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A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2017) | Viewed by 19475

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Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers

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Department of Geography, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Interests: eco-hydrology and water resources management; hydrological extremes and variability; disaster risk management; socio-hydrology; human-water research; integrated river basin management; inter- and transdisciplinary research; participatory modelling; sustainable development
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Dear Colleagues,

In many regions of the world, rivers and water resources are under pressure, and even higher burdens are expected in the future due to effects such as global warming and land-use intensification. Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) is an approach which is being increasingly promoted, or even legally required, as a key concept to incorporate human and natural factors and processes at the catchment scale.

River basins are influenced by multiple factors which affect the ecological and socio-hydrological systems. These systems operate on different spatial and temporal scales, often with high dynamics. Manifold stakeholders on different levels, institutions or transboundary settings have to be considered. Thus, fundamental challenges in IRBM need appropriate methods in order to identify key system elements, feedbacks and suitable measures and models, to identify synergies and conflicts with neighboring concerns, to coordinate and implement measures, and finally to set up a monitoring system.

This Special Issue addresses processes and innovative concepts and methods for IRBM and human–water research from a global or regional perspective. It brings together researchers from different disciplines contributing to the discourse of theoretical concepts, empirical studies and/or case studies that are of relevance in IRBM, and other relevant contributions from the field.

Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers
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Comparison of Potential Risk on Two Managed Aquifer Recharge Sites from River Basin

by Hyon Wook Ji and Sang-Il Lee

Water 2017, 9(9), 674; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9090674 - 06 Sep 2017

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Drinking water production facilities are designed to filter contaminants that are ever-present in raw water. These facilities, however, pose risks of tap water contamination or water supply discontinuation in the event of a massive chemical spill. A managed aquifer recharge (MAR) offers the advantage of purifying surface water as well as maintaining water underground for extended periods of time, thus securing sufficient time for a response to contaminant infiltration and dramatically increasing consumer safety. However, contaminated aquifers are difficult to recover; accordingly, it is important that MAR sites engage in preemptive responses to chemical spills in order to protect their aquifers. This study assesses potential risks in order to quantify the detrimental impacts of chemical spills in cities located in river basins on drinking water supply facilities. The targets of analysis are two MAR sites in South Korea. The potential risk analysis offers grounds upon which aggressive basin management can be implemented to ensure water supply facility operation safety. The lack of data for available for analysis is addressed using a stochastic methodology that ranks cities in which MAR sites are endangered based on the cities’ potential risk probability distributions. The results of the analysis show that water supply facilities surrounded by larger cities have relatively higher potential risks, and would, therefore, need to handle more management targets to prevent chemical spills. Furthermore, the proposed methodology contributes not only to potential risk management of existing water supply facilities, but also to MAR site selection. Full article

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Spatial and Seasonal Surface Water Quality Assessment in a Tropical Urban Catchment: Burío River, Costa Rica

by Leonardo Mena-Rivera, Viviana Salgado-Silva, Cristina Benavides-Benavides, Juana M. Coto-Campos and Thomas H. A. Swinscoe

Water 2017, 9(8), 558; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9080558 - 13 Aug 2017

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Water quality assessments are essential for providing information regarding integrated water resource management processes. This study presents the results of a spatial and seasonal surface water quality assessment of the Burío river sub-catchment in Costa Rica. Fourteen sample campaigns were conducted at eight sample sites between 2005 and 2010. Seasonal variations were evaluated using linear mixed-effects models where dissolved oxygen, total solids, and nitrate showed significant differences between dry and wet seasons (p < 0.05). Cluster analysis identified three clusters at the top, middle, and bottom of the catchment that were consistent with land use patterns, and principal component analysis identified the main parameters that were affecting 84% of the total variance in water quality (biochemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, total phosphate, and nitrate). The National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index (NSF-WQI) results indicated the majority of the river consisted of mainly “medium” water quality, although “bad” and “good” water quality results were identified depending on sample site and season. This methodological approach provides a useful monitoring technique for local governments that can be used for further remediation strategies. Full article

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Managing Multiple Catchment Demands for Sustainable Water Use and Ecosystem Service Provision

by Kathleen C. Stosch, Richard S. Quilliam, Nils Bunnefeld and David M. Oliver

Water 2017, 9(9), 677; https://doi.org/10.3390/w9090677 - 07 Sep 2017

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Ensuring water, food and energy security for a growing world population represents a 21st century catchment management challenge. Failure to recognise the complexity of interactions across ecosystem service provision can risk the loss of other key environmental and socioeconomic benefits from the natural capital of catchment systems. In particular, the ability of soil and water to meet human needs is undermined by uncertainties around climate change effects, ecosystem service interactions and conflicting stakeholder interests across catchments. This critical review draws from an extensive literature to discuss the benefits and challenges of utilising an ecosystem service approach for integrated catchment management (ICM). State-of-the-art research on ecosystem service assessment, mapping and participatory approaches is evaluated and a roadmap of the key short- and longer-term research needs for maximising landscape-scale ecosystem service provision from catchments is proposed. Full article

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