Rainfall Erosivity in Soil Erosion Processes by Gianni Bellocchi, Nazzareno Diodato

“…Given the several interrelated challenges of environmental management, it is also not always unclear what is relevant for the development of adaptive and integrated approaches facilitating sustainable water resource management. This editorial introduces the Special Issue entitled “Rainfall Erosivity in Soil Erosion Processes”, which offers options to fill some of these gaps. …”
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Understanding human–water feedbacks of interventions in agricultural systems with agent based models: a review by Mohammad Faiz Alam, Michael McClain, Alok Sikka, Saket Pande

“…Based on these criteria, we showcase that differentiated and limited inclusion of key feedbacks in current water modeling approaches (e.g. hydrological models, hydro-economic, and water resource models) is a critical limitation and bottleneck to understanding and predicting negative externalities of AWM interventions. …”
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Coupling dairy wastewaters for nutritional balancing and water recycling: sustainable heterologous 2-phenylethanol production by engineered cyanobacteria by Giulia Usai, Giulia Usai, Alessandro Cordara, Alessandro Cordara, Elena Mazzocchi, Elena Mazzocchi, Angela Re, Debora Fino, Candido Fabrizio Pirri, Candido Fabrizio Pirri, Barbara Menin, Barbara Menin

“…Today, the most sustainable approach is the exploitation of industrial wastewaters for microalgae cultivation, which couples valuable biomass production with water resource recovery. Among the food processing sectors, the dairy industry generates the largest volume of wastewaters through the manufacturing process. …”
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Prediction of Glacially Derived Runoff in the Muzati River Watershed Based on the PSO-LSTM Model by Xiazi Yang, Balati Maihemuti, Zibibula Simayi, Muattar Saydi, Lu Na

“…The simulation and prediction of glacially derived runoff are significant for water resource management and sustainable development in water-stressed arid regions. …”
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Analyzing Water Dynamics Based on Sentinel-1 Time Series—a Study for Dongting Lake Wetlands in China by Juliane Huth, Ursula Gessner, Igor Klein, Hervé Yesou, Xijun Lai, Natascha Oppelt, Claudia Kuenzer

“…In summary, the presented analysis of the complete annual time series of the Sentinel-1 data provides information on the monthly behavior of water expansion, which is of interest and relevance to local authorities involved in water resource management tasks in the region, as well as to wetland conservationists concerned with the Ramsar site wetlands of Dongting Lake and to local researchers.…”
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Modeling Vegetation Water Stress over the Forest from Space: Temperature Vegetation Water Stress Index (TVWSI) by Rakesh Chandra Joshi, Dongryeol Ryu, Gary J. Sheridan, Patrick N. J. Lane

“…The modeled soil moisture from the Australian Water Resource Assessment—Landscape (AWRA-L) and Soil Water Fraction (SWF) from four FLUXNET sites across Victoria and New South Wales were used to evaluate TVWSI. …”
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Evaluating Magnitude Agreement and Occurrence Consistency of CHIRPS Product with Ground-Based Observations over Medium-Sized River Basins in Nepal by Surabhi Upadhyay, Priya Silwal, Rajaram Prajapati, Rocky Talchabhadel, Sandesh Shrestha, Sudeep Duwal, Hanik Lakhe

“…High spatio-temporal resolution and accurate long-term rainfall estimates are critical in sustainable water resource planning and management, assessment of climate variability and extremes, and hydro-meteorology-related water system decisions. …”
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Energy, water and fish: biodiversity impacts of energy-sector water demand in the United States depend on efficiency and policy measures. by Robert I McDonald, Julian D Olden, Jeffrey J Opperman, William M Miller, Joseph Fargione, Carmen Revenga, Jonathan V Higgins, Jimmie Powell

“…Historical water use by the energy sector is related to patterns of fish species endangerment, where water resource regions with a greater fraction of available surface water withdrawn by hydropower or consumed by the energy sector correlated with higher probabilities of imperilment. …”
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Spatial distribution and hydrogeochemical evaluations of groundwater and its suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes in kaligonj upazila of satkhira district of Bangladesh by A.H.M. Shofiul Islam Molla Jamal, Nisat Taslum Jhumur, Md Aftab Ali Shaikh, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Md Ripaj Uddin, Md Abu Bakar Siddique, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mansur, Md Ahedul Akbor, Jahan Tajnin, Sharmin Ahmed, Rashed Mahmud

“…Groundwater is a significant water resource for drinking and irrigation in Satkhira district, Bangladesh. …”
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Potential Environmental Impacts of Peanut Using Water Footprint Assessment: A Case Study in Georgia by Raveendranpillai Deepa, Aavudai Anandhi, Nathaniel O. Bailey, Johnny M. Grace, Omolola C. Betiku, James J. Muchovej

“…This analysis is helpful in the comparative environmental impact assessments for other major crops in Georgia and aids in water resource management decisions. The results from the study could be of great relevance to the southeast United States, as well as other regions with similar climatic zones and land use patterns. …”
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Detection and Attribution of Alpine Inland Lake Changes by Using Random Forest Algorithm by Wei Guo, Xiangnan Ni, Yi Mu, Tong Liu, Junzhe Zhang

“…The framework presented herein can provide accurate detection and monitoring of water bodies in different locations in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and provide a necessary basis for future political activities and decisions in terms of sustainable water resource management.…”
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Automatic design of basin-specific drought indexes for highly regulated water systems by M. Zaniolo, M. Giuliani, A. F. Castelletti, A. F. Castelletti, M. Pulido-Velazquez

“…We apply FRIDA to the case study of the Jucar river basin (Spain), a drought-prone and highly regulated Mediterranean water resource system, where an advanced drought management plan relying on the formulation of an ad hoc <q>state index</q> is used for triggering drought management measures. …”
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Near real-time surface water extraction from GOES-16 geostationary satellite ABI images by constructing and sharpening the green-like band by Xia Wang, Jian Gong, Yihang Zhang, Peter M. Atkinson

“…Continuous monitoring of water bodies is critical for a range of applications including water resource management, natural hazard assessment and climate change analysis. …”
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Recharge and vulnerability assessment of groundwater resources in North west India: Insights from isotope-geospatial modelling approach by Annadasankar Roy, Sitangshu Chatterjee, Uday Kumar Sinha, Anil Kumar Jain, Hemant Mohokar, Ajay Jaryal, Tirumalesh Keesari, Harish Jagat Pant

“…The model developed in this study integrates isotopic information with vulnerability assessment and resulted in model output with good accuracy, scientific basis, and widespread relevance, which highlights its crucial role in formulating proactive water resource management plans, especially in less explored data-scarce locations.…”
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Pan Evaporation Estimation in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh States, India: Validity of an Integrative Data Intelligence Model by Anurag Malik, Priya Rai, Salim Heddam, Ozgur Kisi, Ahmad Sharafati, Sinan Q. Salih, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…The results of the current application demonstrated a reliable modeling methodology for water resource management and sustainability.…”
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Environmental DNA analysis confirms extant populations of the cryptic Irwin’s turtle within its historical range by Cecilia Villacorta-Rath, Thomas Espinoza, Bernie Cockayne, Jason Schaffer, Damien Burrows

“…The iconic Irwin’s turtle, Elseya irwini, belongs to a unique group of Australian endemic freshwater turtles capable of cloacal respiration. Water resource development, increased presence of saltwater crocodiles and its cryptic behaviour, have made sampling for Irwin’s turtle in parts of its range problematic, resulting in no confirmed detections across much of its known range for > 25 years. …”
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Hydrological risk assessment for Mangla Dam: compound effects of instant flow and precipitation peaks under climate change, using HEC-RAS and HEC-GeoRAS by Izhar Ahmad, Muhammad Waseem, Ammar Ashraf, Megersa Kebede Leta, Sareer Ahmad, Hira Wahab

“…Abstract Dams play a pivotal role in water resource management by storing and supplying water for a multitude of purposes. …”
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Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Potential Evapotranspiration in Akmola Oblast, Kazakhstan, and the Driving Factors by Yusen Chen, Shihang Zhang, Yongdong Wang

“…As an important component of the surface energy balance and hydrological cycle, PET determines hydrothermal transport in surface ecosystems and is an important factor in regional water resource evaluation, water use efficiency, and drought prediction. …”
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The Impact of Preprocessing Approaches on Neural Network Performance: A Case Study on Evaporation in Adana, a Mediterranean Climate by Okan Mert Katipoglu, Muhammet Ali Pekin, Sercan Akil

“…It is critical to ensure proper estimation of evaporation losses for effective water resource planning and management particularly in drought-prone areas such as Adana. …”
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Variability in runoff and responses to land and oceanic parameters in the source region of the Indus River by Azfar Hussain, Jianhua Cao, Shaukat Ali, Waheed Ullah, Sher Muhammad, Ishtiaq Hussain, Abolfazl Rezaei, Kalpana Hamal, Mobeen Akhtar, Haider Abbas, Xiuqin Wu, Jinxing Zhou

“…These findings have significant implications for decision-makers seeking to enhance water resource planning and operations in the SRIR in the context of future water management.…”
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