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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Optimisation of pumping and storage design through iterative hydraulic adjustment for minimum energy consumption	29
Unsteady state municipal wastewater treatment: MBR response to organic and hydraulic shock-loads	28
Estimating water availability and demand for urban green with a minimal model	26
Intraurban spatial configuration, hydrologic similarity areas and their roles in urban drainage dynamics	17
Long-term multi-objective optimization control strategy for the integrated system of treatment plants, sewage networks, and rivers	17
Integrating spatial clustering with predictive modeling of pipe failures in water distribution systems	17
A preliminary nitrification model for a Juncus effusus plant biofilter	17
An experimental study on the hydraulics of stormwater inlets	17
Increasing knowledge and trust to overcome barriers to green infrastructure implementation: a Vancouver case study	16
Understanding urban flood risk perception and its determinants across diverse hazard sources	15
Impact of attitudes, drought experience and alternative water sources on water conservation behaviour in urban India	15
An initial parameter estimation approach for urban catchment modelling	15
An automated approach to establish relationship between total and effective impervious area for urban Indian catchments	15
Generating zonal hourly water consumption patterns in water distribution networks using end-use data	14
Assessing 3D and 2D hydrodynamic models for urban flood simulations: a district scale analysis with experimental street-level discharge, height and velocity	14
Evaluation of rainwater management and carbon emission reduction in a logistics park: a case study of Tianjin, China	14
Short term nodal pressure prediction using hybrid machine learning regression for an urban water distribution network	13
Modelling the dynamic performance of stormwater drainage systems integrated with infiltration trenches	12
Resilience in the face of rising flood risk: assessing severity, socio-economic effects, and responses in Buipe	12
Performance of low impact development techniques in flood hazard mitigation in a closed urbanised catchment for extreme precipitation events	11
Performance Assessment Method for Small- and Medium-Sized Urban Water Systems: Development and Implementation	11
Experimental measurements of biofilm thickness in drinking water pipes	11
Rainwater harvesting and water conservation in commercial landscapes in Arizona - a case study	11
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	11
Rambling the headway in redemption of carbon-based nanomaterials for wastewater treatment	10

The impact of wastewater-irrigated urban agriculture on microbial quality of drinking water at household level in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	10
Water quality and health risk assessment of drinking water in factories in Thailand	10
Impact of climate change on infiltration and inflow: a modelling approach for urban wastewater systems	10
Spatial variability of groundwater quality in four mega-cities of India and impact of land use types on groundwater quality	10
Willingness to pay for improving water supply continuity in case of climatic extreme natural events: an empirical approach for Chile	10
Prediction of Hydraulic Blockage at Culverts using Lab Scale Simulated Hydraulic Data	10
Evaluating the impact of LID-BMPs on urban runoff reduction in an urban sub-catchment	10
New institutional theory perspective: water safety plan implementations in Thailand, Australia, Indonesia and Nepal	9
Analyzing spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of urban flood resilience in the Yangtze River Delta	9
Implications of spatially distributed rainfall design events on urban hydrological response across advection scenarios	9
Multi-objective optimization of trapezoidal labyrinth weir with a stepped energy dissipator using Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) algorithm	9
Correction	9
Maximum pressure of water column separation phenomenon applying the crow search algorithm	9
Designing a greywater treatment system in a highly adaptive urban environment: an ergonomics and human factors observational analysis	8
Determination of optimal supplementary water volume of plain urban river network based on multi-index tradeoff: taking Nanling County river network as an example	8
Households’ willingness-to-pay for different strategies aimed at reducing water supply network dysfunctions. A French case-study	8
Investigating the relations between performance indicators of urban water supply in India	8
Construction of a treatment wetland in the urban setting: a case study of the Halifax River urban stormwater system, Florida	8
Water distribution systems: a review of water quality modeling for management and contamination warning systems	8
Water retention by green infrastructure to mitigate urban flooding: a meta-analysis	8
Impact of urban growth on the natural drainage network of the Srinagar city	8
Development and user testing of the ICT-platform Visual Water supporting sustainable municipal stormwater planning	8
The impact of exposure to alternative pipe materials on runoff quality under laboratory conditions	8
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for urban drainage: a review focused on sustainable stormwater management	8
Characterisation, treatment, and reuse potential of light greywater from Kuwaiti residential apartments for toilet flushing	8
Environmental aspects of trenchless pipe rehabilitation methods	7
The role of graph-based methods in urban drainage networks (UDNs): review and directions for future	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	7
A study on the economic loss estimation of industrial wastewater pollution discharges in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration	7
Performance analysis of reservoirs for rainwater storage	7
Assessing wet season water quality and health risks of Chaobai River: impacts of natural weathering and anthropogenic activities in a small urban watershed	7
Urban waterlogging early warning model based on particle swarm optimization and deep neural network: a case study of Hefei old city	7
The level of aquatic yeast as a possible indicator of microbiological quality of urban recreational water reservoirs	7
Developing a new methodology for wastewater pipes cleaning prioritization using integrating Induced Ordered Weighted Averaging and fuzzy logic methods	7
Determination of microplastics in drinking water treatment plants and tap water in Kocaeli, Turkey	7
A review of prediction models for E. coli in urban surface waters	6
Importance of cost-benefit evaluation in the selection of flood control infrastructures	6
Real-time control of retention basins for stormwater management and Rainwater Reuse	6
The impact of informal settlements on the surface water quality: a baseline analysis of the Kaalspruit in Tembisa township, South Africa	6
Energy-efficient water reuse system for high-rise buildings utilizing sub-atmospheric pressure and temperature gradients	6
Willingness to pay for the outcomes of improved stormwater management	6
Unlocking the path to improved domestic water use: how environmental knowledge shapes household coping behaviour	6
Assessment of the impact of the rise in Lake Victoria water levels on urban flooding using a GIS-based spatial flood modelling approach	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
Correction	6
Coping with and adapting to urban floods: experiences of flood community-dwelling households in Aboabo, Ghana	5
Computational fluid dynamics modeling of pollutant dispersion: a case study of phenol in the São Joaquim canal, Belém, Brazil	5
Evaluation of a participatory citizen approach to monitor microbial water quality of self-supply in urban Indonesia	5
AI and sustainable water management: a theoretical and empirical analysis using SEM-ANN	5

Service level indicators evaluation of water supply systems: water users’ perspective	5
Understanding residential water demand: insights from a survey in a Mediterranean city	5
Sensitivity-based adaptive procedure (SAP) for optimal rehabilitation of sewer systems	5
Evaluating emerging contaminant removal efficiency: analytical methodology and implications for water treatment in the southeastern Brazilian Reservoir	5
Predicting the structural condition of sewer pipes: a comparative analysis of Random Forest and logistic regression models	5
Integrated flood mitigation and groundwater recharge strategies for sustainable water resource management in arid regions	5
Application of Integrated Urban Water Security Index (IUWSI) in Sana’a, Yemen (Case study)	5
A novel device for pressure-based leakage characterisation in water distribution pipes	5
A decision framework based on knowledge aggregation for the assessment of technologies to reduce water losses	5
A prioritization index for effective implementation of optimal low impact development techniques	5
The impacts of greenhouse gas emissions trading system on urban sewage discharge – Evidence from 251 cities of China	5
A unified discharge capacity formula of clogged grate inlets	5
Optimization of water distribution networks using hybrid BBO-IWO algorithm	5
Air entrapment modelling in water supply networks during pipe filling events	5
Multi-period consequence management of contaminations in water distribution networks: application of regret-based optimization model	5
Short-term impacts of the filling transition across elevations in intermittent water supply systems	5
Modelling the risk of water table rise from dam seepage in arid urban areas: lessons learned from Al-Jifnain dam operation	5
Microbial quality and emerging pollutants in freshwater systems of Mega Manila, Philippines: a scoping review	5
Evaluation of the potential corrosivity of groundwater using an Analytic Hierarchy Process-based index	5
Leak localization in water distribution networks using GIS-Enhanced autoencoders	5
High removal efficiency of ammonium from aqueous solution by colloidal silver nanoparticles: batch adsorption	5
Optimization of injection costs for water distribution systems under double-sided fuzziness	5
Deliberate stakeholder engagement: a framework of considerations for integrated asset management of water utilities	5
Assessment of flood susceptibility in coastal peri-urban areas: an alternative MCDA approach for ungauged catchments	5
Characteristics of urban drainage water and its impacts on neighboring rivers	5
Using phytoplankton biomonitoring to strengthen environmental governance in Argentina: a case study	4
Hydro – optimization as wetland praxis: NSGA – II modelling for stormwater retention in the Yaralpat basin	4
Drivers of planned compliance with irrigation restrictions among residents in a rapidly urbanizing region	4
Sustainable solutions for flood mitigation: coupled hydrological-hydrodynamic modeling for cost–benefit analysis in the Esperança Stream sub-basin, Brazil	4
Green infrastructure for storm water management with stakeholder participation in the town of Willoughby-Chagrin River HUC 12 watershed	4
Urban water quality and COVID-19 during the lockdown periods: a case study of Ghaggar river, Punjab, India	4
Leveraging interpretable machine learning models with hyperparameter optimization algorithms for domestic water demand forecasting in arid climates	4
A multi-objective optimization framework for sustainable wastewater resource recovery in Indian cities: exploring cost, emission and profit trade-offs using NSGA-II	4
Living with pluvial floods: coping and adaptation experiences of households in Atonsu, Ghana	4
Multi-resolution model predictive control with real-time demand forecasting for water distribution networks	4
Implementing green infrastructures to reduce climate change effects on stormwater runoff	4
Measuring urban water resilience at household level: A comparative study through a framework for developing countries	4
Uncertainties in different leak localization methods for water distribution networks: a review	4
Application of hazard analysis and critical control points concept for rural bottled drinking water production process	4
A comparison between multivariate adaptive regression splines and regressive convolution neural network with support vector regression for pipe burst rate prediction on limited dataset	4
Investing in the benefits. Exploring the effect of public participation on willingness to pay in China’s Sponge City Program	4
Indicator-based resilience assessment of stormwater infrastructure network structure	4
Forecasting land use/cover changes and their influence on groundwater recharge in Chennai, India: Recommendations for sustainable urban development	4
Impact on water quantity and quality at the consumer ends due to continuing use of underground storage sumps in a continuous water supply	4
Hydrological impacts of urban expansion in a Brazilian metropolis – Case study of the Vargem das Flores reservoir catchment	4
Streamlining geospatial data processing for pluvial flood modeling and mitigation planning in urban environments	4