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Submarine fresh groundwater discharge into Laizhou Bay comparable to the Yellow River flux

Near- and off-shore fresh groundwater resources become increasingly important with the social and economic development in coastal areas. Although large scale (hundreds of km) submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) to the ocean has been shown to be of the sa ...

Nature Publishing Group2015

Towards Solar Decathlon: Concepts for a Sustainable Urban Water Management in a new eco-district

Gianluca Antonio Paglia

Water is rarely considered to be a crucial aspect in sustainable housing. In fact, water sustainability in eco-districts and in ecological architecture is frequently limited to recycling and reuse solutions. Why less water? What could explain the choice of ...

2015

Groundwater flow and salt transport in a subterranean estuary driven by intensified wave conditions

David Andrew Barry, Clare Robinson

A numerical study, based on a density-dependent variably saturated groundwater flow model, was conducted to investigate flow and salt transport in a near-shore aquifer under intensified wave conditions caused by offshore storms. Temporally varying onshore ...

American Geophysical Union2014

Model falsification diagnosis and sensor placement for leak detection in pressurized pipe networks

Ian Smith, Sylvain Coutu, James-Alexandre Goulet

Pressurized pipe networks used for fresh-water distribution can take advantage of recent advances in sensing technologies and data-interpretation to evaluate their performance. In this paper, a leak-detection and a sensor placement methodology are proposed ...

Elsevier2013

Detecting leak regions through model falsification

Ian Smith, Gaudenz Moser

Pressurized fluid-distribution networks are strategic elements of infrastructure. In the case of fresh-water distribution networks, advanced sensor-based diagnostic methodologies have the potential to provide enhanced management support. Since a significan ...

2013

The Economics of Water Distribution in Switzerland

Anne-Kathrin Faust

This thesis analyses three distinct aspects of the economics of water distribution in Switzerland. Climate change and mounting pressure regarding the performance of network industries command an understanding of the drivers of cost and efficiency of water ...

EPFL2013

Depletion of Stem Water of Sclerocarya birrea Agroforestry Tree Precedes Start of Rainy Season in West African Sudanian Zone

Marc Parlange, Natalie Claire Ceperley, Theophile Mande

Understanding water use by agroforestry trees in dry-land ecosystems is essential for improving water management. Agroforestry trees are valued and promoted for many of their ecologic and economic beneﬁts but are often criticized as competing for valuable ...

2013

The herbicide glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA in the Lavaux vineyard area, western Switzerland: proof of widespread export to surface waters. Part I: Method validation in different water matrices

Dominique Grandjean, Luiz Felippe De Alencastro

An analytical method for the quantification of the widely used herbicide, glyphosate, its main by-product, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) and the herbicide glufosinate at trace level was developed and tested in different aqueous matrices. Their derivati ...

2013

Optical classification of algae species with a glass lab-on-a-chip

Yves Bellouard

The identification of submillimetre phytoplankton is important for monitoring environmental and climate changes, as well as evaluating water for health reasons. Current standard methods for phytoplankton species identification require sample collection and ...

2012

Reuse of domestic wastewater treated in macrophyte ponds to irrigate tomato and eggplant in semi-arid West-Africa: benefits and risks

André Mermoud

The scarcity of freshwater resources is a critical problem in semi-arid zones and marginal quality water is increasingly being used in agriculture. This paper aimed at evaluating the physico-chemical and biological risks on irrigated soils and fruits of ma ...

Elsevier2011

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