Water Supply issues a formal retraction in relation to the above article by Xiaozhou Sun and Majid Khayatnezhad. The publisher issues this retraction due to concerns that were raised regarding potential citation manipulation due to inappropriate references, and concerns regarding potential plagiarism. The journal did not receive a satisfactory response to these concerns and as such the Editors-in-Chief no longer have confidence in the integrity of the article.

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