eylon Shamir, Mary-Belle Cruz-Ayala and Sharon B. Megdal

Water 2022, 14(2), 233; doi:10.3390/w14020233

Article: An Analysis of Household Perceptions of Water Costs across the United States: A Survey Based Approach

Laura Medwid and Elizabeth A. Mack

Water 2022, 14(2), 247; doi:10.3390/w14020247

Article: Optimal Allocation Model for Water Resources Coupled with Ecological Value Factors—A Case Study of Dalian, China

Jie Zhang, Chong Meng, Shugang Hu and Wei Li

Water 2022, 14(2), 266; doi:10.3390/w14020266

Communication: The Suitability of Hybrid Fe⁰/Aggregate Filtration Systems for Water Treatment

Ran Tao, Huichen Yang, Xuesong Cui, Minhui Xiao, Nadège Gatcha-Bandjun, Joseline Flore Kenmogne-Tchidjo, Mesia Lufingo, Bernard Konadu Amoah, Raoul Tepong-Tsindé, Arnaud Igor Ndé-Tchoupé, Marquise Touomo-Wouafo, Brice Donald Btatkeu-K, Willis Gwenzi, Rui Hu, Jean Bosco Tchatchueng, Hans Ruppert and Chicgoua Noubactep

Water 2022, 14(2), 260; doi:10.3390/w14020260

Water-Energy Nexus

Article: Underwater Fish Detection and Counting Using Mask Regional Convolutional Neural Network

Teh Hong Khai, Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan and Ahmad Tarmizi

Water 2022, 14(2), 222; doi:10.3390/w14020222

Article: Managing Apparent Loss and Real Loss from the Nexus Perspective Using System Dynamics

Seo Hyung Choi, Bongwoo Shin and Eunher Shin

Water 2022, 14(2), 231; doi:10.3390/w14020231

Article: Geographical Preference for Installation of Solar Still Water Desalination Technologies in Iran: An Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)-Based Answer

Sina Jafari, Majid Aghel, Ali Sohani and Siamak Hoseinzadeh

Water 2022, 14(2), 265; doi:10.3390/w14020265

New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences

Article: Investigation of Hyperparameter Setting of a Long Short-Term Memory Model Applied for Imputation of Missing Discharge Data of the Daihachiga River

Weilisi and Toshiharu Kojima

Water 2022, 14(2), 213; doi:10.3390/w14020213

Article: Study on the Optimal Operation of a Hydropower Plant Group Based on the Stochastic Dynamic Programming with Consideration for Runoff Uncertainty

Hongxue Zhang, Lianpeng Zhang, Jianxia Chang, Yunyun Li, Ruihao Long and Zhenxiang Xing

Water 2022, 14(2), 220; doi:10.3390/w14020220

Hydrogeology

Article: Mine Water as Geothermal Resource in Nowa Ruda Region (SW Poland)

Krzysztof Chudy

Water 2022, 14(2), 136; doi:10.3390/w14020136

Article: The Radius of Influence Myth

Andy Louwyck, Alexander Vandenbohede, Dirk Libbrecht, Marc Van Camp and Kristine Walraevens

Water 2022, 14(2), 149; doi:10.3390/w14020149

Article: Integration of Numerical Models and InSAR Techniques to Assess Land Subsidence Due to Excessive Groundwater Abstraction in the Coastal and Lowland Regions of Semarang City

Weicheng Lo, Sanidhya Nika Purnomo, Bondan Galih Dewanto, Dwi Sarah and Sumiyanto

Water 2022, 14(2), 201; doi:10.3390/w14020201

Article: Environmental Hazards of an Unrecultivated Liquid Waste Disposal Site on Soil and Groundwater

Tamás Mester, György Szabó, Zsófi Sajtos, Edina Baranyai, Gergely Szabó and Dániel Balla

Water 2022, 14(2), 226; doi:10.3390/w14020226

Article: A Modified AVI Model for Groundwater Vulnerability Mapping: Case Studies in Southern Italy

Daniela Ducci and Mariangela Sellerino

Water 2022, 14(2), 248; doi:10.3390/w14020248

Article: Groundwater Nitrate Pollution Sources Assessment for Contaminated Wellfield

Marko Šrajbek, Lado Kranjčević, Ivan Kovač and Ranko Biondić

Water 2022, 14(2), 255; doi:10.3390/w14020255

Essay: The Relationship between the Darcy and Poiseuille Laws

Francesco Fiorillo, Libera Esposito, Guido Leone and Mauro Pagnozzi

Water 2022, 14(2), 179; doi:10.3390/w14020179

Soil and Water

Article: The Effects of Particle Gradation on Salinized Soil in Arid and Cold Regions

Xuebang Huang, Zizhao Zhang, Ruihua Hao and Zezhou Guo

Water 2022, 14(2), 236; doi:10.3390/w14020236

Article: Evaluation of Soil Water Content Using SWAT for Southern Saskatchewan, Canada

Mohammad Zare, Shahid Azam and David Sauchyn

Water 2022, 14(2), 249; doi:10.3390/w14020249

Article: Simulation of Denitrification Process of Calcium Nitrate Combined with Low Oxygen Aeration Based on Double Logarithm Mode

Fan Wang, Fang Yang, Hongjie Gao, Yangwei Bai, Haiqing Liao and Haisheng Li

Water 2022, 14(2), 269; doi:10.3390/w14020269

Water and Climate Change

Article: Wave Climate and Trends for the Marine Experimental Station of Capo Tirone Based on a 70-Year-Long Hindcast Dataset

Teresa Lo Feudo, Riccardo Alvise Mel, Salvatore Sinopoli and Mario Maiolo

Water 2022, 14(2), 163; doi:10.3390/w14020163

Article: Multi-Model Assessment of Streamflow Simulations under Climate and Anthropogenic Changes Exemplified in Two Indian River Basins

Anusha Somisetty, Akshay Pachore, Renji Remesan and Rohini Kumar

Water 2022, 14(2), 194; doi:10.3390/w14020194

Article: The Effects of Depth-Related Environmental Factors on Traits in Acropora cervicornisRaised in Nurseries

Claudia Patricia Ruiz-Diaz, Carlos Toledo-Hernández, Juan Luis Sánchez-González and Brenda Betancourt

Water 2022, 14(2), 212; doi:10.3390/w14020212

Article: Stochastic Flood Risk Assessment under Climate Change Scenarios for Toronto, Canada Using CAPRA

Daniela Rincón, Juan Felipe Velandia, Ioannis Tsanis and Usman T. Khan

Water 2022, 14(2), 227; doi:10.3390/w14020227

Article: Flow Intermittency Affects Leaf Decomposition and Benthic Consumer Communities of Alpine Streams: A Case Study along the Po River

Laura Gruppuso, Alberto Doretto, Elisa Falasco, Stefano Fenoglio, Michele Freppaz, Mark Eric Benbow and Francesca Bona

Water 2022, 14(2), 258; doi:10.3390/w14020258

Article: Transcriptome Analysis of the Toxic Effects of Amisulbrom and Isoflucypram on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Larvae

Peng Xiao, Wenhua Li, Jinfang Lu and He Zhang

Water 2022, 14(2), 272; doi:10.3390/w14020272

Ecohydrology

Article: Leaf Traits and Water-Use Characteristics of Impatiens hainanensis, a Limestone-Endemic Plant under Different Altitudes in Dry and Foggy Seasons

Weixia Huang, Yunfang Zhong, Cuili Zhang, Mingxun Ren, Yanjun Du and Xiqiang Song

Water 2022, 14(2), 139; doi:10.3390/w14020139

Article: A Study on Sensitivities of Tropical Forest GPP Responding to the Characteristics of Drought—A Case Study in Xishuangbanna, China

Qian Xiong, Zhongyi Sun, Wei Cui, Jizhou Lei, Xiuxian Fu and Lan Wu

Water 2022, 14(2), 157; doi:10.3390/w14020157

Article: Biogeochemical Budgets of Nutrients and Metabolism in the Curonian Lagoon (South East Baltic Sea): Spatial and Temporal Variations

Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Mindaugas Zilius, Marco Bartoli, Jolita Petkuviene, Petras Zemlys, Monia Magri and Gianmarco Giordani

Water 2022, 14(2), 164; doi:10.3390/w14020164

 

Hydrology

Article: Multivariate Dam-Site Flood Frequency Analysis of the Three Gorges Reservoir Considering Future Reservoir Regulation and Precipitation

Lihua Xiong, Cong Jiang, Shenglian Guo, Shuai Li, Rongrong Li and Wenbin Li

Water 2022, 14(2), 138; doi:10.3390/w14020138

Article: A Daily Water Balance Model Based on the Distribution Function Unifying Probability Distributed Model and the SCS Curve Number Method

Marwan Kheimi and Shokry M. Abdelaziz

Water 2022, 14(2), 143; doi:10.3390/w14020143

Article: Assessment of PERSIANN-CCS, PERSIANN-CDR, SM2RAIN-ASCAT, and CHIRPS-2.0 Rainfall Products over a Semi-Arid Subtropical Climatic Region

Muhammad Naveed Anjum, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Waseem, Megersa Kebede Leta, Usama Muhammad Niazi, Saif ur Rahman, Abdulnoor Ghanim, Muhammad Ahsan Mukhtar and Muhammad Umer Nadeem

Water 2022, 14(2), 147; doi:10.3390/w14020147

Article: Development of a Distributed Mathematical Model and Control System for Reducing Pollution Risk in Mineral Water Aquifer Systems

Alexander V. Martirosyan, Yury V. Ilyushin and Olga V. Afanaseva

Water 2022, 14(2), 151; doi:10.3390/w14020151

Article: Dynamic Changes in Groundwater Level under Climate Changes in the Gnangara Region, Western Australia

Feihe Kong, Wenjin Xu, Ruichen Mao and Dong Liang

Water 2022, 14(2), 162; doi:10.3390/w14020162

Article: Spatiotemporal Analysis on the Teleconnection of ENSO and IOD to the Stream Flow Regimes in Java, Indonesia

Adam Rus Nugroho, Ichiro Tamagawa and Morihiro Harada

Water 2022, 14(2), 168; doi:10.3390/w14020168

Article: The Gavkhouni Wetland Dryness and Its Impact on Air Temperature Variability in the Eastern Part of the Zayandeh-Rud River Basin, Iran

Sara Azadi, Hojat Yazdanpanah, Mohammad Ali Nasr-Esfahani, Saeid Pourmanafi and Wouter Dorigo

Water 2022, 14(2), 172; doi:10.3390/w14020172

Article: Monitoring Strategic Hydraulic Infrastructures by Brillouin Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors

Manuel Bertulessi, Daniele Fabrizio Bignami, Ilaria Boschini, Marco Brunero, Maddalena Ferrario, Giovanni Menduni, Jacopo Morosi, Egon Joseph Paganone and Federica Zambrini

Water 2022, 14(2), 188; doi:10.3390/w14020188

Article: Topography Impacts Hydrology in the Sub-Humid Ethiopian Highlands

Demesew A. Mhiret, Minychl G. Dersseh, Christian D. Guzman, Dessalegn C. Dagnew, Wubneh B. Abebe, Fasikaw A. Zimale, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Seifu A. Tilahun, Kristine Walraevens and Tammo S. Steenhuis

Water 2022, 14(2), 196; doi:10.3390/w14020196

Article: Exploration and Investigation of High-Level Radon Medicinal Springs in the Crystalline Units: Lugicum

Viktor Goliáš, Lenka Hájková, Tomáš Lipanský, Tomáš Černík, Pavel Kohn, Josef Ježek, Radek Procházka, Tadeusz A. Przylibski, Jiří Dohnal, Ladislav Strnad, Agata Kowalska, Lidia Fijałkowska-Lichwa, Wojciech Miśta and Robert Nowakowski

Water 2022, 14(2), 200; doi:10.3390/w14020200

Article: Spatial and Temporal Variation of Droughts in the Mongolian Plateau during 1959–2018 Based on the Gridded Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index

Yingchun Huang, Bowen Liu, Haigen Zhao and Xudong Yang

Water 2022, 14(2), 230; doi:10.3390/w14020230

Article: Surface Water Flow Balance of a River Basin Using a Shallow Water Approach and GPU Parallel Computing—Pescara River (Italy) as Test Case

Antonio Pasculli, Roberto Longo, Nicola Sciarra and Carmine Di Nucci

Water 2022, 14(2), 234; doi:10.3390/w14020234

Article: Isotopic Composition of Glacier Ice and Meltwater in the Arid Parts of the Altai Mountains (Central Asia)

Dmitriy Bantcev, Dmitriy Ganyushkin, Anton Terekhov, Alexey Ekaykin, Igor Tokarev and Kirill Chistyakov

Water 2022, 14(2), 252; doi:10.3390/w14020252

Article: Assessment of the Impact of Climate Extremes on the Groundwater of Eastern Croatia

Marija Šperac and Jasna Zima

Water 2022, 14(2), 254; doi:10.3390/w14020254

Article: Attribution of Changes in Streamflow to Climate Change and Land Cover Change in Yangtze River Source Region, China

Naveed Ahmed, Genxu Wang, Haishen Lü, Martijn J. Booij, Hero Marhaento, Foyez Ahmed Prodhan, Shahid Ali and Muhammad Ali Imran

Water 2022, 14(2), 259; doi:10.3390/w14020259

Article: Scaling Up from Leaf to Whole-Plant Level for Water Use Efficiency Estimates Based on Stomatal and Mesophyll Behaviour in Platycladus orientalis

Yonge Zhang, Bing Liu, Guodong Jia, Xinxiao Yu, Xiaoming Zhang, Xiaolin Yin, Yang Zhao, Zhaoyan Wang, Chen Cheng, Yousheng Wang and Yan Xin

Water 2022, 14(2), 263; doi:10.3390/w14020263

Article: Simulating the Evolution of Da Anglong Glacier, Western Tibetan Plateau over the 21st Century

Wenqing Zhao, Liyun Zhao, Lide Tian, Michael Wolovick and John C. Moore

Water 2022, 14(2), 271; doi:10.3390/w14020271

 

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Review: Applications of Nano-Zeolite in Wastewater Treatment: An Overview

Rehab O. Abdel Rahman, Ahmed M. El-Kamash and Yung-Tse Hung

Water 2022, 14(2), 137; doi:10.3390/w14020137

Article: Economic Analysis of Atomization Drying of Concentrated Solution Based on Zero Discharge of Desulphurization Wastewater

Ning Zhao, Yongxin Feng, Debo Li and Limei Chen

Water 2022, 14(2), 148; doi:10.3390/w14020148

Article: Roadmapping the Transition to Water Resource Recovery Facilities: The Two Demonstration Case Studies of Corleone and Marineo (Italy)

Giorgio Mannina, Luigi Badalucco, Lorenzo Barbara, Alida Cosenza, Daniele Di Trapani, Vito Armando Laudicina, Sofia Maria Muscarella and Dario Presti

Water 2022, 14(2), 156; doi:10.3390/w14020156

Article: Rice Straw Biochar and Magnetic Rice Straw Biochar for Safranin O Adsorption from Aqueous Solution

Do Thi My Phuong and Nguyen Xuan Loc

Water 2022, 14(2), 186; doi:10.3390/w14020186

Article: Investigating the Electrocoagulation Treatment of Landfill Leachate by Iron/Graphite Electrodes: Process Parameters and Efficacy Assessment

Tahereh Rookesh, Mohammad Reza Samaei, Saeed Yousefinejad, Hassan Hashemi, Zahra Derakhshan, Fariba Abbasi, Mahrokh Jalili, Stefanos Giannakis and Muhammad Bilal

Water 2022, 14(2), 205; doi:10.3390/w14020205

Article: Catalytic Ozonation for Effective Degradation of Coal Chemical Biochemical Tail Water by Mn/Ce@RM Catalyst

Yicheng Wang, Yingkun Wang, Xi Lu, Wenquan Sun, Yanhua Xu, Jun Zhou and Yongjun Sun

Water 2022, 14(2), 206; doi:10.3390/w14020206

Article: Effects of Waste Activated Sludge Extracellular Polymeric Substances on Biosorption

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Water 2022, 14(2), 224; doi:10.3390/w14020224

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Water 2022, 14(2), 237; doi:10.3390/w14020237

 

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Water 2022, 14(2), 150; doi:10.3390/w14020150

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Water 2022, 14(2), 154; doi:10.3390/w14020154

Article: Environmental Impact of Construction Products on Aquatic Systems—Principles of an Integrated Source–Path–Target Concept

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Water 2022, 14(2), 152; doi:10.3390/w14020152

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“Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.” - Albert Einstein

My Ten Cents: Lake Abert Redux - Who Cares?

The Old Days
On 9 July 2014 I wrote a blog post entitled, Lake Abert's Desiccation: Natural or Not? Why Not Find Out?. It was a response to an earlier excellent article by The Oregonian's Rob Davis: Oregon’s only saltwater lake is disappearing, and scientists don't know why. Davis also wrote: 5 things you should know about Lake Abert, Oregon's disappearing salt lake.   

So?  

The Present Day
Imagine my surprise this morning when a picture of a desiccated Lake Abert graced the front page (above the fold) of The Sunday Oregonian, with the headline What killed Lake Abert? Once again, Rob Davis was the reporter.

The story picked up where the 2014 article ended. It related the work of Amy Simpson, then a Oregon Department of Environment Quality engineer who decided, on her own (can you spell i-n-i-a-t-i-v-e?), to get to the bottom of Lake Abert's lack of water.

At this juncture, let me note the motto on ODEQ's homepage:

Uh-huh.

From the article:

Simpson estimated that the River’s End Reservoir, constructed in 1994 with government subsidies immediately upstream from Lake Abert, had kept billions of gallons of water from reaching the lake. In a dry year like 2014, the difference was a death blow.

She shared those preliminary findings with her manager and others inside the department and proposed asking another state agency to require the reservoir to release water. But Simpson said her manager, Steve Mrazik, called her into his office and abruptly halted her efforts after a summer 2015 meeting of high-ranking officials from five state agencies, including the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, which helped build the reservoir.

“I stopped working on this project because my manager told me to stop working on it,” Simpson, an engineer who left the environmental agency in 2018, told The Oregonian/OregonLive. “I asked why, but was told it was a managerial decision and was not given a reason.”

Simpson said she asked to finish analyzing the reservoir’s impact on the lake but was told by Mrazik “all work must stop.”

Mrazik didn’t respond to questions from The Oregonian/OregonLive. A Department of Environmental Quality spokesperson, Harry Esteve, said in an email the agency decided “at the time that there was no significant action we could take.”

More:

The reservoir isn’t solely responsible for Lake Abert’s decline. The precipitation that feeds the lake has dwindled. Last year was the driest since at least 1979. Ranches upstream long ago laid claim to river water that would reach the lake to instead irrigate crops like alfalfa. Still, scientists who study the lake say the reservoir has harmed Lake Abert and should release more water to it.

So what should be done?

My Ten Cents
1) ODEQ should immediately resurrect the Simpson report (hire her as a consultant if need be) and get other relevant agencies (ODFW, OWRD, USFWS, BLM, USGS, et al.) and some academics/consultants to comment.

2) Support the legislation proposed by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) to provide research funding. I would like to see the funding to include others beside the USGS - some academics would be appropriate. 

3) If (2) doesn't fly, try to cobble together some funds to induce some academics to perform the research.

4) Investigate the effects of PacificCorp's proposed pumped-storage facilities on Lake Abert. This project would require four new reservoirs.

5) Investigate the concept of water rights for Lake Abert.  

6) Try to assess the steady-state size/volume of Lake Abert (see below)

 It should be noted that Lake Abert and nearby Summer Lake are all that remain of Lake Chewaucan, a huge freshwater lake that existed over 15,000 years ago along with Lake Bonneville (Great Salt Lake) and Lake Lahontan (Pyramid Lake and others). So Lake Abert is much smaller than it once was and is likely seeking an equilibrium of some sort after beig in decline for c. 15,000 years

   Graphic from this report.

Shout-out to Rob Davis.

"Those agencies, all they need is the slimmest excuse not to show interest in natural resources that are being impacted. East of the Cascades, it’s still the Wild West. People do what they want to do with the environment and the agencies just turn their back.” - Ron Larson, retired USFWS biologist (quoted in the article)

'Pontius Pilate and the Jerusalem Aqueduct' by Nathan Steinmeyer

Well, I guess I am on a Biblical kick - two days in a row!

Yesterday I posted an article from the Biblical Archaeological Society blog that was posted 6 September 2012 by Noah Wiener on Ancient Reservoir Provided Water for First Temple Period Jerusalem.

Friend Robert Jarrett introduced me to the Biblical Archaeological Society by pointing me in the direction of the 24 December 2021 post, Pontius Pilate and the Jerusalem Aqueduct . It's by Nathan Steinmeyer.

Recent archaeological work, published in the journal Geoarchaeology, has shed light on the history of a large segment of Jerusalem’s ancient aqueduct. The section, known as the Bier Aqueduct, is a roughly 3-mile-long underground segment of the ancient water system. Carbon-14 dating led the team from Hebrew University to suggest that the Bier Aqueduct was likely constructed during the reign of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate (c. 26–36 C.E.), who infamously oversaw Jesus’s execution.

                      Exploring a narrow section of the aqueduct.
                                            Credit: Y. Negev

The archaeological survey was conducted by spelunking into the dark and murky waters of the Bier Aqueduct to map as much of its course as possible. During the survey, the team documented the various methods used in its construction and took several radiocarbon samples from the plastered walls. Analysis of the samples indicates the aqueduct was likely built in the early first century C.E. and was refurbished in the second century after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. As such, the team suggests that the Bier Aqueduct could be the same aqueduct attributed to Pontius Pilate by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. According to Josephus, Pilate used money from the Temple’s treasury to build the aqueduct, which led to riots in the city (Antiquities 18.60–62). Despite several aqueducts feeding into the Temple area, the Bier fed into the upper city where the governor’s palace would have been located, thus perhaps explaining Josephus’s reference to the riots that broke out across the city.

                  Azriel Yechezkel examining the aqueduct of Pontius Pilate
                                               Credit: Y. Negev

The aqueduct, which begins at the Bier spring, includes five different sections, each playing a role in collecting, channeling, and controlling water. The aqueduct’s architecture is unique within the land of Israel and would have been one of the most technologically advanced water systems of the Roman world. Although the aqueduct took water directly from the Bier spring, its design also allowed for the capture and diversion of ground and surface water, thereby providing Jerusalem with more than seven times the annual discharge of the Bier spring alone.

                    Investigating a transition in the aqueduct roof.
                                        Credit: Y. Negev

According to the researchers, the aqueduct’s engineers must have “mastered several fields of hydrogeology, hydraulics, and water‐harvesting techniques.” Each of the five sections of the aqueduct featured specific roof designs that were “intended to overcome the physical/hydraulic loads exerted on the tunnel.” In sections of the aqueduct where the bedrock was stable, the entire tunnel was hewn directly into the rock. In areas where the bedrock was weaker, the tunnel was built as a trench with a complex roofing system to protect against collapse. Along the tunnel was a system of shafts that provided access to the surface. These shafts assisted in both the construction of the tunnel as well as maintenance. Measures were also taken to closely control the flow of water, especially during the rainy season when the aqueduct might suffer damage from flooding. This incredibly complex system bears witness to the development of Jerusalem and the surrounding area during the time of the Roman governors, including Pontius Pilate.

Throughout its long history, Jerusalem has always had a major problem securing water for its inhabitants. During the Iron Age (1200–586 B.C.E.), the nearby Gihon spring, along with a large reservoir and cisterns, was sufficient to supply the relatively small population. Both Hezekiah’s Tunnel and the Siloam Pool were built by King Hezekiah in the eighth century B.C.E. to expand the city’s Iron Age water system. Towards the end of the Second Temple period, the city’s population grew dramatically, and the Gihon spring was no longer able to provide enough water for the city. It was for this reason that Jerusalem’s aqueduct was built to bring in water from more distant sources. The dating of the aqueduct system, however, has been much debated and, as such, this new study provides additional clarity on the development of the ancient city of Jerusalem.

Thanks to Nathan Steinmeyer.

Enjoy!

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'Ancient Reservoir Provided Water for First Temple Period Jerusalem' by Noah Wiener

Friend Robert Jarrett introduced me to the Biblical Archaeological Society by pointing me in the direction of the 24 December 2021 post, Pontius Pilate and the Jerusalem Aqueduct . It's a good read.

I then did a little sleuthing on my own and found this post from 6 September 2012 by Noah Wiener on Ancient Reservoir Provided Water for First Temple Period Jerusalem.

I have pasted this below.

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Jerusalem archaeologist Eli Shukron announced the discovery of a large First Temple period reservoir today, reshaping our understanding of ancient water systems and water access in First Temple period Jerusalem. The rock-hewn and plastered reservoir has a capacity of over 8,000 cubic feet, the first of its size and kind discovered in First Temple period Jerusalem. Previous understanding of contemporaneous public ancient water systems focus on access to the Gihon Spring,* which became accessible from Jerusalem through Warren’s Shaft, Hezekiah’s Tunnel and the Siloam Channel over the course of the First Temple Period. The large size of the reservoir, coupled with evidence of smaller cisterns in the area, suggests that the water would have been available for the broader urban population, and would have supplemented the Gihon Spring as a main water source.

The discovery of this ancient reservoir from the First Temple period in Jerusalem reshapes debates on ancient water systems in Jerusalem. Photographic credit: Vladimir Naykhin. IAA

While the First Temple period is central to learning about the Jerusalem of the Hebrew Bible, archaeological evidence often lies below by later construction. According to the Hebrew Bible, the First Temple of Jerusalem was built under King Solomon and the period extends until the Temple’s destruction by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E. The reservoir was discovered in the course examining a Second Temple period drainage channel, which ran through existing rock-hewn structures, including the reservoir. The reservoir lies below Robinson’s Arch, and is one of several structures in the area that predates the expansion of the Temple Mount. Before late Second Temple period construction, this may have been a densely populated quarter, according to the IAA press release.

In the press release, Dr. Tvika Tsuk, chief archaeologist of the Nature and Parks Authority, stated that the plaster used is a characteristic of the First Temple period and that the reservoir shares similar features to contemporaneous ancient water systems, such as at Bet Shemesh. He suggested that this reservoir would have been used for everyday activity on the Temple Mount as well as for pilgrims’ bathing and drinking.

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"We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him." -  2 Samuel 14:14

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Water, Volume 13, Issue 24 (December-2 2021)

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Article: Analysis of Long-Term Shoreline Observations in the Vicinity of Coastal Structures: A Case Study of South Bali Beaches

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Kimio Fukami, Tatsuro Oogi, Kohtaro Motomura, Tomoka Morita, Masaoki Sakamoto and Takashi Hata

Water 2021, 13(24), 3661; doi:10.3390/w13243661

Article: Quantification of Hypochlorite in Water Using the Nutritional Food Additive Pyridoxamine

Kamilla M. S. Kaarsholm, Argyro Kokkoli, Eleni Keliri, Paul D. Mines, Maria G. Antoniou, Mogens Havsteen Jakobsen and Henrik R. Andersen

Water 2021, 13(24), 3616; doi:10.3390/w13243616

Article: Different Approaches to Assessing Pollution Load: The Case of Nitrogen-Related Grey Water Footprint of Barley and Soybean in Argentina

Paula Olivera Rodriguez, Mauro Ezequiel Holzman, Claudio Ramón Mujica, Raúl Eduardo Rivas and Maite M. Aldaya

Water 2021, 13(24), 3558; doi:10.3390/w13243558

Article: Open-Source Application for Water Supply System Management: Implementation in a Water Transmission System in Southern Spain

José Pérez-Padillo, Jorge García Morillo, Emilio Camacho Poyato and Pilar Montesinos

Water 2021, 13(24), 3652; doi:10.3390/w13243652

Article: Responses of Net Anthropogenic N Inputs and Export Fluxes in the Megacity of Chengdu, China

Yao Ding, Chengyue Lai, Qing Shi, Lili Ouyang, Zhaoli Wang, Gang Yao and Binyang Jia

Water 2021, 13(24), 3543; doi:10.3390/w13243543

Article: The Morphological Evolution of a Step–Pool Stream after an Exceptional Flood and Subsequent Ordinary Flow Conditions

Giacomo Pellegrini, Riccardo Rainato, Lorenzo Martini and Lorenzo Picco

Water 2021, 13(24), 3630; doi:10.3390/w13243630

Article: Comparison of the Applicability of Different Soil Erosion Models to Predict Soil Erodibility Factor and Event Soil Losses on Loess Slopes in Hungary

Boglárka Keller, Csaba Centeri, Judit Alexandra Szabó, Zoltán Szalai and Gergely Jakab

Water 2021, 13(24), 3517; doi:10.3390/w13243517

Article: Sediment Budgets for Small Salinized Agricultural Catchments in Southwest Australia and Implications for Phosphorus Transport

Robert J. Wasson and David M. Weaver

Water 2021, 13(24), 3564; doi:10.3390/w13243564

Article: Analysis and Prediction of Sustainable Utilization of Water Resources in Chengde City Based on System Dynamics Model

Bofan Wang, Yutong Tian, Xuanjin Li and Chunhui Li

Water 2021, 13(24), 3534; doi:10.3390/w13243534

Article: Suspended Sediment Load Simulation during Flood Events Using Intelligent Systems: A Case Study on Semiarid Regions of Mediterranean Basin

Zaki Abda, Bilel Zerouali, Muwaffaq Alqurashi, Mohamed Chettih, Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos and Enas E. Hussein

Water 2021, 13(24), 3539; doi:10.3390/w13243539

Article: Investigation of the Combined Effects of Rising Temperature and Pesticide Contamination on the Swimming Behaviour of Alpine Chironomids

Valeria Lencioni, Valeria Di Nica and Sara Villa

Water 2021, 13(24), 3618; doi:10.3390/w13243618

Article: Hydrogeochemistry and Precursory Anomalies in Thermal Springs of Fujian (Southeastern China) Associated with Earthquakes in the Taiwan Strait

Bo Wang, Xiaocheng Zhou, Yongsheng Zhou, Yucong Yan, Ying Li, Shupei Ouyang, Fengli Liu and Jun Zhong

Water 2021, 13(24), 3523; doi:10.3390/w13243523

Article: Development of a Hydrodynamic-Based Flood-Risk Management Tool for Assessing Redistribution of Expected Annual Damages in a Floodplain

Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq, Nitin Muttil, Zohreh Rajabi, Maha Hussein, Muhammad Izhar Shah, Muhammad Laiq Ur Rahman Shahid, Shahana Janjua, Rashid Farooq and Anne W. M. Ng

Water 2021, 13(24), 3562; doi:10.3390/w13243562

Article: A Synergic Use of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Imagery for Complex Wetland Classification Using Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) Scheme

Ali Jamali, Masoud Mahdianpari, Fariba Mohammadimanesh, Brian Brisco and Bahram Salehi

Water 2021, 13(24), 3601; doi:10.3390/w13243601

Article: Characteristics of the Water Vapor Transport in the Canyon Area of the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Maoshan Li, Lingzhi Wang, Na Chang, Ming Gong, Yaoming Ma, Yaoxian Yang, Xuelong Chen, Cunbo Han and Fanglin Sun

Water 2021, 13(24), 3620; doi:10.3390/w13243620

Article: Multivariate Analysis of Water Quality Measurements on the Danube River

Zoltan Horvat, Mirjana Horvat, Kristian Pastor, Vojislava Bursić and Nikola Puvača

Water 2021, 13(24), 3634; doi:10.3390/w13243634

Article: Aerobic Denitrification Is Enhanced Using Biocathode of SMFC in Low-Organic Matter Wastewater

Haochi Zhang, Dengfeng Hou, Shuai Zhang, Xian Cao, Hui Wang and Xianning Li

Water 2021, 13(24), 3512; doi:10.3390/w13243512

Article: Use of Stainless-Steel Electrodes on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Naproxen and its Transformation Products in Surface Water

Miguel Ángel López Zavala and Diego Anglés Vega

Water 2021, 13(24), 3604; doi:10.3390/w13243604

Article: The Human Right to Water and Sanitation: Using Natural Language Processing to Uncover Patterns in Academic Publishing

Christopher Michael Faulkner, Joshua Earl Lambert, Bruce M. Wilson and Matthew Steven Faulkner

Water 2021, 13(24), 3501; doi:10.3390/w13243501

Article: Constitutionalising the Right to Water in Kenya and Slovenia: Domestic Drivers, Opportunity Structures, and Transnational Norm Entrepreneurs

Mathea Loen and Siri Gloppen

Water 2021, 13(24), 3548; doi:10.3390/w13243548

Article: Effect of Plant Species on the Performance and Bacteria Density Profile in Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands for Domestic Wastewater Treatment in a Tropical Climate

Franck Michaël Zahui, Jean-Marie Pétémanagnan Ouattara, Mahamadou Kamagaté, Lacina Coulibaly and Alexandros I. Stefanakis

Water 2021, 13(24), 3485; doi:10.3390/w13243485

Article: Analytical Solutions to Conservative and Non-Conservative Water Quality Constituents in Water Distribution System Storage Tanks

Biniam Abrha and Avi Ostfeld

Water 2021, 13(24), 3502; doi:10.3390/w13243502

Article: Ecological Parameters of Water Bodies in the Northern Part of the Upper Volga Region with River Flow Regulations

Bernard Gałka, Alexandra Novak, Mikhail Novak, Dmitry Vinogradov and Ryszard Polechoński

Water 2021, 13(24), 3586; doi:10.3390/w13243586

Article: A Comparative Study of the Growth and Nutrient Removal Effects of Five Green Microalgae in Simulated Domestic Sewage

Li Ji, Qili Ge, Yuan Li, Yifan Gao and Shulian Xie

Water 2021, 13(24), 3613; doi:10.3390/w13243613

Article: Assessment of Water Quality Based on Trophic Status and Nutrients-Chlorophyll Empirical Models of Different Elevation Reservoirs

Md Mamun, Usman Atique and Kwang-Guk An

Water 2021, 13(24), 3640; doi:10.3390/w13243640

Article: An Enabling Environment for Asset Management through Public Policy: The Benefits of Standardization and Application to the Water Sector

Tiffany Batac, Kerry Brown, Rita Salgado Brito, Iain Cranston and Tetsuya Mizutani

Water 2021, 13(24), 3524; doi:10.3390/w13243524

Article: Hybrid Approach for Excess Stormwater Management: Combining Decentralized and Centralized Strategies for the Enhancement of Urban Flooding Resilience

Roberta D’Ambrosio, Antonia Longobardi, Alessandro Balbo and Anacleto Rizzo

Water 2021, 13(24), 3635; doi:10.3390/w13243635

Article: Vortex Dynamics Analysis of Internal Flow Field of Mixed-Flow Pump under Alford Effect

Shuo Li, Wei Li, Leilei Ji, Weidong Shi and Ramesh K. Agarwal

Water 2021, 13(24), 3575; doi:10.3390/w13243575

Article: Putting the “Beaver” Back in Beverley Brook: Rapid Shifts in Community Composition following the Restoration of a Degraded Urban River

Daniel M. Perkins, Toby Hull, Niamh Bubb, Alex Cunningham, Rory Glackin, Thomas Glen, Stacey Smith and Bella Davies

Water 2021, 13(24), 3530; doi:10.3390/w13243530

Article: Operationalizing Water Security Concept in Water Investment Planning: Case Study of São Francisco River Basin

Alexandre Lima de F. Teixeira, Anik Bhaduri, Stuart E. Bunn and Sérgio R. Ayrimoraes

Water 2021, 13(24), 3658; doi:10.3390/w13243658

Article: Informing Equitable Water and Food Policies through Accurate Spatial Information on Irrigated Areas in Smallholder Farming Systems

James Magidi, Barbara van Koppen, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Rob Slotow and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

Water 2021, 13(24), 3627; doi:10.3390/w13243627

 

General

Article: Temporal and Spatial Distribution and Fluorescence Spectra of Dissolved Organic Matter in Plateau Lakes: A Case Study of Qinghai Lake

Zheng Li, Zhenghui Fu, Yang Zhang, Yunyan Guo, Feifei Che, Huaicheng Guo and Shuhang Wang

Water 2021, 13(24), 3481; doi:10.3390/w13243481

Article: Short-Term River Flood Forecasting Using Composite Models and Automated Machine Learning: The Case Study of Lena River

Mikhail Sarafanov, Yulia Borisova, Mikhail Maslyaev, Ilia Revin, Gleb Maximov and Nikolay O. Nikitin

Water 2021, 13(24), 3482; doi:10.3390/w13243482

Article: Development of Boosted Machine Learning Models for Estimating Daily Reference Evapotranspiration and Comparison with Empirical Approaches

Saeid Mehdizadeh, Babak Mohammadi, Quoc Bao Pham and Zheng Duan

Water 2021, 13(24), 3489; doi:10.3390/w13243489

Article: Changes of Hydrological Components in Arctic Rivers Based on Multi-Source Data during 2003–2016

Hao Wu, Min Xu and Mengyan Zhu

Water 2021, 13(24), 3494; doi:10.3390/w13243494

Article: The Effect of Exogenous Oxytetracycline on High-Temperature Anaerobic Digestion of Elements in Swine Wastewater

Zhongda Hu, Zijing Fan, Qixuan Song, Rabia Khatoon, Mei Zhang, Ning Wang and Xingzhang Luo

Water 2021, 13(24), 3497; doi:10.3390/w13243497

Article: Role of River–Lake System Sediments and Microbial Activity in the Hyporheic Zone

Angela Kuriata-Potasznik, Sławomir Szymczyk, Agnieszka Bęś, Marcin Sidoruk, Andrzej Skwierawski and Szymon Kobus

Water 2021, 13(24), 3499; doi:10.3390/w13243499

Article: Decision-Making Process Factors Explain Some of the Heterogeneity of Irrigation Practices among Maize Farmers in Southwestern France

Marine Albert, Jacques-Eric Bergez, Stéphane Couture, Robert Faivre and Magali Willaume

Water 2021, 13(24), 3504; doi:10.3390/w13243504

Article: The Influence of Landcover and Climate Change on the Hydrology of the Minjiang River Watershed

Haroon Rashid, Kaijie Yang, Aicong Zeng, Song Ju, Abdur Rashid, Futao Guo and Siren Lan

Water 2021, 13(24), 3554; doi:10.3390/w13243554

Article: Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Fluorescence Spectroscopy Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Matter in Groundwater from a Subtropical Cave in Dry Season—Daxiao Cave in South China Karst

Renkai Zhang, Ziqi Liu, Kangning Xiong, Xiaoxi Lyu, Chenpeng Hu, Xinwen Wang and Kun Cheng

Water 2021, 13(24), 3574; doi:10.3390/w13243574

Article: Research and Application of Key Technologies for Dynamic Control of Reservoir Water Level in Flood Season

Jun Zhang, Yaowu Min, Baofei Feng and Weixin Duan

Water 2021, 13(24), 3576; doi:10.3390/w13243576

Article: Connection between Anthropogenic Water Diversion and Hydrodynamic Condition in Plain River Network

Hua Wang, Zilin Shen, Yichuan Zeng, Huaiyu Yan, Yiping Li and Weihao Yuan

Water 2021, 13(24), 3596; doi:10.3390/w13243596

Article: Nitrate Removal Performance of Denitrifying Woodchip Bioreactors in Tropical Climates

Fabio Manca, Carla Wegscheidl, Rhianna Robinson, Suzette Argent, Christopher Algar, Daniele De Rosa, Matthew Griffiths, Fiona George, David Rowlings, Louis Schipper and Peter Grace

Water 2021, 13(24), 3608; doi:10.3390/w13243608

Article: Uncertainty in Drought Identification Due to Data Choices, and the Value of Triangulation

Pius Borona, Friedrich Busch, Tobias Krueger and Philippe Rufin

Water 2021, 13(24), 3611; doi:10.3390/w13243611

Article: Effect of Subsurface Mediterranean Water Eddies on Sound Propagation Using ROMS Output and the Bellhop Model

Seyed Hossein Hassantabar Bozroudi, Daniele Ciani, Mahdi Mohammad Mahdizadeh, Mohammad Akbarinasab, Ana Claudia Barbosa Aguiar, Alvaro Peliz, Bertrand Chapron, Ronan Fablet and Xavier Carton

Water 2021, 13(24), 3617; doi:10.3390/w13243617

Article: A Physics-Informed, Machine Learning Emulator of a 2D Surface Water Model: What Temporal Networks and Simulation-Based Inference Can Help Us Learn about Hydrologic Processes

Reed M. Maxwell, Laura E. Condon and Peter Melchior

Water 2021, 13(24), 3633; doi:10.3390/w13243633

 

Water and One Health

Article: Impacts of Land Use Change on Water Quality Index in the Upper Ganges River near Haridwar, Uttarakhand: A GIS-Based Analysis

Pradip Kumar Maurya, Sk Ajim Ali, Raied Saad Alharbi, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Faisal M. Alfaisal, Ateeque Ahmad, Pakorn Ditthakit, Shiv Prasad, You-Kyung Jung and Byong-Hun Jeon

Water 2021, 13(24), 3572; doi:10.3390/w13243572

Article: Could Fish Feeding Behaviour and Size Explain Prevalence Differences of the Nematode Eustrongylides excisus among Species? The Case Study of Lake Garda

Vasco Menconi, Perla Tedesco, Paolo Pastorino, Ivano Confortini, Giuseppe Esposito, Mattia Tomasoni, Davide Mugetti, Andrea Gustinelli, Alessandro Dondo, Elisabetta Pizzul, Maria Letizia Fioravanti and Marino Prearo

Water 2021, 13(24), 3581; doi:10.3390/w13243581

Water-Energy Nexus

Article: Alternative Use of Artificial Quarry Lakes as a Source of Thermal Energy for Greenhouses

Jessica Maria Chicco, Felix-Antoine Comeau, Alessandro Casasso, Cesare Comina, Nicolò Giordano, Giuseppe Mandrone and Jasmin Raymond

Water 2021, 13(24), 3560; doi:10.3390/w13243560

Article: Water-Energy-Food Accessibility and Tracking Progress towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in the Savannah Region of Katsina State, Nigeria

Yahaya Sani and Miklas Scholz

Water 2021, 13(24), 3595; doi:10.3390/w13243595

Article: Interfacial Friction Prediction in a Vertical Annular Two-Phase Flow Based on Support Vector Regression Machine

Qiang Liu, Xingya Feng and Junru Chen

Water 2021, 13(24), 3609; doi:10.3390/w13243609

Case Report: Historical Water Supply System of the City of Brno—Social-Environmental Consequences

David Honek, Milena Forejtníková, Miloš Rozkošný and Aleš Vyskočil

Water 2021, 13(24), 3550; doi:10.3390/w13243550

New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences

Article: Improvement in Ridge Coefficient Optimization Criterion for Ridge Estimation-Based Dynamic System Response Curve Method in Flood Forecasting

Kexin Liu, Weimin Bao, Yufeng Hu, Yiqun Sun, Dongjing Li, Kuang Li and Lili Liang

Water 2021, 13(24), 3483; doi:10.3390/w13243483

Article: Spatiotemporal Modes of Short Time Rainstorms Based on High-Dimensional Data: A Case Study of the Urban Area of Beijing, China

Wei Liu, Sheng Chen and Fuchang Tian

Water 2021, 13(24), 3597; doi:10.3390/w13243597

Article: Fluorescence Excitation–Emission Matrix Spectroscopy and Boosting Regression Tree Model to Detect Dissolved Organic Carbon in Water

Hang Yin, Ke Wang, Yu Liu, Pingjie Huang, Jie Yu and Dibo Hou

Water 2021, 13(24), 3612; doi:10.3390/w13243612

Article: Estimating Yield and Water Productivity of Tomato Using a Novel Hybrid Approach

Hossein Dehghanisanij, Somayeh Emami, Mohammed Achite, Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh and Quoc Bao Pham

Water 2021, 13(24), 3615; doi:10.3390/w13243615

Article: A Lagrangian Backward Air Parcel Trajectories Clustering Framework

Iulia-Maria Rădulescu, Alexandru Boicea, Florin Rădulescu and Daniel-Călin Popeangă

Water 2021, 13(24), 3638; doi:10.3390/w13243638

Article: Construction and Application of Reservoir Flood Control Operation Rules Using the Decision Tree Algorithm

Yanfang Diao, Chengmin Wang, Hao Wang and Yanli Liu

Water 2021, 13(24), 3654; doi:10.3390/w13243654

 

Hydrogeology

Article: Using Freshwater Heads to Analyze Flow Directions in Saline Aquifers of the Pingtung Plain, Taiwan

Yung-Chia Chiu, Chun-Hung Chen, Yun-Ta Cheng and Wenfu Chen

Water 2021, 13(24), 3491; doi:10.3390/w13243491

Article: How Central Water Management Impacts Local Livelihoods: An Ethnographic Case Study of Mining Water Extraction in Tarapacá, Chile

Sascha M. Cornejo P. and Jörg Niewöhner

Water 2021, 13(24), 3542; doi:10.3390/w13243542

Article: Origin and Evolution of Saline Spring Water in North and Central Laos Based on Hydrochemistry and Stable Isotopes (δD, δ¹⁸O, δ¹¹B, and δ³⁷Cl)

Xiwei Qin, Haizhou Ma, Xiying Zhang, Xiasong Hu, Guorong Li, Ziwen Jiang, Huaide Cheng, Jibin Han, Yongshou Li, Weiliang Miao, Wenhua Han, Sha Yang, Qian Song, Shang Lei and Hongying Wang

Water 2021, 13(24), 3568; doi:10.3390/w13243568

Article: Hydrogeochemical Assessment of Groundwater and Suitability Analysis for Domestic and Agricultural Utility in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Javed Iqbal, Chunli Su, Abdur Rashid, Nan Yang, Muhammad Yousuf Jat Baloch, Shakeel Ahmed Talpur, Zahid Ullah, Gohar Rahman, Naveed Ur Rahman, Earjh and Meer Muhammad Sajjad

Water 2021, 13(24), 3589; doi:10.3390/w13243589

Soil and Water

Article: Infiltration under Ponded Conditions

Ioannis Argyrokastritis, Maria Psychogiou and Paraskevi A. Londra

Water 2021, 13(24), 3492; doi:10.3390/w13243492

Article: Soil Erosion Assessment Using the RUSLE Model and Geospatial Techniques (Remote Sensing and GIS) in South-Central Niger (Maradi Region)

Mohamed Adou Sidi Almouctar, Yiping Wu, Fubo Zhao and Jacqueline Fifame Dossou

Water 2021, 13(24), 3511; doi:10.3390/w13243511

Article: Estimation of Potential Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield: A Case Study of the Transboundary Chenab River Catchment

Muhammad Gufran Ali, Sikandar Ali, Rao Husnain Arshad, Aftab Nazeer, Muhammad Mohsin Waqas, Muhammad Waseem, Rana Ammar Aslam, Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema, Megersa Kebede Leta and Imran Shauket

Water 2021, 13(24), 3647; doi:10.3390/w13243647

Water and Climate Change

Review: Non-Equilibrium Uranium as an Indicator of Global Climate Variations—The World Ocean and Large Lakes

Igor Tokarev and Evgeny Yakovlev

Water 2021, 13(24), 3514; doi:10.3390/w13243514

Article: Spatiotemporal Changes in Temperature and Precipitation in West Africa. Part I: Analysis with the CMIP6 Historical Dataset

Gandomè Mayeul Leger Davy Quenum, Francis Nkrumah, Nana Ama Browne Klutse and Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla

Water 2021, 13(24), 3506; doi:10.3390/w13243506

Article: Determination of Water Quality Characteristics and Nutrient Exchange Flux at the Sediment—Water Interface of the Yitong River in Changchun City, China

Ke Zhao, Hang Fu, Qian Wang and Hai Lu

Water 2021, 13(24), 3555; doi:10.3390/w13243555

Article: Response Relationship between the Upward or Downward Moving Distance of Main Stream Zone and Water and Sediment Conditions in Wandering Channels

Linjuan Xu, Lianjun Zhao, Enhui Jiang, Junhua Li and Meng Chen

Water 2021, 13(24), 3610; doi:10.3390/w13243610

Article: Heavy Metal Removal from the Water of the River Nile Using Riverbank Filtration

Mohamed H. Hegazy, Ahmed Essam, Ashraf Y. Elnaggar and Enas E. Hussein

Water 2021, 13(24), 3642; doi:10.3390/w13243642

Article: Stress Resistance and Adaptation of the Aquatic Invasive Species Tubastraea Coccinea(Lesson, 1829) to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

Kevin B. Strychar, Briana Hauff-Salas, Joshua A. Haslun, Jessica DeBoer, Katherine Cryer, Scott Keith and Sam Wooten

Water 2021, 13(24), 3645; doi:10.3390/w13243645

Ecohydrology

Article: Spatial Assessment of Hydrochemical Characteristics and Evolution of Inferior Quality Water in Kashi Delta

Pengfei Qu, Shengwei Su, Jian Jiao, Xiangyang Hu, Cheng Zhao, Xiao Fang and Gengsheng Yan

Water 2021, 13(24), 3557; doi:10.3390/w13243557

Article: Characteristics of Beaver Ponds and Landforms Induced by Beaver Activity, S Part of the Tuchola Pinewoods, Poland

Mirosław Rurek

Water 2021, 13(24), 3641; doi:10.3390/w13243641

Hydrology

Review: Multiagent System and Rainfall-Runoff Model in Hydrological Problems: A Systematic Literature Review

Bruna Leitzke and Diana Adamatti

Water 2021, 13(24), 3643; doi:10.3390/w13243643

Article: Evaluating the Landslide Stability and Vegetation Recovery: Case Studies in the Tsengwen Reservoir Watershed in Taiwan

Chun-Hung Wu

Water 2021, 13(24), 3479; doi:10.3390/w13243479

Article: Flood Forecasting in Large River Basins Using FOSS Tool and HPC

Upasana Dutta, Yogesh Kumar Singh, T. S. Murugesh Prabhu, Girishchandra Yendargaye, Rohini Gopinath Kale, Binay Kumar, Manoj Khare, Rahul Yadav, Ritesh Khattar and Sushant Kumar Samal

Water 2021, 13(24), 3484; doi:10.3390/w13243484

Article: Impacts of Agricultural Areas on Spatio-Temporal Variability of Daily Minimum Extreme Flows during the Transitional Seasons (Spring and Fall) in Southern Quebec

Ali Arkamose Assani, Ayoub Zeroual, Alexandre Roy and Christophe Kinnard

Water 2021, 13(24), 3487; doi:10.3390/w13243487

Article: Hydrological Drought Assessment Based on the Standardized Streamflow Index: A Case Study of the Three Cape Provinces of South Africa

Christina M. Botai, Joel O. Botai, Jaco P. de Wit, Katlego P. Ncongwane, Miriam Murambadoro, Paul M. Barasa and Abiodun M. Adeola

Water 2021, 13(24), 3498; doi:10.3390/w13243498

Article: Subsurface Temperature Properties for Three Types of Permeable Pavements in Cold Weather Climates and Implications for Deicer Reduction

Mari E. Danz, Nicolas H. Buer and William R. Selbig

Water 2021, 13(24), 3513; doi:10.3390/w13243513

Article: Hydraulic Numerical Simulations of La Sabana River Floodplain, Mexico, as a Tool for a Flood Terrain Response Analysis

Rosanna Bonasia and Mackendy Ceragene

Water 2021, 13(24), 3516; doi:10.3390/w13243516

Article: Are Engineered Geothermal Energy Systems a Viable Solution for Arctic Off-Grid Communities? A Techno-Economic Study

Mafalda Miranda, Jasmin Raymond, Jonathan Willis-Richards and Chrystel Dezayes

Water 2021, 13(24), 3526; doi:10.3390/w13243526

Article: Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Rainfall–Runoff Modelling of the Soan River Basin, Pakistan

Muhammad Tariq Khan, Muhammad Shoaib, Muhammad Hammad, Hamza Salahudin, Fiaz Ahmad and Shakil Ahmad

Water 2021, 13(24), 3528; doi:10.3390/w13243528

Article: Forest Fires Reduce Snow-Water Storage and Advance the Timing of Snowmelt across the Western U.S.

Emily E. Smoot and Kelly E. Gleason

Water 2021, 13(24), 3533; doi:10.3390/w13243533

Article: Modelling Snowmelt Runoff from Tropical Andean Glaciers under Climate Change Scenarios in the Santa River Sub-Basin (Peru)

Elmer Calizaya, Abel Mejía, Elgar Barboza, Fredy Calizaya, Fernando Corroto, Rolando Salas, Héctor Vásquez and Efrain Turpo

Water 2021, 13(24), 3535; doi:10.3390/w13243535

Article: Selected Issues of Adaptive Water Management on the Example of the Białka River Basin

Monika Bryła, Tomasz Walczykiewicz, Magdalena Skonieczna and Mateusz Żelazny

Water 2021, 13(24), 3540; doi:10.3390/w13243540

Article: Hydrological Modeling of Karst Watershed Containing Subterranean River Using a Modified SWAT Model: A Case Study of the Daotian River Basin, Southwest China

Xinxin Geng, Chengpeng Zhang, Feng’e Zhang, Zongyu Chen, Zhenlong Nie and Min Liu

Water 2021, 13(24), 3552; doi:10.3390/w13243552

Article: Hydrothermal Fluids and Cold Meteoric Waters along Tectonic-Controlled Open Spaces in Upper Cretaceous Carbonate Rocks, NE-Iraq: Scanning Data from In Situ U-Pb Geochronology and Microthermometry

Namam Salih, Howri Mansurbeg, Philippe Muchez, Axel Gerdes and Alain Préat

Water 2021, 13(24), 3559; doi:10.3390/w13243559

Article: Glacial Lake Evolution (1962–2018) and Outburst Susceptibility of Gurudongmar Lake Complex in the Tista Basin, Sikkim Himalaya (India)

Arindam Chowdhury, Tomáš Kroczek, Sunil Kumar De, Vít Vilímek, Milap Chand Sharma and Manasi Debnath

Water 2021, 13(24), 3565; doi:10.3390/w13243565

Article: Sea Level Prediction Using Machine Learning

Rifat Tur, Erkin Tas, Ali Torabi Haghighi and Ali Danandeh Mehr

Water 2021, 13(24), 3566; doi:10.3390/w13243566

Article: Altitudinal Gradient Characteristics of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Snowpack in the Changbai Mountain and Their Response to Climate Change

Yongming Chen, Zehua Chang, Shiguo Xu, Peng Qi, Xiaoyu Tang, Yang Song and Dongmei Liu

Water 2021, 13(24), 3580; doi:10.3390/w13243580

Article: Three-Parameter Regulation Rules for the Long-Term Optimal Scheduling of Multiyear Regulating Storage Reservoirs

Yangyang Xie, Saiyan Liu, Hongyuan Fang, Maohua Ding and Jingcai Wang

Water 2021, 13(24), 3593; doi:10.3390/w13243593

Article: Simulation of Daily Snow Depth Data in China Based on the NEX-GDDP

Hongju Chen, Jianping Yang, Yongjian Ding, Qingshan He and Qin Ji

Water 2021, 13(24), 3599; doi:10.3390/w13243599

Article: Water Management Balance as a Tool for Analysis of a River Basin with Conflicting Environmental and Navigational Water Demands: An Example of the Warta Mouth National Park, Poland

Dorota Pusłowska-Tyszewska

Water 2021, 13(24), 3628; doi:10.3390/w13243628

Article: Using Geochemical Fingerprints for Assessing Sediment Source Apportionment in an Agricultural Catchment in Central Argentina

Yanina Garcias, Romina Torres Astorga, Guillermo Ojeda, Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Samuel Tejeda and Hugo Velasco

Water 2021, 13(24), 3632; doi:10.3390/w13243632

Article: Improving Flow Discharge-Suspended Sediment Relations: Intelligent Algorithms versus Data Separation

Haniyeh Asadi, Mohammad T. Dastorani, Roy C. Sidle and Kaka Shahedi

Water 2021, 13(24), 3650; doi:10.3390/w13243650

Article: Remote Triggering of Damage Followed by Healing Recorded in Groundwater Pressure

Eyal Shalev, Hallel Lutzky, Ittai Kurzon and Vladimir Lyakhovsky

Water 2021, 13(24), 3656; doi:10.3390/w13243656

 

Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Review: Sugarcane Industrial Byproducts as Challenges to Environmental Safety and Their Remedies: A Review

Qurat-Ul-Ain Raza, Muhammad Amjad Bashir, Abdur Rehim, Muhammad Umair Sial, Hafiz Muhammad Ali Raza, Hafiz Muhammad Atif, Andre F. Brito and Yucong Geng

Water 2021, 13(24), 3495; doi:10.3390/w13243495

Review: Treatment of Textile Wastewater Using Advanced Oxidation Processes—A Critical Review

Yiqing Zhang, Kashif Shaad, Derek Vollmer and Chi Ma

Water 2021, 13(24), 3515; doi:10.3390/w13243515

Review: Characterization and Treatment Technologies Applied for Produced Water in Qatar

Hana D. Dawoud, Haleema Saleem, Nasser Abdullah Alnuaimi and Syed Javaid Zaidi

Water 2021, 13(24), 3573; doi:10.3390/w13243573

Review: A Literature Review of Wetland Treatment Systems Used to Treat Runoff Mixtures Containing Antibiotics and Pesticides from Urban and Agricultural Landscapes

Emily R. Nottingham and Tiffany L. Messer

Water 2021, 13(24), 3631; doi:10.3390/w13243631

Article: Introducing a Calculator for the Environmental and Financial Potential of Drain Water Heat Recovery in Commercial Kitchens

Isabel Schestak, Jan Spriet, David Styles and A. Prysor Williams

Water 2021, 13(24), 3486; doi:10.3390/w13243486

Article: Organic Pollutants Removal from Olive Mill Wastewater Using Electrocoagulation Process via Central Composite Design (CCD)

Abeer El Shahawy, Inas A. Ahmed, Mahmoud Nasr, Ahmed H. Ragab, Saedah R. Al-Mhyawi and Khalda M. A. Elamin

Water 2021, 13(24), 3522; doi:10.3390/w13243522

Article: Anaerobic Digestion for Biogas Production from Municipal Sewage Sludge: A Comparative Study between Fine Mesh Sieved Primary Sludge and Sedimented Primary Sludge

Phillimon T Odirile, Potlako M Marumoloa, Anthoula Manali and Petros Gikas

Water 2021, 13(24), 3532; doi:10.3390/w13243532

Article: Comparative Studies on Sorption Recovery and Molecular Selectivity of Bondesil PPL versus Bond Elut PPL Sorbents with Regard to Fulvic Acids

Anna N. Khreptugova, Tatiana A. Mikhnevich, Alexandra A. Molodykh, Sofia V. Melnikova, Andrey I. Konstantinov, Gleb D. Rukhovich, Alexander B. Volikov and Irina V. Perminova

Water 2021, 13(24), 3553; doi:10.3390/w13243553

Article: Synergistic Degradation of Chloramphenicol by an Ultrasound-Enhanced Fenton-like Sponge Iron System

Xia Meng, Zhongming Liu, Shoujuan Wang and Fangong Kong

Water 2021, 13(24), 3561; doi:10.3390/w13243561

Article: Influence of Carbon Agglomerate Formation on Micropollutants Removal in Combined PAC-Membrane Filtration Processes for Advanced Wastewater Treatment

Grit Hoffmann, Karthik Rathinam, Matthias Martschin, Ivana Ivančev-Tumbas and Stefan Panglisch

Water 2021, 13(24), 3578; doi:10.3390/w13243578

Article: Rapid Start-Up of the Aerobic Granular Reactor under Low Temperature and the Nutriment Removal Performance of Granules with Different Particle Sizes

Dongbo Liang, Jun Li, Zhaoming Zheng, Jing Zhang, Yaodong Wu, Dongyue Li, Peilin Li and Kai Zhang

Water 2021, 13(24), 3590; doi:10.3390/w13243590

Article: Remediation Efficiency of the In Situ Vitrification Method at an Unidentified-Waste and Groundwater Treatment Site

Shu-Lung Kuo and Edward Ming-Yang Wu

Water 2021, 13(24), 3594; doi:10.3390/w13243594

Article: Characteristics of Low-Oxygen Oxidation Ditch with Improved Nitrogen Removal

Elena Gogina and Igor Gulshin

Water 2021, 13(24), 3603; doi:10.3390/w13243603

Article: Preparation of a Novel Activated Carbon from Cassava Sludge for the High-Efficiency Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium in Potable Water: Adsorption Performance and Mechanism Insight

Ling Li, Yan Li, Yiqi Liu, Lei Ding, Xiaopeng Jin, Hongwei Lian and Jun Zheng

Water 2021, 13(24), 3602; doi:10.3390/w13243602

Article: Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Hollow Membrane Filtration for Concentration Polarization

Zhou Yu, Xinmin Wang, Weiying Li and Sheng Chen

Water 2021, 13(24), 3605; doi:10.3390/w13243605

Article: Optimization of Magnetic Nanoparticles Draw Solution for High Water Flux in Forward Osmosis

MhdAmmar Hafiz, Mohammed Talhami, Muneer M. Ba-Abbad and Alaa H. Hawari

Water 2021, 13(24), 3653; doi:10.3390/w13243653

Article: Process Monitoring of Quality-Related Variables in Wastewater Treatment Using Kalman-Elman Neural Network-Based Soft-Sensor Modeling

Yiqi Liu, Longhua Yuan, Dong Li, Yan Li and Daoping Huang

Water 2021, 13(24), 3659; doi:10.3390/w13243659

Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance

Review: Where Do We Stand Now? A Bibliometric Analysis of Water Research in Support of the Sustainable Development Goal 6

Mrittika Basu and Rajarshi Dasgupta

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