{"title":"Annual, seasonal, and monthly baseflow trend in an arid area in Loss Plateau, China","authors":"Yanwei Sun, Cundong Xu, Mingwei Ma, Xuemei Liu, Lei Liu, Furong Yu","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.322","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Baseflow is a vital water source for environmental and economic growth. To reveal the changes in baseflow in an arid area, Loss Plateau, China, we analyzed the annual, seasonal, and monthly baseflow fluctuations in 1981–1990 and 2006–2010. We discussed the effects of PET (potential evapotranspiration), precipitation, HI (humidity index), and temperature might have on baseflow in the basin. Results showed that the annual baseflow decreased significantly, and seasonal baseflow and baseflow index (BFI) were distributed differently in the four seasons. Baseflow and BFI were stable during the winter, but during May and June, baseflow was unstable while BFI remained stable. During 1981–1990, January and December exhibited a slight variation in baseflow, while January, May, and June exhibited a slight variation in BFI. From 2006 to 2015, baseflow was stable, with limited fluctuations in January, February, March, April, May, November, and December. The correlations between baseflow and PET, precipitation, HI, and temperature were neither statistically significant nor robust. Increases in PET, precipitation, HI, and temperature did not result in a corresponding increase or decrease in baseflow from the annual, seasonal, and monthly time scales.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"24 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139010602","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}
Water SupplyPub Date : 2023-12-11DOI: 10.2166/ws.2023.323
Elham Rafiei Sardooi, O. Bazrafshan, S. Jamshidi
{"title":"Modeling the water security in a watershed using the water footprint concept and water scarcity indicators","authors":"Elham Rafiei Sardooi, O. Bazrafshan, S. Jamshidi","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.323","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Water scarcity has received global attention in the last decade as it challenges food security in arid and semi-arid regions. This study employs water scarcity indices to assess water resources in the agricultural sector of Iran's Jazmourian watershed. Overall, we find that the watershed is experiencing a “very high stress” water situation. This is primarily due to intensive water usage for diverse crops, which has resulted in a negative net virtual water balance and contributed to a rise in water stress and poverty levels. The water stress index is 0.88, and the agricultural water stress is 1.25. The agricultural water footprint is 2,018.53 million cubic meters (MCM), with the share of blue, green and gray water footprints being 80.21, 6.08, and 13.72%, respectively. The region possesses 3,210 MCM of available water for crops, with 17.1% sourced from green waters and 82.9% from blue waters. Despite low annual rainfall and limited water resources, the region excessively exploits water for diverse crops. The net virtual water balance is negative, indicating high virtual water export (1,112–1,605 MCM) compared to imports (58–265 MCM). With declining water availability and increasing crop production, the region experiences rising water stress. The spatial analysis of sub-watersheds reveals diverse patterns of water stress and poverty, as detailed in the study.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138981122","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}
Water SupplyPub Date : 2023-12-11DOI: 10.2166/ws.2023.326
Defu He, Nan Liu
{"title":"Multipurpose optimization of yield production in agriculture using fuzzy self-reproducing automata theory","authors":"Defu He, Nan Liu","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.326","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 In determining the irrigation depth of barley, it is inevitable to find the best periods to increase the efficiency of water consumption and also to achieve the highest yield of the product. A multi-objective optimization model has been presented to improve irrigation planning and the allowable amount of irrigation during the growth period using genetic algorithm based on nondominated sorting (NSGAII) and cellular automata. Under this concept, the structure of the optimal water supply allocation model is included in the form of two main objective functions. Therefore, the first objective function is to minimize water allocation and the second objective function is to maximize the total income from the cultivation pattern compared to its costs. The latest data related to the cultivation pattern and economic information such as product sales price and production costs in the planting and harvesting stages were collected for 1 year of study. The daily data of river flow, rainfall and climatic data of Hulunbuir district in Inner Mongolia province were converted into 10-day periods. It shows the optimal irrigation planning results of winter barley in three different scenarios. In ten periods of growth, the rainfall is enough to provide most of the plants’ water needs.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"99 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138978523","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}
Water SupplyPub Date : 2023-12-11DOI: 10.2166/ws.2023.327
Yunzhong Dai, Kuan-yu Chen
{"title":"Sensitivity analysis of estimated evapotranspiration using soil moisture content, energy balance model of SEBAL algorithm","authors":"Yunzhong Dai, Kuan-yu Chen","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.327","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Evapotranspiration is the main factor of plant growth, which can be estimated using different methods. Accurate estimation of evaporation and transpiration helps in planning to meet the actual needs of the plant. In general, daily evapotranspiration depends on temperature, climate, soil moisture, plant, growth period, root length, and the texture of the root zone porous media. In this study, the moisture balance of the soil surface is simulated daily and the components of deep percolation, evaporation, irrigation, and transpiration are calculated. The obtained results have been compared with the output of the surface energy balance algorithm for land (SEBAL) algorithm to determine the energy balance on the earth's surface and to estimate evapotranspiration. Normalized objective function (NOF), Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency index, and mean absolute error were incorporated into the problem for evaluating the predicted values. The energy balance of the soil surface and the moisture balance of the root zone each have a different process in estimating the actual evaporation and transpiration, but the correlation between them was acceptable. The interval between the calculated values can be used as input data to determine the irrigation requirement.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"111 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138979481","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}
Water SupplyPub Date : 2023-12-08DOI: 10.2166/ws.2023.321
Weiping Shen, Yuhao Jin, Peitong Cong, Gengying Li
{"title":"Water environment response of urban water networks in the Pearl River Delta (China) under the influence of typhoon rain events","authors":"Weiping Shen, Yuhao Jin, Peitong Cong, Gengying Li","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.321","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Identifying water quality parameter concentrations and their drivers is important for the prevention and control of water environment pollution. In this study, we constructed an inverse model of water quality parameters based on measured water quality parameters and remote sensing spectral data for this study area using artificial neural networks. We investigated the water environment response of the urban water network in the Pearl River Delta under the influence of typhoon rain events and explored their spatial heterogeneity using a multiscale geographically weighted regression model. The results indicate that in regions with a high level of urbanization, the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in river water is lower, and the ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) concentration is higher. Under the influence of typhoon rain events of varying intensities, the response of water quality parameters in the urban water network of Zhongshan City varies. The intensity of rainfall determines the impact of typhoon rain events on water quality parameter concentrations. Our results are expected to improve the understanding of water quality trends under the influence of typhoon rain events and help policymakers and planners better develop water environment control strategies during typhoon transit.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"20 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138589198","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}
Water SupplyPub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.2166/ws.2023.319
Jalal Jalili, H. Zareabyaneh
{"title":"Comparison of capillary wick and trickle irrigation systems by assessing the effects of fertigation in various soil textures on growth traits of greenhouse cucumber plant","authors":"Jalal Jalili, H. Zareabyaneh","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.319","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 This study aimed to evaluate the capillary wick irrigation (CWI) influence on the cucumber's growth characteristics when compared to trickle irrigation over the two growing seasons. The study incorporated three different soil textures, namely clay loam (CL) – S1, sandy clay loam (SCL) – S2, and sandy loam (SL) – S3, along with four fertilizer levels (F1, F2, F3, and F4) applied at 0.7, 0.85, 1.0, and 1.15 times the plant's nutrient requirements. According to the study findings, the combination of F4 fertilizer with trickle irrigation yielded the best results in terms of reproductive traits, resulting in an average of 18.66 fruits and a total fruit weight of 1,229.5 g. In the case of CWI, the highest number of fruits and their combined weight were observed at the F3 fertilizer level, with 13.42 fruits and 846.3 g, respectively. The study also revealed that TI with soil texture S1 produced the highest average yield for all growth traits, while CWI with the lighter soil texture S3 exhibited superior results in vegetative and reproductive growth traits. The maximum fruit weight (1,460.26 g) was achieved using trickle irrigation and S1F4, and the highest fruit weight (995.57 g) was obtained from S3F3 when using CWI.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"59 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138592872","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}
Water SupplyPub Date : 2023-12-05DOI: 10.2166/ws.2023.316
A. Alelaimat, Ismail Yusoff, Mohd Khairul Nizar, Tham Fatt Ng, Y. A. Majali
{"title":"Groundwater management in the face of climate change: enhancing groundwater storage in the alluvium aquifer of Wadi Araba, Jordan, through GIS-based managed aquifer recharge and groundwater MODFLOW","authors":"A. Alelaimat, Ismail Yusoff, Mohd Khairul Nizar, Tham Fatt Ng, Y. A. Majali","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.316","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Groundwater is critical in countries such as Jordan, yet demand exceeds availability due to population expansion and arid conditions. The goal of this research is to address water scarcity and adapt to reduced rainfall by investigating the soil aquifer and evaluating the efficiency of managed aquifer recharge (MAR). The Wadi Araba Basin's alluvium aquifer is particularly important and contains a groundwater divide, with water flowing towards the Red Sea to the south and the Dead Sea to the north, as determined by rigorous modelling and scenario analysis. Precipitation infiltration is an important consideration in groundwater budget modelling. This study employs 12 monitoring wells to establish an acceptable relationship between estimated and observed water levels. Furthermore, the study creates an MAR suitability map, which evaluates eight potential MAR locations in the Wadi Araba region. According to forecasted scenarios, implementing MAR in conjunction with increased precipitation recharge has the potential to ameliorate the consequences of decreased rainfall in the model region. The plan aims to raise the water table in three areas by 1.96–3.12%, providing realistic solutions to enhance water availability and adapt to climate change.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"108 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138599866","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}
Water SupplyPub Date : 2023-12-04DOI: 10.2166/ws.2023.320
M. Sedighkia, B. Datta
{"title":"Linking catchment and hydrodynamic models for environmental flow analysis in hypersaline lakes","authors":"M. Sedighkia, B. Datta","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.320","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 This research work proposes a novel method of environmental flow analysis in hypersaline lakes in which the outputs of the hydraulic rating method considering the base flow as a known approach for environmental flow assessment in rivers are analyzed in terms of providing suitable aquatic habitats in the lake by linking a continuous hydrological model and a hydrodynamic model of salinity simulation. Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) as a hydrological model was applied to simulate the natural inflow of the lake's ecosystem in the simulated period. Moreover, a hydrodynamic model was applied to simulate the salinity distribution of the lake in the same simulated period. Based on the results of the models and monthly analysis of the environmental flows, both models are robust for simulations. The Nash–Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) of both hydrological and hydrodynamic models average more than 0.5, which means that they are reliable for simulating the natural inflow and salinity distribution respectively. Furthermore, outputs indicated that using the hydraulic rating method considering the base flow for assessing the environmental flow of rivers is not able to provide environmental requirements in the lake's ecosystem of the case study.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"160 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139012299","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}
Water SupplyPub Date : 2023-12-04DOI: 10.2166/ws.2023.318
Iftita Rahmatika, D. Simazaki, F. Kurisu, H. Furumai, I. Kasuga
{"title":"Occurrence and diversity of nontuberculous mycobacteria affected by water stagnation in building plumbing","authors":"Iftita Rahmatika, D. Simazaki, F. Kurisu, H. Furumai, I. Kasuga","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.318","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) refer to mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. Some NTM are known to cause pulmonary and skin diseases. As NTM are prevalent in water supply systems, the health burden of waterborne NTM is concerned. However, little is known about the occurrence and diversity of NTM in building plumbing, especially after water stagnation. This study revealed the abundance and diversity of NTM in building plumbing by using culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. Moreover, the chlorine susceptibility of NTM isolates in tap water was evaluated. The increase in the abundance of Mycobacterium spp. was observed in some taps after 24 h of stagnation, indicating that NTM could have the potential to regrow in building plumbing. While Mycobacterium mucogenicum and Mycobacterium avium were detected by cultivation, amplicon sequencing of NTM-specific hsp65 genes revealed that Mycobacterium gordonae was dominant in most of the samples, which was not detected by cultivation. The chlorine susceptibility experiment demonstrated that NTM strains related to M. avium and M. mucogenicum were 119 and 426 times more tolerant to chlorine than Escherichia coli, respectively. As M. mucogenicum, M. avium, and M. gordonae are regarded as opportunistic pathogens, intensive monitoring of NTM in tap water in building plumbing is necessary.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"37 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138602464","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}
Water SupplyPub Date : 2023-11-30DOI: 10.2166/ws.2023.307
Zhenghui Chen
{"title":"Management of surface flow allocation in rice cultivation by maximization of water use and economic efficiency","authors":"Zhenghui Chen","doi":"10.2166/ws.2023.307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.307","url":null,"abstract":"The multi-objective genetic algorithm was used as a decision variable to estimate the water required for irrigation in each of the growth stages. Agricultural costs and product sales prices in the agricultural year 2017–2023 in Luoyang Plain and its surrounding areas were collected for this purpose. Optimal irrigation strategies according to different water price scenarios were considered to calculate water use efficiency and net profit. In the conditions of optimal distribution, the amount of allocated water was 7,809, 2,928, 3,904, and 1,789 m3/ha for the stages of vegetative growth, flowering, crop formation, and ripening by the proposed model. On the other hand, it is necessary to reduce water stress in the periods of clustering and seed filling to increase crop yield and net income, as well as to achieve the desired irrigation schedule. Effective rainfall, especially in the ripening stage of the crop, can be considered to determine the optimal volume of water harvesting from the river. In addition, the results showed that by reducing the amount of available water, the water model allocated to leaf greening and tillering stages decreases.","PeriodicalId":23725,"journal":{"name":"Water Supply","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139205375","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}