Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1643: Risk-Informed Prediction of Dredging Project Duration Using Stochastic Machine Learning Water doi: 10.3390/w12061643 Authors: Jui-Sheng Chou Ji-Wei Lin Dredging engineering projects are complex because they involve greater uncertainty from the natural environment, social needs, government policy and many stakeholders. Engineering companies submit tenders that draw on similar cases undertaken in recent years. However, weather, earthquakes, typhoons and other...
Mon Jun 08, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1642: The Use of Chemical Methods and Magnetic Field in Conditioning and Dewatering of Digested Sewage Sludge Water doi: 10.3390/w12061642 Authors: Tomasz Kamizela Mariusz Kowalczyk Iwona Zawieja This study verified the possibility of sludge conditioning before dewatering using a combination of factors such as iron coagulant, polyelectrolyte, and the magnetic field generated by a solenoid. It was assumed that further conditioning with the magnetic field, leads...
Mon Jun 08, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1639: A Fully Implicit Finite Volume Scheme for a Seawater Intrusion Problem in Coastal Aquifers Water doi: 10.3390/w12061639 Authors: Abdelkrim Aharmouch Brahim Amaziane Mustapha El El Ossmani Khadija Talali We present a numerical framework for efficiently simulating seawater flow in coastal aquifers using a finite volume method. The mathematical model consists of coupled and nonlinear partial differential equations. Difficulties arise from the nonlinear...
Mon Jun 08, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1638: Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Water Treated Under Methane with Low-Temperature Glow Plasma of Low Frequency Water doi: 10.3390/w12061638 Authors: Aleksandra Ciesielska Wojciech Ciesielski Karen Khachatryan Henryk Koloczek Damian Kulawik Zdzislaw Oszczeda Jacek A. Soroka Piotr Tomasik Our former studies delivered a strong evidence that water indirectly treated with low-temperature, low-pressure glow plasma of low frequency...
Mon Jun 08, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1636: Multiple Lines of Evidence Indicate Limited Natural Recruitment of Golden Perch (Macquaria ambigua) in the Highly Regulated Lachlan River Water doi: 10.3390/w12061636 Authors: Foyez Shams Fiona Dyer Ross Thompson Richard P. Duncan Jason D. Thiem T. Gabriel Enge Tariq Ezaz Freshwater ecosystems and their associated biota have been negatively impacted by the human development of water resources. Fundamental to restoration activities for target...
Sun Jun 07, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1637: Performance of Closed Loop Venturi Aspirated Aeration System: Experimental Study and Numerical Analysis with Discrete Bubble Model Water doi: 10.3390/w12061637 Authors: Roohany Mahmud Mustafa Erguvan David W. MacPhee In wastewater treatment plants, aeration plays a significant role as it encourages aerobic respiration of microbes, which are necessary to break down carbonaceous matter in the waste stream. This process can account for the majority of energy...
Sun Jun 07, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1634: Response of Eutrophication Development to Variations in Nutrients and Hydrological Regime: A Case Study in the Changjiang River (Yangtze) Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w12061634 Authors: Xianqiang Tang Rui Li Ding Han Miklas Scholz Data and literature related to water quality as well as nutrient loads were used to evaluate the Changjiang River (also Yangtze or Yangzi) Basin with respect to its hydrological regime, sediment transport, and eutrophication...
Sun Jun 07, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1633: Effects of Straw Returning Combine with Biochar on Water Quality under Flooded Condition Water doi: 10.3390/w12061633 Authors: Yong Liu Jiang Li Xiyun Jiao Huandi Li Yunhao An Kaihua Liu Biochar is generally available to absorb nitrogen, phosphorus and other pollutants to improve water quality. However, the feasibility of biochar in improving water quality deterioration after straw returning is still unclear. In this study, pot experiments were...
Sun Jun 07, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1635: Susceptibility to Degradation, the Causes of Degradation, and Trophic State of Three Lakes in North-West Poland Water doi: 10.3390/w12061635 Authors: Agnieszka Tórz Małgorzata Bonisławska Agnieszka Rybczyk Arkadiusz Nędzarek Adam Tański Effective protection of lakes against degradation requires a detailed recognition of the factors leading to their eutrophication. This also pertains to small lakes, which constitute an important element of various...
Sun Jun 07, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1629: Two Ocean Pass: An Alternative Hypothesis for the Invasion of Yellowstone Lake by Lake Trout, and Implications for Future Invasions Water doi: 10.3390/w12061629 Authors: Todd M. Koel Colleen R. Detjens Alexander V. Zale Preventing the interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species is a high priority for natural resource managers. Such transfers can be made by humans or can occur by dispersal through connected waterways. A natural surface water connection...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1632: Shoreline Response to a Sandy Nourishment in a Wave-Dominated Coast Using Video Monitoring Water doi: 10.3390/w12061632 Authors: Catarina Jóia Santos Umberto Andriolo José C. Ferreira Beach nourishment is a soft engineering intervention that supplies sand to the shore, to increase the beach recreational area and to decrease coastal vulnerability to erosion. This study presents the preliminary evaluation of nourishment works performed at the high-energy...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1630: Bedform Morphology in the Area of the Confluence of the Negro and Solimões-Amazon Rivers, Brazil Water doi: 10.3390/w12061630 Authors: Gualtieri Martone Junior Ianniruberto Confluences are common components of all riverine systems, characterized by converging flow streamlines and the mixing of separate flows. The fluid dynamics of confluences possesses a highly complex structure with several common types of flow features observed. A field study...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1631: Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Soil Water from 1934 to 2019 Water doi: 10.3390/w12061631 Authors: Zhang Liu Yi Yang Wu He Duan Liu Tian As an essential factor of the earth’s critical zone, soil water has a remarkable influence on nutrient cycle and energy flow in terrestrial ecosystems and has attracted the attention of considerable scholars. Based on the online database of Web of Science, the bibliometric analysis...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1626: Leaf Traits of Drought Tolerance for 37 Shrub Species Originating from a Moisture Gradient Water doi: 10.3390/w12061626 Authors: Gui-Qing Xu Stefan K. Arndt Claire Farrell Identifying the drought-tolerance traits of plant species originating from a moisture gradient will increase our understanding of the differences and similarities in plant drought tolerance. However, which traits can be used to evaluate drought tolerance remain an open question. Here,...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1627: Hydraulic Simulation and Analysis of an Urban Center’s Aqueducts Using Emergency Scenarios for Network Operation: The Case of Thessaloniki City in Greece Water doi: 10.3390/w12061627 Authors: Alexandros Mentes Panagiota Galiatsatou Dimitris Spyrou Achilleas Samaras Panagiota Stournara The present work aims at developing a hydraulic simulation model for the aqueducts of Thessaloniki city in Greece to model the current operating state of the network,...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1625: Effect of Chloride Ions on the Point-of-Use Drinking Water Disinfection Performance of Porous Ceramic Media Embedded with Metallic Silver and Copper Water doi: 10.3390/w12061625 Authors: Rekha Singh Woohang Kim James A. Smith This study quantifies the effects of chloride ions on silver and copper release from porous ceramic cubes embedded with silver and copper and its effect on E. coli disinfection in drinking water. Log-reduction of E. coli by silver...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1624: Using 1D HEC-RAS Modeling and LiDAR Data to Improve Flood Hazard Maps’ Accuracy: A Case Study from Jijia Floodplain (NE Romania) Water doi: 10.3390/w12061624 Authors: Elena Huţanu Alin Mihu-Pintilie Andrei Urzica Larisa Elena Paveluc Cristian Constantin Stoleriu Adrian Grozavu The ability to extract flood hazard settings in highly vulnerable areas like populated floodplains by using new computer algorithms and hydraulic modeling software is...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1621: The Mixing Regime and Turbidity of Lake Banyoles (NE Spain): Response to Climate Change Water doi: 10.3390/w12061621 Authors: Teresa Serra Josep Pascual Ramon Brunet Jordi Colomer This study analyses the water temperature changes in Lake Banyoles over the past four decades. Lake Banyoles, Spain’s second highest lake, situated in the western Mediterranean (NE Iberian Peninsula). Over the past 44 years, the warming trend of the lake’s...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1628: A Novel Methodology for Prediction Urban Water Demand by Wavelet Denoising and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Approach Water doi: 10.3390/w12061628 Authors: Zubaidi Al-Bugharbee Ortega-Martorell Gharghan Olier Hashim Al-Bdairi Kot : Accurate and reliable urban water demand prediction is imperative for providing the basis to design, operate, and manage water system, especially under the scarcity of the natural water resources....
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1622: Predicting River Flow Using an AI-Based Sequential Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Water doi: 10.3390/w12061622 Authors: Chiara Belvederesi John A. Dominic Quazi K. Hassan Anil Gupta Gopal Achari Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have been successfully adopted in predictive modeling to capture the nonlinearity of natural systems. The high seasonal variability of rivers in cold weather regions poses a challenge to river flow forecasting,...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1623: Assessment of the Environmental Status of the Mangrove Ecosystem in the United Arab Emirates Water doi: 10.3390/w12061623 Authors: Fatin Samara Nadia Solovieva Thouraya Ghalayini Zaina Anwar Nasrallah Maria Saburova In the Arabian Gulf, mangroves play a particularly important role in maintaining biodiversity. Water and intertidal sediments were collected from eight sampling locations in April 2017 to assess the environmental status of the mangrove...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1620: A Framework for Planning and Evaluating the Role of Urban Stream Restoration for Improving Transportation Resilience to Extreme Rainfall Events Water doi: 10.3390/w12061620 Authors: Barbara A. Doll J. Jack Kurki-Fox Daniel E. Line Recent extreme rainfall events produced severe flooding across North Carolina’s Coastal Plain, revealing deep vulnerabilities in many communities. Climate change is expected to exacerbate these problems by further...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1619: Effects of Waterlogging with Different Water Resources on Plant Growth and Tolerance Capacity of Four Herbaceous Flowers in a Bioretention Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w12061619 Authors: Wen-Chi Yang Kuan-Hung Lin Chun-Wei Wu Yu-Jie Chang Yu-Sen Chang Extreme weather events have increased due to climate change. Bioretention basins can effectively alleviate urban flooding by short-term water retention. Reclaimed water (RW) is considered an alternative...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1618: Assessing the Resilience of Agricultural Reservoirs in Ungauged Catchments under Climate Change Using a Ratio Correction Factors-Based Calibration and Run Theory Water doi: 10.3390/w12061618 Authors: Lee Shin Choi Park Yoo This study applied ratio correction factor (RCF) optimization to calibrate the daily storage of agricultural reservoirs located in ungauged catchments that lack stream flow data. Using Run theory, we then assessed the impacts...
Sat Jun 06, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1617: Short-Term Effects of Fertilization on Dissolved Organic Matter in Soil Leachate Water doi: 10.3390/w12061617 Authors: Tiefenbacher Weigelhofer Klik Pucher Santner Wenzel Eder Strauss Besides the importance of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in soil biogeochemical processes, there is still a debate on how agricultural intensification affects the leaching of terrestrial DOM into adjacent aquatic ecosystems. In order to close this...
Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1616: Booster Biocides Levels in the Major Blood Cockle (Tegillarca granosa L., 1758) Cultivation Areas along the Coastal Area of Peninsular Malaysia Water doi: 10.3390/w12061616 Authors: Aqilah Mukhtar Syaizwan Zahmir Zulkifli Ferdaus Mohamat-Yusuff Hiroya Harino Mohammad Noor Amal Azmai Ahmad Ismail Booster biocides have been rapidly growing in use, mainly in the shipping industry and in agricultural activities. The use of booster biocides is known...
Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1615: State and Strategy of Production, Market and Integrated Management of Mineral Water, South Korea Water doi: 10.3390/w12061615 Authors: Byeong Dae Lee Yong Hwa Oh Won Bin Kim Jaehong Hwang Woo-Ri Lim Sung-Ja Choi Se-Yeong Hamm In this study, the state of the production, market, and integrated management of mineral water in South Korea was assessed and a strategy was established to improve the competitiveness of mineral water with respect to...
Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1614: Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies for the Removal of Mn and Fe from Binary Metal Solution Systems Using a Romanian Thermally Activated Natural Zeolite Water doi: 10.3390/w12061614 Authors: Emilia Neag Anamaria Iulia Török Claudiu Tanaselia Ioan Aschilean Marin Senila In the present study, the sorption behavior of iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) from a binary metal solution system onto thermally activated natural zeolite was studied. Batch adsorption...
Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1613: Prospective Models for Water Service Demand and Price Analyses Water doi: 10.3390/w12061613 Authors: Alberto del Villar Joaquín Melgarejo One way to address the practical challenges of the current problems of water services is through demand-side measures. These types of measures impact on demand through price changes or on water use control, considering that the impacts of these measures would be extremely useful in order to implement an adequate policy...
Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1611: Use of Aquatic Biota to Detect Ecological Changes in Freshwater: Current Status and Future Directions Water doi: 10.3390/w12061611 Authors: José Maria Santos Maria Teresa Ferreira Freshwater ecosystems have been severely damaged worldwide by a multitude of human pressures, such as pollution, nutrient enrichment, damming or overexploitation, and this has been more intense over the past five decades. It is therefore important that the impacts of such stressors...
Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1612: Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use/Cover Change on Runoff Based on Improved Budyko Framework Models Considering Arbitrary Partition of the Impacts Water doi: 10.3390/w12061612 Authors: Manling Xiong Ching-Sheng Huang Tao Yang Various models based on Budyko framework, widely applied to quantify the impacts of climate change and land use/cover change (LUCC) on runoff, assumed a fixed partition used to distinguish the impacts. Several...
Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1609: Multipurpose Use of Artificial Channel Networks for Flood Risk Reduction: The Case of the Waterway Padova–Venice (Italy) Water doi: 10.3390/w12061609 Authors: Riccardo A. Mel Daniele P. Viero Luca Carniello Luigi D’Alpaos Many rivers are increasingly threatened by extreme floods, and effective strategies for flood risk mitigation are difficult to pursue, especially in highly urbanized areas. A flexible and multipurpose use of the complex networks...
Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1610: Drought Stress and Livelihood Response Based on Evidence from the Koshi River Basin in Nepal: Modeling and Applications Water doi: 10.3390/w12061610 Authors: Ran Zhu Yiping Fang Nilhari Neupane Saroj Koirala Chenjia Zhang Drought vulnerability analysis at the household level can help people identify livelihood constrains and potential mitigation and adaptation strategies. This study used meteorological and household level data which were collected...
Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00
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