Water, Volume 16, Issue 12

The industrial sector’s water consumption is projected to increase by 400% by 2050, placing significant stress on freshwater reserves. To address this challenge, innovative solutions for water management are crucial. This paper proposes a compr...

This study investigates the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of supercritical open channel junction flow using two different turbulence models: k-ω shear stress transport (SST) and k-ω SST scale-adaptive simulation (SAS), in co...

With escalating human activities and the substantial emissions of greenhouse gases, global warming intensifies. This phenomenon has led to increased occurrences of various extreme hydrological events, precipitating significant changes in lakes and ri...

The water level of Lake Hulun has changed dramatically in recent years. The interannual interaction between groundwater and lake water is an important factor affecting Lake Hulun’s water level. Vertical recharge between groundwater and the lake...

Sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes exhibit great potential for the degradation of organic pollutants. In this study, P-doped biochar (PBC500) was successfully synthesized by the pyrolysis of H₃PO₄-impregnated cow manure waste and was...

Infrastructure facilities that serve the city as a whole and should be considered as a whole should be built in an orderly and planned manner, just as cities are. Infrastructure facilities become obsolete over time. Aging infrastructure facilities ma...

Water resource allocation systems typically involve multi-level decision-making, with each level having distinct goals and interests, while being influenced by various factors such as social, economic, environmental, and policy planning. The decision...

In this study, changes in abiotic environmental factors were analyzed based on measured data from Dawangtan Reservoir in Nanning City during 2021–2022. The Carlson Integrated Trophic State Index method was applied to evaluate water quality and...

Microplastic (MP) contamination has grown to be a serious environmental issue in recent years. Microplastics are plastic particles, with a size of less than 5 mm, that are either produced specifically for use in a variety of products or emerge throug...

Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) technology transforms organic biomass components, such as cellulose and lignin, into valuable carbon materials, gases and inorganic salts through hydrolysis, degradation and polymerization, with significant advantages...

Free aquifers have become an important water supply option for underdeveloped and developing countries, due to the resource quality and relatively low extraction prices. However, overexploitation and the lack of territorial planning guidelines in the...

Microporous membranes such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) often exhibit suboptimal hydrophilicity and microbial adhesion, which impede effective nitrogen removal in membrane-aerated biofilm reactors (MABRs), part...

This study investigates water consumption in two areas with limited water resources—the Salar de Atacama and Salar de Atacama-Vertiente Pacifico basins in Chile’s Antofagasta Region—with the aim of developing strategies that incorpo...

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) evaluates the health status, environmental exposure, and lifestyle habits of community inhabitants through the investigation of chemical or biological markers present in urban wastewater systems. This approach is f...

The Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) in Taiwan plays a vital role in the chain of semiconductor production, but water scarcity has been challenging semiconductor manufacturing. The Baoshan Reservoir (BS) and the Baoshan Second Reservoir (BSR) are two major...

In this study, spanning from 1938 to 2020, the hydrological changes in the Volga River and their repercussions on the Caspian Sea level were examined. Analysis reveals a correlation between high Volga River runoff and increased atmospheric precipitat...

Aquifers are complex systems that present significant challenges in terms of characterization due to the lack or absence of watershed-scale hydrogeological information. An alternative to address the need to characterize watershed-scale aquifer behavi...

Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) hazards in alpine areas are increasing. The effects of climate change on GLOF hazards are unclear. This study examined 37 glacial lakes and climate data from 15 meteorological stations and explored the correlation...

Low-concentration antibiotic wastewater is difficult to treat rapidly using conventional photocatalysts. For this reason, this paper simplified the traditional sol–gel method to prepare Fe³⁺-TiO₂/AC composites and characterized the properties o...

Anaerobic digestion of animal manure generates biogas and removes biodegradable organic matter, while most of the nitrogen and phosphorous remains at very high levels after the process. A subsequent microalgae culture in the digestate provides nutrie...

Water availability and quality are still challenges around the world, but access to safe drinking water is essential for human development. This study analyzed the chemical parameters of drinking water quality in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra region of...

Water distribution systems (WDSs) are essential elements for the prosperity and development of societies around the globe. However, over time, the pipeline network starts to age and deteriorate, which results in an increasing rate of breaks and water...

In order to ensure the protection of lakes against eutrophication, an ongoing global problem, its causes should be determined on an individual basis. In this study, we investigated Lake Niesłysz in northwestern Poland in terms of (i) the impact...

Water quality monitoring serves diverse purposes, such as assessing water safety for drinking or agriculture. However, traditional methods are often time-consuming and costly. Additionally, assessing water quality on demand is not always feasible, an...

Water governance and ecosystem function in the Canadian prairies are in a state of crisis. Compounding this crisis, and adding complexity, is the relationship between the water governance authority of the state with Canada’s First Peoples. Mean...

Urbanization confronts the dual challenges of water scarcity and environmental degradation, prompting the exploration of diverse water sources for mitigating these impacts. Inter-basin water transfer (IBWT) has emerged as a solution to balance urban...

The development of offshore oil fields confronts challenges associated with high water cut and low displacement efficiency. Reservoir injection-production optimization stands out as an effective means to reduce costs and enhance efficiency in offshor...

Accurate long-term water demand forecasting is beneficial to the sustainable development and management of cities. However, the randomness and nonlinear nature of water demand bring great challenges to accurate long-term water demand forecasting. For...

The natural hydrological cycle of basins has been significantly altered by climate change and human activities, leading to considerable uncertainties in attributing runoff. In this study, the impact of climate change and human activities on runoff of...

Under the double pressures of economic growth and ecological environment protection, sea green transformation and the sustainable development of mariculture are critical. This paper constructs an evolutionary game model with the government as the mai...

The long-distance multi-stage pressurized pump station water delivery system involves numerous valve closure parameters, complicating the rapid identification of an optimal valve closure scheme that satisfies multiple transient flow oscillation prote...

This study aims to assess a spillway’s capacity to manage the highest possible fluctuations in water levels, the probable maximum flood (PMF). The PMF values have experienced alterations throughout the last six decades since the initial design...

Dams play a vital role as a primary water supply for irrigation in Jordan, necessitating an assessment of their water quality. This study aimed to evaluate the suitability of irrigation water in a key number of Jordanian dams, namely Al Kafrain, Al W...

Sea surface temperature (SST) prediction plays an important role in scientific research, environmental protection, and other marine-related fields. However, most of the current prediction methods are not effective enough to utilize the spatial correl...

In the current implementation process for dredging projects, due to the lack of an accurate understanding of underwater soil characteristics, construction teams often find it difficult to accurately understand the soil condition. Not only does this l...

Water-soluble mining was invariably associated with surface subsidence, which in some cases escalated to the movement, deformation, and even collapse of the overlying rock layers, triggering grave subsidence calamities. The caprock of the salt-bearin...

The development of new hydro turbines or the optimization of traditional hydro turbines is one of the research directions that scholars have been interested in to broaden the source of hydropower and improve energy efficiency. In our previous work, a...

This study was conducted in response to the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei mega heavy rainfall event at the end of July 2023, and the severely affected and representative Jiangou village in Beijing was selected as the study area. A variety of meth...

Reservoir impoundment induces a large amount of cumulative deformation of landslide body, leading to damage to the geological environment. Due to many yearly cycles of reservoir water fluctuation, the cumulative deformation of landslides tends to be...

Water is a fundamental resource for ecosystems, humans, and the development of all economic sectors; it is necessary to identify and evaluate its environmental pressures and impacts. The water footprint (WF) is an appropriate indicator for the consum...

Surfactants have been widely used in various fields in recent years, but subsequent treatment of their wastewater has always been a problem that needs to be solved. As a new sewage treatment method, algal–bacterial aerobic granule sludge (algal...

This study investigates the behavior of chubs (Squalius cephalus) of mid-body length (9.7–15.6 cm) with respect to turbulent flow conditions in a pool representing an experimental vertical slot fishway. Velocity and turbulence were characterize...

Rising organic charge in northern freshwaters is attributed to increasing levels of dissolved natural organic matter (DNOM) and changes in water chemistry. Organic charge concentration may be determined through charge balance calculations (Org.^&minus...

In the external drainage water of Xinjiang Karamay Petrochemical Company, the calcium and magnesium ion contents are as high as 630 mg/L and 1170 mg/L, respectively. These ions are subsequently scaled at large quantities in water treatment equipment,...

Water scarcity is commonly evaluated using the water resource stress index (WRSI). However, the conventional WRSI model cannot effectively reflect the water shortage in humid areas, which may lead to distorted evaluation results. To solve this proble...

Drought, as a widespread natural calamity, leads to the most severe agricultural losses among all such disasters. Alterations in the yield of major global agricultural products are pivotal factors influencing food prices, food security, and land use...

The present study area is an alluvial plain consisting of fine clayey sand and coarse sand with mixed lithology. In September 2018, a water sampling campaign was carried out in 28 wells spread all over the plain. The interpretation of the results fro...

Ecological restoration in dredging areas has attracted increasing attention. The reconstruction of a submerged plant ecosystem is an important method for aquatic ecosystem restoration. This study has systematically investigated the effect of biochar-...

This study aims to achieve coordination between regional economic development and ecological environmental protection and to mitigate issues such as competition for water use among industries and significant disparities between water supply and deman...

This research presents an innovative data fusion model that utilizes Monte Carlo simulations (MC) and the Gray Analytic Hierarchy Process (G-AHP) to address the complexity and uncertainty in decision-making processes, particularly in selecting sustai...