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1. ADSWIM and WATERCARE Projects Meet Kids and Youth: The Challenge of Bringing the World of Research to School to Merge Research, Education and Communication

Author:
Elisa Baldrighi; Patricija Muzlovic; Anna Annibaldi; Antonella Penna; Elena Manini; Elia Rosetti; Enrico Esposito Renzoni; Federica Grilli; Gloria Giacomini; Ivana Kristovic; Ivo Duracic; Maja Krzelj; Marin Ordulj; Martin Bućan; Pierluigi Penna; Vedrana Spada; Josipa Bilic; Mauro Marini; Sabina Susmel
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
literacy; water; youth; Croatia; Italy
Abstract:
... The transfer of communication and knowledge from science and research to the general public is a paramount step to raise people’s awareness about environmental issues and their negative and positive impacts on each of us. Many projects and initiatives seek to raise awareness among citizens, with particular attention to young people, about the importance of maintaining clean and healthy oceans. Wit ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121843

2. Agricultural Irrigation Effects on Hydrological Processes in the United States Northern High Plains Aquifer Simulated by the Coupled SWAT-MODFLOW System

Author:
Sijal Dangol; Xuesong Zhang; Xin-Zhong Liang; Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
agricultural productivity; aquifers; corn; evapotranspiration; groundwater; groundwater recharge; hydrologic cycle; hydrologic models; irrigated farming; irrigation rates; landscapes; runoff; soil water; soybeans; stream flow; water stress; water table
Abstract:
... Groundwater use for irrigation has a major influence on agricultural productivity and local water resources. This study evaluated the groundwater irrigation schemes, SWAT auto-irrigation scheduling based on plant water stress (Auto-Irr), and prescribed irrigation based on well pumping rates in MODFLOW (Well-Irr), in the U.S. Northern High Plains (NHP) aquifer using coupled SWAT-MODFLOW model simul ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121938

3. Analysis of Future Meteorological Drought Changes in the Yellow River Basin under Climate Change

Author:
Lin Wang; Zhangkang Shu; Guoqing Wang; Zhouliang Sun; Haofang Yan; Zhenxin Bao
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
climate; drought; risk; temporal variation; water; water conservation; water security; watersheds; China; Yellow River
Abstract:
... The Yellow River Basin is an important economic belt and key ecological reservation area in China. In the context of global warming, it is of great significance to project the drought disaster risk for ensuring water security and improving water resources management measures in practice. Based on the five Global Climate Models (GCMs) projections under three scenarios of the Shared Socioeconomic Pa ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121896

4. Analyzing and Assessing Dynamic Behavior of a Physical Supply and Demand System for Sustainable Water Management under a Semi-Arid Environment

Author:
Ahmed F. Mashaly; Alexander G. Fernald
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; cultivation area; groundwater; irrigated farming; issues and policy; landscapes; model validation; prediction; semiarid zones; simulation models; supply balance; water management; water supply; New Mexico
Abstract:
... The extensive interest in sustainable water management reflects the extent to which the global water landscape has changed in the past twenty years, which is a natural development of changes in water resources and an increase in the level of imbalance between water supply and demand. In this paper, a simulation model based on system dynamics (SD) methodology was developed to aid sustainable water ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121939

5. Arsenic Exposure via Contaminated Water and Food Sources

Author:
Kianoush Khosravi-Darani; Yasir Rehman; Ioannis A. Katsoyiannis; Evgenios Kokkinos; Anastasios I. Zouboulis
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
arsenic; drinking water; groundwater; pollutants; rice; seafoods; surface water; water pollution; Africa; Asia; Europe; North America; Pacific Ocean Islands; South America
Abstract:
... Arsenic poisoning constitutes a major threat to humans, causing various health problems. Almost everywhere across the world certain “hotspots” have been detected, putting in danger the local populations, due to the potential consumption of water or food contaminated with elevated concentrations of arsenic. According to the relevant studies, Asia shows the highest percentage of significantly contam ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121884

6. Characterisation of Hydro-Geochemical Processes Influencing Groundwater Quality in Rural Areas: A Case Study of Soutpansberg Region, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Author:
Lindelani Lalumbe; Thokozani Kanyerere
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
case studies; denitrification; freshwater; groundwater; hot springs; ion exchange; issues and policy; rain; surface water; water allocation; water quality; water supply; South Africa
Abstract:
... Groundwater is often the main or only source of fresh water supply in arid to semi-arid rural areas owing to decreasing rainfall patterns, reduced availability of surface water and socioeconomic activities. It is important to understand the hydro-geochemical processes influencing groundwater quality for improved management and sustainability of resources and to improve rural livelihoods. To unders ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121972

7. Characteristics and Causes of Changing Groundwater Quality in the Boundary Line of the Middle and Lower Yellow River (Right Bank)

Author:
Xiaoxia Tong; Hui Tang; Rong Gan; Zitao Li; Xinlin He; Shuqian Gu
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
alluvial plains; aquaculture; arsenic; cation exchange; evaporation; groundwater; humans; hydrochemistry; river water; water quality; Yellow River
Abstract:
... The alluvial plain in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River is an important agricultural production base that affects groundwater quality. Groundwater quality in the region is related to the residential and production uses of water by local residents. Samples of shallow groundwater and river water were collected from the right bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River to ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121846

8. Characterization of Shallow Groundwater Circulation Based on Chemical Kinetics: A Case Study of Xiong’an New Area, China

Author:
Yubo Xia; Haitao Li; Bing Wang; Zhen Ma; Xu Guo; Kai Zhao; Changrong Zhao
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
anisotropy; aquifers; case studies; groundwater; hydraulic conductivity; models; permeability; reaction kinetics; seepage; China
Abstract:
... Xiong’an New Area, located in the middle of the North China Plain, will have been built as a “city of the future.” Urban planning and construction need to comprehensively consider the constraints of hydrogeological conditions such as aquifer structure and parameters. As the main aquifer in this area, the paleo-channel is heterogeneous and anisotropic, and the two-dimensional hydraulic conductivity ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121880

9. Chemical Oxidation and Reduction Pathways of Mercury Relevant to Natural Waters: A Review

Author:
Lin Si; Brian A. Branfireun; Jessica Fierro
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
aquatic environment; carbonates; hydroxyl radicals; mercury; methylation; organic matter; photooxidation; photoreduction; pollution; toxicity; water
Abstract:
... Mercury (Hg) pollution in the environment is a global issue and the toxicity of mercury depends on its speciation. Chemical redox reactions of mercury in an aquatic environment greatly impact on Hg evasion to the atmosphere and the methylation of mercury in natural waters. Identifying the abiotic redox pathways of mercury relevant to natural waters is important for predicting the transport and fat ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121891

10. Comparative Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Alternative Technologies for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants from Urban Wastewater

Author:
David Pryce; Fatemah Alsharrah; Ahmed M. E. Khalil; Zoran Kapelan; Fayyaz A. Memon
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
adsorbents; cost analysis; eco-efficiency; ecosystems; foams; graphene; graphene oxide; hydrazine; wastewater; water
Abstract:
... Emerging contaminants (ECs) continue to threaten our fragile ecosystem, yet their mitigation remains limited by economic factors. Meanwhile, a relatively expensive material, Graphene Oxide (GO), has shown promise as a solution for EC removal following further development into three graphene-based materials (GBMs): Porous graphene adsorbent (PGa), Graphene-oxide foam adsorbent (GOFa), and the hybri ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121919

11. Comparison of Projections of Precipitation over Yangtze River Basin of China by Different Climate Models

Author:
Hong Pan; Youjie Jin; Xiaochen Zhu
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
climate; data collection; model validation; water; watersheds; winter; China; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Based on the observational dataset CN05.1 and the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP), this study assesses the performance of CMIP5 and CMIP6 projects in projecting mean precipitation at annual and seasonal timescales in the Yangtze River Basin of China over the period 2015–2020 under medium emission scenarios (RCP4.5/SSP2-4.5). Results indicate that the multi-model ensemble (MME) of CMIP ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121888

12. Comparison of the Transition to More Sustainable Stormwater Management in China and the USA

Author:
Yitong Zhao; Mackay Price; Sam Trowsdale
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
risk; stormwater management; water; China
Abstract:
... This paper presents a comparative cross-nation study of the transition to more sustainable stormwater management (SSWM) in the United States and China. Multi-level perspective and multiphase models are used to examine the transition dynamics and reflect on how transition theory explains the change within federal and socialist context. Instead of simply differentiating the two countries’ transition ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121960

13. Comprehensive Evaluation of Water–Energy–Food System Security in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor

Author:
Mengzhu Cao; Yaning Chen; Weili Duan; Yaqi Li; Jingxiu Qin
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
algorithms; electricity; energy; irrigated farming; irrigation; models; people; supply balance; surface water; sustainable development
Abstract:
... The safety of the water–energy–food (WEF) system in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is critical to the sustainable development of resources, the economy, and society in the region. This paper uses the projection pursuit model of a real-code accelerated genetic algorithm (RAGA-PP) to comprehensively evaluate the WEF system security of the CPEC for the period 2000–2016. The results show ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121900

14. A Comprehensive Model for Hydraulic Analysis and Wetting Patterns Simulation under Subsurface Drip Laterals

Author:
Saeid Zamani; Rouhollah Fatahi; Giuseppe Provenzano
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
clay; computer software; geometry; loam soils; microirrigation; simulation models; water
Abstract:
... In the absence of suitable specialized models to simulate the soil wetting patterns in subsurface drip irrigation systems considering the hydraulic conditions along the laterals, a new model was developed and named a “comprehensive model” in this study. This model couples the subsurface drip irrigation lateral characteristics with the soil hydraulic properties and utilizes the Hydrus-3D software a ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121965

15. Conceptual Evaluation of Factors Controlling Groundwater Chemistry in Ad-Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia, Using Visualization and Multiple Lines of Evidence

Author:
Hassan E. Gomaa; AbdAllah A. Alotibi; Mohamed Charni; Abdulhadi H. AlMarri; Fatma A. Gomaa
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
aerosols; calcium; data collection; evaporation; groundwater; hydrogeochemistry; ion exchange; pH; salinity; Saudi Arabia
Abstract:
... Understanding the hydrogeochemical and physicochemical processes and factors controlling the chemical characteristics of groundwater (GW) is essential in water resources studies. In this work, the authors explored, applied, and evaluated the practicality of a series of analysis methods, exploring their ability to improve the representation of the generic GW chemical datasets. The demonstration res ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121857

16. County-Level Irrigation Water Demand Estimation Using Machine Learning: Case Study of California

Author:
Mohammad Emami; Arman Ahmadi; Andre Daccache; Sara Nazif; Sayed-Farhad Mousavi; Hojat Karami
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
air temperature; case studies; decision making; decision support systems; freshwater; geophysics; irrigated farming; irrigation; irrigation water; models; normal distribution; vapor pressure deficit; water management; water policy; California
Abstract:
... Irrigated agriculture is the largest consumer of freshwater globally. Despite the clarity of influential factors and deriving forces, estimation of the volumetric irrigation demand using biophysical models is prohibitively difficult. Data-driven models have proven their ability to predict geophysical and hydrological phenomena with only a handful of influential input variables; however, the lack o ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121937

17. Delimiting Pig Slurry Affected Subsurface Areas by Combining Geophysical and Geochemical Techniques

Author:
Ximena Capa-Camacho; Pedro Martínez-Pagán; Marcos A. Martínez-Segura; María Gabarrón; Ángel Faz
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
electrical conductivity; electrical resistance; geophysics; intensive farming; nitrates; pH; pig manure; pollutants; risk; slurries; soil; swine; tomography; water; Spain
Abstract:
... In Spain, livestock farming is a significant activity area that generates substantial revenues and essential jobs. However, the actual impact that this intensive activity might have on the environment is not entirely understood. Moreover, coastal aquifers are subjected to a significant environmental pressure due to nearby growing population, intensive agriculture, and livestock farming. In this wo ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121872

18. Desalination and Transboundary Water Conflict and Cooperation: A Mixed-Method Empirical Approach

Author:
Maureen Walschot; David Katz
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
case studies; desalination; seawater; water quality
Abstract:
... The impact of the adoption of desalination on relations between parties in transboundary settings is unclear. The previous literature has indicated that the effect of desalination on conflict and cooperation is an empirical matter. By reducing scarcity and variability, the adoption of desalination is likely to reduce the potential for conflict, though it may also create new conflicts, for instance ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121925

19. Development of a Revised Multi-Layer Perceptron Model for Dam Inflow Prediction

Author:
Hyeon Seok Choi; Joong Hoon Kim; Eui Hoon Lee; Sun-Kwon Yoon
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
algorithms; basins; flood control; models; prediction; water; South Korea
Abstract:
... It is necessary to predict dam inflow in advance for flood prevention and stable dam operations. Although predictive models using deep learning are increasingly studied, these existing studies have merely applied the models or adapted the model structure. In this study, data preprocessing and machine learning algorithms were improved to increase the accuracy of the predictive model. Data preproces ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121878

20. Diagnosis of Basin Eco-Hydrological Variation Based on Index Sensitivity of Similar Years: A Case Study in the Hanjiang River Basin

Author:
Zhe Li; Siyu Cai; Xiaohui Lei; Lingmin Wang
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
basins; case studies; diagnostic techniques; hydrologic cycle; rivers; runoff; watersheds
Abstract:
... The variation of hydrological conditions in the basin affects the original stable state of the basin, and the change of eco-hydrological conditions also plays a decisive role in the stability of the basin. In this manuscript, Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) was used to diagnose watershed variation from the eco-hydrological perspective, and a new diagnostic method was proposed in the curr ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121931