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Editorial Team EDITORIAL TEAM Editors Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil Masuo Kashiwadani, Ehime University, Japan Dragan Savic, University of Exeter, United Kingdom Vicente L. Lopes, Texas State University, United States Richarde Marques da Silva, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil Associate Editors Koichi Suzuki, Niihama National College of Technology, Japan Hafzullah Aksoy, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey António Pais Antunes, University of Coimbra, Portugal Roberto Leal Pimentel, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil Max Billib, Hannover University, Germany Bernardo Arantes do Nascimento Teixeira, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil Generoso de Angelis Neto, State University of Maringá, Brazil FOCUS and SCOPE Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering (JUEE) provides a forum for original papers and for the exchange of information and views on significant developments in urban and environmental engineering worldwide. The scope of the journal includes: (a) Water Resources and Waste Management: This topic includes (i) waste and sanitation; (ii) environmental issues; (iii) the hydrological cycle on the Earth; (iv) surface water, groundwater, snow and ice, in all their physical, chemical and biological processes, their interrelationships, and their relationships to geographical factors, atmospheric processes and climate, and Earth processes including erosion and sedimentation; (v) hydrological extremes and their impacts; (vi) measurement, mathematical representation and computational aspects of hydrological processes; (vii) hydrological aspects of the use and management of water resources and their change under the influence of human activity; (viii) water resources systems, including the planning, engineering, management and economic aspects of applied hydrology. (b) Constructions and Environment: Buildings and infrastructure constructions (bridges/footbridges, pipelines etc) are part of every urban area. In recent years there is a growing interest in seeking rationality of construction systems, in balance with environmental adequacy and harmony in an urban area. This involves, among others, adequacy of structural systems (shapes, functionality, rational design etc), use of alternative materials for construction (recycled, environmentally friendly materials etc) and solutions seeking energy efficiency. (c) Urban Design: This topic covers the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space (e.g. streets, plazas, parks and public infrastructure), including also urban planning, landscape architecture, or architecture issues (e.g. thermic and acoustic comfort). (d) Transportation Engineering: This topic covers such area as Traffic & Transport Management, Rail Transport, Air Transport, International Transport, Logistics/Physical Distribution/Supply Chain Management, Management Information Systems & Computer Applications, Motor Transport, Regulation/Law, Transport Policy, and Water Transport. SUMMARY EVALUATION OF THE STORM EVENT MODEL DWSM ON A MEDIUM-SIZED WATERSHED IN CENTRAL NEW YORK, USA Peng Gao, Deva K. Borah, Maria Josefson DEVELOPING SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN TIETÊ-JACARÉ BASIN, BRAZIL Michele Almeida Corrêa, Bernardo Arantes do Nascimento Teixeira EVALUATION OF NEW TOWNS CONSTRUCTION IN THE AROUND OF TEHRAN MEGACITIY Nader Zali, Sajjad Hatamzadeh, Seyed Reza Azadeh, Taravat Ershadi Salmani ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDWATER: A STATISTICAL MODELING Palas Roy, Naba Kumar Mondal, Biswajit Das, Kousik Das A REVIEW ON EFFICACIOUS METHODS TO DECOLORIZE REACTIVE AZO DYE Josephraj Vijayaraghavan, S. J. Sardhar Basha, Joe Jegan MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR THE SIMULATION OF WATER QUALITY IN RIVERS USING THE VENSIM PLE® SOFTWARE Julio Cesar Souza Inácio Gonçalves; Marcius F. Giorgetti URBAN SPRAWL IN SMALL CITIES, ANALYSIS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SÃO PEDRO (SP): POTENTIALS AND CONSTRAINS Priscila Carrara Fracassi, José Augusto Lollo A REVIEW ON EFFICACIOUS METHODS TO DECOLORIZE REACTIVE AZO DYE Sivaraja Subramania Pillai, Ryuichiro Yoshie URBAN GROWTH AND WATER QUALITY IN THIMPHU, BHUTAN Nandu Giri, O. P. Singh MANAGING PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN PERI-URBAN AREAS OF KUMASI, GHANA: A CASE OF ABUAKWA Paul Amoateng, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Kwasi Owusu-Adade BIOGAS POTENTIAL OF ORGANIC WASTE IN NIGERIA Chima Ngumah, Jude N. Ogbulie, Justina C. Orji, Ekpewerechi S. Amadi OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF VERTICAL UPFLOW ROUGHING FILTER FOR PRE- TREATMENT OF LEACHATE USING LIMESTONE FILTER MEDIA Augustine Chioma Affam PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A HELICAL SAVONIUS ROTOR WITHOUT SHAFT AT 45° TWIST ANGLE USING CFD Bachu Deb, Rajat Gupta, R.D. Misra EFFECTIVENESS OF WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS IN REMOVAL OF LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE SALFONATE (LAS) Ahmad Mohmed Abdelrahman, Ahmed Mohmed, Ali Gad, Mohmed Hashem THE ACTORS OF A WIND POWER CLUSTER: A CASE OF A WIND POWER CAPITAL Jari Matti Sarja FLOW PHYSICS OF 3-BLADED STRAIGHT CHORD H-DARRIEUS WIND TURBINE Rajat Gupta, Agnimitra Biswas ANAEROBIC EFFLUENT POST-TREATMENT APPLYING PHOTOLYTIC REACTOR PRIOR TO AGRICULTURAL USE IN BRAZILIAN'S SEMIARID REGION José Tavares Sousa, Geralda Lima, Wilton Silva Lopes, Eclésio Cavalcante Santo, José Lima Oliveira Júnior RETROFITTING OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS USING FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER (FRP) COMPOSITES – A REVIEW Namasivayam Aravind, Amiya K. Samanta, D. K. Singha Roy, Joseph V. Thanikal KOHONEN NEURAL NETWORKS FOR RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING: CASE STUDY OF PIANCÓ RIVER BASIN Camilo A. S. Farias, Celso A. G. Santos, Artur M. G. Lourenço and Tatiane C. Carneiro AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL DISPARITIES SITUATION IN THE EAST AZARBAIJAN PROVINCE OF IRAN Nader Zali, Hassan Ahmadi, Seyed Mohammadreza Faroughi Gao, Borah and Josefson 1 Journal of Urban and Environmental Journal of Urban and E Engineering, v.7, n.1, p.1-7 Environmental Engineering ISSN 1982-3932 J E www.journal-uee.org U doi: 10.4090/juee.2013.v7n1.001007 EVALUATION OF THE STORM EVENT MODEL DWSM ON A MEDIUM-SIZED WATERSHED IN CENTRAL NEW YORK, USA Peng Gao1 , Deva K. Borah2, and Maria Josefson1 1* Department of Geography, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244 USA 2 Borah Hydro-Environmental Modeling LLC, 1105 Haverhill Court, Chesapeake, VA 23322 USA Received 10 December 2012; received in revised form 20 January 2013; accepted 28 March 2007 Abstract: DWSM is a dynamic watershed simulation model that predicts distributed hydrograph and associated sediment discharge graph (sedigraph) of a watershed for a given storm event. Its performance, however, is not extensively tested in medium and large watersheds. Here, we applied DWSM to Upper Oneida Creek watershed located in central New York, USA with an area of 311 km² by dividing it into topographically connected 42 overland elements and 21 channel sections. Field-measured water discharge and sediment concentration data during two storm events, one on 9/30/2010 and the other on 6/28/2010, were used to test the performance of DWSM. Model simulation was performed by calibrating the key adjustable parameters in the input file till the best outcomes were achieved. The final results showed that during calibration for the 9/30/2010 event, DWSM successfully predicted the peak water discharge and its arriving time with the errors of 3.3% and 0%, respectively, and peak sediment discharge and its arriving time with the errors of 0.6% and 0.03%, respectively. For the whole event, DWSM under-predicted total water volume and event sediment load by 10.7% and 22.3%, respectively. Sensitivity analysis indicated that DWSM is most sensitive to the curve number adjustment factor, as well as factors representing flow resistance and flow detachment ability. During validation using the 6/28/2010 event, DWSM showed even better performance in predicting not only the peak values, but also event total values. These results showed that DWSM has the potential of successfully predicting event hydrology and sediment transport in the study watershed. Keywords: Watershed modeling, DWSM, Sediment transport, Model calibration, Model validation © 2013 Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering (JUEE). All rights reserved. Correspondence to: Peng Gao, [email protected] Phone: 315-443-3679. Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering (JUEE), v.7, n.1, p.1-7, 2013 Gao, Borah and Josefson 2 INTRODUCTION mean annual precipitation is more than 1270 mm. With more than half of the area used for agriculture (e.g., The complex transport processes of suspended sediment dairy farms and cultivated lands) and urbanization, the at the watershed scale may be more efficiently watershed supplies significantly high sediment loads characterized by physically-based watershed models than other sub-watersheds to Oneida Lake and serves as (Borah and Bera, 2004; Singh and Frebert, 2006). the main source of sediment pollution to the Lake. Among various existing watershed models, Dynamic Quantifying sediment load and its variation is essential Watershed Simulation Model (DWSM) is the one of for the design and implementation of sediment-related relatively high efficiency with a relatively simple best management practices (BMP). The middle and model structure that involves a set of overland elements upper sections of the Oneida Creek watershed were and the connected stream segments (Borah, 2011; Borah selected as the study watershed (Fig. 1) to take and Bera, 2004). It uses several mathematical equations advantage of hydrological data available in a gauging to characterize
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