Groundwater Pollution Management and Health Risks
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2024 | Viewed by 79
Special Issue Editors
Interests: groundwater contamination; groundwater modeling; groundwater ecosystem; water policy; microplastic contamination in groundwater
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Groundwater is a viable pillar of useable water resources for humans. Even medieval civilizations recognized the criticality of groundwater quality to survival; they closed wells when groundwater was contaminated and moved to find healthy water. People experiencing such moves in today’s world are classified as refugees, and their movement likely results in water disputes. Furthermore, human interference with groundwater has increased with technological advancement. As the toxicity of chemicals and drilling depths have increased, groundwater and, consequently, humans have become more vulnerable.
This Special Issue, “Groundwater Pollution Management and Health Risks”, aims to study possible groundwater pollution management methods to avoid the associated health risks and water insecurity. Water serves as an international and interdisciplinary platform in all water-related areas. This Special Issue focuses on groundwater management, which requires different approaches, skills, technologies, and perspectives from other visible water resources. The focus of this Special Issue is timely because groundwater is facing serious challenges, including depletion due to excessive human interference and climate change. We welcome original research articles delivering comprehensive and thorough analyses and new findings on the history and the future of groundwater pollution management and its associated health risks that contribute to sustainable groundwater use.
The scope of the Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Groundwater pollution routes and associated waterborne health risksc;
- Groundwater pollution management policies, protocols, and regulations to eliminate associated health risks;
- Effects of water scarcity on groundwater pollution and associated health risks;
- Effects of climate change, sociodemographic changes, and other global trends on local groundwater pollution management and associated health risks;
- Advancement in quality-monitoring system technologies and other related fields;
- Case studies on groundwater pollution management and associated health risks, including water disputes.
Prof. Dr. Heejung Kim
Prof. Dr. Sim Namkoong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- groundwater pollution management
- health risks
- waterborne diseases
- water security
- water disputes
- sustainable groundwater use
