{"title":"Detection of Biofilm Layers in Water Plumbings and Determination of its Effect on Water Quality","authors":"Nurullah Said Yeken, Çağlan Günal","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.1175836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.1175836","url":null,"abstract":"Water quality deteriorations in the plumbing are mainly resulted from accumulations and biofilm layer formation on the pipe surfaces. Biofilms may cause significant health risks on human health due to its pathogen content. In this study, biofilm formation on the plumbing, the presence of pathogenic microorganisms in biofilms and their effects on water quality were examined by membrane filtration with dehydrated medium (NPS) method in 22 different buildings in a facility’s water network. A relation with biofilm formation and water quality deterioration with the age of the plumbing and the pipe material was also studied. The results were expressed as colony forming units (CFU). According to the results of the galvanized metal pipes, the average colony count was determined as >200 CFU/250 mL, average pathogen count was calculated as 107 CFU/250 mL and the highest deterioration in the water quality were observed. For the PE (Polyethylene) pipes, the average colony count was found as >200 CFU/250 mL and the average pathogen count was found as 145 CFU/250 mL. No physical and chemical changes in water quality were observed. For the PPRC (Polypropylene Random Copolymer) pipes, neither physical/chemical change in water quality nor pathogenic growth were observed. The total colony count was found as 34 CFU/250 mL. Biofilm formation was detected at 15 points in the network. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most common detected pathogens in plumbing as 12 points from 22 buildings. The highest colony formation was Escherichia coli, which was detected in four of 22 plumbing as 600 CFU/250 mL colonies. It has been observed that more accumulations occurred in galvanized metal pipe surfaces, and microbiological growth was higher than PE and PPRC pipes.","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132489593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the Potential Resistance of Floating Vegetations Against Different Flow Rates","authors":"B. Akyol, Xu Duan, Nebi Yesilekin","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.1112852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.1112852","url":null,"abstract":"Constructed floating wetlands (CFWs) have been rising an innovative and environment-friendly water treatment technology for both stormwater and wastewater over the decades. For the sustainability of these systems, hydraulic components of wetland should be very well monitored and managed. This study examined the root resistance of Baumea rubiginosa (PA) and Phragmites australis (PB) grown in normal drinking water and a synthetic water mix representing stormwater and domestic wastewater with low and high nutrient content against different flow rates. With the nutrient uptakes from intermediate bulk container (IBC) water tanks, two plant species had reached at harvest stage over the period of 35 weeks, and then they were subjected to flume test experiment. Two plant species from five different water types showed different growth levels in roots and shoots, and thanks to their stronger and denser root structures, plant species of PA and PB in domestic wastewater with low nutrient were found more resistant to the flow by pushing water deeper and cause a higher hydraulic head loss between upstream and downstream in comparison to the rest of plant types. The relationship between three different components root volume, flow rate and head loss was also analysed through correlation test in SPSS and the relationship between root volume and head loss was found positive at the higher flow rate(s). The results demonstrate that these native plant species in CFWs could be used to reduce extreme flow rates in upstream side and provide a safe environment during extreme flood events.","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133297029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Çiçek, Burak Seçer, S. Sungur, S. Eagderi, Hümeyra Bahçeci
{"title":"Length-Weight Relationships and Condition Factors of Eight Exotic Fish Species from Turkey","authors":"E. Çiçek, Burak Seçer, S. Sungur, S. Eagderi, Hümeyra Bahçeci","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.1067360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.1067360","url":null,"abstract":"Length-weight relationships (L-WRs) and condition factors were estimated for eight exotic fish species, including Oreochromis niloticus, Coptodon zillii, Carassius auratus, C. gibelio, Pseudorasbora parva, Gambusia holbrooki, Lepomis gibbosus, and Oncorhynchus mykiss from 10 basins of Turkish inland waters. A total of 1958 specimens were sampled in the years of 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2019 from 29 populations and their LWRs parameters, and form, Fulton’s, relative and mean condition factors were estimated. The estimated values of the parameter b ranged from 2.732 (C. auratus) to 3.319 (C. gibelio) with the mean and median values estimated at 3.013 and 3.047, respectively. The R2 values varied from 0.753 to 0.998, indicating a high degree of positive relationship between length and weight. The Fulton’s condition factor was estimated as 0.882 for P. parva and 2.002 for L. gibbosus. with the mean and median values of 1.397 and 1.453, respectively. This situation reveals that the condition values of all alien species except P. parva are quite high. In addition, the condition factor values of exotic fish species and local species they live with in Çıldır Lake were compared. As a result of this comparison, it was determined that C. gibelio had the highest condition factor value.","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130411912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agent-Based Approach on Water Resources Management: A Modified Systematic Review","authors":"Kamil Aybuğa, Aysel Gamze YÜCEL IŞILDAR","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.1123808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.1123808","url":null,"abstract":"Water resources management is one of the essential subjects of water research. As a conjunctive term, water resources management denotes all applications of planning, development, distribution, and management of water resources sustainably. Its social, economic, and ecological dimensions make water management a highly complex domain related to many intertwined human-nature systems. Therefore, the decision and implementation of sustainable policies require following the evidence-based approach. Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation (ABM) is one of the latest computer-aided modeling and simulation applications widely used to understand the phenomena associated with water-related/human-oriented engineering systems. In this study, conducting a modified systematic review approach, a field-specific review of the 128 articles on water resources management with ABM methodology was presented. Application areas of ABM in water resources management and examples of its use as a decision support tool were evaluated. As an integrative systematic review of Web of Science, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, this study summarizes the leading work of ABM applications on water resources management. Current trends show that water research professionals have often used ABM as a social simulation tool. Due to its role in facilitating interdisciplinary research, its application area is widening. However, there is a need for a comprehensible and open share of application-oriented information to guide the scientific community.","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123771452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Türkiye Örneği Özelinde Taşkın Sosyal Etkilenebilirlik Analizi","authors":"Tuğkan Tanir, Satuk Buğra Findik, Tuğçehan Fikret Gi̇rayhan, Öner Yorulmaz","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.1089403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.1089403","url":null,"abstract":"Doğal afetler düşünüldüğünde, taşkınlar en sık karşılaşılan ve de en fazla hasara sebep olanlar arasında yer almaktadır. Taşkın riskini oluşturan bileşenlerin değerlendirilmesi ve riskin sayısallaştırılması, bu risk gerçekleştiğinde karşılaşılması beklenen büyük boyutlu etkilerden korunmak için önemlidir. Taşkın riskini kapsamlı bir şekilde değerlendirebilmek için riskin sosyal ve biyofiziksel katmanlarının birlikte ele alınması gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmada, toplumun herhangi bir dış baskı faktörüne karşı adaptasyon yeteneğini ve duyarlılığını ölçen Sosyal Etkilenebilirlik Endeksi, tüm Türkiye özelinde il bazında değerlendirilmiştir. Literatür taraması ve veri ulaşılabilirliği göz önüne alınarak 8 farklı etkilenebilirlik parametresi belirlenmiştir. Sosyal Etkilenebilirlik Endeksi analizi sonucunda 14 farklı şehir çok yüksek derecede etkilenebilir olarak nitelendirilmiştir. 1960 ve 2021 yılları arasındaki tarihi taşkınlar il bazında analiz edilmiştir. Sosyal Etkilenebilirlik Analizi ve tarihi taşkınların değerlendirilmesi sonucunda bu 14 şehirden yalnızca 3’ü Taşkın Sosyal Etkilenebilirlik Endeksi’nde en yüksek dereceyi almışıtr. Bu Taşkın Sosyal Etkilenebilirlik Endeksi analizi sonuçları yalnızca riskin sosyal veya biyofiziksel katmanlarının yeterli olmadığı, riskin kapsamlı şekilde ifade edilebilmesi için bu iki katmanın birlikte değerlendirilmesi gerektiğini ortaya koymuştur. Bu çalışmada uygulanan ve önerilen yöntem karar vericiler için kullanışlı bir metod olmakla beraber tüm Türkiye’deki taşkın hazırlık yetkinliğini arttırmada rol oynayabilecektir.","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114864604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Influence of Marina Characteristics on Non-native Colonisation","authors":"Elif Kocaman","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.1004944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.1004944","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128786227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kübra Özdemir Çallı, Yasemin Taşcı, M. Uzun, Y. Karaaslan
{"title":"Predicting of the Climate-induced Depletion in Groundwater Level and Storage: A case in Akarçay Basin","authors":"Kübra Özdemir Çallı, Yasemin Taşcı, M. Uzun, Y. Karaaslan","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.947685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.947685","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121533446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Legal Framework of Water Quality Management in Turkey","authors":"Z. Burak, S. Zeki, Duygu Ülker, İrşad Bayirhan","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.946225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.946225","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"267 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115119287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Ertürk, Melike Gürel, A. Ekdal, Gökhan Cüceloğlu, M. Karpuzcu, Ceren Eropak, S. Çinar, N. Sanli, Gizem Kıymaz, Sena Çeti̇nkaya, Özlem Karahan Özgün, E. Çitil, C. Kinaci
{"title":"A Flexible Water Quality Modelling Simulator Based on Matrix Algebra","authors":"A. Ertürk, Melike Gürel, A. Ekdal, Gökhan Cüceloğlu, M. Karpuzcu, Ceren Eropak, S. Çinar, N. Sanli, Gizem Kıymaz, Sena Çeti̇nkaya, Özlem Karahan Özgün, E. Çitil, C. Kinaci","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.831510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.831510","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130403079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comparative evaluation of automated recession extraction methods to determine the late-time recession characteristics of karst spring hydrographs","authors":"Kübra Özdemir Çallı, A. Hartmann","doi":"10.31807/tjwsm.930269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.930269","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":224531,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124356560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}