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Ecotoxicological Assays with the Calanoid Copepod Acartia tonsa: A Comparison between Mediterranean and Baltic Strains Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Valentina Vitiello, Matteo Oliva, Monia Renzi, Alessia Cuccaro, Giorgia Fumagalli, Serena Anselmi, Tecla Bentivoglio, Iliana Matarazzi, Valeria Sanna, David Pellegrini, Carlo Pretti, Isabella Buttino
The use of marine invertebrates in ecotoxicology is important for an integrated approach which takes into consideration physiological responses and chemical levels in environmental matrices. Standard protocols have been developed and organisms belonging to different trophic levels are needed as model organisms to evaluate toxicant bioavailability and assess their impact on marine biota. The calanoid
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An Investigation of Contaminant Transport and Retention from Storage Zone in Meandering Channels Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Sung Hyun Jung, Inhwan Park, Jaehyun Shin
Contaminant trapping by recirculation zones occurring at the apex of natural meandering channels induces a long tail in the contaminant cloud, thereby complicating the prediction of mixing behaviors. Thus, the understanding of the interaction between solute trapping and recirculating flow is important for responding to and mitigating water pollution accidents. In this research, the EFDC model was employed
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Inhibition of Carbon Steel Corrosion Using Dextran Derivatives in Circulating Cooling Water Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Ping Xu, Xingrun Chen
Developing environmentally friendly and biodegradable corrosion inhibitors is an important research direction due to the toxicity and non-degradability of conventional carbon steel corrosion inhibitors added to circulating cooling water environments. Polysaccharides in EPSs (Exopolysaccharides) can be used as green corrosion inhibitors, but a low inhibition rate limits their practical application.
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Life Cycle Assessment as a Decision-Making Tool for Photochemical Treatment of Iprodione Fungicide from Wastewater Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Kubra Dogan, Burcin Atilgan Turkmen, Idil Arslan-Alaton, Fatos Germirli Babuna
Water contamination with various micropollutants is a serious environmental concern since this group of chemicals cannot always be removed efficiently with advanced treatment methods. Therefore, alternative chemical- and energy-intensive oxidation processes have been proposed for the removal of refractory and/or toxic chemicals. However, similar treatment performances might result in different environmental
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Research on the Prediction of Infiltration Depth of Xiashu Loess Slopes Based on Particle Swarm Optimized Back Propagation (PSO-BP) Neural Network Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Pan Xiao, Bingyue Guo, Yi Wang, Yujian Xian, Faming Zhang
The Xiashu loess exhibits expansion when in contact with water and contraction when water is lost, making it highly susceptible to the influence of rainfall. Therefore, it is essential to investigate the infiltration behavior of rainwater in Xiashu loess slopes under various conditions. The depth of infiltration in slopes directly affects the depth of landslide failure and serves as an important indicator
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Water Footprint Assessment and Virtual Water Trade in the Globally Most Water-Stressed Country, Qatar Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Nayla Higazy, Sarah Merabet, Razan Khalifa, Aya Saleh, Shaikha Al-Sayegh, Hoda Hosseini, Sara Wahib, Rana Alabsi, Lubna Zarif, Mohamed Shareif Mohamed, Radhouane Ben Hamadou
Qatar is a severely water-stressed country. Despite Qatar’s aridity and its lack of freshwater resources, its per capita water consumption is one of the highest in the world, and it is expected to increase in the coming decades. Therefore, understanding water consumption and use through space and time becomes paramount. By employing water footprint assessment (WF) and analysis of virtual water trade
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Tree-Ring Inferred Drought Variations in the Source Region of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Mekong Rivers over the Past Five Centuries Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Pei Xing, Mengxin Bai, Qi-Bin Zhang, Lixin Lyu
The climate in the source region of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Mekong River is of great research interest because of its sensitivity to global change and its importance in regulating water resources to densely populated and vast areas downstream. A five-century long record of spring (May–June) for the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) was reconstructed for this region using tree-ring width
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Drought in the Po Valley: Identification, Impacts and Strategies to Manage the Events Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Beatrice Monteleone, Iolanda Borzí
The area surrounding the Po River, known as the Po Valley, provides a central contribution in the economy of Italy and is highly devoted to agriculture. Recently it has been hit by multiple droughts, among which the exceptional event of summer 2022 is considered the worst dry period of the past 200 years. In the near future, the frequency of such exceptional events is predicted to rise; thus, a deep
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Groundwater Sustainability and Land Subsidence in California’s Central Valley Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Claudia C. Faunt, Jonathan A. Traum, Scott E. Boyce, Whitney A. Seymour, Elizabeth R. Jachens, Justin T. Brandt, Michelle Sneed, Sandra Bond, Marina F. Marcelli
The Central Valley of California is one of the most prolific agricultural regions in the world. Agriculture is reliant on the conjunctive use of surface-water and groundwater. The lack of available surface-water and land-use changes have led to pumping-induced groundwater-level and storage declines, land subsidence, changes to streamflow and the environment, and the degradation of water quality. As
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Safety Monitoring Method for the Uplift Pressure of Concrete Dams Based on Optimized Spatiotemporal Clustering and the Bayesian Panel Vector Autoregressive Model Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Lin Cheng, Jiaxun Han, Chunhui Ma, Jie Yang
To establish a safety monitoring method for the uplift pressure of concrete dams, spatiotemporal information from monitoring data is needed. In the present study, the method of ordering points to identify the clustering structure is employed to spatially cluster the uplift pressure measuring points at different locations on the dam; three distance indexes and two clustering evaluation indexes are used
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Study on the Synergistic Effects of Karst Carbon Sink and Vegetation Carbon Sink in Watersheds under Different Geological Backgrounds—A Case Study of Darongjiang and Lingqu Watersheds Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Xue Wang, Xiangling Tang, Shi Yu, Xuemei Zhong
In this study, the hydrochemistry-runoff method and remote sensing estimation method were used to calculate the karst carbon sink flux (KCSF) and the forest vegetation carbon sequestration flux (FVCSF) in Darongjiang (DRJ) and Lingqu (LQ) watersheds. The results show the following: (1) The KCSF in DRJ and LQ watersheds is 238.43 × 105 t·y−1 and 353.44 × 105 t·y−1, respectively. Influenced by changes
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Comparative Inactivation of the RNA of the Delta and Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater of Five Municipalities in Southeast Germany Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Michael Geissler, Roger Dumke
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based epidemiology has been extensively used as a helpful tool for evaluation of the epidemic situation in catchments of wastewater treatment plants. In this context, knowledge about the rate of virus inactivation in wastewater is important for characterization of the influence of retention times in sewers on virus concentrations, of the storage periods before
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Water and Energy Sustainability of Swimming Pools: A Case Model on the Costa Brava, Catalonia Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Juan-Jose Gomez-Guillen, Núria Arimany-Serrat, David Tapias Baqué, David Giménez
The aim of this research is to propose a more sustainable swimming pool, in terms of water and energy, in the Costa Brava area. The methodology is focused on the creation of a descriptive water and energy model for swimming pools and their monitoring, to propose the transition to a more sustainable swimming pool, in the context of climate change. The research is characterized by an exploratory, descriptive
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Zooplankton Temporal, Longitudinal, and Vertical Diversity Patterns in the Floodplains of the Western Amazon Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Fernando Sánchez, Francisco Cuesta, Gabriela Echevarría
The Western Amazon is a highly biodiverse area. Zooplankton diversity studies in the region have been primarily conducted in Peru and Colombia, with limited research in the Ecuadorian Amazon. To address this gap, our research aimed to enhance taxonomic knowledge and understand zooplankton diversity patterns in the Napo and Pastaza lower basins at different spatial and temporal scales. Two sampling
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Advances in Water Resource Management: An In Situ Sensor Solution for Monitoring High Concentrations of Chromium in the Electroplating Industry Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Giulia Mossotti, Andrea Piscitelli, Felice Catania, Matilde Aronne, Giulio Galfré, Andrea Lamberti, Sergio Ferrero, Luciano Scaltrito, Valentina Bertana
Concerning environmental safety and mitigating the risk of water pollution, the electroplating industry, historically reliant on the use of elevated concentrations of heavy metals to achieve high-quality products, faces a crucial challenge in monitoring wastewater enriched with these metals, notorious for their adverse effects on ecosystems and human health. Chromium, in both oxidation states Cr (III)
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Integrating Microseismic Monitoring for Predicting Water Inrush Hazards in Coal Mines Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Huiqing Lian, Qing Zhang, Shangxian Yin, Tao Yan, Hui Yao, Songlin Yang, Jia Kang, Xiangxue Xia, Qixing Li, Yakun Huang, Zhengrui Ren, Wei Wu, Baotong Xu
The essence of roof water inrush in coal mines fundamentally stems from the development of water-bearing fracture zones, facilitating the intrusion of overlying aquifers and thereby leading to water hazard incidents. Monitoring rock-fracturing conditions through the analysis of microseismic data can, to a certain extent, facilitate the prediction and early warning of water hazards. The water inflow
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Study on the Evolvement Trend Process of Hydrological Elements in Luanhe River Basin, China Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Chengju Shan, Fuwei Zhao, Yuejing Wang, Chenggang Yang, Fusen Wei, Xueyang Zhou
Over the past 50 years, there have been significant changes in the runoff process in the Luanhe River basin, exacerbating the scarcity of water resources and their spatiotemporal variability. Therefore, conducting research on the characteristics, trends, and cycles of runoff changes in the Luanhe River basin is of great theoretical and practical significance. This study selected rainfall data from
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Spatio-Temporal Variations in Nitrate Sources and Transformations in the Midstream of the Yellow River Determined Based on Nitrate Isotopes and Hydrochemical Compositions Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Caili Su, Yuxuan Su, Rongkai Zhang, Xiaohang Xu, Junhua Li
Nitrate pollution is a major environmental problem threatening rivers, and nitrogen and oxygen isotopes have proved to be an effective means of analyzing the sources and transformations of nitrate in rivers. However, a low monitoring frequency cannot accurately reflect the changes in nitrate. In this study, the sources and transformations of nitrate in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and its
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Adsorptive Removal of Sb(V) from Wastewater by Pseudo-Boehmite: Performance and Mechanism Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Yating He, Qiming Mao, Yaoyu Zhou, Xiande Xie, Lin Luo
With the increasing concern about antimony (Sb) pollution and remediation in aquatic ecosystems, more and more feasible technologies have been developed. Adsorption has been extensively studied due to the simplicity of its operation and its minimal environmental effects, but the lack of cheap and stable adsorbents has limited its application in Sb treatment. In this study, pseudo-boehmite (PB) was
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Applying a Holistic Approach to Environmental Flow Assessment in the Yen River Basin Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Tuan Phuc Tong, Son Thanh Hoang, Dung Quang Bui, Ngoc Trong Ha, Linh Ha Nguyen, Lan Minh Nguyen, Chau Kim Tran
Environmental flow assessment is an essential tool in water resource management. This study employs a holistic approach to evaluate the environmental flow in the Yen Basin, Thanh Hoa, Vietnam. Based on information gathered from a field survey, the Yen River system is divided into five reaches, and environmental objectives and ecological assets are identified in each reach. Hydrological and hydraulic
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Evolution and Effectiveness of Salt Marsh Restoration: A Bibliometric Analysis Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Carlos Gonçalves, João Fernandes, João M. Neto, Helena Veríssimo, Isabel Caçador, Tiago Verdelhos
Salt marshes play a critical role in supporting water quality, erosion control, flood protection, and carbon sequestration. Threats from climate change and human activities have prompted global restoration initiatives. We analyzed restoration efforts worldwide from 1978 to 2022, using the Web of Science database and SciMAT mapping tool. After a PRISMA screening to identify methodologies, success rates
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Water Level Inversion Detection Method for Water Level Images without a Scale in Complex Environments Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Chuanmeng Sun, Yu Wei, Wenbo Wang, Zhibo Wu, Yong Li
Accurately perceiving changes in water level information is key to achieving the fine control of water and flooding; however, the existing technology cannot achieve water level recognition in complex and harsh environments, such as at night; in haze, rain, or snow; or during obscuration by floating objects or shadows. Therefore, on the basis of a deep analysis of the characteristics of water level
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Life Cycle Assessment Methodology Applied to a Wastewater Treatment Plant Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Paolo Viotti, Fabio Tatti, Simona Bongirolami, Roberto Romano, Giuseppe Mancini, Francesca Serini, Mona Azizi, Lavinia Croce
Wastewater treatment plants are highly energy-intensive systems. This research uses Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to determine the impacts generated during the operation of a wastewater treatment plant. Three different scenarios are analyzed: a baseline scenario that considers a conventional activated sludge treatment technology exploiting data from an existing plant located in central Italy, a second
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Synthesis of Ce-La-Pr/Mn-O Ternary Oxide Composites via Co-Precipitation and Synergistic Photocatalytic Degradation of Cr(VI) Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Xiujuan Feng, Zebang Yu
This study utilized a straightforward co-precipitation method to successfully synthesize Ce-La-X(Mn/Pr)-O composite materials for treating simulated hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) wastewater with distinctively porous and fluffy textures, along with tubular morphologies. Notably, Ce-La-Mn-O demonstrated a remarkable specific surface area of 96.2698 m2/g, mesoporous architecture with a pore diameter of
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Research on Annual Runoff Prediction Model Based on Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization–Long Short-Term Memory with Coupled Variational Mode Decomposition and Spectral Clustering Reconstruction Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Xueni Wang, Jianbo Chang, Hua Jin, Zhongfeng Zhao, Xueping Zhu, Wenjun Cai
Accurate medium- and long-term runoff prediction models play crucial guiding roles in regional water resources planning and management. However, due to the significant variation in and limited amount of annual runoff sequence samples, it is difficult for the conventional machine learning models to capture its features, resulting in inadequate prediction accuracy. In response to the difficulties in
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Stability Analysis of Cofferdam with Double-Wall Steel Sheet Piles under Wave Action from Storm Surges Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Yan Zhu, Jingchao Bi, Haofeng Xing, Ming Peng, Yu Huang, Kaifang Wang, Xinyu Pan
Double-wall steel sheet piles (DSSPs) are widely used in large-span cofferdams for docks due to their good performance against wave action during storm surges. This paper describes a study of the dynamic behavior of a DSSP cofferdam under wave action through flume tests and a numerical simulation that combined computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the finite element method. The influences of the water
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Capillary Imbibition Laws of Fresh–Brackish Waters in Sandstone Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Hailiang Jia, Xiaoyu Yang, Yao Wei, Qiang Sun, Liyun Tang
Understanding the capillary imbibition laws of brackish water in rocks is necessary to reveal the mechanism of fluid, salt, and ion transport. In this study, we investigated the capillary imbibition laws of a Na2SO4 solution of different concentrations in sandstone by measuring the parameters of water absorption mass, water migration front height, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) T2 spectra, and stratified
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Correction: Dehkordi et al. An Empirical Relation for Estimating Sediment Particle Size in Meandering Gravel-Bed Rivers. Water 2024, 16, 444 Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Arman Nejat Dehkordi, Ahmad Sharafati, Mojtaba Mehraein, Seyed Abbas Hosseini
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Influence of Fluvial Discharges and Tides on the Salt Wedge Position of a Microtidal Estuary: Magdalena River Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Jhonathan R. Cordero-Acosta, Luis J. Otero Díaz, Aldemar E. Higgins Álvarez
The linkage between the salt wedge, tidal patterns, and the Magdalena River discharge is established by assessing the ensuing parameters: stratification (ϵ), buoyancy frequency (β), potential energy anomaly (φ), Richardson number by layers (RL), and bottom turbulent energy production (P). The salinity, temperature, density, and water velocity data utilized were derived from MOHID 3D, a previously tailored
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Deep Learning Methods of Satellite Image Processing for Monitoring of Flood Dynamics in the Ganges Delta, Bangladesh Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Polina Lemenkova
Mapping spatial data is essential for the monitoring of flooded areas, prognosis of hazards and prevention of flood risks. The Ganges River Delta, Bangladesh, is the world’s largest river delta and is prone to floods that impact social–natural systems through losses of lives and damage to infrastructure and landscapes. Millions of people living in this region are vulnerable to repetitive floods due
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Tackling the Phylogeny of Lampreys—Insight from the Croatia’s Danube Basin Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Sara Pleše, Ivana Buj
This research addresses the pressing issue of protecting endangered lamprey species in Croatia, a crucial element in preserving biodiversity, particularly in the face of increasing human-induced impacts on natural ecosystems due to global warming. Lampreys, a group of vertebrates with an ancient lineage, are not fully understood taxonomically, posing a challenge to conservation efforts. In the Danube
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Review of the Influence of Climate Change on the Hydrologic Cycling and Gaseous Fluxes of Mercury in Boreal Peatlands: Implications for Restoration Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Randy Kolka, Caroline Pierce, Isabella Garrioch, Kevin Behrens, Brandy M. Toner
Mercury (Hg) is a pollutant that bioaccumulates in the food web, leading to health issues in humans and other fauna. Although anthropogenic Hg deposition has decreased over the past 20 years, our watersheds continue to be sources of Hg to downstream communities. Wetlands, especially peatlands in the Boreal Region of the globe, play a vital role in the formation of bioaccumulative methylmercury (MeHg)
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Temporal Changes in Water and Sediment Discharges: Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities in the Red River Basin (1958–2021) with Projections up to 2100 Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Quang Hao Nguyen, Vinh Ngoc Tran
The present study examined temporal variations in water and sediment discharges in the Red River basin from 1958 to 2021 resulting from climate change and anthropogenic factors, with projections extended to 2100. The 64-year observational period was divided into five distinct stages: 1958–1971 (Stage I: natural conditions); 1972–1988 (Stage II: onset of human activities); 1989–2010 (Stage III: post
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Experimental Investigation of Leakage Flow Rate and Fluidisation beneath Polyethylene Pipes in Non-Uniform Soils Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Shahab Sharafodin, Milad Latifi, Masoud Ghodsian
Soil fluidisation around buried pipes is one of the water leakage effects that has a direct influence on the ultimate failure of pipelines. In this research, using a laboratory model, the fluidisation caused by water leakage from three cracks with three lengths (14, 17, and 20 mm) and a 3 mm diameter hole for five pressures (1.5–5.5 bar) in non-uniform soils has been evaluated. The experiments were
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Prey Supply and Predation as Potential Limitations to Feasibility of Anadromous Salmonid Introductions in a Reservoir Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Rachelle C. Johnson, Benjamin L. Jensen, Tessa J. Code, Jeffrey J. Duda, David A. Beauchamp
Introducing anadromous fish upstream of migration barriers has frequently been proposed as a conservation strategy, but existing conditions and future changes to the ecosystems above barriers such as invasive species, climate change, and varying water operations influence the capacity to support such introductions. In the Upper Skagit River, Washington, USA, introduction of anadromous salmonids above
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An Analysis of Society’s Willingness to Restore the Aquatic Environment in Romania Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Andreea Ardelean, Florentina Toma, Dragoș Cristian Diaconu, Andrei Rafael Gruia, Daniel Peptenatu
Anthropogenic pressure on water resources is affecting aquatic systems, requiring ecological analysis and restoration. This study proposes a new approach to assessing public perceptions of these activities. The methodology used is based on a structured questionnaire that looks at the general perception of the research topic, the economic readiness for community involvement and the identification of
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Evaluation of the Effects of Pre-Grouting in Combination with Group Holes on the Risk of Water Inrush through Coal Seam Floors Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Shiyuan Tian, Chunfang Gao, Junchao Yue, Peiguo Heng, Shuitao Guo, Xinyi Wang
Coal mine pre-grouting is an important means to reduce the risk of coal seam floor water inrush, and the scientific evaluation of its effects is an important basis for the formulation of water control countermeasures and the realization of safe mining. This paper takes the Guhanshan Mine 15,051 working face grouting project as the research object and selects the grouting volume, the length of the meter
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Application of One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Coupling Model in Complex River Channels: Taking the Yongding River as an Example Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Pingyu Lv, Lingling Kong, Ruiyuan Chuo, Haijiao Liu, Siyu Cai, Mengqi Zhao
River conditions are complex and affected by human activities. Various hydraulic structures change the longitudinal slope and cross-sectional shape of the riverbed, which has a significant impact on the simulation of water-head evolution. With continuous population growth, the hydrological characteristics of the Yongding River Basin have undergone significant changes. Too little or too much water discharge
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Assessing the Lifecycle Environmental Resilience of Urban Green Infrastructures Coping with Acute Disturbances and Chronic Stresses Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Fei Xue, Bo Luan, Yue Fan, Shiqi Xie, Xiaomin Yang, Jianing Luo, Ruxuan Zheng
Urban green infrastructure (UGI), a key component of nature-based solutions (NbSs), plays a vital role in enhancing urban resilience. Nonetheless, the absence of a thorough resilience evaluation for UGI has hindered the efficacy of its design and implementation. This article proposes an innovative urban environmental resilience index (ERI) framework designed to evaluate the lifecycle performance of
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Research Progress on Migratory Water Birds: Indicators of Heavy Metal Pollution in Inland Wetland Resources of Punjab, Pakistan Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Shifa Shaffique, Sang-Mo Kang, Muhammad Ahsan Ashraf, Ali Umar, Muhammad Saleem Khan, Muhammad Wajid, Abdullah Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, In-Jung Lee
The heavy metal burden on natural freshwater ecosystems is uninterruptedly increasing, which could affect their biodiversity, particularly regarding avian species. Three river barrages were selected for the sampling of water birds from autumn 2021 to spring 2022. Seven heavy metals—nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and manganese (Mn)—were estimated in the hearts
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Unveiling the Dynamics and Influence of Water Footprints in Arid Areas: A Case Study of Xinjiang, China Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Cai Ren, Pei Zhang, Xiaoya Deng, Ji Zhang, Yanyun Wang, Shuhong Wang, Jiawen Yu, Xiaoying Lai, Aihua Long
A prerequisite for the rational development and utilization of regional water resources is the measurement of water stress. In this study, from the perspective of water footprints, we took the proportion of the agricultural water footprint within the total water resource usage of Xinjiang (hereafter referred to as XJ) as an example to measure its water stress index and explore the state of water stress
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The Three-Dimensional Wave-Induced Current Field: An Analytical Model Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Gabriela Gic-Grusza
Wave-induced currents play a critical role in coastal dynamics, influencing sediment transport and shaping bottom topography. Traditionally, long- and cross-shore currents in coastal zones were analyzed independently, often with two-dimensional models for longshore currents and undertow being used. The introduction of quasi-three-dimensional models marked a significant advancement toward a more holistic
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Identifying and Interpreting Hydrological Model Structural Nonstationarity Using the Bayesian Model Averaging Method Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Ziling Gui, Feng Zhang, Kedong Yue, Xiaorong Lu, Lin Chen, Hao Wang
Understanding hydrological nonstationarity under climate change is important for runoff prediction and it enables more robust decisions. Regarding the multiple structural hypotheses, this study aims to identify and interpret hydrological structural nonstationarity using the Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) method by (i) constructing a nonstationary model through the Bayesian weighted averaging of two
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p-Phenylenediamine Derivatives in Tap Water: Implications for Human Exposure Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Jianqiang Zhu, Ruyue Guo, Fangfang Ren, Shengtao Jiang, Hangbiao Jin
Human exposure to p-phenylenediamine derivatives (PPDs) may induce hepatotoxicity and altered glycolipid metabolism. Recent studies have demonstrated the wide presence of PPDs in environmental matrixes. However, until now, the occurrence of PPDs in tap water has not been well known. This study analyzed nine PPDs in tap water collected from Hangzhou and Taizhou, China. The results showed that seven
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Decoupling Agricultural Grey Water Footprint from Economic Growth in the Yellow River Basin Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Xiaoyan Zhang, Yunan Xiao, Thomas Stephen Ramsey, Songpu Li, Qingling Peng
Decoupling agricultural economic growth from agricultural water pollution is of great importance to regional sustainable development. It is necessary to further explore the decoupling state and key driving factors connecting agricultural water pollution and agricultural economic growth on the basis of accurate measurement of agricultural water pollution. Accordingly, taking the Yellow River Basin (YRB)
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Diversity of Macrophytes and Macroinvertebrates in Different Types of Standing Waters in the Drava Field Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Mateja Germ, Žiga Tertinek, Igor Zelnik
The diversity of macrophytes and macroinvertebrates in small standing waters of different origins and characteristics was investigated. This survey covered 19 ponds in the Drava field in northeastern Slovenia. The influence of the macrophytes on the macroinvertebrates was investigated and the main environmental factors that had the most significant influence on the composition of the two communities
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Irrigation Distribution Network Design Parameters and Their Influence on Sustainability Management Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Melvin Alfonso Garcia-Espinal, Modesto Pérez-Sánchez, Francisco-Javier Sánchez-Romero, P. Amparo López-Jiménez
In 2030, the world population will exceed 8.5 billion, increasing the challenges to satisfy basic needs for food, shelter, water, and/or energy. Irrigation plays a vital role in productive and sustainable agriculture. In the current context, it is determined not only by water availability but also by optimal management. Several authors have attempted to measure the performance of irrigation networks
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A Research on Multi-Index Intelligent Integrated Prediction Model of Catchment Pollutant Load under Data Scarcity Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Donghao Miao, Wenquan Gu, Wenhui Li, Jie Liu, Wentong Hu, Jinping Feng, Dongguo Shao
Within a river catchment, the relationship between pollutant load migration and its related factors is nonlinear generally. When neural network models are used to identify the nonlinear relationship, data scarcity and random weight initialization might result in overfitting and instability. In this paper, we propose an averaged weight initialization neural network (AWINN) to realize the multi-index
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Advancing Digital Image-Based Recognition of Soil Water Content: A Case Study in Bailu Highland, Shaanxi Province, China Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Yaozhong Zhang, Han Zhang, Hengxing Lan, Yunchuang Li, Honggang Liu, Dexin Sun, Erhao Wang, Zhonghong Dong
Soil water content (SWC) plays a vital role in agricultural management, geotechnical engineering, hydrological modeling, and climate research. Image-based SWC recognition methods show great potential compared to traditional methods. However, their accuracy and efficiency limitations hinder wide application due to their status as a nascent approach. To address this, we design the LG-SWC-R3 model based
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A Multi-Objective Improved Hybrid Butterfly Artificial Gorilla Troop Optimizer for Node Localization in Wireless Sensor Groundwater Monitoring Networks Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 M. BalaAnand, Claudia Cherubini
Wireless sensor networks have gained significant attention in recent years due to their wide range of applications in environmental monitoring, surveillance, and other fields. The design of a groundwater quality and quantity monitoring network is an important aspect in aquifer restoration and the prevention of groundwater pollution and overexploitation. Moreover, the development of a novel localization
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Research on Permeability Characteristics and Gradation of Rockfill Material Based on Machine Learning Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Qigui Yang, Jianqing Zhang, Xing Dai, Zhigang Ye, Chenglong Wang, Shuyang Lu
The density of rockfill material is an important index to evaluate the quality of rockfill dams. It is of great significance to accurately obtain the densities and permeability coefficients of rockfill material dams quickly and accurately by scientific means. However, it takes a long time to measure the permeability coefficient of rockfill material in practice, which means that such measurements cannot
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Evaluation Method of Severe Convective Precipitation Based on Dual-Polarization Radar Data Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Zhengyang Tang, Xinyu Chang, Xiu Ni, Wenjing Xiao, Huaiyuan Liu, Jun Guo
With global warming and intensified human activities, extreme convective precipitation has become one of the most frequent natural disasters. An accurate and reliable assessment of severe convective precipitation events can support social stability and economic development. In order to investigate the accuracy enhancement methods and data fusion strategies for the assessment of severe convective precipitation
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Geochemical Assessment of the Evolution of Groundwater under the Impact of Seawater Intrusion in the Mannar District of Sri Lanka Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Samadhi Athauda, Yunwen Wang, Zhineng Hao, Suresh Indika, Isuru Yapabandara, Sujithra K. Weragoda, Jingfu Liu, Yuansong Wei
Groundwater is an important drinking water resource in the coastal regions of island countries and has suffered from heavy seawater intrusion. However, the areas specifically affected by seawater intrusion and their groundwater hydrogeochemical compositions and evolution processes remain unclear. This study analyzed the hydrogeochemical compositions, water quality, and evolution processes of groundwater
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Impact of Future Climate Scenarios and Bias Correction Methods on the Achibueno River Basin Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Héctor Moya, Ingrid Althoff, Juan L. Celis-Diez, Carlos Huenchuleo-Pedreros, Paolo Reggiani
Future climate scenarios based on regional climate models (RCMs) have been evaluated widely. However, the use of RCMs without bias correction may increase the uncertainty in the assessment of climate change impacts, especially in mountain areas. Five quantile mapping methods (QMMs) were evaluated as bias correction methods for precipitation and temperature in the historical period (1979–2005) of one
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Research on the Impact of Using a Combination of Rigid and Flexible Vegetation on Slope Hydrological Properties in Loess Regions Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Hu Tao, Fucui Wang, Xi Shi, Shilong Bu, Ziming Bao, Dezhi Zhang, Lifeng Xiong
Slope vegetation is a key component of soil erosion control. Rigid vegetation improves slope stability, while flexible vegetation reduces water velocity, and the combination of both improves erosion resistance; however, there are few studies on how the combination of rigid and flexible vegetation affects the hydraulic characteristics of slope flow. In order to investigate the effect of this combination
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Study on the Influence of Vegetation Restoration on Evapotranspiration in Mountainous Areas of the Luan River Basin Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Ziyuan Zhang, Lichao Wang, Peng Dou, Qingming Wang, Jiansheng Cao
The study employed the PML (Penman–Monteith–Leuning) model to simulate the evolution law of long-sequence evapotranspiration in the mountainous region of the Luan River basin. Additionally, this study conducted a quantitative analysis to determine the effect of restoration on evapotranspiration water consumption. From 1981 to 2020, the results indicated that there were significantly less fluctuations
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Bathymetric Modelling of High Mountain Tropical Lakes of Southern Ecuador Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Raúl F. Vázquez, Pablo V. Mosquera, Henrietta Hampel
Very little is known on high mountain tropical lakes of South America. Thus, the main motivation of this research was obtaining base bathymetric data of 119 tropical lakes of the Cajas National Park (CNP), Ecuador, that could be used in future geomorphological studies. Eleven interpolation methods were applied with the intention of selecting the best one for processing the scattered observations that
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Effects of Subsurface Drainage Spacing and Organic Fertilizer Application on Alfalfa Yield, Quality, and Coastal Saline Soil Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Shengwang Zhang, Jianwen Wang, Qian Yang, Erzi Zhang, Hiba Shaghaleh, Yousef AlhajHamoud, Qiu Jin
Subsurface drainage and organic fertilizer application are two important measures for improving saline–alkali soils, while the effects of different drainage spacings combined with organic fertilizer application amounts on alfalfa growth and coastal saline soil properties have seldom been evaluated. This study designed subsurface drainage pipes at four spacing distances, including 0 m (CK, without subsurface
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A Multi-Approach Analysis for Monitoring Wave Energy Driven by Coastal Extremes Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Reine Matar, Nizar Abcha, Iskander Abroug, Nicolas Lecoq, Emma-Imen Turki
This research investigates the behavior and frequency evolution of extreme waves in coastal areas through a combination of physical modeling, spectral analysis, and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. Laboratory experiments were conducted in a wave flume, deploying various wave spectra, including JONSWAP (γ = 7), JONSWAP (γ = 3.3), and Pierson–Moskowitz, using the dispersive focusing technique
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Ecotoxicity of 2,4-Dichlorophenol to Microsorium pteropus by High Spatial Resolution Mapping of Stoma Oxygen Emission Water (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Ning Zhong, Daoyong Zhang
The toxicity of emerging organic pollutants to photosystems of aquatic plants is still not well clarified. This study aimed to develop a novel ecotoxicological experimental protocol based on nanoscale electrochemical mapping of photosynthetic oxygen evolution of aquatic plants by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). The protocol was also checked by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM),