Water SecurityPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100137
Meera G. Mohan, S. Adarsh
{"title":"Dynamic flood frequency analysis for west flowing rivers of Kerala, India","authors":"Meera G. Mohan, S. Adarsh","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100137","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100137","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Conventional Flood Frequency Analysis (FFA) may underestimate flood quantiles and increase hydraulic infrastructure vulnerability in changing climates. This study uses annual maximum streamflow data from 17 hydrologic stations along west-flowing rivers in Kerala, India, for Non-Stationary (NS) FFA. The Generalized Extreme Value model with a linear temporal location parameter worked effectively for five stations. Kidangoor and Pattazhy stations must account for non-stationarity for longer return periods (RPs) (>50 years), whereas Neeleeswaram and Perumannu stations must for shorter RPs (<50 years). An extensive study was conducted for Neeleswaram station (Periyar basin) by simulating NS models incorporating four large-scale climate oscillations as covariates. The stationary assumption underestimated flood return levels of 2-year RP by about 61% which increases the flood risk leading to failure of hydraulic infrastructures. It was observed that the best fitted climate-based NS model achieves stationary return level of 150-years RP at 25-years RP itself. The study proved that the climate-based NS models captured the 2018 August Floods in Periyar basin better than stationary and time-based models. The regional variability in FF curve behaviour concludes that NSFFA for Kerala cannot be generalised and must be done at a local-scale.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49020411","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 review of recent advances in urban flood research","authors":"Candace Agonafir , Tarendra Lakhankar , Reza Khanbilvardi , Nir Krakauer , Dave Radell , Naresh Devineni","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100141","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Due to a changing climate and increased urbanization, an escalation of urban flooding occurrences and its aftereffects are ever more dire. Notably, the frequency of extreme storms is expected to increase, and as built environments impede the absorption of water, the threat of loss of human life and property damages exceeding billions of dollars are heightened. Hence, agencies and organizations are implementing novel modeling methods to combat the consequences. This review details the concepts, impacts, and causes of urban flooding, along with the associated modeling endeavors. Moreover, this review describes contemporary directions towards urban flood resolutions, including the more recent hydraulic-hydrologic models that use modern computing architecture and the trending applications of artificial intelligence/machine learning techniques and crowdsourced data. Ultimately, a reference of utility is provided, as scientists and engineers are given an outline of the recent advances in urban flooding research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44563561","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 SecurityPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100140
Bhawna Thakur, V. Loganathan, Anupma Sharma, Rakesh K. Sharma, A. Parker
{"title":"Release of geogenic fluoride from contaminated soils of Rajasthan, India: Experiments and geochemical modeling","authors":"Bhawna Thakur, V. Loganathan, Anupma Sharma, Rakesh K. Sharma, A. Parker","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55186432","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 SecurityPub Date : 2023-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100133
Amit Hasan Anik , Maisha Binte Sultan , Mahbub Alam , Fahmida Parvin , Mir Mohammad Ali , Shafi M. Tareq
{"title":"The impact of climate change on water resources and associated health risks in Bangladesh: A review","authors":"Amit Hasan Anik , Maisha Binte Sultan , Mahbub Alam , Fahmida Parvin , Mir Mohammad Ali , Shafi M. Tareq","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100133","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100133","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bangladesh is increasingly experiencing different challenges from scarce drinking water sources and health risks, explicitly or implicitly attributed to climate change. This systematic bibliographic review manually screened 47 articles under four categories, including Water and health; Climate and water; Climate and health; and Climate, water, and health, from 2010 to 2022. This research is critical for ensuring the availability of safe drinkable water and public health adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh. The findings revealed that cholera, infant diarrhea, pneumonia, dengue, and malaria are prevalent in the vulnerable groups. The present number and distribution of regional healthcare centers demonstrates potable water procedures and medical centers are insufficient relative to demands. Overall, this study revealed several techniques that help guarantee safe potable water, including holding rainwater, pond sand filters, and drinkable water supply. A knowledge-based approach was used to propound an adaptation framework for tackling the impact of changing climate, especially on safe water availability and public health, and also identified six research gaps. This research serves as a roadmap for future scholars, academicians, practitioners, and policymakers and indicates the need for more progress in the database on national climate change research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47535622","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 SecurityPub Date : 2023-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100132
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm , John H. Matthews , Nathan Karres , Robin Abell , James Dalton , Shi-Teng Kang , Junguo Liu , Romain Maendly , Nathanial Matthews , Robert McDonald , Raúl Muñoz-Castillo , Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi , Neera Pradhan , Diego Rodriguez , Kari Vigerstøl , Bregje van Wesenbeeck
{"title":"Emerging themes and future directions in watershed resilience research","authors":"Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm , John H. Matthews , Nathan Karres , Robin Abell , James Dalton , Shi-Teng Kang , Junguo Liu , Romain Maendly , Nathanial Matthews , Robert McDonald , Raúl Muñoz-Castillo , Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi , Neera Pradhan , Diego Rodriguez , Kari Vigerstøl , Bregje van Wesenbeeck","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A review of ecological, social, engineering, and integrative approaches to define and apply resilience thinking is presented and comparatively discussed in the context of watershed management. Knowledge gaps are identified through an assessment of this literature and compilation of a set of research questions through stakeholder engagement activities. We derive a proposed research agenda describing key areas of inquiry such as watershed resilience variables and their interactions; leveraging watershed natural properties, processes, and dynamics to facilitate and enable resilience; analytical methods and tools including monitoring, modeling, metrics, and scenario planning, and their applications to watersheds at different spatial and temporal scales, and infusing resilience concepts as core values in watershed adaptive management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49734122","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 SecurityPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100135
Urbanus Wedaaba Azupogo , Meshack Achore , Florence A. Dery , Elijah Bisung
{"title":"Health implications of coping with water insecurity at the household level","authors":"Urbanus Wedaaba Azupogo , Meshack Achore , Florence A. Dery , Elijah Bisung","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"19 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49734123","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 SecurityPub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100132
F. Miralles-Wilhelm, J. Matthews, Nathan Karres, R. Abell, J. Dalton, Shiteng Kang, Junguo Liu, Romain Maendly, N. Matthews, Robert McDonald, Raúl Muñoz-Castillo, B. Ochoa‐Tocachi, N. Pradhan, Kari Vigerstol, Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck
{"title":"Emerging themes and future directions in watershed resilience research","authors":"F. Miralles-Wilhelm, J. Matthews, Nathan Karres, R. Abell, J. Dalton, Shiteng Kang, Junguo Liu, Romain Maendly, N. Matthews, Robert McDonald, Raúl Muñoz-Castillo, B. Ochoa‐Tocachi, N. Pradhan, Kari Vigerstol, Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100132","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55186396","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 SecurityPub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100127
Payal Rani , Giorgio Cassiani
{"title":"Tracking contaminant transport using time-lapse geophysics: A review on applications of electrical methods","authors":"Payal Rani , Giorgio Cassiani","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100127","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Time-lapse (4D) geophysics for monitoring subsurface processes comes as an emerging area of hydrogeophysics. The combined use of non-invasive or minimally invasive geophysical methods such as electrical resistivity, time-domain induced polarization, complex resistivity and self-potential, along with traditional approaches have become commonly used to image the near surface. The use of these geophysical methods is of increasing interest as these techniques provide spatial and temporal imaging of the subsurface processes that otherwise can only be measured at few specific spatial locations. This review discusses the studies carried out using 4D geophysics to monitor contaminant transport affecting subsurface water and hence potentially impacting water security of groundwater-dependent communities as well as ecosystems relying on shallow drainage from landfills. This article highlights a series of the recent case studies from different parts of the world, novel trends, and their potential applications to support water security in the Indian scenario.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43229658","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 SecurityPub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100130
Jason Russ , Esha Zaveri , Sebastien Desbureaux , Richard Damania , Aude-Sophie Rodella
{"title":"The impact of water quality on GDP growth: Evidence from around the world","authors":"Jason Russ , Esha Zaveri , Sebastien Desbureaux , Richard Damania , Aude-Sophie Rodella","doi":"10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100130","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wasec.2022.100130","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Declining water quality can impact the economy in various ways. Impacts can be found in the health sector, where labor productivity can be affected, in agriculture, where the quality and quantity of food produced can be reduced, and in tourism, real estate, aquaculture/fisheries and other sectors which rely on environmental quality and ecosystem services. Despite these well-known impacts, finding economy-wide effects of water quality on economic activity can be elusive. In this paper we attempt to fill this gap by using new data on economic activity and water quality for 17 countries from 1990 to 2014 and a panel fixed-effect model that accounts for endogeneity between pollution and economic growth through the direction of streamflow. We find that when rivers become very heavily polluted, regions downstream see reductions in economic growth, losing between 1.4 and 2.5 percent of economic growth, depending on development level and the level of pollution. These losses imply that in many places, the costs of environmental degradation are severely under-estimated and pollution is well above efficient levels.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37308,"journal":{"name":"Water Security","volume":"17 ","pages":"Article 100130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45578814","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}