Scientific Results

This catalogue is obtained by conducting a systematic literature review of scientific studies and reviews related to monitoring, forecasting, and simulating the inland water cycle. The analysis maps scientific expertise across research groups and classifies findings by the type of inland water studied, application focus, and geographical scope. A gap analysis will identify missing research areas and assess their relevance to policymaking.

ID â–Č Type Year Authors Title Venue/Journal DOI Research type Water System Technical Focus Abstract Link with Projects Link with Tools Related policies ID
publications-2741 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Rico Bartak, Thomas Grischek Groundwater Abstraction through Siphon Wells—Hydraulic Design and Energy Savings Water 10.3390/w10050570 Simulation & Modeling River Basins Siphon pipes were used for groundwater abstraction from wells before the development of submersible pumps. Many of the existing and operational systems were built before the 1950s and require rehabilitation. Siphon wells are difficult to design and, therefore, are often equipped with submersible pumps when the system is rehabilitated or renewed. This study presents a novel calculation tool for siphon wells and investigates the energy savings of such system in comparison to an alternative equipment with submersible pumps. A theoretical energy savings of 38% was first estimated compared to individually-operated wells (IOW) for a fictional design example just based on the calculated water levels and abstraction rates. Real energy data from two riverbank filtration (RBF) sites, which operate both siphon and IOW, were investigated in the second part of the study. The analysis of measured data revealed energy savings of 36–69%, confirming the theoretical estimation. 689450
publications-2742 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Andrea F. Brunsch, Thomas L. ter Laak, Ekkehard Christoffels, Huub H.M. Rijnaarts, Alette A.M. Langenhoff Retention soil filter as post-treatment step to remove micropollutants from sewage treatment plant effluent Science of The Total Environment 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.063 Uncategorized Uncategorized No abstract available 689450
publications-2743 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Knorz K, Mertens FM, Brunsch A, Christoffels E Retention Soil Filter For Treatment Of Combined Sewer Overflow And Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Int. J. Environ Impacts 10.2495/EI-V1-N3-364-374 Data Management & Analytics River Basins No abstract available 689450
publications-2744 Peer reviewed articles 2017 Piotr M.J. Kaczmarek Hydraulic conductivity changes in river valley sediments caused by river bank filtration – an analysis of specific well capacity Geologos 10.1515/logos-2017-0013 IoT & Sensors River Basins Abstract Parameters from archive data of the Kalisz-Lis waterworks, located in the Prosna River valley south of Kalisz, have been analysed. Well barrier discharges groundwater from Quaternary sediments which is mixed with riverbank filtration water. The analysis focused on specific well capacity, a parameter that represents the technical and natural aspects of well life. To exclude any aging factor, an examination of specific well capacity acquired only in the first pumping tests of a new well was performed. The results show that wells drilled between 1961 and 2004 have similar values of specific well capacity and prove that > 40 years discharge has had little influence on hydrodynamic conditions of the aquifer, i.e., clogging has either not occurred or is of low intensity. This implies that, in the total water balance of the Kalisz- Lis well barrier, riverbank filtration water made little contribution. In comparison, a similar analysis of archive data on the Mosina-Krajkowo wells of two generations of well barriers located in the Warta flood plains was performed; this has revealed a different trend. There was a significant drop in specific well capacity from the first pumping test of substitute wells. Thus, long-term groundwater discharge in the Warta valley has had a great impact on the reduction of the hydraulic conductivity of sediments and has worsened hydrodynamic conditions due to clogging of river bed and aquifer, which implies a large contribution of riverbank filtration water in the total water well balance. For both well fields conclusions were corroborated by mathematical modeling; in Kalisz-Lis 16.2% of water comes from riverbank filtration, whereas the percentage for Mosina-Krajkowo is 78.9%. 689450
publications-2745 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Jie Liu, Eden Morales-Narvåez, Jahir Orozco, Teresa Vicent, Guohua Zhong, Arben Merkoçi Bioluminescent nanopaper for rapid screening of toxic substances Nano Research 10.1007/s12274-017-1610-7 Uncategorized River Basins No abstract available 689341
publications-2746 Peer reviewed articles 2017 Nopchulee Cheeveewattanagul, Eden Morales-NarvĂĄez, Abdel-Rahim H. A. Hassan, JosĂ© Francisco Bergua, Werasak Surareungchai, Mithran Somasundrum, Arben Merkoçi Straightforward Immunosensing Platform Based on Graphene Oxide-Decorated Nanopaper: A Highly Sensitive and Fast Biosensing Approach Advanced Functional Materials 10.1002/adfm.201702741 Data Management & Analytics Natural Water Bodies Immunoassays are nowadays a crucial tool for diagnostics and drug development. However, they often involve time‐consuming procedures and need at least two antibodies in charge of the capture and detection processes, respectively. This study reports a nanocomposite based on graphene oxide‐coated nanopaper (GONAP) facilitating an advantageous immunosensing platform using a single antibody and without the need for washing steps. The hydrophilic, porous, and photoluminescence‐quenching character of GONAP allows for the adsorption and quenching of photoluminescent quantum dots nanocrystals complexed with antibodies (Ab‐QDs), enabling a ready‐to‐use immunosensing platform. The photoluminescence is recovered upon immunocomplex (antibody‐antigen) formation which embraces a series of interactions (hydrogen bonding, electrostatic, hydrophobic, and Van der Waals interactions) that trigger desorption of the antigen‐Ab‐QD complex from GONAP surface. However, the antigen is then attached onto the GONAP surface by electrostatic interactions leading to a spacer (greater than ≈20 nm) between Ab‐QDs and GONAP and thus hindering nonradiative energy transfer. It is demonstrated that this simple—yet highly sensitive—platform represents a virtually universal immunosensing approach by using small‐sized and big‐sized targets as model analytes, those are, human‐IgG protein and Escherichia coli bacteria. In addition, the assay is proved effective in real matrices analysis, including human serum, poultry meat, and river water. GONAP opens the way to conceptually new paper‐based devices for immunosensing, which are amenable to point of care applications and automated diagnostics. 689341
publications-2747 Peer reviewed articles 2017 Eden Morales-Narváez, Luis Baptista-Pires, Alejandro Zamora-Gálvez, Arben Merkoçi Graphene-Based Biosensors: Going Simple Advanced Materials 10.1002/adma.201604905 Simulation & Modeling River Basins The main properties of graphene derivatives facilitating optical and electrical biosensing platforms are discussed, along with how the integration of graphene derivatives, plastic, and paper can lead to innovative devices in order to simplify biosensing technology and manufacture easy‐to‐use, yet powerful electrical or optical biosensors. Some crucial issues to be overcome in order to bring graphene‐based biosensors to the market are also underscored. 689341
publications-2748 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Marco Springmann, Michael Clark, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Keith Wiebe, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Luis Lassaletta, Wim de Vries, Sonja J. Vermeulen, Mario Herrero, Kimberly M. Carlson, Malin Jonell, Max Troell, Fabrice DeClerck, Line J. Gordon, Rami Zurayk, Peter Scarborough, Mike Rayner, Brent Loken, Jess Fanzo, H. Charles J. Godfray, David Tilman, Johan Rockström, Walter Willett Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits Nature 10.1038/s41586-018-0594-0 Data Management & Analytics Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 689150
publications-2749 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Tomoko Hasegawa, Shinichiro Fujimori, Petr HavlĂ­k, Hugo Valin, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Jonathan C. Doelman, Thomas Fellmann, Page Kyle, Jason F. L. Koopman, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Yuki Ochi, Ignacio PĂ©rez DomĂ­nguez, Elke Stehfest, Timothy B. Sulser, Andrzej Tabeau, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Jun’ya Takakura, Hans van Meijl, Willem-Jan van Zeist, Keith Wiebe, Peter Witzke Risk of increased food insecurity under stringent global climate change mitigation policy Nature Climate Change 10.1038/s41558-018-0230-x Data Management & Analytics Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 689150
publications-2750 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Chrysi S. Laspidou, Dimitrios T. Kofinas, Nikolaos K. Mellios, Maria Witmer Modelling the Water-Energy-Food-Land Use-Climate Nexus: The Nexus Tree Approach Proceedings 10.3390/proceedings2110617 Data Management & Analytics Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 689150