Water, Volume 16, Issue 14

Unquestionably, the rapidly changing climate and, therefore, alterations in the associated bioclimate, constitute an alarming reality with implications for daily practice and natural capital management. This research displays the present and projecte...

There has been growing interest in the application of smart technologies for hazard management. However, very limited studies have reviewed the trends of such technologies in the context of flash floods. This study reviews innovative technologies suc...

Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS), a widely used anionic surfactant, is present in wastewater and can be discharged, causing environmental damage. When biodegradation is negligible, adsorption and desorption reactions play an important role, depend...

This study investigates the Batha endorheic basin in Chad, situated east of the Lake Chad basin in the arid to semi-arid Sahelian zone. This region has not yet undergone comprehensive geological and hydrogeological studies. More broadly, the transiti...

Sewage sludge has long been perceived as the bottleneck of wastewater treatment plants in China, restraining the healthy development of sewage treatment for decades. In recent years, pyrolysis as a promising multifunctional platform has attracted inc...

The western region of China is a fundamental ecological protection barrier for China. The conflict between regional economic development and ecological environmental protection has always existed in the region. This study first evaluated the water&nd...

In this study, rainfall, runoff, and sediment load data were collected from the Tuhai River Basin from 1972 to 2021. The Mann–Kendall test, runoff–sediment curve, and double mass curve were used to identify the characteristics and factors...

The construction of retention reservoirs that cause permanent water damming is a complex subject and requires an interdisciplinary approach to environmental issues. The scope of the conducted study includes (1) a natural inventory of the area of Jago...

Unconventional water includes reclaimed water, harvested rainwater, desalinated seawater, and mine water. Unconventional water use is considered more of a “mandatory responsibility” in China. The initial allocation of unconventional water...

Climate change and human activities exert significant impacts on runoff generation and convergence mechanisms. Understanding the evolution mechanisms and driving forces of runoff is crucial for the sustainable development of water resources. This stu...

Beijing Plain is a very active part of Beijing city regarding the socio-economic and human activities of the region. Over the past four decades, Beijing’s economic development and the continuous drought for nearly 10 years in the 2000s have neg...

The waterways adjacent to Washington DC, USA have a history of contamination from heavy metals, nutrients, pesticides, and industrial chemicals. Among the chemicals of concern are PAHs, which are a historical contaminant but also have modern pyrogeni...

With the acceleration of global warming and the intensification of anthropogenic activities, numerous lakes worldwide are experiencing reductions in their water surface areas. Yilong Lake, a typical shallow plateau lake located on the Yunnan–Gu...

Concentrating organic matter in sludge and converting it into methane through anaerobic bioconversion can improve resource recovery from domestic wastewater. Enhanced membrane coagulation (EMC) is highly efficient at concentrating organic matter, but...

Na-kenyaite materials are available in nature and can easily be prepared in the laboratory. These materials exhibit interesting adsorption properties; therefore, they can be invested in the new wastewater treatment technologies. This study investigat...

Over the past three decades, optical visualization measurements based on the Refractive Index Match (RIM) method have played a significant role in the experimental studies of fluid-solid interaction. The RIM method, which coordinates the refractive i...

Estuary ecosystems serve as crucial connectors between terrestrial and marine environments, thus playing vital roles in maintaining the ecological balance of coastal marine ecosystems. In recent years, the eutrophication in estuaries caused by aquacu...

A hydro–solar hybrid system is an important solution for expanding renewable generation capacity under the percepts of the energy transition. This type of association allows for the coordinated dispatch of solar and hydropower plants, resulting...

The intricate processes of surface water erosion are vital for ecological systems and river-scale management; yet, understanding them comprehensively remains a challenge. Forested agricultural catchments, especially in the Carpathian region, face sig...

Coastal areas are increasingly exposed to global warming and emerging contaminants from anthropogenic activities; however, the interactive effects of these stress factors in shaping the offspring’s vulnerability to them are poorly understood. T...

Microplastics are omnipresent in aquatic environments and can act as vectors to carry other pollutants, modifying their pathway through the systems. In this study, the differences in the adsorption capacity and mechanism for Cr(VI) sorption with poly...

This study investigated the uniaxial compressive strength of distilled water ice prepared in a low-temperature laboratory at −30 °C at varying wind speeds of 0 m/s, 1 m/s, 2 m/s, 4 m/s, 6 m/s, and 8 m/s. The crystal structure and grain size...

To effectively reveal the disaster-causing mechanism between water stress and yield loss under different drought combinations during multiple growth periods of winter wheat, based on biennial wheat drought experiments, a crop growth analysis method w...

In industrial production and water resource management involving fluid flows, two-phase flow measurement in complex environments has always been a research hotspot. In this study, a broadband detection device (40–110 MHz) suitable for two-phase...

The utilization of baffle structures as a highly effective strategy for mitigating debris flow has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. Although the predominant focus of existing research has been on augmenting the energy dissip...

The Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), a landmark of human engineering, has significantly altered the hydrodynamics and ecology of its surrounding environment. Our research explores the hydrodynamic and ecological changes in the TGR, focusing on their imp...

The soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) is an important parameter of unsaturated soil, and almost all the engineering characteristics of unsaturated soil are more or less related to the SWCC. The SWCC contains important information for geote...

Local regulations control the additional runoff produced by urbanization processes. Sustainable urban drainage systems can mitigate the issues associated with increased runoff by employing infiltration basins, detention ponds, wet ponds, and construc...

Hydrological modeling plays a vital role in water-resource management and climate-change studies in hyper-arid regions. In the present investigation, surface runoff was estimated by a Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model for Wadi Al-Aqul, Saud...

Groundwater is the most abundant freshwater resource available on earth, and it accounts for more than 95% of all liquid freshwater [...]

Volumetric changes induced by soil moisture phase changes can lead to pore system redistribution in freezing and thawing soil, which in turn affects soil strength and stability. The prefreezing water content and the number of freeze–thaw cycles...

Mine tailings are commonly stored in off-stream reservoirs and are usually composed of water with high concentrations of fine particles (microns). The rupture of a mine-tailings pond promotes, depending on the characteristics of the stored material,...

Digital twin technology, a new type of digital technology emerging in recent years, realizes real-time simulation, prediction and optimization by digitally modeling the physical world, providing a new idea and method for the design, operation and man...

Groundwater is an essential water resource and plays a crucial role, especially in areas with limited surface water availability. However, the exacerbation of groundwater droughts, fueled by phenomena such as climate change, urbanization, and industr...

This paper presents the results of the application of hazardous waste slag generated by lignite combustion for the adsorption of ethyl xanthate anions (EX) from aqueous solutions. The starting material (RWS) was washed (WWS) and modified (MWS) and th...

Water quality is a critical aspect of environmental health, affecting ecosystems, human health, and economic activities. In recent years, increasing pollution from industrial, agricultural, and urban sources has raised concerns about the deterioratio...

Car wash wastewater (CWW) poses a significant environmental danger due to its high chemical oxygen demand (COD), heavy metals, and anionic surfactant complex composition, all of which can have an adverse effect on the environment. Even with the exten...

Reliable potable water is essential for sustaining livelihoods and promoting human well-being, yet many rural communities in South Africa have disrupted and inadequate access. This has been exacerbated by the energy crisis that led to frequent load-s...

Operational forecasters desire information about how their reservoir and riverine systems will evolve over monthly to seasonal timescales. Seasonal traces of hydrometeorological variables at a daily or sub-daily resolution are needed to drive hydrolo...

When multiple elements come together, hydraulic concrete develops cracks of varying widths, which huts the dependability of buildings. Therefore, with pertinent tools or procedures, swiftly ascertaining the safety status of hydraulic concrete cracks...

The advanced treatment of proprietary Chinese medicine secondary effluent (PCMSE) was strongly needed with the recent implementation of a more stringent discharge standard. Based on the features of PCMSE and the reuse of Al³⁺ from wastewater from soa...

This study examines the inactivation kinetics and stress responses of Gram-positive and Gram-negative waterborne bacteria using ultraviolet (UV)-B and UV-C LEDs at varying fluences. Our findings show that UV-light-emitting diodes (LED) treatment effe...

The drainage capacity of stormwater inlets, which serve as the connection between the surface and the underground drainage system, directly affects surface runoff and the drainage capacity of underground drainage systems. However, in reality, stormwa...

Cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) in seawater enter the human body through the food chain. Combined toxicity tests indicated that high concentrations of Cd(II) and low concentrations of Zn(II) had a synergistic effect on humans. Thus, there is an urgent nee...

Residential areas in developing arid and semi-arid countries are highly vulnerable to flooding, and water shortages have forced their inhabitants to live close to rivers. While climate change is expected to cause more extreme weather conditions in th...

While several researchers have investigated the anaerobic digestion (AD) of textile wastewater for dye degradation, their studies suffer from lower biogas productivity due to substrate inhibition and the occurrence of secondary pollution from digesta...

With the rapid development of urbanization and underground transportation, as well as the frequent occurrence of extreme weather conditions such as extreme rainfall, flooding disasters for rail transit are becoming severe, and need to be urgently cla...

The Three Rivers Source, known as the “Water Tower of China”, is the birthplace of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Lancang River. The carrying capacity and environmental capacity of its ecological environment affect the ecological ba...

This paper introduces a three-layer system, proposing a comprehensive model of granular mixture transport over a mobile sloped bed in a steady flow. This system, consisting of the bottom, contact, and upper zones, provides complete, continuous sedime...

In this work, electrical resistivity tomography was carried out together with physical hydrogeology techniques to evaluate the karst aquifer in the northwest region of the Yucatán Peninsula in a study area near the western edge of the Ring of...