L. Makhmudova, M. Moldakhmetov, A. Mussina, Dauren Sambetbayev, A. Zharylkassyn
{"title":"Flood hazard assessment in the Yesil River basin","authors":"L. Makhmudova, M. Moldakhmetov, A. Mussina, Dauren Sambetbayev, A. Zharylkassyn","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.060","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Due to population growth and densification, and expanding construction, disaster risk in the world and its specific parts of the world is steadily increasing. Earthquakes cause the most damage, followed by floods. Floods are characterized by the highest frequency of events. In this research, annual data on 25 hydrological gauging stations of the considered territory were used to study the characteristics of maximum discharges and maximum levels of rivers in the Yesil water management basin. Data on maximum water levels and discharges are generalized because they are most important in the study of floods and the organization of flood control. It is the maximum level that determines the area and depth of flooding of territories. This study assessed the provided values of maximum levels and maximum water discharges by several methods (method of moments, the graph-analytical method for the full distribution, truncated distribution). For assessing flood damage, a map of the distribution of the maximum floodplain inundation depth over the basin area was constructed, taking into account the flood hazard classification by floodplain inundation layer. Quantitative assessment of hydrological extremes characterizing the danger of flooding has been carried out for gauging stations of Yesil water management basin during this research.","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77604942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bok-Cheon Kim, Gyeomju Roh, Jiyeong Lee, Jong-Seong Yoon, Junhwan Lee
{"title":"Characterizing the hydraulic conductivity of soil based on the moving average of precipitation and groundwater level using a regional database","authors":"Bok-Cheon Kim, Gyeomju Roh, Jiyeong Lee, Jong-Seong Yoon, Junhwan Lee","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.044","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Hydraulic conductivity is an important geological and geotechnical characteristic, necessary for flow-related problems and underground construction. In many countries, databases for hydrology parameters and groundwater level (GWL) are well established, often not fully utilized for directly estimating hydraulic conductivity characteristics. In this study, a method for estimating hydraulic conductivity based on a regionally established database of hydrological, geological, and geotechnical parameters is proposed. For this purpose, 68 databases of hydrological, geological and geotechnical parameters in different regions in Korea were collected and adopted to develop a data-based estimation method of soil hydraulic conductivity. The time response of GWL to precipitation was considered as a key influence factor on the hydraulic conductivity of soil, as it directly affected the infiltration process of rainfalls into soil deposits. Moving average (MA) of precipitation was introduced, which gave the best correlation to GWL, to account for the effect of accumulated precedent precipitation. Case examples were selected and used to check the validity of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84024946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modelling of clear water scour depth around bridge piers using M5 tree and ANN-PSO","authors":"Amarjeet Kumar, Anubhav Baranwal, B. S. Das","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.225","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Scouring refers to the process by which bed sediment in a river is eroded around the periphery of a bridge abutment or pier. Many empirical models are available to estimate the scour depth for different flow, geometry, and bed roughness condition. However, none of them provide a better estimation of scour depth for a wide range of input parameters. Thus, in this paper, the scour depth around bridge piers has been modelled using M5 tree and hybrid artificial neural network (ANN)-particle swarm optimisation (PSO) techniques by considering the wide range of datasets. The clear-water scouring (CWS) datasets are collected from the literature and five different non-dimensional influencing parameters are selected as input parameters to model the scour depth. A Gamma test (GT) was performed to choose the best input parameter combinations. Based on the lowest gamma value and V-ratio, 4 out of 26 distinct input combinations for CWS depth modelling were chosen in the GT. According to statistical measures, the proposed M5 tree model predicts scour depth better than empirical approaches. Additionally, the developed ANN-PSO model is suitable for determining scour depth in both rectangular and circular shapes of piers. The results of both developed models are compared with other existing models and found to be satisfactory.","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75144173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum: <i>AQUA — Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society</i> 72 (5), 593–607: Techno-economic analysis of a hybrid electrodialysis–batch reverse osmosis process for brackish water desalination, Dipak Ankoliya, Anurag Mudgal, Manish Kumar Sinha, Vivek Patel and Jatin Patel, https://dx.doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.088","authors":"","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.103","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136106831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Water affordability analysis: a critical literature review","authors":"T. Fagundes, R. Marques, T. Malheiros","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.035","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Water and sanitation affordability has drawn researchers’ attention over the past years due to the recent economic crisis and the growing role of tariffs on funding services. This paper conducted a systematic review of previous research on water and/or sanitation affordability and a critical qualitative discussion on the methodologies adopted. The research framework relied on a hybrid approach that combines systematic quantitative and narrative analyses. The literature review protocol applied returned 79 relevant studies published by journals and recognized international organizations and four key topics, namely affordability indicators, threshold, data source, and practical use of the analysis were identified and critically discussed. This paper contributes to the literature by presenting and discussing the most important water affordability issues and enlightening the potential role of the analysis in public financial policies.","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83420622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new method and application of groundwater prediction along the direction of tunnel excavation in karst strata","authors":"Guochong Lou, Song Yang, Lingcong Man, Zhitao Sun","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.226","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Tunnel construction in karst strata with abundant water causes changes in the surrounding groundwater environment, which can easily trigger geological disasters such as mud and water inrush. How to accurately predict the groundwater ahead of tunnel excavation face is a highly challenging problem. In order to improve the detection accuracy of groundwater during the construction of a deep buried tunnel, the transmission and reflection process of seismic waves at the interface and the relationship between the reflection coefficient and the seismic wave signal have been analyzed on the basis of a two-phase medium theory in this paper. The expression of seismic wave stress–response relationship associated with the instantaneous amplitude and instantaneous phase and frequency is established. Then the relationship between seismic wave attributes and groundwater seepage potential energy is derived by combining the fluid mechanics theory, which is used as the basis for the determination and identification of groundwater volume and is classified, and a new technology of an advanced detection of groundwater by seismic waves is established. This method has been applied to the Zhanghuai Railway in China and quantitatively predicted the karst water and caves in the Tianqiaoshan Tunnel before excavation. The engineering test verifies the progressiveness and reliability of this technology.","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85678077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unobserved heterogeneity and temporal instability in an analysis of household water consumption under block rate pricing","authors":"A. Altarabsheh, D. Abraham, Ibrahim Altarabsheh","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.063","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 There is a lack of studies investigating household water consumption while considering the possible heterogeneity in the observed data and its temporal instability, often resulting in inconsistent and biased parameter estimations and, as a result, inaccurate forecasting of household water consumption. To address these constraints, the current study investigates temporal shifts in the household water consumption pattern and the effects of different socioeconomic factors on forecasting household water consumption. Using the results of a household survey performed seasonally in three major cities in Northern Jordan over a 4-year period, separate seasonal models of water consumption are estimated using three alternate modeling approaches to account for possible unobserved heterogeneity. Likelihood ratio tests were performed to investigate the temporal stability of the models' estimations over different seasons across the 4-year period. The findings of these tests indicated that the data are temporally stable over two datasets (the summer and winter seasons). Also, the findings revealed that household water consumption is influenced by a variety of factors, with the impact of many of these factors varying across observations. Finally, the findings highlight the need for additional research into how unobserved heterogeneity can be best modeled in temporal contexts for accurate water consumption forecasting.","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86714692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of meta-heuristic methods in the optimization of geometrical sections in trapezoidal channels in jump energy loss","authors":"Bahador Fatehi-Nobarian, V. Nourani, Anne Ng","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.074","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Hydraulic jump is of fast altering flow type, within which a subcritical flow transforms into a subcritical flow, and such alteration occurs within a relatively short path of the channel. In the present study, the impact of lateral angles of trapezoidal channel walls in the continuous form on the relative loss of hydraulic jump energy is investigated. For this purpose, the meta-heuristic harmony search algorithm is used for declaring the continuous lateral angles with the range of 45°–75°. With regard to the hydraulic definition for the hydraulic jump phenomenon, the harmony search algorithm, which is widely used for optimization and continuous problems, is considered as a simple concept of a useful algorithm. The results demonstrated the high efficiency of harmony search in the optimization of hydraulic problems. The highest value of jump energy loss up to 81% was recorded for the angle of 45°, implying the high efficiency of this section. As can be clearly seen in the results, the amount of destructive energy loss of hydraulic jump in the meta-heuristic algorithm is significantly higher than other previous methods.","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81669537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. R. Wulan, N. Sintawardani, D. Marganingrum, Triyono Triyono, Vera Bararah, H. Santoso, E. Yulianto
{"title":"Water sources, consumption, and water-related sanitation on Pari Island, Indonesia: a mixed-focus group discussion and survey study","authors":"D. R. Wulan, N. Sintawardani, D. Marganingrum, Triyono Triyono, Vera Bararah, H. Santoso, E. Yulianto","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.137","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Pari Island has 1,441 inhabitants who are facing major environmental challenges related to water consumption and availability. These challenges may impact water quality and availability in the future. Previous research examining water usage and sanitation behavior on Pari Island remains limited. Since domestic activities dominate in Pari Island, this study evaluated water sources for domestic usage, estimated water consumption, and evaluated individual water usage and sanitation behavior, as well as community behavior and awareness. This study was based on a field survey conducted in 2021, using a questionnaire involving 317 heads of households, and had focus group discussions. The results revealed that reverse osmosis (RO) water and branded bottled water were the dominant water sources for drinking and food preparation, and RO water had become an important alternative water source for its affordable price. An individual's well water was mostly used for bathing and toilets. Annual water consumption on Pari Island for drinking, food preparation, and water-related sanitation is 24,930.74–29,401.44 m3/year, which still fell within the estimated water capacity of 290,000.48 m3/year, yet problems related to sanitation need special attention with respect to the increasing population. The awareness of the Pari Island community on technological interventions should be an advantage to maintain water sustainability.","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89438988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chetan Singla, R. Aggarwal, Samanpreet Kaur, Rohit Sharma
{"title":"Artificial intelligence-based approach to study the impact of climate change and human interventions on groundwater fluctuations","authors":"Chetan Singla, R. Aggarwal, Samanpreet Kaur, Rohit Sharma","doi":"10.2166/aqua.2023.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2023.009","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Water resource management is highly impacted by variations in rainfall, maximum and minimum temperature, and potential evapotranspiration. The rice area is also a key aspect for groundwater declination due to high-water consuming crop. Groundwater in Central Punjab is declining at an alarming rate from last two decades. The decisions regarding water resource management need accurate information for the groundwater level. Therefore, to explore the main reason for the depletion of groundwater, it is essential that the most influential factors responsible for groundwater depletion should be addressed. A study was conducted in Central Punjab by using artificial neural network (ANN) and multiple linear regression (MLR) model during 1998–2018 to forecast the groundwater depth. ANN performed better than MLR. The sensitivity analysis showed that tubewell density, rice area, and rainfall are highly responsible for groundwater fluctuation.","PeriodicalId":34693,"journal":{"name":"AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77880624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}