Water supply is strategic for the development of society. The water distribution in nature
follows patterns linked to geographic and territorial issues. Climate fluctuations aggravate …

This paper provides an overview of the Special Issue on water supply and water scarcity.
The papers selected for publication include review papers on water history, on water …

CONTEXT Ancient irrigation systems (AISs) have been providing a multitude of ecosystem
services to rural farming and urban communities in Asia and Africa, especially in arid and …

Improvements in irrigated areas' classification accuracy are critical to enhance agricultural
water management and inform policy and decision-making on irrigation expansion and land …

This paper proposes a solar-powered portable water pump (SPWP) for IoT-enabled smart
irrigation system (IoT-SIS). A NodeMCU microcontroller with a Wi-Fi interface and soil …

Usable water resource is limited, even though 71% of world is covered by water. Therefore,
enough conflicts to the usable water can be found throughout the world. Usable water for …

Canals compose the arterial structure of irrigated agriculture, transporting free-surface flows
to the vast majority of the world's most productive farmland. Here we present a critical review …

Bioinformatics is inherently an innovative field that is situated at the limit of life and computer
sciences that allowed new technological advances in genome sequencing, data processing …

In recent decades, ecosystems have suffered diverse environmental impacts caused by
anthropogenic activities, including the dum** of plastic waste. This situation has prompted …

Water pollution is a major concern for a decaying river. Polluted water reduces ecosystem
services and human use of rivers. Therefore, the present study aims to assess the irrigation …