Research Progress on Water Quality and Sediment Quality
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 48
Special Issue Editor
Interests: water and sediment quality; toxic pollutants; disinfection by-products; pharmaceuticals; analytical methods; occurrence/fate; green chemistry; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pressures have been proven to increasingly influence water quality and sediment quality on a global scale, resulting in a range of adverse effects to organisms, ecosystems and, ultimately, human health. Research efforts during the recent years have focused on the characterization of the quality of water and sediment on the basis of the levels and speciation of pollutants, toxicity to different organisms, regulated parameter concentrations, and pollution indicators. As more and more information, as well as technological advances, become available, relevant research is progressing with the aim of gaining more insight into the factors and processes that affect water and sediment quality; “old” and “new” pollutants, their transformation products occurrence, and effects; analytical methods optimization and toxicity estimation; and development of quality indicators. Increased efforts are also directed toward the achievement of these research goals while simultaneously minimizing time, effort, cost, and exposure to toxic reagents and solvents, both for the analysts and for the environment, in the framework of green chemistry and circular economy. The present Special Issue aims to present and highlight the most recent advances in this field, including characterization and identification techniques and applications, toxicity tests, indicator development, new insights in processes and approaches, and optimization of methodologies towards green chemistry and circular economy, for the protection of the environment and human health.
Dr. Anastasia Nikolaou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water quality
- sediment quality
- toxic pollutants
- analytical methods
- occurrence/fate
- pollution indicators
- green chemistry
- circular economy
