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CRS Report: 'Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act - Bureau of Reclamation and California Water Provisions'

An updated (9 November 2018) CRS report by Charles V. Stern, Pervaze A. Sheikh, and Nicole T. Carter: Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act: Bureau of Reclamation and California Water Provisions 

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Summary
Most of the provisions in the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act; P.L. 114-322), enacted on December 16, 2016, relate to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. However, the WIIN Act also includes a subtitle (Title II, Subtitle J, §§4001-4013) with the potential to affect western water infrastructure owned by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation; part of the Department of the Interior). Three sections in Subtitle J (§4007, §4009, and §4011) made alterations that would apply throughout Reclamation’s service area, the 17 states to the west of the Mississippi River. Most of the remaining sections of this subtitle include provisions specific to the Central Valley Project (CVP), a multipurpose water-conveyance system in California operated by Reclamation. Most of Subtitle J’s provisions were derived from bills that received consideration in the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses. 

Although most parts of the WIIN Act had broad stakeholder support when enacted, some of Subtitle J’s provisions were (and continue to be) debated. Particularly controversial provisions include those related to implementation of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA; 16 U.S.C. §§1531-1544) as it relates to endangered salmon and threatened Delta smelt and to California water infrastructure, as well as authorities that alter Reclamation’s approach to water resources project development. The controversy of these provisions was evidenced by President Obama’s signing statement accompanying the bill, which focused on the Obama Administration’s interpretation of Subtitle J, particularly the act’s environmental provisions. 

 The WIIN Act was debated and enacted at a time when California was enduring severe drought. However, by most metrics, the drought in California ended with the wet winter of 2016-2017, which occurred after enactment of the WIIN Act. Regardless of hydrologic status, most of the WIIN Act’s drought provisions are to remain in effect until five years after its enactment, or December 2021. 

Due to the scarcity of water in the West and the importance of federal water infrastructure to the region, western water issues are regularly of interest to lawmakers. In addition to overseeing the implementation of CVP operational provisions in the WIIN Act, Congress also may consider their amendment, extension, or repeal. According to Reclamation, the relatively wet hydrology that followed enactment of the WIIN Act has largely limited opportunities to implement some of the act’s operational authorities, and some federal operational changes pursuant to the WIIN Act reportedly were proposed but deemed incompatible with state requirements. However, some of the operational changes authorized under the act have been implemented. Congress also has appropriated funding authorized for Reclamation (both for the CVP and for other projects) under the bill. CRS estimates that from FY2017 to FY2019, Congress appropriated a total of approximately $575 million for Reclamation projects and programs authorized under the WIIN Act. Some of the bill’s authorities have met their appropriations ceilings; thus, they may be proposed for extension or amendment. 

This report discusses selected provisions enacted under Subtitle J of the WIIN Act. It provides background and context related to selected drought- and water-related provisions, summarizes the changes authorized in the WIIN Act, and discusses issues and questions that Congress may consider. For additional background on the CVP, see CRS Report R45342, Central Valley Project: Issues and Legislation, by Charles V. Stern and Pervaze A. Sheikh. 

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"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California." - Edward Abbey     

Paper: 'Origin of Earth’s Water - Chondritic Inheritance Plus Nebular Ingassing and Storage of Hydrogen in the Core'

Nifty stuff from Jun Wu, Steven J. Desch, Laura Schaefer, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Kevehm Pahlevan and Peter R. Buseck: Origin of Earth's Water: Chondritic Inheritance Plus Nebular Ingassing and Storage of Hydrogen in the Core, J. Geophysical Research - Planets..

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Abstract

Recent developments in planet formation theory and measurements of low D/H in deep mantle material support a solar nebula source for some of Earth's hydrogen. Here we present a new model for the origin of Earth's water that considers both chondritic water and nebular ingassing of hydrogen. The largest embryo that formed Earth likely had a magma ocean while the solar nebula persisted and could have ingassed nebular gases. The model considers iron hydrogenation reactions during Earth's core formation as a mechanism for both sequestering hydrogen in the core and simultaneously fractionating hydrogen isotopes. By parameterizing the isotopic fractionation factor and initial bulk D/H ratio of Earth's chondritic material, we explore the combined effects of elemental dissolution and isotopic fractionation of hydrogen in iron. By fitting to the two key constraints (three oceans' worth of water in Earth's mantle and on its surface; and D/H in the bulk silicate Earth close to 150 × 10⁻⁶), the model searches for best solutions among ~10,000 different combinations of chondritic and nebular contributions. We find that ingassing of a small amount, typically >0–0.5 oceans of nebular hydrogen, is generally demanded, supplementing seven to eight oceans from chondritic contributions. About 60% of the total hydrogen enters the core, and attendant isotopic fractionation plausibly lowers the core's D/H to ~130 × 10⁻⁶. Crystallized magma ocean material may have D/H ≈ 110 × 10⁻⁶. These modeling results readily explain the low D/H in core‐mantle boundary material and account for Earth's inventory of solar neon and helium.

Plain Language Summary

People have long had curiosity in the origin of Earth's water (equivalently hydrogen). Solar nebula has been given the least attention among existing theories, although it was the predominating reservoir of hydrogen in our early solar system. Here we present a first model for Earth's water origin that quantifies contribution from the solar nebula in addition to that from chondrites, the primary building blocks of Earth. The model considers dissolution of nebular hydrogen into the early Earth's magma oceans and reaction between hydrogen and iron droplets within the magma ocean. Such processes not only delivered countless hydrogen atoms from the mantle to the core but also generated an appreciable difference in hydrogen isotopic composition (2H/1H ratio) between the mantle and core. Fitting the model to current knowledge about Earth's hydrogen produces best combinations of nebular and chondritic contributions to Earth's water. We find that nearly one out of every 100 water molecules on Earth came from the solar nebula. Our planet hides majority of its water inside, with roughly two oceans in the mantle and four to five oceans in the core. These results suggest inevitable formation of water on sufficiently large rocky planets in extrasolar systems.

Let's get to the bottom line:

Conclusions

Our comprehensive model for the origin of Earth's water considers, for the first time, the effects of isotopic fractionation as hydrogen dissolved into metal and was sequestered into the core. Based on the behaviors of proxies, we consider it likely that the D/H ratio of the core is ~10% lighter than the mantle. We hypothesize that Earth accreted a few to tens of oceans of water from chondrites, mostly carbonaceous chondrites. Drawing on the latest theories of planet formation, which argue for rapid (<2 Myr) formation of planetary embryos, we favor ingassing of a few tenths of an ocean of solar nebula hydrogen into the magma oceans of the embryos that formed Earth.

Based on modeling, we favor scenarios in which chondrites contributed seven to eight oceans of hydrogen, and about 0.06 oceans of hydrogen was ingassed, unless Earth's core contains a significant amount of carbon (>1 wt %). Such models are consistent with about four to five oceans of hydrogen sequestered in the core, with D/H possibly as low as 120 × 10⁻⁶, and approximately three oceans of hydrogen in the mantle and surface, with D/H = 150 × 10⁻⁶.

The predicted existence of majority of Earth's hydrogen in its core has only a minor contribution to the observed density deficit of the core, a result consistent with the current knowledge of light elements in the core. Our conclusions are not overly sensitive to reasonable uncertainties in thermodynamic quantities governing hydrogen solubility in iron. We interpret the anomalously low solubilities measured by Clesi et al. (2018) to reflect the effect of carbon. Accounting for this effect and assuming <1 wt % carbon in Earth's core, we find not large differences compared to the case presented here.

Both ingassing of isotopically light hydrogen and isotopic fractionation of hydrogen as it is sequestered into the core provide an explanation for the low‐D/H material sampled by Hallis et al. (2015). Either the measurements are of solidified magma ocean material containing ingassed solar nebula hydrogen or they are of lower mantle material that has isotopically exchanged with the core. Testing our model and distinguishing between these scenarios will require the technically challenging measurements of the solubility of hydrogen into iron, and the isotopic fractionation factor, α, at high pressures. Firmer constraints on the bulk D/H ratios of various chondrites would also constrain the model.

Our model explains the reported solar compositions of hydrogen and noble gases in Earth's mantle. In particular, nebular ingassing through equilibration dissolution appears to be a viable mechanism to supply adequate amounts of ²²Ne and ³He for their terrestrial inventories, provided that the mass of magma ocean was no less than ~0.1 M_E. Extension to other noble gases would further test the model.

I don't pretend to understand all of this. But I do know that nebular ingassing will get you every time.

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"We're probably known around the Universe as that really noisy blue planet where everybody pees in their water." - @willdurst (thanks to Elizabeth Dougherty @WhollyH2o)

The Water Report IMAR Article: 'Incentivized Managed Aquifer Recharge' - Basin Scale Implementation of MAR

This article by David R. Tuthill, Jr. and Ronald D. Carlson of the Recharge Development Corporation appeared in Issue #176 (15 October 2018) of The Water Report. Editor David Light granted me permission to post it here.

David Tuthill is a former director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources. I met him for the first time at a meeting of the Western States Water Council in Newport last August and we talked about the IMAR approach. It's intriguing although I have not yet delved into it in great detail. I need to think about its 'patentable' aspect.

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Here is the introductory material.

Introduction

A process of Incentivized Managed Aquifer Recharge, utilizing ownership of marketable Aquifer Recharge Units is being implemented within Idaho’s Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer. A powerful tool in establishing balanced and sustainable aquifer management, the Incentivized Managed Aquifer Recharge program could have beneficial application in suitable water basins throughout the West.

Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) may be defined as processes designed to move water from land surface to aquifer storage. MAR has been conducted in various locations throughout the world since ancient times. Modern MAR efforts in the western United States have been frequently documented in The Water Report (see Recharge References below). Virtually all of these efforts, however, have been undertaken by or through a governmental entity (state or municipal), or by a private entity at a local scale involving one or just a few wells. The State of Arizona created a basin-wide opportunity for crediting recharge water but this system applies only in Arizona. While localized efforts in other basins have been implemented, to date they do not provide cost-effective incentivized solutions at a basin scale.

The Recharge Development Corporation (RDC) is an Idaho corporation created for the purpose of developing infrastructure, processes, and strategies that will facilitate water retention projects to benefit residents and water users in the State of Idaho.

RDC is helping incentivize Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer entities to be involved in MAR through the application of Incentivized Managed Aquifer Recharge (patent-pending).

Incentivized Managed Aquifer Recharge (IMAR) includes the following seven concepts:

1) Ownership of Aquifer Recharge Units (ARUs) that are fungible, have value, can be bought and sold and are directly analogous to the space acquired in a surface reservoir

2) MAR volumes are measured and the measured volumes are allocated to ARUs which each represent one acre-foot of virtual space in an aquifer, and are fully tracked

3) Real-time measurements of MAR volumes are based on surface water flow measurements. The evacuation of ARU storage generally relates to a pumped volume attributed to the ARU holder

4) Water allocated to owned ARUs becomes available to enable pumping. When the ability to pump under other established water rights would otherwise not be available, allocated ARU storage can be withdrawn and used as a supplemental water supply — in the same manner in which surface storage credited to the space of a reservoir space holder is used to supplement a surface water right (entitlement) to divert natural stream flow

5) Canal companies are commonly non-profit corporations created to distribute allocated water supplies to the stockholders of the company. Similarly, a local non-profit organization that is owned and operated by ARU owners is established under state law to accomplish long-term management of the ARUs and associated MAR within a basin

6) The ARUs are associated on a one-to-one basis with the shares of stock in the local non-profit corporation

7) Specific MAR allocation protocols that are similar to an allocation priority are applied to certain ARUs based on the date of acquisition of the shares

An eighth concept that is being investigated and discussed but has not yet been achieved is to treat a local aquifer as an additional reservoir that is fully integrated with the surface reservoirs in a basin. Implementation of this concept is a work in progress.

This article provides an overview of the unique IMAR process. From its genesis, a group of Idaho water users, lawyers, engineers and technical experts developed the operational concepts and legal approach for a defensible and robust IMAR program. The article discusses: ARUs; municipal applications; ground water district applications; tribal opportunities; and costs. The existing implementation in the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer in Idaho is described. Criteria for other eligible basins are listed. The result is a case for application of these concepts in other basins throughout the western United States and internationally. 

Cutting to the chase.....

Conclusion

The principals of RDC have spent eight years developing the concepts and techniques described in this paper, to provide for implementation of Incentivized Managed Aquifer Recharge. The system is now operational in one basin, with movements toward starting the process in many others. These processes provide opportunities for implementation of conjunctive management and for additional beneficial use of water in the spirit of western water law. The principals look forward to assisting others with implementation of these concepts.

For additional information:

Dave tuthill, Recharge Development Corporation, 208/ 870-0345 or dave@idahowaterengineering.com

Good stuff!

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"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." - Viktor Frankl (quoted in @Forbes via @TheWeek)

 

Paper: 'Fog and Dew as Potable Water Resources: Maximizing Harvesting Potential and Water Quality Concerns'

From the open-access journal GeoHealth by Kudzai F. Kaseke and Lixin Wang: Fog and Dew as Potable Water Resources: Maximizing Harvesting Potential and Water Quality Concerns.

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Key Points

• Fog and dew are potential ancillary potable resources, but there are potential human health concerns

• Current fog and dew harvesting methods could be significantly improved

• Fog and dew should be treated before use as potable water

Abstract

Fog and dew are often viewed as economic nuisances causing significant financial losses in the transportation industry and agricultural sector. However, they are also critical components of the hydrological cycle, especially in water scarce environments. Water scarcity is one of the major threats to mankind in the 21st century, and this can be due to development pressures, pollution, and/or expanding populations. In water scarce environments, fog and dew represent potentially exploitable ancillary water resources that could ameliorate the water scarce situation, if efficiently harvested. However, two important issues are often overlooked in relation to fog and dew harvesting and potability. First, current fog and dew harvesting technologies are low yielding with great potential for improvements. Second and more importantly, the potability of these water resources is often based on simple analyses that often omit trace metal and biological analyses. The few studies that report trace metal or biological measurements suggest elevated trace metal concentrations or biological contamination that could be of concern to public health. We discuss the potential for fog and dew harvesting technologies and the need for trace metal and biological analyses of these waters before use.

Cutting to the chase...

Summary and Conclusions 

It is unlikely that fog and dew harvesting will replace conventional water resources and should thus be viewed as supplementary resources, especially during the driest periods of the year (Gandhidasan & Abualhamayel, 2012; Olivier, 2004; Sharan et al., 2017). At the same time, although nonrainfall water is mainly supplementary, harvesting efficiency can be significantly improved by adoption of materials and designs developed specifically for this purpose (Beysens et al., 2013; Park et al., 2013; Sharan et al., 2017). Mass adop- tion of these materials will in theory make them more affordable. Based on existing data (Beysens et al., 2006; Klemm et al., 2012; Muselli et al., 2006; Sharan et al., 2011), although we believe fog and dew to be potable after some treatment, we encourage trace metal analyses especially in samples collected from areas influ- enced by industrial activities or areas with fog and/or dew that exhibits very low pH, since acidic pH of these waters could extract and elevate trace metal concentrations to levels harmful to human health. Interestingly, fog and dew harvesting projects are rarely implemented concurrently and yet both aim to ameliorate water scarcity. It is thus no surprise that despite the many fog and dew reviews (Fessehaye et al., 2014; Khalil et al., 2015; Klemm et al., 2012; Tomaszkiewicz et al., 2015), there has not been a single review that addresses the potability of fog and dew in the same paper. Assuming physical water scarcity and fog harvesting being a viable option, rain harvesting would be a logical extension (Wang & D’Odorico, 2008). And because rain and dew harvesting use primarily the same equipment, modifications to increase dew yields such as insula- tion (polystyrene foam), special foils, or paint will be minimal (Lekouch et al., 2011). The equipment’s multi- purpose and potential higher water yield should theoretically reduce the cost of nonrainfall water per liter.

Finally, there does not seem to be much coordination on fog and/or dew harvesting projects worldwide such that it is difficult to analyze or access information about these projects. As an example, the authors of this article reached out to 21 fog and dew researchers enquiring additional information on the status of different pro- jects with the intention of generating a more detailed map for Figure 1 but only received 4 responses or 14% of the requests. This was also partly attributable to the fact that some listed contact information was not cur- rent, and despite our best efforts to locate these, emails went unanswered or we could not find alternative contact information. Therefore, it would be beneficial to have a coordinated and updated database where such information is readily available and should include chemical and biological characteristics (parameters) reported in a standardized manner. Such a database could help answer important questions on the preva- lence of trace metal toxicity and biological contamination in nonrainfall water and their potential public health impact globally, as well as monitor air quality.

Figure 1. Global distribution of fog and dew collection and/or evaluation projects, both operational and nonoperational 

Figure 2. Dew collection project in Manquehua Chile, (a) rooftop dew collection and (b) pipe and storage system. The same system is used for rainfall harvesting. CREDIT: Carvajal D./Universidad de La Serena, Chile (with permission).

Here is an article about harvesting fog for drinking water.

Thanks to Tim Smith for sending this my way.

Enjoy!

"I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, and the silence that comes with fog." - Om Malik

Water, Volume 10, Issue 10 (October 2018): Hydrology, Water Management, Water Quality and Ecosystems, Hydraulics, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Water-Food-Energy Nexus and Lots More!

These will keep you occupied until the next issue!

NOTE: The links appear to be broken! Click here to access online. Sorry! 

 Cover Story

Analysis of Soil Erosion Induced by Heavy Rainfall: A Case Study from the NE Abruzzo Hills Area in Central Italy

Tommaso Piacentini, Alberto Galli, Vincenzo Marsala and Enrico Miccadei

Water 2018, 10(10), 1314; doi:10.3390/w10101314

 

Featured Papers

The Effect of Bedrock Topography on Timing and Location of Landslide Initiation Using the Local Factor of Safety Conceptuntil the next issue

Shirin Moradi, Johan Alexander Huisman, Holger Class and Harry Vereecken

Water 2018, 10(10), 1290; doi:10.3390/w10101290

Increasing Energy Efficiency in Water Collection Systems by Submersible PMSM Well Pumps

Marcus Beck, Alexander Sperlich, Ricardo Blank, Eckehard Meyer, Ralf Binz and Mathias Ernst

Water 2018, 10(10), 1310; doi:10.3390/w10101310

Rainfall-Runoff Modelling Considerations to Predict Streamflow Characteristics in Ungauged Catchments and under Climate Change

Francis H.S. Chiew, Hongxing Zheng and Nicholas J. Potter

Water 2018, 10(10), 1319; doi:10.3390/w10101319

A Single Tube Contactor for Testing Membrane Ozonation

Garyfalia A. Zoumpouli, Robert Baker, Caitlin M. Taylor, Matthew J. Chippendale, Chloë Smithers, Sean S. X. Ho, Davide Mattia, Y. M. John Chew and Jannis Wenk

Water 2018, 10(10), 1416; doi:10.3390/w10101416

Experimental Optimization of Gate-Opening Modes to Minimize Near-Field Vibrations in Hydropower Stations

Yong Peng, Jianmin Zhang, Weilin Xu and Matteo Rubinato

Water 2018, 10(10), 1435; doi:10.3390/w10101435

Transdisciplinary Research and Development Cooperation: Insights from the First Phase of the Palestinian-Dutch Academic Cooperation Programme on Water

Gül Özerol, Juliane Schillinger and Maher Abu-Madi

Water 2018, 10(10), 1449; doi:10.3390/w10101449

Optimal Energy Recovery from Water Distribution Systems Using Smart Operation Scheduling

Ilker T. Telci and Mustafa M. Aral

Water 2018, 10(10), 1464; doi:10.3390/w10101464

Discovering the Political Implications of Coproduction in Water Governance

Robert Lepenies, Frank Hüesker, Silke Beck and Marcela Brugnach

Water 2018, 10(10), 1475; doi:10.3390/w10101475

 

Review

Hydrology

River Channel Relocation: Problems and Prospects

Alissa Flatley, Ian D Rutherfurd and Ross Hardie

Water 2018, 10(10), 1360; doi:10.3390/w10101360

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Review of Heavy Metal Adsorption Processes by Several Organic Matters from Wastewaters

Marton Czikkely, Eva Neubauer, Ilona Fekete, Prespa Ymeri and Csaba Fogarassy

Water 2018, 10(10), 1377; doi:10.3390/w10101377

Water Quality and Ecosystems

Woody Plant Encroachment Impacts on Groundwater Recharge: A Review

Bharat Sharma Acharya, Gehendra Kharel, Chris B. Zou, Bradford P. Wilcox and Todd Halihan

Water 2018, 10(10), 1466; doi:10.3390/w10101466

 

Research

Water Resources Management and Governance

Re-Examining Regional Total-Factor Water Efficiency and Its Determinants in China: A Parametric Distance Function Approach

Jiao Zheng, Hengquan Zhang and Zhencheng Xing

Water 2018, 10(10), 1286; doi:10.3390/w10101286

Optimal Allocation of Water Resources from the “Wide-Mild Water Shortage” Perspective

Huaxiang He, Mingwan Yin, Aiqi Chen, Junqiu Liu, Xinmin Xie and Zhaohui Yang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1289; doi:10.3390/w10101289

Optimization Model for Agricultural Reclaimed Water Allocation Using Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming

Ahmed A. Aljanabi, Larry W. Mays and Peter Fox

Water 2018, 10(10), 1291; doi:10.3390/w10101291

Season-Dependent Hedging Policies for Reservoir Operation—A Comparison Study

Nikhil Bhatia, Roshan Srivastav and Kasthrirengan Srinivasan

Water 2018, 10(10), 1311; doi:10.3390/w10101311

Effectiveness of Contour Farming and Filter Strips on Ecosystem Services

John Ng’ang’a Gathagu, Khaldoon A. Mourad and Joseph Sang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1312; doi:10.3390/w10101312

What Participation? Distinguishing Water Monitoring Programs in Mining Regions Based on Community Participation

Claudio Pareja, Jordi Honey-Rosés, Nadja C. Kunz, Jocelyn Fraser and André Xavier

Water 2018, 10(10), 1325; doi:10.3390/w10101325

Irrigated Agriculture and the Cost Recovery Principle of Water Services: Assessment and Discussion of the Case of the Guadalquivir River Basin (Spain)

Alfonso Expósito

Water 2018, 10(10), 1338; doi:10.3390/w10101338

Canopy Light Utilization and Yield of Rice under Rain-Catching and Controlled Irrigation

Hongfei Lu, Xuebin Qi, Xiangping Guo, Jacob Jeremiah Towa, Bo Zhen, Dongmei Qiao, Zhenchang Wang, Bo Yang and Yang Han

Water 2018, 10(10), 1340; doi:10.3390/w10101340

Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions Improve Ecosystem Services Risk Assessment: Case Studies from Two Coastal Lagoons in South America

Maria Isabel Velez, Daniel Conde, Juan Pablo Lozoya, James Anthony Rusak, Felipe García-Rodríguez, Carina Seitz, Thomas Harmon, Gerardo Miguel Eduardo Perillo, Jaime Escobar and Sandra Patricia Vilardy

Water 2018, 10(10), 1350; doi:10.3390/w10101350

The Story of Water in Windhoek: A Narrative Approach to Interpreting a Transdisciplinary Process

Dianne Scott, Kornelia N. Iipinge, John K. E. Mfune, Davison Muchadenyika, Olavi V. Makuti and Gina Ziervogel

Water 2018, 10(10), 1366; doi:10.3390/w10101366

Flood Mitigation through Optimal Operation of a Multi-Reservoir System by Using Model Predictive Control: A Case Study in Myanmar

Nay Myo Lin, Martine Rutten and Xin Tian

Water 2018, 10(10), 1371; doi:10.3390/w10101371

The Value of Hydrologic Information in Reservoir Outflow Decision-Making

Kebing Chen, Shenglian Guo, Shaokun He, Tao Xu, Yixuan Zhong and Sirui Sun

Water 2018, 10(10), 1372; doi:10.3390/w10101372

Trend Analysis of Long-Term Reference Evapotranspiration and Its Components over the Korean Peninsula

Mona Ghafouri-Azar, Deg-Hyo Bae and Shin-Uk Kang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1373; doi:10.3390/w10101373

Valuing the Recreation Benefits of Natural Springs in Florida

Qianyan Wu, Xiang Bi, Kelly A. Grogan and Tatiana Borisova

Water 2018, 10(10), 1379; doi:10.3390/w10101379

Complexity Analysis of Precipitation and Runoff Series Based on Approximate Entropy and Extreme-Point Symmetric Mode Decomposition

Dongyong Sun, Hongbo Zhang and Zhihui Guo

Water 2018, 10(10), 1388; doi:10.3390/w10101388

Equivalent Small Hydro Power: A Simple Method to Evaluate Energy Production by Small Turbines in Collective Irrigation Systems

Angelo Nicotra, Demetrio Antonio Zema, Daniela D’Agostino and Santo Marcello Zimbone

Water 2018, 10(10), 1390; doi:10.3390/w10101390

Improved Soil Temperature Modeling Using Spatially Explicit Solar Energy Drivers

Jonathan J. Halama, Bradley L. Barnhart, Robert E. Kennedy, Robert B. McKane, James J. Graham, Paul P. Pettus, Allen F. Brookes, Kevin S. Djang and Ronald S. Waschmann

Water 2018, 10(10), 1398; doi:10.3390/w10101398

Understanding the Relationship between Water Infrastructure and Socio-Political Configurations: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

Kavindra Paranage

Water 2018, 10(10), 1402; doi:10.3390/w10101402

Oceanographic and Bathymetric Features as the Target for Pelagic MPA Design: A Case Study on the Cape of Gata

María Muñoz, Andreas Reul, María del Carmen García-Martínez, Francisco Plaza, Begoña Bautista, Francina Moya and Manuel Vargas-Yáñez

Water 2018, 10(10), 1403; doi:10.3390/w10101403

Outstanding Videogames on Water: A Quality Assessment Review Based on Evidence of Narrative, Gameplay and Educational Criteria

Laura Galván-Pérez, Tania Ouariachi, M.ª Teresa Pozo-Llorente and José Gutiérrez-Pérez

Water 2018, 10(10), 1404; doi:10.3390/w10101404

Evaluating the Impaction of Coal Mining on Ordovician Karst Water through Statistical Methods

Dan Huang, Zaibin Liu and Wenke Wang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1409; doi:10.3390/w10101409

Monitoring Seasonal Pasture Quality Degradation in the Mediterranean Montado Ecosystem: Proximal versus Remote Sensing

João Serrano, Shakib Shahidian and José Marques da Silva

Water 2018, 10(10), 1422; doi:10.3390/w10101422

Risk-Based Decision-Making for Evacuation in Case of Imminent Threat of Flooding

Bas Kolen and P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder

Water 2018, 10(10), 1429; doi:10.3390/w10101429

Regulatory Challenges for the Use of Reclaimed Water in Mexico: A Case Study in Baja California

Christian Gilabert-Alarcón, Saúl O. Salgado-Méndez, Luis Walter Daesslé, Leopoldo G. Mendoza-Espinosa and Mariana Villada-Canela

Water 2018, 10(10), 1432; doi:10.3390/w10101432

Multiperiod Optimisation of Irrigated Crops under Different Conditions of Water Availability

Mathias Kuschel-Otárola, Diego Rivera, Eduardo Holzapfel, Cristian D. Palma and Alex Godoy-Faúndez

Water 2018, 10(10), 1434; doi:10.3390/w10101434

Global Economic and Food Security Impacts of Demand-Driven Water Scarcity—Alternative Water Management Options for a Thirsty World

Victor Nechifor and Matthew Winning

Water 2018, 10(10), 1442; doi:10.3390/w10101442

Historical Trends of Academic Research on the Water Environment in Japan: Evidence from the Academic Literature in the Past 50 Years

Masashi Kuroda, Keishiro Hara, Masashi Takekawa, Michinori Uwasu and Michihiko Ike

Water 2018, 10(10), 1456; doi:10.3390/w10101456

Optimized Water and Fertilizer Management of Mature Jujube in Xinjiang Arid Area Using Drip Irrigation

Zhenhua Wang, Qingyong Bian, Jinzhu Zhang and Bo Zhou

Water 2018, 10(10), 1467; doi:10.3390/w10101467

Water Protection Zoning as an Instrument of Preservation for Lake Baikal

Igor V. Bychkov, Olga V. Gagarinova, Irina I. Orlova and Victor N. Bogdanov

Water 2018, 10(10), 1474; doi:10.3390/w10101474

Relationships Among Animal Communities, Lentic Habitats, and Channel Characteristics for Ecological Sediment Management

Mikyoung Choi, Yasuhiro Takemon, Kinko Ikeda and Kwansue Jung

Water 2018, 10(10), 1479; doi:10.3390/w10101479

Climate Change and Curtailment: Evaluating Water Management Practices in the Context of Changing Runoff Regimes in a Snowmelt-Dominated Basin

Amy L. Steimke, Bangshuai Han, Jodi S. Brandt and Alejandro N. Flores

Water 2018, 10(10), 1490; doi:10.3390/w10101490

A Multi-Criteria Assessment of Water Supply in Ugandan Refugee Settlements

Susanna Andreasi Bassi, Iskandar Tange, Benjamin Holm, Alessio Boldrin and Martin Rygaard

Water 2018, 10(10), 1493; doi:10.3390/w10101493

Water Quality and Ecosystems

Coupled Thermally-Enhanced Bioremediation and Renewable Energy Storage System: Conceptual Framework and Modeling Investigation

Ali Moradi, Kathleen M. Smits and Jonathan O. Sharp

Water 2018, 10(10), 1288; doi:10.3390/w10101288

Assessment of Environmental Flows from Complexity to Parsimony—Lessons from Lesotho

Aristoteles Tegos, Wolfram Schlüter, Niall Gibbons, Yanis Katselis and Andreas Efstratiadis

Water 2018, 10(10), 1293; doi:10.3390/w10101293

Identifying Surface Runoff Pathways for Cost-Effective Mitigation of Pollutant Inputs to Drinking Water Reservoir

Jolanta Dąbrowska, Paweł B. Dąbek and Iwona Lejcuś

Water 2018, 10(10), 1300; doi:10.3390/w10101300

A New Comprehensive Evaluation Method for Water Quality: Improved Fuzzy Support Vector Machine

Wei Shan, Shensheng Cai and Chen Liu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1303; doi:10.3390/w10101303

Baseflow Contribution to Streamflow and Aquatic Habitats Using Physical Habitat Simulations

Byungwoong Choi, Hyeongsik Kang and Woong Hee Lee

Water 2018, 10(10), 1304; doi:10.3390/w10101304

Modified U-Tube for Ruling out Naked DNA Transfer during Conjugation and Application in Antibiotic Resistance Genes Transfer Research

Ning Zhang, Xiang Liu, Bing Li, Limei Han, Xuejiao Ma, Fanbin Meng and Miao Li

Water 2018, 10(10), 1313; doi:10.3390/w10101313

Developing an EFDC and Numerical Source-Apportionment Model for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Contribution Analysis in a Lake Basin

Hui Bai, Yan Chen, Dong Wang, Rui Zou, Huanzhen Zhang, Rui Ye, Wenjing Ma and Yunhai Sun

Water 2018, 10(10), 1315; doi:10.3390/w10101315

Quantitative Detection of Clogging in Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland Using the Resistivity Method

Huaqing Liu, Zhen Hu, Shiying Song, Jian Zhang, Lichao Nie, Hongying Hu, Fengmin Li and Zhengyu Liu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1334; doi:10.3390/w10101334

Expanded Application of the Passive Flux Meter: In-Situ Measurements of 1,4-Dioxane, Sulfate, Cr(VI) and RDX

Alexander A. Haluska, Meghan S. Thiemann, Patrick J. Evans, Jaehyun Cho and Michael D. Annable

Water 2018, 10(10), 1335; doi:10.3390/w10101335

Support Tool for Identifying In Situ Remediation Technology for Sites Contaminated by Hexavalent Chromium

Gabriele Beretta, Andrea Filippo Mastorgio, Lisa Pedrali, Sabrina Saponaro and Elena Sezenna

Water 2018, 10(10), 1344; doi:10.3390/w10101344

pCO₂ Dynamics of Stratified Reservoir in Temperate Zone and CO₂ Pulse Emissions During Turnover Events

Hyungseok Park and Sewoong Chung

Water 2018, 10(10), 1347; doi:10.3390/w10101347

Distribution and Genotyping of Aquatic Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated from the Puzi River and Its Tributaries Near Areas of Livestock Farming

Hsin-Chi Tsai, Ming-Yuan Chou, Yi-Jia Shih, Tung-Yi Huang, Pei-Yu Yang, Yi-Chou Chiu, Jung-Sheng Chen and Bing-Mu Hsu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1374; doi:10.3390/w10101374

Study on the Inactivation of Pseudomonas sp and the Degradation of Trichloroethylene by Fenton-Like Reaction

Dan Zhong, Fu He, Wencheng Ma, Yixing Yuan and Ziqiang Wang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1376; doi:10.3390/w10101376

Myriophyllum aquaticum-Based Surface Flow Constructed Wetlands for Enhanced Eutrophic Nutrient Removal—A Case Study from Laboratory-Scale up to Pilot-Scale Constructed Wetland

Shugeng Feng, Shengjun Xu, Xupo Zhang, Rui Wang, Xiaona Ma, Zhirui Zhao, Guoqiang Zhuang, Zhihui Bai and Xuliang Zhuang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1391; doi:10.3390/w10101391

Predicting Taste and Odor Compounds in a Shallow Reservoir Using a Three–Dimensional Hydrodynamic Ecological Model

Suna Chong, Heesuk Lee and Kwang-Guk An

Water 2018, 10(10), 1396; doi:10.3390/w10101396

Failure and Collapse of Ancient Agricultural Stone Terraces: On-Site Effects on Soil and Vegetation

Ilan Stavi, Tamir Rozenberg, Ashraf Al-Ashhab, Eli Argaman and Elli Groner

Water 2018, 10(10), 1400; doi:10.3390/w10101400

Remote Sensing of Water Quality Parameters over Lake Balaton by Using Sentinel-3 OLCI

Katalin Blix, Károly Pálffy, Viktor R. Tóth and Torbjørn Eltoft

Water 2018, 10(10), 1428; doi:10.3390/w10101428

Potential Changes of Annual-Averaged Nutrient Export in the South Saskatchewan River Basin under Climate and Land-Use Change Scenarios

Luis Morales-Marín, Howard Wheater and Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt

Water 2018, 10(10), 1438; doi:10.3390/w10101438

New Patterns of Temporal and Spatial Variation in Water Quality of a Highly Artificialized Urban River-Course—a Case Study in the Tongzhou Section of the Beiyun River

Juanhui Ren, Ji Liang, Bo Ren, Xiuqing Zheng and Chaofan Guo

Water 2018, 10(10), 1446; doi:10.3390/w10101446

Environmental Factors and the Microbial Quality of Urban Drinking Water in a Low-Income Country: The Case of Madagascar

Alexandra Bastaraud, Jean Marius Rakotondramanga, Jackson Mahazosaotra, Noror Ravaonindrina and Ronan Jambou

Water 2018, 10(10), 1450; doi:10.3390/w10101450

Migration of Gyrotactic Micro-Organisms in Water

Xiao Chen, Yihong Wu and Li Zeng

Water 2018, 10(10), 1455; doi:10.3390/w10101455

Contrasting Responses among Aquatic Organism Groups to Changes in Geomorphic Complexity Along a Gradient of Stream Habitat Restoration: Implications for Restoration Planning and Assessment

Eliza Maher Hasselquist, Lina E. Polvi, Maria Kahlert, Christer Nilsson, Lisa Sandberg and Brendan G. McKie

Water 2018, 10(10), 1465; doi:10.3390/w10101465

Daily Water Quality Forecast of the South-To-North Water Diversion Project of China Based on the Cuckoo Search-Back Propagation Neural Network

Dongguo Shao, Xizhi Nong, Xuezhi Tan, Shu Chen, Baoli Xu and Nengjie Hu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1471; doi:10.3390/w10101471

The Optimal Width and Mechanism of Riparian Buffers for Storm Water Nutrient Removal in the Chinese Eutrophic Lake Chaohu Watershed

Xiuyun Cao, Chunlei Song, Jian Xiao and Yiyong Zhou

Water 2018, 10(10), 1489; doi:10.3390/w10101489

Hydraulics

Rheology of Un-Sieved Concentrated Domestic Slurry: A Wide Gap Approach

Adithya Krishnan Thota Radhakrishnan, Jules van Lier and Francois Clemens

Water 2018, 10(10), 1287; doi:10.3390/w10101287

Evaluation of Hydraulic Performance Characteristics of a Newly Designed Dynamic Fluidic Sprinkler

Xingye Zhu, Alexander Fordjour, Shouqi Yuan, Frank Dwomoh and Daoxing Ye

Water 2018, 10(10), 1301; doi:10.3390/w10101301

Impact of Uncertainty of Floodplain Digital Terrain Model on 1D Hydrodynamic Flow Calculation

Adam Kiczko and Dorota Mirosław-Świątek

Water 2018, 10(10), 1308; doi:10.3390/w10101308

An Illustrated Guide to Estimation of Water Velocity in Unregulated River for Hydrokinetic Performance Analysis Studies in East Malaysia

Almalik Faisel Mohd Saupi, Nashiren Farzilah Mailah, Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi, Kamarul Bahrin Mohamad, Saiful Zuhaimi Ahmad and Azimi Che Soh

Water 2018, 10(10), 1330; doi:10.3390/w10101330

Simulating Hydrological Impacts under Climate Change: Implications from Methodological Differences of a Pan European Assessment

Aristeidis G. Koutroulis, Lamprini V. Papadimitriou, Manolis G. Grillakis, Ioannis K. Tsanis, Klaus Wyser, John Caesar and Richard A. Betts

Water 2018, 10(10), 1331; doi:10.3390/w10101331

Prediction of Water Inflow in Subsea Tunnels under Blasting Vibration

Rentai Liu, Yankai Liu, Dongdong Xin, Shucai Li, Zhuo Zheng, Chenyang Ma and Chunyu Zhang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1336; doi:10.3390/w10101336

Threshold Values of Extreme Hydrometeorological Events on the Polish Baltic Coast

Jacek Tylkowski and Marcin Hojan

Water 2018, 10(10), 1337; doi:10.3390/w10101337

Study on the Hydrodynamic Resistance Moment of Horizontally-Framed Miter Gates

Jinchao Xu, Qiong Chen, Yun Li, Jianxu Zhou, Jianfeng An, Xiujun Yan and Yan Guo

Water 2018, 10(10), 1345; doi:10.3390/w10101345

Effect of Flaring Gate Piers on Discharge Coefficient for Finite Crest-Length Weirs

Zhong Tian, Wei Wang, Ruidi Bai and Nan Li

Water 2018, 10(10), 1349; doi:10.3390/w10101349

Experimental Study on the Fracturing Behaviors and Mechanical Properties of Cracks under Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Effects in Rock-like Specimens

Yimeng Zhou, Cheng Zhao, Chunfeng Zhao, Chuangchuang Ma and Junfei Xie

Water 2018, 10(10), 1355; doi:10.3390/w10101355

A Case Study of a Small Diameter Gravity Sewerage System in Zolkiewka Commune, Poland

Tadeusz Nawrot, Radosław Matz, Ryszard Błażejewski and Marcin Spychała

Water 2018, 10(10), 1358; doi:10.3390/w10101358

A New Perspective to Explore the Hydraulic Connectivity of Karst Aquifer System in Jinan Spring Catchment, China

Zhengxian Zhang, Weiping Wang, Shisong Qu, Qiang Huang, Shuai Liu, Qiaoyi Xu and Ludong Ni

Water 2018, 10(10), 1368; doi:10.3390/w10101368

Effects of Guide Vane Placement Angle on Hydraulic Characteristics of Flow Field and Optimal Design of Hydraulic Capsule Pipelines

Chunjin Zhang, Xihuan Sun, Yongye Li, Xueqin Zhang, Xuelan Zhang, Xiaoni Yang and Fei Li

Water 2018, 10(10), 1378; doi:10.3390/w10101378

Coupled Wave-2D Hydrodynamics Modeling at the Reno River Mouth (Italy) under Climate Change Scenarios

Maria Gabriella Gaeta, Davide Bonaldo, Achilleas G. Samaras, Sandro Carniel and Renata Archetti

Water 2018, 10(10), 1380; doi:10.3390/w10101380

Solitary Wave Generation and Propagation under Hypergravity Fields

Qiao-Sha Wang, Ming-Hai Li and Dai-Wei Li

Water 2018, 10(10), 1381; doi:10.3390/w10101381

Application of Python Scripting Techniques for Control and Automation of HEC-RAS Simulations

Tomasz Dysarz

Water 2018, 10(10), 1382; doi:10.3390/w10101382

Experimental Investigation of Artificial Aeration on a Smooth Spillway with a Crest Pier

Juan César Luna-Bahena, Oscar Pozos-Estrada, Víctor Manuel Ortiz-Martínez and Jesús Gracia-Sánchez

Water 2018, 10(10), 1383; doi:10.3390/w10101383

Numerical Simulation of Hydraulic Characteristics in A Vortex Drop Shaft

Wenchuan Zhang, Junxing Wang, Chuangbing Zhou, Zongshi Dong and Zhao Zhou

Water 2018, 10(10), 1393; doi:10.3390/w10101393

An Innovative Approach to Minimizing Uncertainty in Sediment Load Boundary Conditions for Modelling Sedimentation in Reservoirs

Sardar Ateeq-Ur-Rehman, Minh Duc Bui, Shabeh ul Hasson and Peter Rutschmann

Water 2018, 10(10), 1411; doi:10.3390/w10101411

Effects of Vegetation Density and Arrangement on Sediment Budget in a Sediment-Laden Flow

Jin-Fu Li, Samkele S. Tfwala and Su-Chin Chen

Water 2018, 10(10), 1412; doi:10.3390/w10101412

An Unsteady Boundary Element Model for Hydrodynamic Performance of a Multi-Blade Vertical-Axis Tidal Turbine

Guangnian Li, Qingren Chen and Hanbin Gu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1413; doi:10.3390/w10101413

Understanding Morphodynamic Changes of a Tidal River Confluence through Field Measurements and Numerical Modeling

Qiancheng Xie, James Yang, Staffan Lundström and Wenhong Dai

Water 2018, 10(10), 1424; doi:10.3390/w10101424

Two-Dimensional Numerical Simulation Study on Bed-Load Transport in the Fluctuating Backwater Area: A Case-Study Reservoir in China

Ming Luo, Heli Yu, Er Huang, Rui Ding and Xin Lu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1425; doi:10.3390/w10101425

Three-Dimensional Aerators: Characteristics of the Air Bubbles

Shuai Li, Jianmin Zhang, Xiaoqing Chen and Jiangang Chen

Water 2018, 10(10), 1430; doi:10.3390/w10101430

Computational Determination of Air Valves Capacity Using CFD Techniques

Salvador García-Todolí, Pedro L. Iglesias-Rey, Daniel Mora-Meliá, F. Javier Martínez-Solano and Vicente S. Fuertes-Miquel

Water 2018, 10(10), 1433; doi:10.3390/w10101433

Study of Cavitation Bubble Collapse near a Wall by the Modified Lattice Boltzmann Method

Yunfei Mao, Yong Peng and Jianmin Zhang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1439; doi:10.3390/w10101439

Least Squares Support Vector Mechanics to Predict the Stability Number of Rubble-Mound Breakwaters

Nuray Gedik

Water 2018, 10(10), 1452; doi:10.3390/w10101452

Communication Optimization for Multiphase Flow Solver in the Library of OpenFOAM

Zhipeng Lin, Wenjing Yang, Houcun Zhou, Xinhai Xu, Liaoyuan Sun, Yongjun Zhang and Yuhua Tang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1461; doi:10.3390/w10101461

Characteristics of Positive Surges in a Rectangular Channel

Feidong Zheng, Yun Li, Guoxiang Xuan, Zhonghua Li and Long Zhu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1473; doi:10.3390/w10101473

Numerical Investigation on the Hydraulic Properties of the Skimming Flow over Pooled Stepped Spillway

Shicheng Li and Jianmin Zhang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1478; doi:10.3390/w10101478

Hydrology

Sub-Bankfull Flow Frequency versus Magnitude of Flood Events in Outlining Effective Discharges. Case Study: Trotuș River (Romania)

Dan Dumitriu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1292; doi:10.3390/w10101292

Modelling Groundwater Flow with MIKE SHE Using Conventional Climate Data and Satellite Data as Model Forcing in Haihe Plain, China

Yunqiao Shu, Hongjun Li and Yuping Lei

Water 2018, 10(10), 1295; doi:10.3390/w10101295

Enumerating the Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources Using GCM Scenarios at the Xin’anjiang Watershed, China

Muhammad Zaman, Muhammad Naveed Anjum, Muhammad Usman, Ijaz Ahmad, Muhammad Saifullah, Shouqi Yuan and Shiyin Liu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1296; doi:10.3390/w10101296

Assessing the Impact of Site-Specific BMPs Using a Spatially Explicit, Field-Scale SWAT Model with Edge-of-Field and Tile Hydrology and Water-Quality Data in the Eagle Creek Watershed, Ohio

Katherine R. Merriman, Prasad Daggupati, Raghavan Srinivasan, Chad Toussant, Amy M. Russell and Brett Hayhurst

Water 2018, 10(10), 1299; doi:10.3390/w10101299

Long-Term Suspended Sediment Concentrations and Loads from a Relatively Undisturbed Agroforested Catchment in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula

M. Luz Rodríguez-Blanco, M. Mercedes Taboada-Castro and M. Teresa Taboada-Castro

Water 2018, 10(10), 1302; doi:10.3390/w10101302

Case Study of Heat Transfer during Artificial Ground Freezing with Groundwater Flow

Rui Hu, Quan Liu and Yixuan Xing

Water 2018, 10(10), 1322; doi:10.3390/w10101322

Impact of Major Typhoons in 2016 on Sea Surface Features in the Northwestern Pacific

Dan Song, Linghui Guo, Zhigang Duan and Lulu Xiang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1326; doi:10.3390/w10101326

High-Frequency Water Isotopic Analysis Using an Automatic Water Sampling System in Rice-Based Cropping Systems

Amani Mahindawansha, Lutz Breuer, Alejandro Chamorro and Philipp Kraft

Water 2018, 10(10), 1327; doi:10.3390/w10101327

Inundated Areas Extraction Based on Raindrop Photometric Model (RPM) in Surveillance Video

Yunzhe Lv, Wei Gao, Chen Yang and Ning Wang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1332; doi:10.3390/w10101332

Effects of Soil and Water Conservation Practices on Runoff, Sediment and Nutrient Losses

Yuguo Han, Gary Feng and Ying Ouyang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1333; doi:10.3390/w10101333

Combining an R-Based Evolutionary Algorithm and Hydrological Model for Effective Parameter Calibration

Mun-Ju Shin and Yun Seok Choi

Water 2018, 10(10), 1339; doi:10.3390/w10101339

Identifying the Sensitivity of Ensemble Streamflow Prediction by Artificial Intelligence

Yen-Ming Chiang, Ruo-Nan Hao, Jian-Quan Zhang, Ying-Tien Lin and Wen-Ping Tsai

Water 2018, 10(10), 1341; doi:10.3390/w10101341

On the Wave Bottom Shear Stress in Shallow Depths: The Role of Wave Period and Bed Roughness

Sara Pascolo, Marco Petti and Silvia Bosa

Water 2018, 10(10), 1348; doi:10.3390/w10101348

Rainfall-Induced Landslide Susceptibility Using a Rainfall–Runoff Model and Logistic Regression

Hsun-Chuan Chan, Po-An Chen and Jung-Tai Lee

Water 2018, 10(10), 1354; doi:10.3390/w10101354

Flood Vulnerability, Environmental Land Use Conflicts, and Conservation of Soil and Water: A Study in the Batatais SP Municipality, Brazil

Anildo Monteiro Caldas, Teresa Cristina Tarlé Pissarra, Renata Cristina Araújo Costa, Fernando Cartaxo Rolim Neto, Marcelo Zanata, Roberto da Boa Viagem Parahyba, Luis Filipe Sanches Fernandes and Fernando António Leal Pacheco

Water 2018, 10(10), 1357; doi:10.3390/w10101357

A Hydroclimatological Analysis of Precipitation in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna River Basin

Scott Curtis, Thomas Crawford, Munshi Rahman, Bimal Paul, M. Giashuddin Miah, M. Rafiqul Islam and Mohin Patel

Water 2018, 10(10), 1359; doi:10.3390/w10101359

Flood Forecasting Based on an Improved Extreme Learning Machine Model Combined with the Backtracking Search Optimization Algorithm

Lu Chen, Na Sun, Chao Zhou, Jianzhong Zhou, Yanlai Zhou, Junhong Zhang and Qing Zhou

Water 2018, 10(10), 1362; doi:10.3390/w10101362

Characterizing Hydrological Connectivity of Artificial Ditches in Zoige Peatlands of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Zhiwei Li, Peng Gao and Yuchi You

Water 2018, 10(10), 1364; doi:10.3390/w10101364

Study on Risk Assessment and Early Warning of Flood-Affected Areas when a Dam Break Occurs in a Mountain River

Qiang Fan, Zhong Tian and Wei Wang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1369; doi:10.3390/w10101369

The Performance of Multiple Model-Simulated Soil Moisture Datasets Relative to ECV Satellite Data in China

Wenkui Bai, Xiling Gu, Shenlin Li, Yihan Tang, Yanhu He, Xihui Gu and Xiaoyan Bai

Water 2018, 10(10), 1384; doi:10.3390/w10101384

Soil Erosion Modeling and Comparison Using Slope Units and Grid Cells in Shihmen Reservoir Watershed in Northern Taiwan

Yi-Hsin Liu, Dong-Huang Li, Walter Chen, Bor-Shiun Lin, Uma Seeboonruang and Fuan Tsai

Water 2018, 10(10), 1387; doi:10.3390/w10101387

Dongting Lake Water Level Forecast and Its Relationship with the Three Gorges Dam Based on a Long Short-Term Memory Network

Chen Liang, Hongqing Li, Mingjun Lei and Qingyun Du

Water 2018, 10(10), 1389; doi:10.3390/w10101389

The First Comparisons of IMERG and the Downscaled Results Based on IMERG in Hydrological Utility over the Ganjiang River Basin

Ziqiang Ma, Xiao Tan, Yuan Yang, Xi Chen, Guangyuan Kan, Xiang Ji, Hanyu Lu, Jian Long, Yaokui Cui and Yang Hong

Water 2018, 10(10), 1392; doi:10.3390/w10101392

Precipitation Thresholds of Drought Disaster for Maize in Areas in Front of Bengbu Sluice, Huaihe River Basin, China

Chao Gao and Xuewen Li

Water 2018, 10(10), 1395; doi:10.3390/w10101395

Shear Stress-Based Analysis of Sediment Incipient Deposition in Rigid Boundary Open Channels

Necati Erdem Unal

Water 2018, 10(10), 1399; doi:10.3390/w10101399

Groundwater Augmentation through the Site Selection of Floodwater Spreading Using a Data Mining Approach (Case study: Mashhad Plain, Iran)

Seyed Amir Naghibi, Mehdi Vafakhah, Hossein Hashemi, Biswajeet Pradhan and Seyed Jalil Alavi

Water 2018, 10(10), 1405; doi:10.3390/w10101405

Using Water Temperature, Electrical Conductivity, and pH to Characterize Surface–Groundwater Relations in a Shallow Ponds System (Doñana National Park, SW Spain)

Miguel Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Ana Fernández-Ayuso, Masaki Hayashi and Francisco Moral-Martos

Water 2018, 10(10), 1406; doi:10.3390/w10101406

Derivation of the Spatial Distribution of Free Water Storage Capacity Based on Topographic Index

Bingxing Tong, Zhijia Li, Cheng Yao, Jingfeng Wang and Yingchun Huang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1407; doi:10.3390/w10101407

Which Drivers Control the Suspended Sediment Flux in a High Arctic Glacierized Basin (Werenskioldbreen, Spitsbergen)?

Elżbieta Łepkowska and Łukasz Stachnik

Water 2018, 10(10), 1408; doi:10.3390/w10101408

Multi-Objective Parameter Estimation of Improved Muskingum Model by Wolf Pack Algorithm and Its Application in Upper Hanjiang River, China

Tao Bai, Jian Wei, Wangwang Yang and Qiang Huang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1415; doi:10.3390/w10101415

Estimation of Conservative Contaminant Travel Time through Vadose Zone Based on Transient and Steady Flow Approaches

Adam Szymkiewicz, Anna Gumuła-Kawęcka, Dawid Potrykus, Beata Jaworska-Szulc, Małgorzata Pruszkowska-Caceres and Wioletta Gorczewska-Langner

Water 2018, 10(10), 1417; doi:10.3390/w10101417

Computationally Efficient Multivariate Calibration and Validation of a Grid-Based Hydrologic Model in Sparsely Gauged West African River Basins

Thomas Poméon, Bernd Diekkrüger and Rohini Kumar

Water 2018, 10(10), 1418; doi:10.3390/w10101418

Automated Floodway Determination Using Particle Swarm Optimization

Huidae Cho, Tien M. Yee and Joonghyeok Heo

Water 2018, 10(10), 1420; doi:10.3390/w10101420

Rapidly Pulsed Pumping Accelerates Remediation in A Vertical Circulation Well Model

David M. Kahler and Zbigniew J. Kabala

Water 2018, 10(10), 1423; doi:10.3390/w10101423

The Interrelations between a Multi-Layered Coastal Aquifer, a Surface Reservoir (Fish Ponds), and the Sea

Adi Tal, Yishai Weinstein, Stuart Wollman, Mark Goldman and Yoseph Yechieli

Water 2018, 10(10), 1426; doi:10.3390/w10101426

FDOM Conversion in Karst Watersheds Expressed by Three-Dimensional Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Wen Liu, Liankai Zhang, Pengyu Liu, Xiaoqun Qin, Xiaojing Shan and Xin Yao

Water 2018, 10(10), 1427; doi:10.3390/w10101427

Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting the Water Retention Curve of Sicilian Agricultural Soils

Alessandro D’Emilio, Rosa Aiello, Simona Consoli, Daniela Vanella and Massimo Iovino

Water 2018, 10(10), 1431; doi:10.3390/w10101431

Observed Trends of Climate and River Discharge in Mongolia’s Selenga Sub-Basin of the Lake Baikal Basin

Batsuren Dorjsuren, Denghua Yan, Hao Wang, Sonomdagva Chonokhuu, Altanbold Enkhbold, Xu Yiran, Abel Girma, Mohammed Gedefaw and Asaminew Abiyu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1436; doi:10.3390/w10101436

Reducing Computational Costs of Automatic Calibration of Rainfall-Runoff Models: Meta-Models or High-Performance Computers?

Majid Taie Semiromi, Sorush Omidvar and Bahareh Kamali

Water 2018, 10(10), 1440; doi:10.3390/w10101440

Future Changes in Flood Hazards across Canada under a Changing Climate

Ayushi Gaur, Abhishek Gaur and Slobodan P. Simonovic

Water 2018, 10(10), 1441; doi:10.3390/w10101441

Evaluation of the Structure of Urban Stormwater Pipe Network Using Drainage Density

Jinwoo Lee, Gunhui Chung, Heeseong Park and Innjoon Park

Water 2018, 10(10), 1444; doi:10.3390/w10101444

Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Rainfall Forecasting in the Geum River Basin, Korea

Jeongwoo Lee, Chul-Gyum Kim, Jeong Eun Lee, Nam Won Kim and Hyeonjun Kim

Water 2018, 10(10), 1448; doi:10.3390/w10101448

Variations of Water Runoff and Suspended Sediment Yield in the Kamchatsky Krai, Russia

Ludmila Kuksina

Water 2018, 10(10), 1451; doi:10.3390/w10101451

The Construction and Comparison of Regional Drought Severity-Duration-Frequency Curves in Two Colombian River Basins—Study of the Sumapaz and Lebrija Basins

Laura Patricia Torres Rojas and Mario Díaz-Granados

Water 2018, 10(10), 1453; doi:10.3390/w10101453

A Multi-GCM Assessment of the Climate Change Impact on the Hydrology and Hydropower Potential of a Semi-Arid Basin (A Case Study of the Dez Dam Basin, Iran)

Roya Sadat Mousavi, Mojtaba Ahmadizadeh and Safar Marofi

Water 2018, 10(10), 1458; doi:10.3390/w10101458

An Accelerated Tool for Flood Modelling Based on Iber

Orlando García-Feal, José González-Cao, Moncho Gómez-Gesteira, Luis Cea, José Manuel Domínguez and Arno Formella

Water 2018, 10(10), 1459; doi:10.3390/w10101459

Spatiotemporal Variation of Snowfall to Precipitation Ratio and Its Implication on Water Resources by a Regional Climate Model over Xinjiang, China

Qian Li, Tao Yang, Zhiming Qi and Lanhai Li

Water 2018, 10(10), 1463; doi:10.3390/w10101463

Evaluation of Rainfall Temporal Distribution Models with Annual Maximum Rainfall Events in Seoul, Korea

Wooyoung Na and Chulsang Yoo

Water 2018, 10(10), 1468; doi:10.3390/w10101468

Effect of Climate Change on Soil Erosion in a Mountainous Mediterranean Catchment (Central Pindus, Greece)

Stefanos Stefanidis and Dimitrios Stathis

Water 2018, 10(10), 1469; doi:10.3390/w10101469

Analysis of Flood Risk of Urban Agglomeration Polders Using Multivariate Copula

Yuqin Gao, Dongdong Wang, Zhenxing Zhang, Zhenzhen Ma, Zichen Guo and Liu Ye

Water 2018, 10(10), 1470; doi:10.3390/w10101470

Stationary and Non-Stationary Frameworks for Extreme Rainfall Time Series in Southern Italy

Davide Luciano De Luca and Luciano Galasso

Water 2018, 10(10), 1477; doi:10.3390/w10101477

Hurricanes as a Major Driver of Coastal Erosion in the Mississippi River Delta: A Multi-Decadal Analysis of Shoreline Retreat Rates at Bay Champagne, Louisiana (USA)

Marianne E. Dietz, Kam-biu Liu and Thomas A. Bianchette

Water 2018, 10(10), 1480; doi:10.3390/w10101480

Infilling Missing Data in Hydrology: Solutions Using Satellite Radar Altimetry and Multiple Imputation for Data-Sparse Regions

Iguniwari Thomas Ekeu-wei, George Alan Blackburn and Philip Pedruco

Water 2018, 10(10), 1483; doi:10.3390/w10101483

Monitoring Temporal Change of River Islands in the Yangtze River by Remotely Sensed Data

Jinyan Sun, Lei Ding, Jiaze Li, Haiming Qian, Mengting Huang and Nan Xu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1484; doi:10.3390/w10101484

Monthly Streamflow Forecasting Using EEMD-Lasso-DBN Method Based on Multi-Scale Predictors Selection

Haibo Chu, Jiahua Wei and Jun Qiu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1486; doi:10.3390/w10101486

Relationship between the Distribution of Broodstock and Vorticity of Spawning Grounds of Four Major Chinese Carps in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River during Ecological Operation of the Three Gorges Dam

Mingdian Liu, Junqiang Lin, Qidong Peng, Lixiong Yu, Daqing Chen, Shaoping Liu and Xinbin Duan

Water 2018, 10(10), 1487; doi:10.3390/w10101487

Control of Tropical Landcover and Soil Properties on Landslides’ Aquifer Recharge, Piezometry and Dynamics

Pierre Belle, Bertrand Aunay, Patrick Lachassagne, Bernard Ladouche and Jean-Lambert Join

Water 2018, 10(10), 1491; doi:10.3390/w10101491

Numerical Analysis of Sensitivity of Structure of the Stratification in Lake Biwa, Japan by Changing Meteorological Elements

Jinichi Koue, Hikari Shimadera, Tomohito Matsuo and Akira Kondo

Water 2018, 10(10), 1492; doi:10.3390/w10101492

Water Use and Scarcity

Farm Water Productivity in Conventional and Organic Farming: Case Studies of Cow-Calf Farming Systems in North Germany

Leen Vellenga, Gregor Qualitz and Katrin Drastig

Water 2018, 10(10), 1294; doi:10.3390/w10101294

Long Term Hydrodynamic Effects in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Multilayer Aquifer: Campo de Cartagena in South-Eastern Spain

Juan Carlos Domingo-Pinillos, Javier Senent-Aparicio, José Luis García-Aróstegui and Paul Baudron

Water 2018, 10(10), 1320; doi:10.3390/w10101320

Evaluation of Groundwater Quality in the Vicinity of Khurrianwala Industrial Zone, Pakistan

Muhammad Aleem, Cao Jia Shun, Chao Li, Arslan Muhammad Aslam, Wu Yang, Muhammad Imran Nawaz, Wasif Saeed Ahmed and Noman Ali Buttar

Water 2018, 10(10), 1321; doi:10.3390/w10101321

Human Health Impact of Cross-Connections in Non-Potable Reuse Systems

Mary E. Schoen, Michael A. Jahne and Jay L. Garland

Water 2018, 10(10), 1352; doi:10.3390/w10101352

A Review of the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 from an Education, Training, and Research Perspective

Angela Renata Cordeiro Ortigara, Melvyn Kay and Stefan Uhlenbrook

Water 2018, 10(10), 1353; doi:10.3390/w10101353

Assessment of Irrigation Water Performance in the Nile Delta Using Remotely Sensed Data

Ayat Elnmer, Mosaad Khadr, Ayman Allam, Shinjiro Kanae and Ahmed Tawfik

Water 2018, 10(10), 1375; doi:10.3390/w10101375

Gender and Community Mainstreaming in Fog Water Collection Systems

Kayla J. Lucier and Manzoor Qadir

Water 2018, 10(10), 1472; doi:10.3390/w10101472

Evaluation of Water Scarcity in Selected Countries of the Middle East

Petr Procházka, Vladimír Hönig, Mansoor Maitah, Ivana Pljučarská and Jakub Kleindienst

Water 2018, 10(10), 1482; doi:10.3390/w10101482

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Denitrification-Potential Evaluation and Nitrate-Removal-Pathway Analysis of Aerobic Denitrifier Strain Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus RAD-2

Dedong Kong, Wenbing Li, Yale Deng, Yunjie Ruan, Guangsuo Chen, Jianhai Yu and Fucheng Lin

Water 2018, 10(10), 1298; doi:10.3390/w10101298

Quantitative Analysis of Membrane Fouling Mechanisms Involved in Microfiltration of Humic Acid–Protein Mixtures at Different Solution Conditions

Chunyi Sun, Na Zhang, Fazhan Li, Guoyi Ke, Lianfa Song, Xiaoqian Liu and Shuang Liang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1306; doi:10.3390/w10101306

Greener Method for the Removal of Toxic Metal Ions from the Wastewater by Application of Agricultural Waste as an Adsorbent

Rabia Baby Shaikh, Bullo Saifullah and Fawad ur Rehman

Water 2018, 10(10), 1316; doi:10.3390/w10101316

Conditioning Fixed-Bed Filters with Fine Fractions of Granulated Iron Hydroxide (µGFH)

Inga Hilbrandt, Aki S. Ruhl and Martin Jekel

Water 2018, 10(10), 1324; doi:10.3390/w10101324

Removal of Antimony Species, Sb(III)/Sb(V), from Water by Using Iron Coagulants

Manassis Mitrakas, Zoi Mantha, Nikos Tzollas, Stelios Stylianou, Ioannis Katsoyiannis and Anastasios Zouboulis

Water 2018, 10(10), 1328; doi:10.3390/w10101328

Influence of Proteins on Transport of Ferrihydrite Particles Formed during Recharge of Groundwater Containing Fe with Reclaimed Water

Suiyi Zhu, Junna Zhu, Wei Fan, Yang Yu, Jiakuan Yang, Ying Chang, Mingxin Huo, Leilei Zhang and Dejun Bian

Water 2018, 10(10), 1329; doi:10.3390/w10101329

A Feasible Data-Driven Mining System to Optimize Wastewater Treatment Process Design and Operation

Yong Qiu, Ji Li, Xia Huang and Hanchang Shi

Water 2018, 10(10), 1342; doi:10.3390/w10101342

The Systematic Adsorption of Diclofenac onto Waste Red Bricks Functionalized with Iron Oxides

Ziyang Zhang, Yuxiu Li, Hongrui Chen, Xiaoran Zhang and Haiyan Li

Water 2018, 10(10), 1343; doi:10.3390/w10101343

Removal Processes of Carbamazepine in Constructed Wetlands Treating Secondary Effluent: A Review

Xinhan Chen, Zhen Hu, Yijin Zhang, Linlan Zhuang, Jian Zhang, Jing Li and Hongying Hu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1351; doi:10.3390/w10101351

Simulation of Trinitrogen Migration and Transformation in the Unsaturated Zone at a Desert Contaminant Site (NW China) Using HYDRUS-2D

Fuxin Zheng, Yuanzheng Zhai, Xuelian Xia, Zhihua Yin, Qingqing Du, Rui Zuo, Jinsheng Wang, Yanguo Teng and Mo Xu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1363; doi:10.3390/w10101363

Removal of Trihalomethane Precursors by Nanofiltration in Low-SUVA Drinking Water

Yael Dubowski, Roni Greenberg-Eitan and Menachem Rebhun

Water 2018, 10(10), 1370; doi:10.3390/w10101370

Removal of Arsenic from Water with Non-Thermal Plasma (NTP), Coagulation and Membrane Filtration

Jan O. Back, Werner Stadlmayr, Simon Jabornig, Florian Winkler, Karl Winkler and Marco Rupprich

Water 2018, 10(10), 1385; doi:10.3390/w10101385

The Role of the Motility of Methylobacterium in Bacterial Interactions in Drinking Water

Erifyli Tsagkari and William T. Sloan

Water 2018, 10(10), 1386; doi:10.3390/w10101386

Long-Term River Water Quality Trends and Pollution Source Apportionment in Taiwan

Marsha Savira Agatha Putri, Chao-Hsun Lou, Mat Syai’in, Shang-Hsin Ou and Yu-Chun Wang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1394; doi:10.3390/w10101394

Determining the Efficacy, Safety and Suitability of Disinfectants to Prevent Emerging Infectious Disease Transmission

Daniele Lantagne, Marlene Wolfe, Karin Gallandat and Melissa Opryszko

Water 2018, 10(10), 1397; doi:10.3390/w10101397

Utilization of Non-Living Microalgae Biomass from Two Different Strains for the Adsorptive Removal of Diclofenac from Water

Ricardo N. Coimbra, Carla Escapa, Nadyr C. Vázquez, Guillermo Noriega-Hevia and Marta Otero

Water 2018, 10(10), 1401; doi:10.3390/w10101401

Model-Based Analysis of Increased Loads on the Performance of Activated Sludge and Waste Stabilization Ponds

Long Ho, Cassia Pompeu, Wout Van Echelpoel, Olivier Thas and Peter Goethals

Water 2018, 10(10), 1410; doi:10.3390/w10101410

Bio-Methanol Production Using Treated Domestic Wastewater with Mixed Methanotroph Species and Anaerobic Digester Biogas

I-Tae Kim, Young-Seok Yoo, Young-Han Yoon, Ye-Eun Lee, Jun-Ho Jo, Wonsik Jeong and Kwang-Soo Kim

Water 2018, 10(10), 1414; doi:10.3390/w10101414

The Efficiency and Reliability of Pollutant Removal in a Hybrid Constructed Wetland with Common Reed, Manna Grass, and Virginia Mallow

Michał Marzec, Krzysztof Jóźwiakowski, Anna Dębska, Magdalena Gizińska-Górna, Aneta Pytka-Woszczyło, Alina Kowalczyk-Juśko and Agnieszka Listosz

Water 2018, 10(10), 1445; doi:10.3390/w10101445

Removal of Natural Organic Matter and Organic Micropollutants during Riverbank Filtration in Krajkowo, Poland

Krzysztof Dragon, Józef Górski, Roksana Kruć, Dariusz Drożdżyński and Thomas Grischek

Water 2018, 10(10), 1457; doi:10.3390/w10101457

Evaluation of Decentralized, Closely-Spaced Precipitation Water and Treated Wastewater Infiltration

Falk Händel, Christian Engelmann, Stephan Klotzsch, Thomas Fichtner, Martin Binder and Peter-Wolfgang Graeber

Water 2018, 10(10), 1460; doi:10.3390/w10101460

Synthesis of Self-Gravity Settling Faceted-Anatase TiO₂ with Dominant {010} Facets for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Acetaminophen and Study of the Type of Generated Oxygen Vacancy in Faceted-TiO₂

Reza Katal, Saeid Masudy Panah, Mehrdad Zarinejad, Mojtaba Salehi and Hu Jiangyong

Water 2018, 10(10), 1462; doi:10.3390/w10101462

The Impact of River Discharge and Water Temperature on Manganese Release from the Riverbed during Riverbank Filtration: A Case Study from Dresden, Germany

Sebastian Paufler, Thomas Grischek, Marcos Roberto Benso, Nadine Seidel and Thomas Fischer

Water 2018, 10(10), 1476; doi:10.3390/w10101476

Water–Food–Energy Nexus

Effects of Crop Planting Structure Adjustment on Water Use Efficiency in the Irrigation Area of Hei River Basin

Xin Han, Zheng Wei, Baozhong Zhang, Congying Han and Jianzheng Song

Water 2018, 10(10), 1305; doi:10.3390/w10101305

Impact of China’s Urbanization on Water Use and Energy Consumption: An Econometric Method and Spatiotemporal Analysis

Yan Wang, Weihua Xiao, Yicheng Wang, Yong Zhao, Jianhua Wang, Baodeng Hou, Xinyi Song and Xuelei Zhang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1323; doi:10.3390/w10101323

Experimental and Simulation Investigation on the Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate of a Fixed Spray-Plate Sprinkler

Yisheng Zhang, Bin Sun, Hongyuan Fang, Delan Zhu, Lingxia Yang and Zhansong Li

Water 2018, 10(10), 1365; doi:10.3390/w10101365

Assessing the Impact of LAI Data Assimilation on Simulations of the Soil Water Balance and Maize Development Using MOHID-Land

Tiago B. Ramos, Lucian Simionesei, Ana R. Oliveira, Hanaa Darouich and Ramiro Neves

Water 2018, 10(10), 1367; doi:10.3390/w10101367

Urban Water Management

Removal of Nutrients, Sediment, and Heavy Metals by a Stormwater Treatment Train; a Medium-Density Residential Case Study in Southeast Queensland

Darren Drapper and Andy Hornbuckle

Water 2018, 10(10), 1307; doi:10.3390/w10101307

Performance of Earthworm-Enhanced Horizontal Sub-Surface Flow Filter and Constructed Wetland

Rajendra Prasad Singh, Dafang Fu, Jing Jia and Jiaguo Wu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1309; doi:10.3390/w10101309

Efficiency of Flood Control Measures in a Sewer System Located in the Mediterranean Basin

Martín Hermoso, María Jesús García-Ruiz and Francisco Osorio

Water 2018, 10(10), 1437; doi:10.3390/w10101437

Prediction of Water Utility Performance: The Case of the Water Efficiency Rate

Amir Nafi and Jonathan Brans

Water 2018, 10(10), 1443; doi:10.3390/w10101443

Exploring the Statistical and Distributional Properties of Residential Water Demand at Fine Time Scales

Panagiotis Kossieris and Christos Makropoulos

Water 2018, 10(10), 1481; doi:10.3390/w10101481

Reduction and Accumulative Characteristics of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Modified Bioretention Media

Yajiao Li, Meng Wen, Jiake Li, Beibei Chai and Chunbo Jiang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1488; doi:10.3390/w10101488

 

Technical Note

A Regional-Scale Landslide Warning System Based on 20 Years of Operational Experience

Samuele Segoni, Ascanio Rosi, Riccardo Fanti, Angela Gallucci, Antonio Monni and Nicola Casagli

Water 2018, 10(10), 1297; doi:10.3390/w10101297

Verification and Correction of the Hydrologic Routing in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool

Van Tam Nguyen, Jörg Dietrich, Bhumika Uniyal and Dang An Tran

Water 2018, 10(10), 1419; doi:10.3390/w10101419

Extraction of Urban Waterlogging Depth from Video Images Using Transfer Learning

Jingchao Jiang, Junzhi Liu, Cheng-Zhi Qin and Dongliang Wang

Water 2018, 10(10), 1485; doi:10.3390/w10101485

 

Editorial

Assessing Resilience and Sustainability of the Mississippi River Delta as a Coupled Natural-Human System

Y. Jun Xu, Nina S.-N. Lam and Kam-biu Liu

Water 2018, 10(10), 1317; doi:10.3390/w10101317

Streambank Erosion: Advances in Monitoring, Modeling and Management

Celso F. Castro-Bolinaga and Garey A. Fox

Water 2018, 10(10), 1346; doi:10.3390/w10101346

 

 

 

Case Report

Using a Genetic Algorithm with a Mathematical Programming Solver to Optimize a Real Water Distribution System

Beatriz Martínez-Bahena, Marco Antonio Cruz-Chávez, Erika Yesenia Ávila-Melgar, Martín H. Cruz-Rosales and Rafael Rivera-Lopez

Water 2018, 10(10), 1318; doi:10.3390/w10101318

 

Communication

Resilience to Cope with Climate Change in Urban Areas—A Multisectorial Approach Focusing on Water—The RESCCUE Project

Marc Velasco, Beniamino Russo, Montserrat Martínez, Pere Malgrat, Robert Monjo, Slobodan Djordjevic, Ignasi Fontanals, Salvador Vela, Maria Adriana Cardoso and Aira Buskute

Water 2018, 10(10), 1356; doi:10.3390/w10101356

Tools for Communicating Agricultural Drought over the Brazilian Semiarid Using the Soil Moisture Index

Marcelo Zeri, Regina Célia S. Alvalá, Rogério Carneiro, Gisleine Cunha-Zeri, José Maria Costa, Luciana Rossato Spatafora, Domingos Urbano, Mercè Vall-Llossera and José Marengo

Water 2018, 10(10), 1421; doi:10.3390/w10101421

Arsenic Removal Using Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands: A Sustainable Alternative for Arsenic-Rich Acidic Waters

Katherine Lizama-Allende, Ignacio Jaque, José Ayala, Gonzalo Montes-Atenas and Eduardo Leiva

Water 2018, 10(10), 1447; doi:10.3390/w10101447

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Correction

Correction: Galešić, M., et al. New Screening Tool for Obtaining Concentration Statistics of Pollution Generated by Rivers in Estuaries. Water 2018, 10, 639

Morena Galešić, Roko Andričević, Vladimir Divić and Robert Šakić Trogrlić

Water 2018, 10(10), 1361; doi:10.3390/w10101361

 

Retraction

Retraction: Liu, L., et al. Evaluation of Water Resource Security Based on an MIV-BP Model in a Karst Area. Water 2018, 10, 786

Liu Liying, Guan Dongjie, Yang Qingwei and Water Editorial Office

Water 2018, 10(10), 1454; doi:10.3390/w10101454

 

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