OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Urban Water Journal is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Unsteady state municipal wastewater treatment: MBR response to organic and hydraulic shock-loads	20
Optimisation of pumping and storage design through iterative hydraulic adjustment for minimum energy consumption	18
An experimental study on the hydraulics of stormwater inlets	17
Evaluating the effects of soil data quality on the SWAT runoff prediction Performance; A case study of Saz-Cayirova catchment, Turkey	17
Integrating spatial clustering with predictive modeling of pipe failures in water distribution systems	15
Which factors determine students’ water-saving behaviors? Evidence from China colleges	15
Evaluation of Pilot Scale Domestic Wastewater Reuse System in Terms of Irrigation and Industrial Process Waters in Turkey	13
Financial feasibility of implementing an automated system to save the cold potable water that would be wasted at the beginning of a hot shower	12
Urban household uptake of water sensitive urban design source control measures: an exploratory comparative survey across Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa	12
An initial parameter estimation approach for urban catchment modelling	12
Modelling the dynamic performance of stormwater drainage systems integrated with infiltration trenches	12
Increasing knowledge and trust to overcome barriers to green infrastructure implementation: a Vancouver case study	11
Generating zonal hourly water consumption patterns in water distribution networks using end-use data	11
Production of magnetic biochar from the Hazelnut shell and magnetite particles for adsorption of Penicillin-G from the contaminated water	11
Intraurban spatial configuration, hydrologic similarity areas and their roles in urban drainage dynamics	11
A preliminary nitrification model for a Juncus effusus plant biofilter	11
An automated approach to establish relationship between total and effective impervious area for urban Indian catchments	11
The impact of wastewater-irrigated urban agriculture on microbial quality of drinking water at household level in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	11
Evaluating the impact of LID-BMPs on urban runoff reduction in an urban sub-catchment	10
Performance Assessment Method for Small- and Medium-Sized Urban Water Systems: Development and Implementation	10
Sustainable urban stormwater management in developing countries: integrating strategies to overcome Brazilian barriers	10
Rambling the headway in redemption of carbon-based nanomaterials for wastewater treatment	10
Prediction of Hydraulic Blockage at Culverts using Lab Scale Simulated Hydraulic Data	10
Evaluation of fiber compositions, strength indicators, and disintegration patterns of flushable sanitary products in relevance to what is flushable	9
Willingness to pay for improving water supply continuity in case of climatic extreme natural events: an empirical approach for Chile	9

Spatial variability of groundwater quality in four mega-cities of India and impact of land use types on groundwater quality	9
Performance of low impact development techniques in flood hazard mitigation in a closed urbanised catchment for extreme precipitation events	9
An overview on water quality, pollution sources, and associated ecological and human health concerns of the lake water of megacity: a case study on Dhaka city lakes in Bangladesh	9
Optimization of booster chlorination for water distribution system under dual uncertainties	8
Water retention by green infrastructure to mitigate urban flooding: a meta-analysis	8
Designing a greywater treatment system in a highly adaptive urban environment: an ergonomics and human factors observational analysis	8
Urban water quality in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in light of the sustainable development goal (SDG) 6 and the new national sanitation policy	8
New institutional theory perspective: water safety plan implementations in Thailand, Australia, Indonesia and Nepal	8
Maximum pressure of water column separation phenomenon applying the crow search algorithm	8
Development and user testing of the ICT-platform Visual Water supporting sustainable municipal stormwater planning	8
Experimental characterization of a self-powered control system for a real-time management of water distribution networks	8
On the in-series and branching dual-technique - based water-hammer control strategy	8
Investigating the relations between performance indicators of urban water supply in India	8
Evaluating effects of urban imperviousness connectivity on runoff with consideration of receiving pervious area properties	7
Water scarcity and alternative water sources in South Africa: can information provision shift perceptions?	7
Experiential approaches to sanitation-goal assessment: Sanitation practices in selected informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa	7
The level of aquatic yeast as a possible indicator of microbiological quality of urban recreational water reservoirs	7
Determination of microplastics in drinking water treatment plants and tap water in Kocaeli, Turkey	7
Multi-objective optimization of trapezoidal labyrinth weir with a stepped energy dissipator using Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) algorithm	7
Developing a new methodology for wastewater pipes cleaning prioritization using integrating Induced Ordered Weighted Averaging and fuzzy logic methods	7
Environmental aspects of trenchless pipe rehabilitation methods	7
Predicting unregulated disinfection by-products in water distribution networks using generalized regression neural networks	7
Urban waterlogging early warning model based on particle swarm optimization and deep neural network: a case study of Hefei old city	7
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for urban drainage: a review focused on sustainable stormwater management	7
Hydraulic-hydrological modelling for ecological flow analysis in urbanised basins without monitored flow data	7
Households’ willingness-to-pay for different strategies aimed at reducing water supply network dysfunctions. A French case-study	7
The role of graph-based methods in urban drainage networks (UDNs): review and directions for future	7
Understanding performance change of the water industry: how do size and patterns of output mix associate with efficiency?	7
A multi-voiced model for decision-making in water resource management. A case study in the urban area of Mar del Plata city, Argentina	6
High removal efficiency of ammonium from aqueous solution by colloidal silver nanoparticles: batch adsorption	6
Willingness to pay for the outcomes of improved stormwater management	6
An insight on the advancements of biological technologies in the bioremediation of textile effluents	6
A study on the economic loss estimation of industrial wastewater pollution discharges in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration	6
Importance of cost-benefit evaluation in the selection of flood control infrastructures	6
The impact of informal settlements on the surface water quality: a baseline analysis of the Kaalspruit in Tembisa township, South Africa	6
A review of prediction models for E. coli in urban surface waters	6
Impact of urban growth on the natural drainage network of the Srinagar city	6
Assessing wet season water quality and health risks of Chaobai River: impacts of natural weathering and anthropogenic activities in a small urban watershed	6
Correction	6
Components of urban ground water recharge in Bengaluru, India	6
Random forest for the detection of unauthorized consumption in water supply systems: a case study in Southern Brazil	6
Modeling water consumption in multifamily buildings: a case study in Southern Brazil	5
Assessment of the impact of the rise in Lake Victoria water levels on urban flooding using a GIS-based spatial flood modelling approach	5
Stress-testing water distribution networks for cyber-physical attacks on water quality	5
A novel device for pressure-based leakage characterisation in water distribution pipes	5
Real-time control of retention basins for stormwater management and Rainwater Reuse	5
Coping with and adapting to urban floods: experiences of flood community-dwelling households in Aboabo, Ghana	5
Evaluation of the potential corrosivity of groundwater using an Analytic Hierarchy Process-based index	5
Air entrapment modelling in water supply networks during pipe filling events	5
Assessment of flood susceptibility in coastal peri-urban areas: an alternative MCDA approach for ungauged catchments	5

Application of Integrated Urban Water Security Index (IUWSI) in Sana’a, Yemen (Case study)	5
Testing restorative maintenance technologies for permeable interlocking concrete pavements	5
Service level indicators evaluation of water supply systems: water users’ perspective	5
Short-term impacts of the filling transition across elevations in intermittent water supply systems	5
Shared water resources in decentralized city regions: mixed governance arrangements in Indonesia	5
Microbial quality and emerging pollutants in freshwater systems of Mega Manila, Philippines: a scoping review	5
Leak localization in water distribution networks using GIS-Enhanced autoencoders	5
Evaluation of a participatory citizen approach to monitor microbial water quality of self-supply in urban Indonesia	5
Residues of endocrine-disrupting PCBs in drinking water - influence of water and wastewater treatment in Szczecin (Poland)	5
Droughts in São Paulo: challenges and lessons for a water-adaptive society	5
The perception and expectation of WASH technology services in Pointe-Noire Ville and Tandou-Boma, Republic of Congo through novel conventional-SERVQUAL-AHP model	5
Organochlorine pesticides in the drinking water of Merida and its Metropolitan Zone, a Karst Region	5
Evaluating the uncertainty of urban flood model using glue approach	5
Multi-period consequence management of contaminations in water distribution networks: application of regret-based optimization model	5
Measuring urban water resilience at household level: A comparative study through a framework for developing countries	4
Deliberate stakeholder engagement: a framework of considerations for integrated asset management of water utilities	4
Optimization of water distribution networks using hybrid BBO-IWO algorithm	4
Indicator-based resilience assessment of stormwater infrastructure network structure	4
Sensitivity-based adaptive procedure (SAP) for optimal rehabilitation of sewer systems	4
Application of hazard analysis and critical control points concept for rural bottled drinking water production process	4
Fractality in water distribution networks: application to criticality analysis and optimal rehabilitation	4
A unified discharge capacity formula of clogged grate inlets	4
Drivers of planned compliance with irrigation restrictions among residents in a rapidly urbanizing region	4
Forecasting land use/cover changes and their influence on groundwater recharge in Chennai, India: Recommendations for sustainable urban development	4
Application of MLR-PRN model for estimation of arsenic concentration in drinking water: a case study for İzmir City	4
Water conservation potential within higher education institutions: lessons from a Brazilian university	4
Understanding residential water demand: insights from a survey in a Mediterranean city	4
Optimization of injection costs for water distribution systems under double-sided fuzziness	4
Characteristics of urban drainage water and its impacts on neighboring rivers	4