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Sustainable Water Resources Technology and Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 6661

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Christos Tzimopoulos

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School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: water resources (analytical and numerical methods—classical and fuzzy); water resources management (compromize, vicor, topsis, relative relations, saaty— classical and fuzzy)
Prof. Dr. Pantazis Georgiou

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Laboratory of General and Agricultural Hydraulics and Land Reclamation, School of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: crop water requirements and irrigation scheduling; surface and pressurized irrigation networks; pricing irrigation water; climate change; sustainable development goals (SDGs) and water management; water footprint and life cycle assessment (LCA)
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Dr. Mike Spiliotis

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Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
Interests: water resources management; multi-criteria decision making of water resource management problem; multicriteria and fuzzy sets and logic (including the intuitionistic sets); investigation of uncertainty effects on hydraulic performance by using the fuzzy sets theory; fuzzy logic in hydrological modeling; hybrid fuzzy probabilistic analysis in hydrology; assessment of the risk (to drought, flood) based on multicriteria analysis; heuristic and metaheuristic optimization techniques for the management of water resources; water distribution networks; river engineering; applied hydraulics; hydrology
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Dr. George Papaevangelou

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School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: water resources management; applied hydraulics; water distribution networks; irrigation networks; applied hydrology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will cover a wide spectrum of topics at the forefront of sustainable water resources technology and management (analytical and numerical water resources problems and management, computer modeling and case studies). In the last two decades, the solution to such uncertain problems were obtained using the fuzzy logic. The scope of this Special Issue should play a fundamental role in the advancement, distinction and diffusion of the recent research and technical activities in the water resources and management field. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their research relating to sustainable water resources technology and management in as much detail as possible to achieve a maximum impact. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas aside from the above topics, may include (but are not limited to) the following: sustainability geological occurrence of groundwater; sustainability groundwater flow and transport processes; sustainability groundwater and seepage; sustainability moisture movement in the unsaturated zones; sustainability well hydraulics and aquifer tests; sustainability aquifer characterization; design analysis and evaluation of water networks under uncertainty; hydro-meteorological extremes and hazards: vulnerability, risk and mitigation; decision making under multicriteria; and multi-experts in water resources management problems, etc. Papers submitted for this Special Issue will be subjected to a rigorous peer-review procedure with the aim of a rapid and widespread dissemination of research findings, developments and applications.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Christos Tzimopoulos
Prof. Dr. Pantazis Georgiou
Dr. Mike Spiliotis
Dr. George Papaevangelou
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sustainable water resources systems
  • analytical water resources problems
  • numerical water resources problems
  • water resources management issues
  • fuzzy water resources problems
  • fuzzy water resources management problems
  • computer modeling
  • sustainable water management and SDGs
  • water footprint and life cycle assessment
  • water and energy saving
  • water scarcity and climate change
  • multicriteria analysis in water resources management problems
  • hybrid statistical methods in drought
  • multicriteria assessment of vulnerability to flooding (or to drought)
  • uncertainty in water distribution problems
  • resilience evaluation in water distribution networks
  • urban flood resilience
  • hydro-meteorological extremes and hazards: vulnerability, risk and mitigation
  • case studies

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pH Dynamics in Aquaponic Systems: Implications for Plant and Fish Crop Productivity and Yield
by Yi-Ju Wang, Teng Yang and Hye-Ji Kim
Sustainability 2023, 15(9), 7137; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su15097137 - 24 Apr 2023
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The pH range of 7.0 to 7.2 is recommended to ensure reasonable nitrification rates in aquaponics; however, this range is conducive neither to nitrification, a critical process that occurs at pH 8.0, nor to plant growth. To determine the effects of pH in [...] Read more.
The pH range of 7.0 to 7.2 is recommended to ensure reasonable nitrification rates in aquaponics; however, this range is conducive neither to nitrification, a critical process that occurs at pH 8.0, nor to plant growth. To determine the effects of pH in an aquaponic system, Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L.), kale (Brassica oleracea L.), mustard green (Brassica juncea L.), cilantro (Coriandrum sativum L.), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), and arugula (Eruca vesicaria L.) were cultured with tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in 5-year-old coupled aquaponic systems at three pH levels, 6.0, 6.5, and 7.0, in comparison with hydroponics. Morphological and physiological growth parameters of vegetable and fish crops were measured regularly, and the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in the aquaponic system were analyzed by qPCR at the end of the production. This study found that feed conversion ratio, fish biomass, and copy number of AOB were not affected by different pH, but similar to hydroponic systems, lower pH in aquaponic systems increased fresh and dry mass and nutrient levels of all plant species tested. This study suggests that pH has a significant impact on plant performance and yield in both aquaponic and hydroponic systems and that, similar to hydroponics, a pH of 6 is desirable for aquaponic systems to improve plant crop yield without compromising nitrification activity and fish yield. Full article
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Predicting Freshwater Microbial Pollution Using a Spatial Model: Transferability between Catchments
by Jiawei Li and Junyou Liu
Sustainability 2022, 14(20), 13583; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su142013583 - 20 Oct 2022
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Freshwater microbial contamination has become a worldwide problem, but fecal indicator organism (FIO) data are lacking in many catchments and large-scale management is expensive. Therefore, a model that can assist in spatial localization to simulate microbial risk maps and Critical Source Areas (CSAs) [...] Read more.
Freshwater microbial contamination has become a worldwide problem, but fecal indicator organism (FIO) data are lacking in many catchments and large-scale management is expensive. Therefore, a model that can assist in spatial localization to simulate microbial risk maps and Critical Source Areas (CSAs) is needed. This study aims to generate a predicted risk of microbial contamination in Kent and Leven, Northumberland, and East Suffolk based on the ArcMap hydrological tool using the land use parameters in the Wyre and Yealm catchments. Then, this study will compare the value obtained with the E. coli concentration data (observational risk) in order to evaluate whether land cover weightings are transferable between different catchments and provide microbial risk guidelines for ungauged catchments. In the research, the East Suffolk catchment showed strong fitting with actual values in the rainy and dry seasons after using the predictive values weighted by Wyre and Yealm, respectively. Specifically, as for the models with Yealm land cover weightings, the results show that the adjusted R2 in the rainy season for East Suffolk is 0.916 (p < 0.01) while the adjusted R2 values in the dry season is 0.969 (p < 0.01). As for models with Wyre land cover weightings, the adjusted R2 values (rainy season) is 0.872 (p < 0.01), while the adjusted R2 values (dry season) is 0.991 (p < 0.01). This indicates that this spatial model can effectively predict the risk of fecal microbial contamination in the East Suffolk catchment. Second, this research believes that the land cover weightings are more transferable in catchments that have close geographical locations or similar land cover compositions. This paper makes recommendations for future catchment management based on the results obtained. Full article
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Application of Blockchain Technology in Agricultural Water Rights Trade Management
by Yan Liu and Chao Shang
Sustainability 2022, 14(12), 7017; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14127017 - 08 Jun 2022
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Water is a basic and essential natural resource, and its rational allocation plays a key role in environmental and economic sustainable development. Agriculture consumes a large share of water resources, but the allocation of water rights often deviates from water use in reality. [...] Read more.
Water is a basic and essential natural resource, and its rational allocation plays a key role in environmental and economic sustainable development. Agriculture consumes a large share of water resources, but the allocation of water rights often deviates from water use in reality. Therefore, an appropriate management method for agricultural water rights trading is needed. In this paper, blockchain technology is applied to address the agricultural water rights trading issue. Firstly, an alliance chain and the practical Byzantine fault tolerance (PBFT) consensus mechanism are adopted to support a smart contract and application. Then, a trading platform based on blockchain for agricultural water rights trading is proposed. Finally, the role and function of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) in a self-financing irrigation drainage district (SIDD) are clarified. This study provides a secure and stable platform which can reduce the trading confirmation time and support numerous users. The trading process of agricultural water rights is updated to minimize the cost of water rights’ transactions and improve the system’s efficiency. Full article
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