The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model is a continuation of nearly 30 years of
modeling efforts conducted by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS). SWAT has …

More than two billion people and 40% of global agricultural production depend upon
unsustainable groundwater extraction. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the practice of …

This article introduces a special collection of 20 research articles that present current
developments and applications of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The first …

Antibiotics have revolutionised medicine in the last century and enabled the prevention of
bacterial infections that were previously deemed untreatable. However, in parallel, bacteria …

Advances in the understanding of physical, chemical, and biological processes influencing
water quality, coupled with improvements in the collection and analysis of hydrologic data …

Fresh vegetables have become associated with outbreaks caused by Escherichia coli O157:
H7 (EcO157). Between 1995–2006, 22 produce outbreaks were documented in the United …

Knowing the survival rates of water-borne Escherichia coli is important in evaluating
microbial contamination and making appropriate management decisions. E. coli survival …

Natural waters serve as habitat for a wide range of microorganisms, a proportion of which
may be derived from fecal material. A number of watershed models have been developed to …

Karst water resources represent a primary source of freshwater supply, accounting for nearly
25% of the global population water needs. Karst aquifers have complex recharge …

Ecohydrology is an integrative science studying the relationships between hydrological,
biogeochemical and ecological processes in soils, rivers and lakes, and at the catchment …