Advances in New Technologies of Water Harvesting and Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Ecology and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 4282
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water is essential for life. However, approximately four billion people do not have enough water for drinking, sanitation, and hygiene at least one month per year. Almost two billion people lack the necessary infrastructure to access the water. In some developing countries, people do not even have access to safe and affordable drinking water, let alone water for sanitation and hygiene. Due to population growth, economic development, and consumption patterns, water demand has increased by a factor of six over the past 100 years. Water shortage is the largest global issue in terms of potential impact over the upcoming decades. The advances in technologies for sustainable water harvesting should be emphasized and paid attention to by the whole world. This Special Issue will promote communication and news in the field of sustainable water harvesting by connecting researchers all over the world. In this way, more ideas and thinking can be triggered, and advances in technologies for water harvesting will develop well. This contributes to the way of life and quality of life for us, our planet, and future generations.
Considering the important points mentioned, this Special Issue focuses on the advances in technologies for sustainable water harvesting. It deals with the recent technologies for water collection, including the technologies about water harvesters, working principles, investigation on the mechanisms of the water collection process, physical modeling of the collection efficiency, design of materials structures, and mechanical designs of future harvesters. It also addresses the resources of water, i.e., rain, fog, dew, even air, desalination of seawater, water safety, recycling technologies, deployment of water collectors, economical installment and maintenance, local applications, water management, investigations on the manufactures for massive production.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Bio-inspired materials and interfaces;
- Mechanical design of water collectors;
- Advanced technologies and techniques;
- Fluid mechanics and dynamics;
I/We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Weiwei Shi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water harvesting
- sustainability
- special wettability
- bio-inspiration
- fluid mechanics/dynamics
- heat and mass transfer
- advanced technologies
- materials chemistry
- mechanical design
