Fwd: Water, Volume 18, Issue 13 (July-1 2026) Table of Contents

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Water, Volume 18, Issue 13 (July-1 2026) Table of Contents Highlights Read our recent reviews collection here. Read our Editor's Choice Articles here, which have been selected based on recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI journals from around the world. Read our Most Cited & Viewed papers here. Sections Water and One Health Water-Energy Nexus New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences Hydrogeology Soil and Water Water and Climate Change Ecohydrology Hydrology Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Water Quality and Contamination Urban Water Management Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems Oceans and Coastal Zones Water Erosion and Sediment Transport Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture General Special Issues Open for Submissions Upcoming Conferences Recent Special Issue Reprints Water and One Health Article: Oxidative Potential of Water-Soluble Fractions in Road Dust from Huainan, a Typical Coal Resource-Based City in East China: Characteristics and Influencing Factors Nini Pang, Jingfeng Wu, Wandong Chu, Xianlin Mo, Zhao Lv, Guichun Zhou, Jie Wu and Jinggang Wang Water 2026, 18(13), 1587; DOI: 10.3390/w18131587 Article: Data-Driven Monitoring for Thermal Water Quality Control: Anomaly Detection from Predictive Forecasting in the AQUAPRED Project Abel Pampín Rodríguez, Elena Hernández Pereira, María Lourdes Mourelle and José Luis Legido Soto Water 2026, 18(13), 1654; DOI: 10.3390/w18131654 Water-Energy Nexus Article: Revisiting Resilience in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: A Spatial, Non-Compensatory Self-Sufficiency Framework G.-Fivos Sargentis, Levon Gevorkov and Theano Iliopoulou Water 2026, 18(13), 1539; DOI: 10.3390/w18131539 Article: A Novel Integrated Approach for Spatial Analysis of the Coupling Relationship and Its Driving Mechanisms of the Water–Energy–Food–Ecology–Land Nexus in the Yellow River Basin of China Xianzhi Liu, Ruining Yang, Xinyue Zhang, Aolong Sun, Fei Zhang, Chunyan Li and Junming Li Water 2026, 18(13), 1577; DOI: 10.3390/w18131577 Article: Total Dissolved Gas Supersaturation as a System-Level Constraint on Flexible Hydropower Dispatch: An Engineering Assessment Within the Water–Energy–Environment Nexus Guilherme Martinez Figueiredo Ferraz, Carlos Barreira Martinez, Dieimys Santos Ribeiro, Guilherme Sousa Bastos, Andrey Leonardo Fagundes de Castro, Lorena Bettinelli Nogueira, Juliano Mafra Neves, Liandro Rosa, Bruno Correia Macedo and Ramon Rodrigues Vieira de Carvalho Water 2026, 18(13), 1633; DOI: 10.3390/w18131633 Editorial: Water Footprint and Energy Sustainability Winnie Gerbens-Leenes and Santiago D. Vaca-Jiménez Water 2026, 18(13), 1632; DOI: 10.3390/w18131632 New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences Article: Hybrid Deep Learning Models for Predicting Saltwater Intrusion in Nearshore Aquifers: Comparative Evaluation of CNN, LSTM, and DNN Architectures Dilip Kumar Roy, Kowshik Kumar Saha and Bithin Datta Water 2026, 18(13), 1544; DOI: 10.3390/w18131544 Article: Water Level Measurement Approach Using Monocular Vision with Piecewise Linear Fitting Algorithm Dong Zhou, Xiaochen Wang, Kai Si, Mingtang Liu, Mengmeng Ge, Zhixin Li and Jinggan Shao Water 2026, 18(13), 1557; DOI: 10.3390/w18131557 Article: Remote Sensing Retrieval and Spatiotemporal Variation in Suspended Sediment Concentration in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Liaohe River Ce Luan, Ming Yan, Fuzheng Gong, Yuxuan Yang, Sheng Li, Xue Liu and Qi Wu Water 2026, 18(13), 1562; DOI: 10.3390/w18131562 Article: Artificial Neural Network and Support Vector Regression for Predicting Turbulent Bursting in Bluff-Body Hydrodynamics Anjan Samanta and Sankar Sarkar Water 2026, 18(13), 1568; DOI: 10.3390/w18131568 Article: Thermal-Process-Informed Input-Variable Selection for Multi-Site Short-Term River Water-Temperature Forecasting in the Upper and Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River Jun Ma, Hui Huang, Defu Liu, Ying Liu and Yaqian Xu Water 2026, 18(13), 1574; DOI: 10.3390/w18131574 Article: Scenario-Based Surface-Runoff Simulation and Resilience-Informed Evaluation of Emergency Response for Water Treatment Facilities Under Accidental Effluent Runoff Using GIS and AHP Jin-Byeong Lee, Eun-Young Jang, Jinzhen Han and Ji-Sung Kim Water 2026, 18(13), 1583; DOI: 10.3390/w18131583 Article: A Physics-Inspired Stochastic Resonance Framework for Enhancing Machine Learning Streamflow Forecasting Yu Quan, Chunhui Li, Xiong Zhou, Yujun Yi, Xuan Wang and Qiang Liu Water 2026, 18(13), 1586; DOI: 10.3390/w18131586 Article: Testing Utility of ICESat-2 and SWOT Altimetry in Monitoring Monthly Groundwater Levels of Dune Field Water Table Lakes Nawaraj Shrestha, Troy E. Gilmore, Aaron R. Mittelstet and R. Matthew Joeckel Water 2026, 18(13), 1601; DOI: 10.3390/w18131601 Article: Morphometric-Based Flash Flood Susceptibility and Hydrological Hazard Modeling: Implications for Sustainable Development in the Southern Red Sea Coast of Saudi Arabia Maan Okayli, Abdullah M. Alanazi and Bashar Bashir Water 2026, 18(13), 1606; DOI: 10.3390/w18131606 Article: Research on a Hydropower Station Tailwater Level Prediction Method Based on Stacked Ensemble Learning Xinxiang Cai, Yang Xu, Hui Cao, Guanjun Liu, Kaixuan Yu and Hui Qin Water 2026, 18(13), 1621; DOI: 10.3390/w18131621 Article: Long-Term Supervised Ensemble Forecasting of Monthly Flows of Cetina River, Croatia Jadran Berbić, Eva Ocvirk and Gordon Gilja Water 2026, 18(13), 1641; DOI: 10.3390/w18131641 Editorial: From Earth Observation to Water Intelligence: Remote Sensing for Integrated and Sustainable Water Resource Management Anuj Tiwari Water 2026, 18(13), 1631; DOI: 10.3390/w18131631 Editorial: Application of Artificial Intelligence in Hydraulic Engineering, 2nd Edition Chunhui Ma, Jie Yang and Lin Cheng Water 2026, 18(13), 1652; DOI: 10.3390/w18131652 Hydrogeology Article: Evaluation of Travel–Time Definitions for Thermal Tracer Tomography Under Varying Data Density: A Laboratory Sandbox Study Yang Song, Rui Hu, Lirui Fan and Huiyang Qiu Water 2026, 18(13), 1543; DOI: 10.3390/w18131543 Article: Groundwater Evaluation and Management in the Surat Thani Basin, Southern Thailand, Using Stable Isotope and Numerical Modeling Songsak Muangnoi, Passakorn Pananont, Ladda Tangwattananukul, Pongsakorn Jiwapornkupt, Panu Trivej, Schradh Saenton, Chanai Rinkaew, Pee Poatprommanee and Somruedee Sakkaravej Water 2026, 18(13), 1571; DOI: 10.3390/w18131571 Article: Groundwater Quality Changes in an Irrigation District Under Overexploitation Control: Differential Responses of Confined and Unconfined Aquifers Xu Cui, Lihu Yang, Xianfang Song, Xiaobo Duan, Haibin Liu, Yuanyuan Diao and Heng Gao Water 2026, 18(13), 1582; DOI: 10.3390/w18131582 Article: Natural Clogging Design for Tailings Pond Filters Jingyu Song, Faning Dang, Weikang Bai, Haibin Xue, Fan Feng, Bin Hou, Zhongji Dong and Jihong Zhang Water 2026, 18(13), 1589; DOI: 10.3390/w18131589 Article: The Spatial Variability and Influencing Factors of Soil pH in Pingquan City, China Yinuo Wang, Hongyan An, Jingtao Shi, Suduan Hu, Bo Li, Wenda Liu, Junchao Zhang, Junjian Liu and Xia Li Water 2026, 18(13), 1608; DOI: 10.3390/w18131608 Article: Péclet-Number-Controlled Solute Transport Regimes in Idealized Rough Rock Fractures: Implications for Groundwater Contamination Yongjin Zhang, Zengchao Wang, Cheng Li, Hui Yang and Xin Qu Water 2026, 18(13), 1615; DOI: 10.3390/w18131615 Article: Cumulative Drawdown as a Primary State Variable: The Absement Method for Leaky-Aquifer Pumping-Test Analysis Cem B. Avcı Water 2026, 18(13), 1638; DOI: 10.3390/w18131638 Article: Numerical Simulation Research on Landslide Instability Mechanism Under Periodic Precipitation Conditions Ziang Liu, Lianxia Ma, Qihang Liu, Liang Song and Xiaomin Dai Water 2026, 18(13), 1643; DOI: 10.3390/w18131643 Soil and Water Article: The Impact of PFAS on Soil Surface Wettability Xuexiang He and Mark L. Brusseau Water 2026, 18(13), 1541; DOI: 10.3390/w18131541 Article: Effect of KI Solution Concentration on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance T2 Relaxation Characteristics of Pore Water in Expansive Soils Jingjing Li, Lei Jin and Xinming Li Water 2026, 18(13), 1623; DOI: 10.3390/w18131623 Water and Climate Change Article: A GIS-Based Flooding Indicator for Heavy Rainfall Hazards Along the German Railway Network: Case Study Nordrhein-Westfalen Frauke von den Driesch and Sonja Szymczak Water 2026, 18(13), 1533; DOI: 10.3390/w18131533 Article: Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Climatic Attribution of Natural Lake Extremes Across China’s Major Urban Agglomerations (2001–2023) Zhuan Hao, Di Wang, Fengwei Xu, Xiaohui Sun and Li Tang Water 2026, 18(13), 1569; DOI: 10.3390/w18131569 Article: River–Canal Changes in the Middle Reaches of the Minjiang River (1644–1949): Spatiotemporal Evolution and Driving Mechanisms Yixun Yan, Tianhua Han and Qifan Dai Water 2026, 18(13), 1575; DOI: 10.3390/w18131575 Article: Advancing Detailed Flood Hazard Identification in Alberta, Canada: Insights from Two Recent Flood Studies Hossein Kheirkhah Gildeh, Paul Orban, Omid Mohseni, Christian Frias, Tom MacDonald, Muhammad Durrani and Peter Onyshko Water 2026, 18(13), 1592; 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DOI: 10.3390/w18131619 Hydrology Article: Machine-Learning Multi-Model Integration for Future Precipitation and Water Management Implications in the Yangtze River Basin Lan Yang, Shengnan Zhu, Yanan Sun, Zhuozheng Li, Wei Gao and Zhongxu Li Water 2026, 18(13), 1536; DOI: 10.3390/w18131536 Article: SWMM-Based Hydrological Modelling of Blue-Green Infrastructure for Climate-Resilient Stormwater Management and Urban Flood Reduction Under the 25-Year Return Period Extreme Rainfall Scenario in F-North and G-North Wards of Greater Mumbai, India Vedanti Kelkar, Vishal Solanki and Peter Krebs Water 2026, 18(13), 1542; DOI: 10.3390/w18131542 Article: Integrated Modeling Framework for Groundwater Flow Model in Complex Mountain Hydrogeology: A Case Study of the Kofu Basin, Japan Cuong Quoc Nguyen and Takashi Nakamura Water 2026, 18(13), 1567; DOI: 10.3390/w18131567 Article: Integrated Hydrological–Hydraulic Framework for Urban Flood Risk Management in Montería, Colombia: From 2D Modeling and Vulnerability Assessment to Structural, Non-Structural, and Emergency Intervention Measures Samuel Pinto Argel, Humberto Tavera Quiróz, Gabriel Narvaez-Campo, Fernando Campo Zambrano, Mauricio Rosso Pinto and Jorge Cardenas de la Ossa Water 2026, 18(13), 1576; 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