The Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research (JAWER) publishes papers and practical case studies on all aspects of hydro-environment engineering and research. JAWER welcomes applications related to integrated water resources management and hydro-policy and aims for international dissemination of innovative methods that will specifically showcase studies on interfacing technology-based solutions within the hydro-environment and their ecological value and services.

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Overview

This issue brings together a collection of research and engineering contributions within the disciplines of fluid dynamics, computational hydraulics, hydrology, or remote sensing applied to water systems such as water distribution networks, open channels, and dams, up to the river basin scale. One article contributes to the basic understanding of acoustic cavitation and how it is affected by fluid compressibility, while fundamental research on channel hydraulics is described in another paper focusing on an analysis of opposing channel flow by means of CFD software. This issue also contains more applied research work, with contributions addressing direct engineering problems such as user-friendly and open-source software for the design of water distribution systems; the use of artificial intelligence techniques for the assessment of water quality in smart cities; and the application of CFD software, in this case to assess the effect of stratified conditions in granite dams. Additionally, a new and promising forecasting platform for river basin management is introduced that will enable the integration of multiple models at a higher level of accuracy. All in all, this issue presents a set of research contributions tackling cardinal aspects of water science and engineering that may attract the interest of not only academics but also practitioners.

Research articles

• Liquid compressibility effect on the acoustic generation of free radicals
  

  Slimane Merouani, Oualid Hamdaoui and Nassim Kerabchi

  Pages: 247-261 | DOI: 10.1080/23249676.2020.1787245

• Studying subcritical opposing channel flows
  

  Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Pranab Kumar Mohapatra, Vikrant Jain and Udit Bhatia

  Pages: 262-276 | DOI: 10.1080/23249676.2020.1787247

• Detailed overview of the multimodel multiproduct streamflow forecasting platform
  

  Tirthankar Roy, Juan B. Valdés , Aleix Serrat-Capdevila, Matej Durcik, Eleonora M. C. Demaria, Rodrigo Valdés-Pineda and Hoshin V. Gupta

  Pages: 277-289 | DOI: 10.1080/23249676.2020.1799442

• An easy MS Excel software to use for water distribution system design: A real case distribution network design solution
  

  Orhan Gokyay

  Pages: 290-297 | DOI: 10.1080/23249676.2020.1831975

Case reports

• A CFD model to assess lower Granite Dam operations under stratified conditions
  

  Marcela Politano and Ryan Laughery

  Pages: 298-312 | DOI: 10.1080/23249676.2020.1831973

• Deep neural network analyses of water quality time series associated with water sensitive urban design (WSUD) features
  

  Ho Huu Loc, Quang Hung Do, A.A. Cokro and Kim N. Irvine

  Pages: 313-332 | DOI: 10.1080/23249676.2020.1831976

Correction

• Non-linear flow through rockfill embankments

  Pages: 333-333 | DOI: 10.1080/23249676.2020.1816351