Interested in which research got the most attention? Check out the list below of the most read articles published this year in each journal.

• Comparing statistical process control charts for fault detection in wastewater treatment
• Sequestration of crystal violet dye from wastewater using low-cost coconut husk as a potential adsorbent
• Effects of electroflocculation/oxidation pretreatment on the fouling characteristics of ultrafiltration membranes
• Degradation of methyl orange by pyrite activated persulfate oxidation: mechanism, pathway and influences of water substrates
• Energy and reliability analysis of wastewater treatment plants in small communities in Ontario

• Evolution of water resource allocation in the river basin between administrators and managers
• Improving BP artificial neural network model to predict the SPI in arid regions: a case study in Northern Shaanxi, China
• Changes in actual evapotranspiration and its dominant drivers across the Three-River Source Region of China during 1982–2014
• A comparative assessment of CMIP5 and CMIP6 in hydrological responses of the Yellow River Basin, China
• Post-processing of hydrological model simulations using the convolutional neural network and support vector regression

• Performance evaluation of an HDH desalination system using direct contact packed towers: experimental and mathematical modeling stud
• Adsorption of phosphorus onto nanoscale zero-valent iron/activated carbon: removal mechanisms, thermodynamics, and interferences
• Public perceptions and perspectives on alternative sources of water for reuse generated at the household level
• Analysis of denitrification performance and microbial community structure in a bio-electrochemical reactor under different current densities with wheat-rice stone powder
• Flat sheet metakaolin ceramic membrane for water desalination via direct contact membrane distillation

• Ecosystem services provided by urban ponds and green spaces: a detailed study of a semi-natural site with global importance for research
• Real-time sensing and low-cost experimental setup for water quantity investigation in Nature-based Solutions
• Multi-scale stormwater harvesting to enhance urban resilience to climate change impacts and natural disasters
• Can green city branding support China's Sponge City Programme?
• Understanding the effects of site-scale water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) in the urban water cycle: a review

• Effects of face masks and ventilation on the risk of SARS-CoV-2 respiratory transmission in public toilets: a quantitative microbial risk assessment
• Interlaboratory comparison of the intensity of drinking water odor and taste by two-way ordinal analysis of variation without replication
• COVID-19 case prediction via wastewater surveillance in a low-prevalence urban community: a modeling approach
• The pH of bottled water commercially available in Australia and its implications for oral health
• Sources, enumerations and inactivation mechanisms of four emerging viruses in aqueous phase

• Multi-step-ahead prediction of river flow using NARX neural networks and deep learning LSTM
• Scorecard diagnostic tool for the enabling regulatory environment of faecal sludge management
• Strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene governance: a critical review of Zimbabwe's WASH sector institutional arrangements
• Container-based sanitation in urban Haiti: how can it improve human rights as a component of citywide inclusive sanitation?
• A systems approach to improving access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in schools in Odisha, India

• Impacts of reservoir operation and urbanization on flood inundation in the Vu Gia Thu Bon Basin, Vietnam
• Research on partition strategy of an urban water supply network based on optimized hierarchical clustering algorithm
• Runoff forecasting model based on CEEMD and combination model: a case study in the Manasi River, China
• The hydraulic investigation of inflatable weirs
• Water consumption forecasting models – a case study in Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago)

• Comparison of hydrogeochemical characteristics of thermokarst lake water in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau under active layer freeze–thaw conditions
• Monthly precipitation prediction using neural network algorithms in the Thua Thien Hue Province 
• An efficient and economic desilitation strategy for reservoir sustainable development under the threat of extreme flooding threaten
• Experimental study on the water–rock interaction mechanism in a groundwater heat pump reinjection process
• Assessment and prediction of shoreline change using multi-temporal satellite data and geostatistics: A case study on the eastern coast of India

• Effects of flow condition and chute geometry on the shockwaves formed on chute spillway
• Study on water hammer protection of the siphon breaking structure in the water supply system
• Effect of precipitation and sediment concentration on the loss of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Pasikhan River
• From a millennium to a sustainable water and sanitation development: were we there already?
• Unsteady friction model modified with compression–expansion effects in transient pipe flow

• Smart pressure management extension for EPANET: source code enhancement with a dynamic pressure reducing valve model
• Comparison of EEMD-ARIMA, EEMD-BP and EEMD-SVM algorithms for predicting the hourly urban water consumption
• Comparing alternative PDA solvers with EPANET
• Numerical investigations of hydraulic transient and thermodynamic characteristics of water flow impacting air pocket inside pipe based on CLSVOF
• Application of a hybrid model based on GA–ELMAN neural networks and VMD double processing in water level prediction

• The importance of water temperature in water supply systems
• Considerations on the past, present and future of groundwater in Spain
• Submergence in broad-crested weirs using 1D classical Hydraulics equations
• Water disinfection: a review of conventional and advanced treatments with chlorine and peracetic acid
• Assessing the rainfall measurements across Mexico City using disdrometer network and their comparison respect to tipping bucket rain gauge network

• Prioritization of maintenance work in wastewater networks using decision support methods
• Community engagement in water, sanitation and hygiene in sub-Saharan Africa: does it WASH?
• Drinking water quality and health risk assessment of intake and point-of-use water sources in Tano North Municipality, Ghana
• Application of the Water Service Sustainability Index to water services in sub-Saharan Africa: the case studies of eight councils in the Southern region of Cameroon (Central Africa)
• A One Health evaluation of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Butaro Sector, Rwanda

• Water pricing and affordability in the US: public vs. private ownership
• Adoption of modern irrigation technologies in the presence of water theft and corruption: evidence from public irrigated areas in Medjez-el-Bab
• Research on water resources pricing model under the water resources–economic high-quality development coupling system: a case study of Hubei Province, China
• Evaluation and prediction of water resources carrying capacity in Jiangsu Province, China
• The effectiveness of a water resource tax policy in improving water-use efficiency: a quasi-natural experiment-based approach

• Comparison of urban stormwater plant biofilter designs for nutrient and metal removal in South Africa
• Pumping test analysis for assessment of hydraulic parameters and aquifer system formation in hilly terrain
• Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater quality: a case study of Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku, Rivers State
• Valorization of spent coffee grounds through pyrolysis as adsorbent for the removal of Vivizole Red 3BS dye from aqueous solution
• Flood frequency analysis and inundation mapping for lower Narmada basin, India

• Statistical tools for water quality assessment and monitoring in river ecosystems – a scoping review and recommendations for data analysis
• Effective phosphate removal from sewage water using zerovalent iron nanomaterial as an adsorbent
• Thin-film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane for water desalination: synthesis, characterization and performance improvement
• Machine learning for water quality classification
• Numerical investigation of the multiphase flow patterns and removal effect in a large dissolved air flotation