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Perennial and Non-Perennial Streamflow Regime Shifts Across California, USA Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Jessica R. Ayers, Sarah M. Yarnell, Ethan Baruch, Robert A. Lusardi, Theodore E. Grantham
Despite rises in drought frequency and human water demands, streamflow regime shifts from perennial to non-perennial have not been evaluated in many arid/semi-arid regions. To document shifts, we created a methodology that classifies streams as naturally perennial or non-perennial. Our classification used historical, minimally disturbed-quality USGS streamflow gages (1950–2015) across California. The
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Tracking the Nearfield Evolution of an Initially Shallow, Neutrally Buoyant Plane Jet Over a Sloping Bottom Boundary Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 H. Shi, M. E. Negretti, J. Chauchat, K. Blanckaert, U. Lemmin, D. A. Barry
Understanding coastal plane jets which occur when a body of water discharges into an ocean or a lake through a channel or outlet is important, since they play a significant role in sediment, nutrient, and pollutant exchange. This study investigates the nearfield of initially shallow, neutrally buoyant plane jets, bounded by a free surface and a sloping bottom (Sloping Bottom Jet; SBJ) that issue into
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A Mixture Model With Slip Velocity for Saturated Granular-Liquid Free-Surface Flows Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Jinbo Tang, Pengzhi Lin, Peng Cui
In this paper, a model is presented for modeling saturated granular-liquid free-surface flows, in which the volume-averaged mixture bulk velocity is employed to derive the balance equations for the mass and momentum of mixture flow. Additionally, an evolution equation of the slip velocity between granular-and liquid constituents is derived to describe the separation between these constituents. The
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Risk-Constrained Optimal Scheduling in Water Distribution Systems Toward Real-Time Pricing Electricity Market Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Xinhong Zhou, Shipeng Chu, Tuqiao Zhang, Tingchao Yu, Yu Shao
In recent years, as a result of emerging renewable energy markets, several developed regions have already launched Real-Time Pricing (RTP) strategies for electricity markets. Establishing optimal pump operation for water companies in RTP electricity markets presents a challenging problem. In a RTP market, both positive and negative electricity prices are possible. These negative prices create economically
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Multi-scale Analysis of Supply–Demand Relationship of Ecosystem Services and Zoning Management in a Key Ecological-Restoration City (Ganzhou) of China Nat. Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-21 Qiyou Wang, Tong Li, Qiang Liao, Deer Liu
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Novel electrocatalytic capacitive deionization with catalytic electrodes for selective phosphonate degradation: Performance and mechanism Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Chengyi Wang, Siyue Xue, Yubo Xu, Ran Li, Yangbo Qiu, Chao Wang, Long-Fei Ren, Jiahui Shao
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Remove legacy perfluoroalkyl acids and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl ether acids by single-use and regenerable anion exchange resins: Rapid small-scale column tests and model fits Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Bingchuan Liu, Yen-Ling Liu, Mei Sun
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The influence of Mn(II) on transformation of Cr-absorbed Schwertmannite: Mineral phase transition and elemental fate Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Hongmei Tang, Meiqing Chen, Pingxiao Wu, Yihao Li, Tianming Wang, Jiayan Wu, Leiye Sun, Zhongbo Shang
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Chemomixoautotrophy and stress adaptation of anammox bacteria: A review Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Muhammad Naufal, Jer-Horng Wu
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Significant influence of urban human activities and marine input on rainwater chemistry in a coastal large city, China Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Jie Zeng, Guilin Han, Qixin Wu, Rui Qu, Qing Ma, Jingwen Chen, Shijun Mao, Xin Ge, Zhong-Jun Wang, Zhiheng Ma
The coastal urban region is generally considered an atmospheric receptor for terrestrial and marine input materials, and rainfall chemistry can trace the wet scavenging process of these materials. Fast urbanization in China's east coastal areas has greatly altered the rainwater chemistry. However, the chemical variations, determinants, and sources of rainfall are unclear. Therefore, the typical coastal
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Reconstructing transient pressures in pipe networks from local observations by using physics-informed neural networks Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Jiawei Ye, Wei Zeng, Nhu Cuong Do, Martin Lambert
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Effect-directed analysis of androgenic compounds from sewage sludges in China Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Tongtong Xiang, Chunzhen Shi, Yunhe Guo, Jie Zhang, Weicui Min, Jiazheng Sun, Jifu Liu, Xiliang Yan, Yanna Liu, Linlin Yao, Yuxiang Mao, Xiaoxi Yang, Jianbo Shi, Bing Yan, Guangbo Qu, Guibin Jiang
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Ammonium-based bioleaching of toxic metals from sewage sludge in a continuous bioreactor Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Zhiyao Wang, Xi Lu, Xueqin Zhang, Zhiguo Yuan, Min Zheng, Shihu Hu
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Doped Cu0 and sulfidation induced transition from R-O• to •OH in peracetic acid activation by sulfidated nano zero-valent iron-copper Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Wenbo Xu, Danlian Huang, Guangfu Wang, Wei Zhou, Ruijing Li, Hai Huang, Li Du, Ruihao Xiao, Sha Chen
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Fouling-resistant reverse osmosis membranes grafted with 2-aminoethanethiol having a low interaction energy with charged foulants npj Clean Water (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jun Xiao, Shuang Hao, Yiwen Qin, Pengfei Qi, Zhaoqian Zhang, Yunxia Hu
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Treating wastewater for microplastics to a level on par with nearby marine waters Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Rupa Chand, Lucian Iordachescu, Frida Bäckbom, Angelica Andreasson, Cecilia Bertholds, Emelie Pollack, Marziye Molazadeh, Claudia Lorenz, Asbjørn Haaning Nielsen, Jes Vollertsen
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Transport and risk of airborne pathogenic microorganisms in the process of decentralized sewage discharge and treatment Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Yunping Han, Xuezheng Yu, Yingnan Cao, Jianguo Liu, Ying Wang, Zipeng Liu, Chenlei Lyu, Yilin Li, Xu Jin, Yuxiang Zhang, Yu Zhang
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Degradation of methylmercury into Hg(0) by the oxidation of iron(II) minerals Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Fuyu Xie, Qingke Yuan, Ying Meng, Fubo Luan
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Mechanism insights into hydrothermal-activated tannic acid (TA) for simultaneously sewage sludge deep dewatering and antibiotics removal Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Renjie Chen, Xiaohu Dai, Bin Dong
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Prediction of acute toxicity for Chlorella vulgaris caused by tire wear particle-derived compounds using quantitative structure-activity relationship models Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jie-Ru Jiang, Wen-Xi Cai, Zhi-Feng Chen, Xiao-Liang Liao, Zongwei Cai
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Climate warming promotes collateral antibiotic resistance development in cyanobacteria Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Zhiyuan Wang, Qiuwen Chen, Jianyun Zhang, Huacheng Xu, Lingzhan Miao, Tao Zhang, Dongsheng Liu, Qiuheng Zhu, Hanlu Yan, Dandan Yan
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Characteristics and mechanisms of phosphine production in sulfur-based constructed wetlands Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Shuo Wang, Haodong Hu, Muhammad Tanveer, Mingde Ji, Weiqiang Chai, Haiming Wu, Huijun Xie, Zhen Hu
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Differentiation and quantification of extracellular polymeric substances from microalgae and bacteria in the mixed culture Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Tian Ren, Yun Zhou, Xiaocai Cui, Beibei Wu, Bruce E. Rittmann
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Can eXplainable AI Offer a New Perspective for Groundwater Recharge Estimation?—Global-Scale Modeling Using Neural Network Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Hyekyeng Jung, Jan Saynisch-Wagner, Stephan Schulz
Due to the difficulties in estimating groundwater recharge and cross-boundary nature of many aquifers, estimating groundwater recharge at large scale has been called upon. Process-based models as well as data-driven models have been established to meet this need. Meanwhile, with the advent of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) methods, data-driven machine learning models can take advantage of
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Deepwater Renewal in a Large, Deep Lake (Lake Geneva): Identifying and Quantifying Winter Cooling Processes Using Heat Budget Decomposition Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 N. Peng, U. Lemmin, F. Mettra, R. S. Reiss, D. A. Barry
Wintertime deepwater renewal, which is important for heat–oxygen–nutrient exchange in lakes, is traditionally considered to be mainly driven by 1D vertical convective cooling. However, differential cooling between shallow and deep waters can produce density currents that flow into deep layers. In order to determine the role that these two cooling processes play in deepwater renewal, field measurements
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Quantitative Visualization of Two-Phase Flow in a Fractured Porous Medium Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Zhen Liao, Russell L. Detwiler, Esther S. Cookson, Wanjun Lei, Yi-Feng Chen
Two-phase fluid flow in fractured porous media impacts many natural and industrial processes but our understanding of flow dynamics in these systems is constrained by difficulties measuring the exchange of water between fracture and adjacent porous matrix. We present a novel experimental system that allows quantitative visualization of the air and water phases in a single analog fractured porous medium
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Field Observations Reveal How Plunging Mixing and Sediment Resuspension Affect the Pathway of a Dense River Inflow Into a Deep Stratified Lake Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Koen Blanckaert, Love Råman Vinnå, Damien Bouffard, Ulrich Lemmin, David Andrew Barry
The pathway of dense river inflows into lakes, which affects the lake water quality, is not accurately predicted by existing models. The pathway of a dense riverine inflow in a lake with a submerged canyon is analyzed based on measurements during a 4-month period of weakening lake stratification and weakening density excess between river and epilimnion. In line with models, the dense riverine inflow
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Effects of erythromycin on biofilm formation and resistance mutation of Escherichia coli on pristine and UV-aged polystyrene microplastics Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Xiaofeng Han, Long Fu, Jing Yu, Kunting Li, Ziqing Deng, Ruihao Shu, Dali Wang, Jing You, Eddy Y. Zeng
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Evidence of deviations between experimental and empirical mixing lengths: Multi-discharge field tests in an arid river system Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Aashish Khandelwal, Tzion Castillo, Ricardo González-Pinzón
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A novel membrane-free electrochemical separation-filtering crystallization coupling process for treating circulating cooling water Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Jie Zhou, Yuexin Chang, Duowen Yang, Liu Yang, Bo Jiang, Wei Yan, Hao Xu, Xing Xu
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Optimizing carbon sources regulation in the biochemical treatment systems for coal chemical wastewater: Aromatic compounds biodegradation and microbial response strategies Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Lu Yang, Yongjun Liu, Chen Li, Pengfei Li, Aining Zhang, Zhe Liu, Zhu Wang, Chunxiao Wei, Zhuangzhuang Yang, Zhihua Li
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Toward Improved Simulations of Disruptive Reservoirs in Global Hydrological Modeling Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 P. K. Shrestha, L. Samaniego, O. Rakovec, R. Kumar, C. Mi, K. Rinke, S. Thober
Accurate simulation of reservoirs has been a challenge for global hydrological models due to highly discontinuous water management and uncertainties in reservoir shape representation. In addition, at a global scale, it is crucial to consider those reservoirs that disrupt the downstream flow regime. We augment the mesoscale Hydrological Model with a newly developed lake module (LM) that incorporates
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Using Temporal Deep Learning Models to Estimate Daily Snow Water Equivalent Over the Rocky Mountains Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Shiheng Duan, Paul Ullrich, Mark Risser, Alan Rhoades
In this study we construct and compare three different deep learning (DL) models for estimating daily snow water equivalent (SWE) from high-resolution gridded meteorological fields over the Rocky Mountain region. To train the DL models, Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) station-based SWE observations are used as the prediction target. All DL models produce higher median Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) values
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Flow and Transport in Coastal Aquifer-Aquitard Systems: Experimental and Numerical Analysis Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Jiaxu Zhang, Chunhui Lu, Chengji Shen, Yuxuan Liu, Adrian D. Werner, Chenming Zhang
Coastal aquifers are commonly layered, and thus, a clear understanding of groundwater flow and salt transport in layered coastal aquifers is important for managing fresh groundwater. However, the influence of leakage between adjacent aquifers on flow and transport processes remains largely unknown where the influence of tides is considered. This study used laboratory experiments and numerical simulation
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Effect of pH on Spontaneous Imbibition in Calcareous Rocks Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Muhammad Andiva Pratama, Hasan Javed Khan
Reactive transport in porous media exhibits multifaceted interactions that are dependent on the matrix and fluid properties, and which ultimately alter these properties. A set of calcareous rock samples with unique mineralogy and varying petrophysical properties are selected for this study. A capillary rise experiment is performed in each sample, first with deionized water and then with a dilute, pH
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Geospatial investigation on self-purification capacity of river Estuaries in the Caspian region: reducing heavy metals pollution npj Clean Water (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Ali Marefat, Soheil Asgari, Reza Badpa, Mina Jahanirad, Masoud Sagheb Molaei, Abdolreza Karbassi
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Architectural design of 2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for pharmaceutical pollutant removal npj Clean Water (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Sajad Akhzari, Heidar Raissi, Afsaneh Ghahari
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Bed Shear Stress and Near-Bed Flow Through Sparse Arrays of Rigid Emergent Vegetation Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 J. Aliaga, J. Aberle
Vegetation is an essential component of natural rivers and has significant effects on flow and morphodynamic processes. Although progress has been made in characterizing flow resistance in vegetated flows, the impact of vegetation on bed shear stress, a key driver of sediment transport, still needs better characterization and understanding. This research, explores bed shear stress and near-bed flow
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Incorporation of Sub-Resolution Porosity Into Two-Phase Flow Models With a Multiscale Pore Network for Complex Microporous Rocks Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Sajjad Foroughi, Branko Bijeljic, Ying Gao, Martin J. Blunt
Porous materials, such as carbonate rocks, frequently have pore sizes which span many orders of magnitude. This is a challenge for models that rely on an image of the pore space, since much of the pore space may be unresolved. In this work, sub-resolution porosity in X-ray images is characterized using differential imaging which quantifies the difference between a dry scan and 30 wt% potassium iodide
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A Mass-Conserving-Perceptron for Machine-Learning-Based Modeling of Geoscientific Systems Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Yuan-Heng Wang, Hoshin V. Gupta
Although decades of effort have been devoted to building Physical-Conceptual (PC) models for predicting the time-series evolution of geoscientific systems, recent work shows that Machine Learning (ML) based Gated Recurrent Neural Network technology can be used to develop models that are much more accurate. However, the difficulty of extracting physical understanding from ML-based models complicates
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Enhancing bioelectrochemical hydrogen production from industrial wastewater using Ni-foam cathodes in a microbial electrolysis cell pilot plant Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Oscar Guerrero-Sodric, Juan Antonio Baeza, Albert Guisasola
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High-resolution and real-time wastewater viral surveillance by Nanopore sequencing Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Xiaoqing Xu, Yu Deng, Jiahui Ding, Qinling Tang, Yunqi Lin, Xiawan Zheng, Tong Zhang
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Mechanisms of microbial coexistence in a patchy ecosystem: Differences in ecological niche overlap and species fitness between rhythmic and non-rhythmic species Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 MingFei Jing, Wen Yang, Lihua Rao, Jun Chen, Xiuying Ding, Yinying Zhou, Quanxiang Zhang, Kaihong Lu, Jinyong Zhu
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Phage phylogeny, molecular signaling, and auxiliary antimicrobial resistance in aerobic and anaerobic membrane bioreactors Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Mitham Al-Faliti, Phillip Wang, Adam L. Smith, Jeseth Delgado Vela
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Toward nitrogen recovery: Co-cultivation of microalgae and bacteria enhances the production of high-value nitrogen-rich cyanophycin Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Hongyuan Liu, Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, Huiling Jiang, Bingzhi Liu, Taiping Qing, Bo Feng, Tengfei Ma, Wangwang Tang, Peng Zhang
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Advancing towards electro-bioremediation scaling-up: On-site pilot plant for successful nitrate-contaminated groundwater treatment Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Alba Ceballos-Escalera, Narcís Pous, Lluis Bañeras, M. Dolors Balaguer, Sebastià Puig
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Enhanced bioelectroremediation of heavy metal contaminated groundwater through advancing a self-standing cathode Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jafar Ali, Changhong Zheng, Tao Lyu, Nurudeen Abiola Oladoja, Ying Lu, Wengang An, Yuesuo Yang
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Positive profile of natural small molecule organic matters on emerging antivirus pharmaceutical elimination in advance reduction process: A deep dive into the photosensitive mechanism of triplet excited state compounds Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Jing Yang, Yongjie Fan, Zhilei Lu, Yuxin Guo, Jintao Huang, Kaicong Cai, Qiyuan Sun, Feifeng Wang
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MnO2-based capacitive system enhances ozone inactivation of bacteria by disrupting cell membrane Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Xiyuan Zheng, Tao Zhong, Huinan Zhao, Fan Huang, Wenbin Huang, Lingling Hu, Dehua Xia, Shuanghong Tian, Dong Shu, Chun He
The application of ozone (O) disinfection has been hindered by its low solubility in water and the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs). In this study, capacitive disinfection is applied as a pre-treatment for O oxidation, in which manganese dioxide with a rambutan-like hollow spherical structure is used as the electrode to increase the charge density on the electrode surface. When a voltage
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Convection-Permitting Climate Models Can Support Observations to Generate Rainfall Return Levels Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 B. Poschlod, J. Koh
Information about the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation is generally derived from fitting extreme value models using point-observations, but the regionalization of these models is challenging. Here we propose using high-resolution convection-permitting climate model output as covariates for the estimation of observation-based spatial rainfall return levels. We apply the Weather and Forecasting
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Dune Development Dominates Flow Resistance Increase in a Large Dammed River Water Resour. Res. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Yong Hu, Dongfeng Li, Jinyun Deng, Yao Yue, Junxiong Zhou, Chunrui Yang, Ninghui Zheng, Yitian Li
Dunes are important for bedload transport in almost all large river systems and exert an important control flow resistance. Investigating dunes is fundamental for simulating discharge, sediment transport, and flood routing. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics of dunes and flow resistance remain poorly understood in large alluvial river systems mainly due to the lack of high-resolution data. Here we
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A high-throughput approach for assessing antiscaling performance during mineral precipitation from seawater and hard water npj Clean Water (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 A. Poulain, R. Besselink, A. Fernandez-Martinez, M. Kellermeier, A. E. S. Van Driessche
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Cu fate driven by colloidal polystyrene microplastics with pipe scale destabilization in drinking water distribution systems Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Xianxian Chu, Jing Liu, Nan He, Jiaxin Li, Tiantian Li, Yimei Tian, Peng Zhao
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Spatiotemporal patterns of water volume and total organic carbon concentration of agricultural reservoirs over South Korea Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Kwang-Hun Lee, Jonghun Kam
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Simultaneous detection and characterization of common respiratory pathogens in wastewater through genomic sequencing Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Rachel C. Williams, Kata Farkas, Alvaro Garcia-Delgado, Latifah Adwan, Jessica L. Kevill, Gareth Cross, Andrew J. Weightman, Davey L. Jones
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Biogenic sulfur recovery from sulfate-laden antibiotic production wastewater using a single-chamber up-flow bioelectrochemical reactor Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Lan Tang, Jiamei Huang, Chuanyan Zhuang, Xiaojing Yang, Lianpeng Sun, Hui Lu
The high-concentration sulfate () in the antibiotic production wastewater hinders the anerobic methanogenic process and also proposes possible environmental risk. In this study, a novel single-chamber up-flow anaerobic bioelectrochemical reactor (UBER) was designed to realize simultaneous removal and elemental sulfur (S) recovery. With the carbon felt, the cathode was installed underneath and the anode
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Enhancing watershed management through adaptive source apportionment under a changing environment npj Clean Water (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Wenzhuo Wang, Guowangcheng Liu, Yuhan Zhang, Mingjing Wang, Yan Pan, Xinyi Meng, Junfeng Xiong, Zhenyao Shen, Lei Chen
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A review on co-metabolic degradation of organic micropollutants during anaerobic digestion: Linkages between functional groups and digestion stages Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Yutong Guo, Najmeh Askari, Ilse Smets, Lise Appels
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Photo-methanification of aquatic dissolved organic matters with different origins under aerobic conditions: Non-negligible role of hydroxyl radicals Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Jikang You, Fei Liu, Yongwu Wang, Chongsen Duan, Lu Zhang, Huishan Li, Junjian Wang, Huacheng Xu
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Dissolved organic matter isolates obtained by solid phase extraction exhibit higher absorption and lower photo-reactivity: Effect of components Water Res. (IF 12.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Roujia Du, Jiaqi Wen, Jun Huang, Qianxin Zhang, Xiaoyu Shi, Bin Wang, Shubo Deng, Gang Yu
Notable differences in photo-physical and chemical properties were found between bulk water and solid phase extraction (SPE) isolates for dissolved organic matter (DOM). The moieties extracted using modified styrene divinylbenzene cartridges, which predominantly consist of conjugated aromatic molecules like humic acids, contribute mainly to light absorption but exhibit lower quantum yields of fluorescence