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Assessment of soil erosion response to climate change in the Sululta catchment, Abbay Basin, Ethiopia 评估埃塞俄比亚阿巴伊流域苏卢尔塔集水区土壤侵蚀对气候变化的反应

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H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.083

Kiyya Tesfa Tullu

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Understanding and mitigating water resource decline in the deli watershed: a comprehensive analysis 了解和缓解德利流域水资源衰退：综合分析

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H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.074

M. Marselina, M. Z. Hanie, S. Nurhayati

{"title":"Understanding and mitigating water resource decline in the deli watershed: a comprehensive analysis","authors":"M. Marselina, M. Z. Hanie, S. Nurhayati","doi":"10.2166/h2oj.2023.074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2023.074","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Deli watershed, located in the North Sumatra Province, is part of the Belawan–Ular–Padang River Area, which has the potential to supply raw water to three cities/regencies: Medan City, Deli Serdang Regency, and Karo Regency. According to the Regulation of the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Number 04/PRT/M/2015, the Deli watershed area is classified as a National Strategic River Area. Despite its potential, the rapid economic growth and population increase have led to changes in land use, which have negatively impacted the carrying capacity of water resources in the Deli watershed. In this study, we used a dynamic system approach and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to assess the condition of the Deli watershed's water resource carrying capacity. The integration of dynamic systems and AHP yielded a water resource carrying capacity index, which describes the condition of the Deli watershed's water resources. Under current conditions, the value of the water resource carrying capacity index of the Deli watershed is expected to decline annually from 2019 to 2028. To increase the carrying capacity of water resources, it is recommended to decrease birth and migration rates, reduce water use, and restore land functions.","PeriodicalId":36060,"journal":{"name":"H2Open Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138996771","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}

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Editorial: H2Open Journal, celebrating our achievements and looking to the future 社论：H2Open 杂志，庆祝成就，展望未来

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H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.102

Ashok Chapagain, Rita Henderson, Rong Chen, Ligy Philip

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Groundwater quality and human health risk assessment in urban and peri-urban regions of Jashore, Bangladesh 孟加拉国约岸上城市和城郊地区地下水质量和人类健康风险评估

H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.081

Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Tapos Kumar Chakraborty, Nipa Shekder, Taniya Aktar Tanin, Ahsan Habib, Samina Zaman

{"title":"Groundwater quality and human health risk assessment in urban and peri-urban regions of Jashore, Bangladesh","authors":"Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Tapos Kumar Chakraborty, Nipa Shekder, Taniya Aktar Tanin, Ahsan Habib, Samina Zaman","doi":"10.2166/h2oj.2023.081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2023.081","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study investigated the groundwater quality and its associated human health risks in the urban and peri-urban areas of Jashore, Bangladesh, where groundwater samples were collected from 67 randomly selected tube wells. The concentration of arsenic, iron, and manganese was analyzed by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The water quality index indicates that about 89 and 43% of groundwater samples are not consumable for the urban and peri-urban areas, respectively. All of the source water is significantly contaminated with Escherichia coli for urban (31 ± 17.77 CFU/100 mL) and peri-urban areas (76.12 ± 35.17 CFU/100 mL), where about 67 and 57% of water source has intermediate and high microbial risk by E. coli for urban and peri-urban areas, respectively. Children and adults face unacceptable non-carcinogenic health risks for the urban area (4.13–10.67 for adults; 9.65–24.91 for children) and peri-urban area (1.05–5.58 for adults; 2.46–13.03 for children) via oral ingestion. Both groups (e.g. children = 4.25E-03 to 1.10E-02 and adult = 1.82E-03 to 4.71E-03 for urban regions; children = 1E-03 to 5E-03 and adult = 4.29E0-04 to 2.14E-03 for peri-urban regions) face undesirable carcinogenic risks from arsenic. In addition, children are suspected to have 2.33 times higher non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic health risks than adults.","PeriodicalId":36060,"journal":{"name":"H2Open Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134956916","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}

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Spatiotemporal changes of land use in response to runoff and sediment yield for environmental sustainability in the upper Blue Nile Basin, Oromiyaa, Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚上游青尼罗河流域土地利用时空变化对环境可持续性产沙径流的响应

H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.072

Bekan Chelkeba Tumsa, Fekadu Fufa Feyessa, Kiyya Tesfa Tullu, Abeba Chala Guder

{"title":"Spatiotemporal changes of land use in response to runoff and sediment yield for environmental sustainability in the upper Blue Nile Basin, Oromiyaa, Ethiopia","authors":"Bekan Chelkeba Tumsa, Fekadu Fufa Feyessa, Kiyya Tesfa Tullu, Abeba Chala Guder","doi":"10.2166/h2oj.2023.072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2023.072","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Modeling and mapping hydrological responses of runoff and sediment yield to spatiotemporal land use changes are crucial concerning environmental sustainability. The research was aimed at quantifying the spatiotemporal effects of land use on runoff and sediment yields using three land use satellite images and the SWAT+ model. The increase in agriculture, settlement, and decreasing forest goes to the possibility of increasing sediment yield and runoff by 53.2 and 56.5%, respectively, affecting ecosystems. The areas vulnerable to high runoff were found at the lower and middle reaches with the annual average runoff of 10,825.1, 11,972.9, and 13,452 mm for each respective scenario. On the other hand, most of the soil erosion-prone areas designated as severe in the second and third scenarios were covered by agriculture and shrubland, with annual sediment yields of 301.5 and 267.5 tons, respectively. Deforestation for agriculture expansion has a significant role in environmental degradation, as forests play an irreplaceable role in ecological resilience. Generally, the dominant land uses that instigate soil erosion, runoff, and sediment yield are agriculture, shrubland, and deforestation. The simulation of runoff and sediment yield in response to land use change using the SWAT+ model is more scientifically reliable and acceptable.","PeriodicalId":36060,"journal":{"name":"H2Open Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136282176","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}

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Study of the relationship between the siltation rate of Algerian dams and the runoff coefficient 阿尔及利亚大坝淤积速率与径流系数关系的研究

H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-26 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.067

Hadidi Abdelkader, Djamel Saba

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Importance of baseline assessments: monitoring of Brunei River's water quality 基线评估的重要性:监测文莱河的水质

H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.168

Oluwakemisola Onifade, Norazanita Shamsuddin, Daphne Teck Ching Lai, Haziq Jamil, Stefan Herwig Gӧdeke

{"title":"Importance of baseline assessments: monitoring of Brunei River's water quality","authors":"Oluwakemisola Onifade, Norazanita Shamsuddin, Daphne Teck Ching Lai, Haziq Jamil, Stefan Herwig Gӧdeke","doi":"10.2166/h2oj.2023.168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2023.168","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study illustrated the changes, pollution status, and significant pollution causes for Brunei River, Brunei Darussalam. Eleven parameters (pH, temperature, oxidation–reduction potential (ORP), dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), salinity, turbidity, ammonia-nitrogen (NH3-N), and total coliform) were analyzed from eight monitoring sites in 1984, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Box plots were used for a comparative study between 1984 and 2019+ data, while hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA) tests were performed on data from recent years (2019+). The box plot analysis showed that pollution levels in 2019, 2020, and 2021 increased compared to 1984 values, especially for total coliform bacteria. The doubling of the coliform bacteria concentration in the river between 1984 and 2019+ is concerning because the Malaysia National Water Quality Standards (NWQS) guideline values for fishing have now been exceeded. HCA pointed out that upstream stations are more polluted than downstream. PCA of the 11 water quality datasets generated five factors with a total variance of 75.21% and identified anthropogenic activities, seawater intrusion, and hydrological processes as possible causes for Brunei River water quality degradation.","PeriodicalId":36060,"journal":{"name":"H2Open Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135567566","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}

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Response of two aquatic plant species to metallic nanoparticles and their potential for phytoremediation 两种水生植物对金属纳米粒子的响应及其修复潜力

H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.066

Parisa Ebrahimbabaie, Anthony Smith, Elsayed M. Zahran, James Jones, John Pichtel

{"title":"Response of two aquatic plant species to metallic nanoparticles and their potential for phytoremediation","authors":"Parisa Ebrahimbabaie, Anthony Smith, Elsayed M. Zahran, James Jones, John Pichtel","doi":"10.2166/h2oj.2023.066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2023.066","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Certain plants have been identified with the capability to take up metallic and metal oxide nanoparticles (ENPs), thus suggesting their potential role in phytoremediation. The reported study evaluated the response of two aquatic plants, sedge (Carex rostrata) and cattail (Typha latifolia), on their exposure to Ag, ZnO, TiO2, BiVO4/Pd, and Cu2O/Pd nanoparticles over 15 weeks. Plant physiological responses (chlorophyll content, carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity, leaf area, production of new shoots, and root length) varied according to the plant species and ENP type. By week 15, sedge treated with BiVO4/Pd ENP had a high chlorophyll content and increased CA activity and leaf area compared to the control. In contrast, cattail had reduced chlorophyll levels and number of new shoots when exposed to exogenously applied BiVO4/Pd. Highest sedge chlorophyll content at week 15 was measured in the mixed-ENPs, Cu2O, and Ag (53.2, 35.8, and 32.7%, respectively, greater than the control). The ZnO ENPs were beneficial for sedge chlorophyll content, cattail shoot production and root length. The mixed-ENPs treatment imparted positive effects to several sedge properties (CA and new shoots) and cattail (chlorophyll, leaf area, and root length). Additional research is needed to assess the capabilities of different aquatic plant species to tolerate metal-based ENPs for remediation purposes.","PeriodicalId":36060,"journal":{"name":"H2Open Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135094208","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}

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Simulation of sediment yield and evaluation of best management practices in Azuari watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin 上青尼罗盆地Azuari流域产沙量模拟及最佳管理措施评价

H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.159

Mamaru Bitew Mequanient, Habtamu Hailu Kebede

{"title":"Simulation of sediment yield and evaluation of best management practices in Azuari watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin","authors":"Mamaru Bitew Mequanient, Habtamu Hailu Kebede","doi":"10.2166/h2oj.2023.159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2023.159","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study was conducted to simulate the sediment yield and evaluate best management practices (BMPs) for sediment control in the Azuari watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. As inputs for the model, 30 years (1991–2020) of daily values of meteorological data were used. For model simulation, daily stream flow and sediment data were collected for the periods from 1988 to 2012. The study area was delineated into 19 subwatersheds and the sediment yield was estimated in each subwatershed using the modified universal soil loss equation. The average simulated sediment yield in the watershed was found to be 10.81 t/ha/yr. Six subwatersheds were identified to have high to severe sediment yields and are considered hotspot areas which require prior mitigation measures to control sediment. Four soil and conservation measures were evaluated in SWAT as BMPs namely filter strip, terracing, strip cropping, and contouring. Filter strip was found to reduce sediment by 35.61%, terracing by 20.44%, strip cropping by 44.12%, and contouring by 43.6%. Thus, the implementation of strip cropping resulted in maximum sediment yield reduction. The findings of the study would help to make informed decisions on best watershed management strategies.","PeriodicalId":36060,"journal":{"name":"H2Open Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135347532","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}

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A scenario-based analysis of selected best management practices for reduced sediment and nutrient yield in the watershed located in the Shivalik hills, India 对印度Shivalik山流域沉积物和养分产量减少的选定最佳管理做法进行基于场景的分析

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H2Open Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.2166/h2oj.2023.033

Sushma Walia, Richa Babbar, Sarbjit Singh

{"title":"A scenario-based analysis of selected best management practices for reduced sediment and nutrient yield in the watershed located in the Shivalik hills, India","authors":"Sushma Walia, Richa Babbar, Sarbjit Singh","doi":"10.2166/h2oj.2023.033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2023.033","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 In this study, an attempt has been made to evaluate the best management practices (BMPs) in poorly degraded and economically fragile watershed area in Shivalik hills, Northern India. A scenario-based approach has been followed to evaluate the existing BMPs and a few hypothetically implemented BMPs based on SWAT modeling. A regionalization approach was adopted for calibrating the SWAT model for ungauged micro-watersheds within the study area. After successful calibration, soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model was simulated for several BMPs that are in practice such as Check dams, vegetation and fencing so as to learn about their effectiveness in controlling sediment and nutrient yield. Other hypothetically installed BMPs, such as contouring, terracing, grassed waterways and filter strips were also evaluated in untreated micro and sub-watersheds. The cost–benefit analysis of these hypothetical BMPs revealed that the average reduction in nutrients was maximum for grassed waterways and minimum for terracing. Overall, the scenario-based analysis revealed that conservation practices, in the otherwise degraded watershed, can prove to be beneficial for sustainability of its natural resources.","PeriodicalId":36060,"journal":{"name":"H2Open Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47065782","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}

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