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Towards effective cooperation dynamics in transboundary river basins: a case study of the Nile and Orontes rivers Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Mohamed Hassan Tawfik, Rasha Hassan, Raya Marina Stephan, Ahmed Rezk
Currently the Nile and the Orontes River basins are in the international spotlight as tension escalates between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in the former and between Syria and Turkey in the latter. I...
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The ICPR measuring programme chemistry and its monitoring approach – a look back and a glimpse of the future Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Lars Duester, Nikola Livrozet, Sabrina Poturalski, Tabea Stoetter, Anna-Lena Gerloff, Marc Daniel Heintz
The Rhine measuring programme chemistry dates back to 1953, and its monitoring network as well as procedures have changed significantly over time. Next to pressures from industry and household wast...
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Participatory analysis of water-related conflict risks in complex adaptive systems – the case of the Inner Niger Delta in Mali Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Karen S. Meijer, Rozemarijn ter Horst, Euan Mackway-Jones, Luca Ferrini, Beteo Zongo, Mori Diallo, Ibrahima Sado Fofana, Karounga Keïta
To avoid negative societal implications from water management actions, the complex interrelations between water and conflict need to be understood. Assessment of such links in complex adaptive syst...
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Critical analysis of the river basin management system in South Korea since 2018 Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Seungho Lee
The study analyses the newly established river basin management system in South Korea since the 2018 Framework Act on Water Management. Several river basin organizations have been introduced in Kor...
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Reflections on transboundary water conflict and cooperation trends Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Alexandra Turgul, Melissa McCracken, Susanne Schmeier, Zoe H. Rosenblum, Lynette de Silva, Aaron T. Wolf
This article explores major findings and evolutions in understandings of transboundary water conflict and cooperation over the last three decades, focusing on the trends emerging from the Transboun...
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Scalar politics in international water law Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Heping Dang
This paper examines the shift in international water law from traditional nation-state governance to embracing hydrological units such as watersheds through the lens of scalar politics. It scrutini...
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Water-food-energy nexus assessment for major agricultural crops and different irrigation methods of Lake Urmia basin, Iran Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Taha Maarefi, Ali Ashrafi, Hamed Ebrahimian, Hossein Dehghanisanij, Mohammad Sharifi
In this study, the water-food-energy nexus in the Lake Urmia basin was investigated to establish a balance between water and energy consumption, aiming to protect the environment and ensure food se...
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Access to water and COVID-19: a regression discontinuity analysis for the peri-urban areas of metropolitan Lima, Peru Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Andrés Gómez-Lobo, Mauro Gutiérrez, Sandro Huamaní, Diego Marino, Tomás Serebrisky, Ben Solís
This paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study using information collected through a survey conducted in peri-urban areas of metropolitan Lima and applied to households residing clos...
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Does data lead to cooperation? Lessons from Water Accounting Plus in the Cauvery basin, India Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Rozemarijn ter Horst, Claire I. Michailovsky, Elga Salvadore, Chaitanya K. S.
As the number of studies on remote sensing data for water management and governance increases, few articles reflect on their application in practice. This article shares learnings from the applicat...
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Exploring the use of data and models in transboundary water governance Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Rozemarijn ter Horst, Veena Srinivasan, Kevin Wheeler, Jos Timmerman, Pieter van der Zaag
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 8, 2023)
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Data-sharing and decision support system to improve governance in transboundary waters in the La Plata River basin Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Isabela Battistello Espíndola, Luis Paulo Batista da Silva
Since 2016, the Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee of the La Plata Basin Countries has developed and implemented a decision support system (DSS) aimed at articulating, processing and integrat...
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Dam operation using satellite data and hydrological models: the case of Roseires dam and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the Blue Nile River Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Mohamed A. Hassan, Mahmoud F. Hassan, Yasir A. Mohamed, Wail A. Awad
The unexpected drop of the Blue Nile water in July 2020, attributed to the sudden closure of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during the first filling in 2020, significantly interrupted t...
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Using data collection to build trust and ownership in transboundary water allocation planning: a case study from the Mara River Basin Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Lauren Zielinski, Michael McClain, William Ojwang, Christian Joseph, David Tickner, Gordon Mumbo, Ali Said Matano, Joel Nobert, Annette Huber-Lee
Following a 2015 Memorandum of Understanding, efforts began to develop a transboundary water allocation plan in the Mara River Basin between Kenya and Tanzania. Many lessons were learned along that...
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Basin-wide knowledge exchange for the sustainable management of the Colorado River Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Kevin G. Wheeler, Terrance Fulp, Roberto F. Salmon-Castelo
The Colorado River is facing a crisis resulting from demands that have outstripped diminishing supplies, exacerbated by a severe multi-decadal drought and the effects of climate change. As particip...
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Open-access remote sensing data for cooperation in transboundary water management Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 S. G. Yalew, P. van der Zaag, B. N. Tran, C. I. B. Michailovsky, E. Salvadore, E. Borgomeo, P. Karimi, S. Pareeth, S. D. Seyoum, M. L. Mul
Open-access remote sensing products provide data for transboundary water management. This study presents a comprehensive overview of the applications, uncertainties and implications of these remote...
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Developing the transboundary Long Term Vision of the Scheldt Estuary – an untold story Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Jill H. Slinger
The development of the bilateral Long Term Vision for the Scheldt Estuary between 1999 and 2001 reveals that it is possible to move from a history of conflict to cooperation in just two years. A re...
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Housing inadequacy and income in Brazil: water supply and sewage in metropolitan areas Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Frederico Poley Martins Ferreira, Gabriel Do Carmo Lacerda
This article analyses how households in Brazil, in urban areas of metropolitan regions, with distinct income ranges, can or cannot access adequate housing services, especially water supply and sani...
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Liminal waters, contested imaginaries: Andean comunas and Ecuador’s new water law Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Martina Nebbiai, K. Maria D. Lane, Natali Cáceres-Arteaga
This article examines the impacts of Ecuador’s 2014 water law on comunas ancestrales (traditional communal Andean villages), highlighting a disconnect between formal legal frameworks and day-to-day...
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Editors’ introduction Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Raya Marina Stephan, James E. Nickum
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 7, 2023)
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Governance attributes for building water resilience: a literature review Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Panchali Saikia, Alejandro Jiménez
Resilience has gained prominence in many fields of research and practice globally. In the water sector, efforts to build resilience have become a central feature of water governance. However, curre...
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The advent of EU water reuse regulation in the Mediterranean region: policy and legislative adaptation to address non-conventional water resources utilization in agriculture Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Anna Berti Suman, Laura García-Herrero, Stevo Lavrnić, Maria Chiara Sole, Attilio Toscano, Matteo Vittuari
The provision of safe, sustainable and accepted ways of water supply for the Mediterranean basin by using non-conventional water resources is key to reducing the gap between agricultural water dema...
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Re-inventing the underprivileged irrigation tenant? A socio-historical perspective on irrigation rights in Zimbabwe as defined by the 2021 Irrigable Areas (Control) regulations Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Emmanuel Manzungu
Both colonial and post-colonial administrations in Zimbabwe identified irrigation as important for climate-proofing the agriculture sector, and put measures to this end. The 2021 Regulations are th...
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Enhancing water security in a changing world: experiences and perspectives in China and implications for the world Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Jun Xia
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 7, 2023)
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Beijing Declaration Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-26
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 6, 2023)
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On contingency, confidence and trust: how international water law stabilizes expectations under conditions of uncertainty Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Kenneth Kang
How is international water law able to stabilize expectations amid uncertain conditions? We use modern systems theory to hypothesize using the Lancang–Mekong River context. We propose: Hypothesis 1...
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An evaluation framework for localized groundwater supply systems at critical facilities Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Gavin V. M. Kode, Thokozani Kanyerere, Kevin Pietersen
To survive the 2017/18 water crisis in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and to prepare for a challenging water future, the Western Cape Government developed and implemented plans to ensure...
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Does bilateral trade in cereals within SADC reflect virtual trade in water between countries with different water endowments? Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Greenwell Matchaya, Roberto J. Garcia, Fousseini Traoré
This paper examines intraregional bilateral trade in virtual water embedded in cereal flows between the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) states. A gravity model is employed to examine w...
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Socio-political barriers to sustainable urban water governance: the case of Cartagena, Colombia Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Andrea Sullivan Lemaitre, Justin Stoler
Socio-political factors shape urban water insecurity, yet are often not incorporated into urban water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) planning. WASH service coverage rates in Cartagena, Colombia, su...
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Editors’ introduction Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Raya Marina Stephan, James E. Nickum
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 6, 2023)
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Governance in the La Plata River Basin and OECD principles: an opinion survey of transboundary water professionals Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Pilar Carolina Villar, Miguel de França Doria, Amalia Panizza de León, Fernanda Abreu Oliveira de Souza, Luiz Amore, Juan Borús, Marissa Castro Magnani, David Fariña Gómez
This article analyses how La Plata River Basin experts perceive the process of setting up the governance of transboundary waters and determines whether the principles of good governance are adhered...
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Does financial inclusion improve household drinking water source? An application to the case of Togo Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Kokou Dangui, Shaofeng Jia
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of financial inclusion in bringing the financing gap of water infrastructure in developing countries using Togo as case study. Using a number of robust estimation techniques, we found that financial inclusion is associated with an increase in access to improved drinking water and a decline in the travel time to the water source, especially among the rural
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Editors’ introduction Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Raya Marina Stephan, James E. Nickum
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 5, 2023)
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Irrigation and its wider regional impacts in Australia Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Brian Davidson, Petra Hellegers
ABSTRACT Is the evidence sufficiently strong enough to justify the belief that irrigation (water applied) has a beneficial socio-economic impact on people in regional Australia? Using correlation coefficients, it was found that while a strong relationship existed between water applied and irrigators’ incomes (0.91) and production (0.87), the links were much weaker to dryland farmers’ incomes (0.49)
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The destruction of the Kakhovka dam and its consequences Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Viktor Vyshnevskyi, Serhii Shevchuk, Viktor Komorin, Yurii Oleynik, Peter Gleick
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 5, 2023)
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So near, yet so far: an Egyptian perspective on the US-facilitated negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Mohamed Helal, Hesham M. Bekhit
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 5, 2023)
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A complex balance: assessing perspectives on decommissioning large dams to restore river ecosystems Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Joshua Matanzima, Teboho Mosuoe-Tsietsi
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 5, 2023)
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Ecohydrology-based landscape restoration: Theory and practice Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 J. G. Imhof
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 5, 2023)
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Editors’ introduction Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Raya Marina Stephan, James E. Nickum
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 4, 2023)
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Exploring cooperation over transboundary wetlands: the Hamoun Wetlands, Okavango Delta and Wadden Sea Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Zoe H. Rosenblum, Susanne Schmeier
ABSTRACT Where wetlands transcend country borders, cooperation is key for their management, comparable with transboundary rivers and lakes. Building on existing research on rivers, lakes and groundwater, this paper uses document analysis and interviews to understand how countries work together on transboundary wetlands. First, indicators of cooperation are identified based on the water diplomacy literature
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Water International Best Paper 2022 Awards Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-06
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 4, 2023)
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The international and historical dimensions of Chilean water bureaucracy Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-25 Chloé Nicolas-Artero
ABSTRACT This article explores the global dimension of Chilean water bureaucracy through the lens of its peripheral global position. The study relies on historical sources and identifies three periods. The first period extends from the end of World War II to the 1973 military coup. During this time, the establishment of water policies, influenced by multilateral and direct US aid, resulted in the formation
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Phnom Penh water story: remarkable transformation of an urban water utility Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Bruno Nguyen
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 4, 2023)
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Gender and social inclusion in community water resource management: lessons from two districts in the Himalayan foothills and the Terai in Nepal Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Manita Raut, Robert G. Varady, Alok Rajouria
ABSTRACT Despite decades of concerted efforts to address the problem, Nepal’s rural water supply sector continues to be laced with gender and social exclusion. This study provides insights from community water-user groups in two geographically and socially diverse contexts to better understand, from a gender and social inclusion perspective, and through institutional bricolage, how some water-user
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The marketization of water: environmental movements’ narratives and common experiences on water transfer projects in Colorado and western Iran Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-11 Elham Hoominfar
ABSTRACT This comparative study explores how environmental movements in two different political economies, the US state of Colorado and western Iran, have experienced and framed water transfer projects as a mechanism for the marketization of water. It applies Polanyi’s and Harvey’s theories, using interviews with diverse social groups and various secondary data sources. The results show that, according
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Motivations, procedures and stated values for municipal flood plans: experiences from Central Europe Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Monika Krpešová, Pavel Raška
ABSTRACT Municipal flood plans represent the lowest administrative planning instrument for flood risk management. Their value for local representatives in coping with floods remains unclear, however. We present a survey of municipal flood plans among 356 municipal representatives in Czechia. Our results indicate that legal and financial incentives are key motivations for adopting the plans; there is
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Editors’ introduction Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Mingna Wang, Soon Thiam Khu, Monica Garcia Quesada, James E. Nickum
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 3, 2023)
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Model application for monitoring and locating leakages in rural area water pipeline networks Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Xiaoqin Li, Yannan Jia, Dan Zhang, Jifu Yang, Zheng Chen
ABSTRACT Monitoring and locating leaks in water supply pipelines are critical to the safety of rural drinking water, which is a highlighted issue in China. To meet this need, an XGBoost-based model was developed and applied to the rural water supply network in Dingyuan, China. It could diagnose water leakage while overcoming the obstacles caused by the limited scale and incompleteness of data. In a
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Towards consistency of value and order: cooperation strategies of international water projects Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Yangyang Li, Mingna Wang, Hao Wang
ABSTRACT This article discusses the policy principles and strategy models for water resources projects around developing regions of the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, European Union, United States and Japan. To address conflicts and risks, they adapted different frameworks following a similar logic. A two-track sustainable model – value of isomorphism and order of
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Water International Best Paper 2021 Awards Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-01
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 3, 2023)
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Multiple-use water systems and rural livelihoods in north-western Ghana: adjusting to a failed hope Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Bismarck Yelfogle Guba, Nicholas Fielmua, Darius Tuonianuo Mwingyine
ABSTRACT This study examines the sustainability of multiple-use water systems (MUS) and the associated livelihood issues among women gardeners in north-western Ghana. Focus group discussions and observation techniques were used as part of a qualitative approach to data collection. We found that the MUS strategy has the ability to improve livelihoods. However, the viability of the strategy necessitates
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Risk assessment and leakage prediction system of the water distribution system of Changzhou, China Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Shuaihua Hou, Tao Tao, Chao Wang, Haiqing Zong
ABSTRACT In order to improve the application efficiency of intelligent monitoring equipment, leakage early warning system and water loss estimation methods under flow monitoring in different water supply areas are explored. Pressure monitoring provides risk alerts regarding unusual activity in the water distribution system in an effort to lessen or prevent catastrophic pipe bursting incidents. The
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Advances in the application of smartphones in hydrology Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Lei Li, Soon-Thiam Khu, Jia Wang, Mingna Wang
ABSTRACT In order to better cope with water environmental problems as part of the whole world’s climate change, much data are needed. As citizens are more concerned about the safety of the water environment, the role of citizen data in promoting the development of hydrology is a subject of attention. Hydrological data based on smartphones are expected to become a key research direction for new breakthroughs
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Recent advances in smart water technology of drainage systems in China Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Mingna Wang, Yang Liu
ABSTRACT The development of smart water in drainage systems can achieve real-time monitoring, analysis and control from rainfall to urban rivers, water-users and sewage-treatment plants. Relying on artificial intelligence, smart water can achieve inundation control. This article summarizes the recent advances of smart water in China from three aspects: data collection, data storage and data analysis
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Assessment method of urban domestic sewage treatment plant-network integration based on current drainage management Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Yingxin Guo, Yuwen Liang, Haoyan Liu, Haidong Xu, Chenchen Zhao
ABSTRACT The main hindrance to implementation of domestic sewage treatment plant-network integration in China is the separated assessment method. The assessment method of plant-network integration links payment for sewage treatment to incoming pollutants, and payment for maintenance of the pipe network to the concentration of pollutants in incoming water. It helps establish an interactive link between
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Can sponge city construction in mainland China restore the river basin hydrology to an undeveloped state? Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Xin Zhao, Zhiming Zhang, Junqi Li, Xiaotian Qi, Wenhan Hu, Feng Guo
ABSTRACT This paper explores whether the sponge city construction implemented in China can restore the hydrological condition of the river basins through runoff depth. The annual runoff depth was calculated based on the volume capture ratio of annual rainfall (VCRAR) and compared with undeveloped and before sponge city construction. The results conclude as follows: the current rainwater source control
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Sewage system diagnosis based on online monitoring technology Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Chenchen Zhao, Haoyan Liu, Yingxin Guo, Le An
ABSTRACT External water (such as rainwater, mountain water and groundwater) will decrease the inflow contaminant concentration in urban sewage plants, and pose challenges in improving the wastewater treatment quality and efficiency. Therefore, removing the external water is vital for this target. A sewage plant in Zhuhai, China, was considered as an example. By performing online flow monitoring, water
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China’s hydro-politics in the Mekong – conflict and cooperation in light of securitization theory Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Seungho Lee
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 4, 2023)
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Editors’ introduction Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Raya Marina Stephan, James E. Nickum
Published in Water International (Vol. 48, No. 2, 2023)
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Analysing water provision in the critical interface of formal and informal urban water regimes Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Timos Karpouzoglou, S. Vij, P. Blomkvist, B. Juma, V. Narain, D. Nilsson, L. Sitoki
ABSTRACT Science and technology studies and urban political ecology have made important contributions to the understanding of water provision in the Global South. In this article we develop insights from these fields with the aim to understand the blurring boundaries of urban water regimes and their power relations mediated by actors, institutions and technology. Furthermore, we explore how urban water
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Science mapping of water governance research in retrospect Water Int. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Mehrdad Pouya, Mousa Aazami, Klaudia Halászová, Hossein Azadi
ABSTRACT This study employs, for the first time, a science mapping approach for understanding how water governance science is socially, intellectually and conceptually structured. The research collaboration, co-citation and keyword co-occurrence networks were illustrated by these steps: data retrieval, preprocessing, network extraction, normalization, mapping, analysis and visualization. The Netherlands