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Water Quality Management and Pollution Control under the Impact of Human Actions and Climate Change

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2022) | Viewed by 20679

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Valentina-Mariana Manoiu

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Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bulevardul Nicolae Balcescu 1, 010041 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: environmental pollution and protection; water quality; air quality; environmental monitoring; waste management; environmental ethics; environmental education; climate change; veganism; biotechnology
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Dr. Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka

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Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Interests: water quality in river and reservoirs; drought; flood; water management; water law; energy
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Difficult times need sustainable actions and solidarity. Now more than ever, humanity faces the results of its unwise actions. The reality of the climate crisis all over the planet is irrefutable, even for the most skeptical, and it affects an indispensable resource for our life: water. The global climate changes already perturb freshwater availability and will adversely influence the recurrence of floods and droughts, seasonal runoff regimes, surface–subsurface water interactions, erosion and sedimentation processes, algal blooms, and water quality. Humankind’s activities have altered water resources’ quality, especially in the last 50 years, and the consequent pollution has been revealed in most water bodies around the globe. An effective and coordinated water quality management and a strict pollution control must be reshaped and forcefully implemented.

Crucial and influential research works have already been published in the climate change field, and also in water quality and the sources of its degradation. Now is the moment to expose and enlarge the interconnections between these significant fields and to consider the optimum water quality handling and pollution restraint; this Special Issue has been prepared with this dedicated focus and purpose.

We invite you to apply and capitalize your scientific expertise and to act as “air and water” doctors, healing these fundamental “Gaia-spheres” together with decision makers. Your scientific papers and contributions in the field of  “Water Quality Management and Pollution Control under the Impact of Human Actions and Climate Change”—the topic of this Special Issue—can help many important ruling authorities, administrative bodies, governances, and political factors to enforce the best solutions and actions.   

Several types of articles can be submitted for consideration: original research papers, reviews, case-studies, and theoretical/conceptualization works. We encourage papers that highlight and analyze: the water quality management under the impact of human actions; the water quality handling under the reality of climate change; the impacts of climate change on water quality/how climate change affects water quality; the water pollution control under the influence of different human actions; the water quality monitoring systems under the burden of different economic activities in different times; effective technologies and policies that can mitigate the climate change impacts on water quality; and best practices developed and best lessons learnt (narratives can be also useful) on climate change impacts upon water quality. 

We look forward to receiving your contributions ahead of 10th of September 2022!

Prof. Dr. Valentina-Mariana Manoiu
Dr. Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • water quality
  • water pollution
  • control
  • management
  • climate change
  • human actions
  • water monitoring

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Assessment of Surface Water Quality in the Baia Mare Area, Romania
by Ioana Monica Sur, Ana Moldovan, Valer Micle and Evelyn Terez Polyak
Water 2022, 14(19), 3118; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14193118 - 3 Oct 2022
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Baia Mare area represents one of the most important mining areas of Romania. Although the mining activities carried out here are currently inactive (since 2012), they generated residual pollution that negatively influences all the environmental factors. The aim of the study is to [...] Read more.
Baia Mare area represents one of the most important mining areas of Romania. Although the mining activities carried out here are currently inactive (since 2012), they generated residual pollution that negatively influences all the environmental factors. The aim of the study is to evaluation of the quality of surface water from the vicinity of the city of Baia Mare, Romania. The surface water samples, collected in two distinct years (2021 and 2022), were analyzed to determine the concentration of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Fe, Mn, and As) in order to establish the degree of contamination and the water quality through heavy metal evaluation index (HEI), heavy metal pollution index (HPI), and water quality index (WQI). The pH and the content of cations (Ca, Mg, Na, K) and anions (HCO3−, SO42−, Cl−) were also determined for complex characterization. The results showed that the water in the area had a high degree of pollution with high concentrations of Cr: 0.165–1.57 mgL−1, Ni: 0.01–0.718 mgL−1, and Cu: 0.036–0.195 mgL−1. The pollution indices showed an average level of heavy metal pollution for the collected surface water samples. The quality index demonstrated that all surface water samples in the study area were unfit for irrigation and drinking due to poor and very poor water quality. Full article
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Review
Romanian Danube River Hydrocarbon Pollution in 2011–2021
by Crina Radu, Valentina-Mariana Manoiu, Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka, Emilia Avram, Andreea Beteringhe and Alexandru-Ioan Craciun
Water 2022, 14(19), 3156; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14193156 - 7 Oct 2022
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This review paper aims to analyze studies conducted over recent years (2011–2021) on hydrocarbon pollution in the Danube’s Romanian sector. This involves looking at three main issues: Space-related Romanian Danube hydrocarbon pollution; the nature of samples and the types of tests used for [...] Read more.
This review paper aims to analyze studies conducted over recent years (2011–2021) on hydrocarbon pollution in the Danube’s Romanian sector. This involves looking at three main issues: Space-related Romanian Danube hydrocarbon pollution; the nature of samples and the types of tests used for hydrocarbon authentication; hydrocarbon effects on bioindicators and fish cell lines. The papers extracted for this review were selected from three scientific article platforms: Web of Science, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, by using keywords, a specific search protocol and various selection filters. The main results of the present analysis are the following: the highest levels of hydrocarbon contamination in suspended particulate matter and sediments were found in the sector Iron Gates-Călărași (2013), and the main pollution sources were industry, navigation and wastewater discharges; sediment and biological samples accumulate higher concentrations of hydrocarbons than water samples, and are a good indicator for these pollutants’ presence; the most widely used bioindicators are aquatic worms, mollusks, crustaceans, the wild common bleak, and, in the laboratory, fish cells; various methods are used in order to confirm hydrocarbon presence and/or their effects on biota: fluorescence, comet assay technique, micronucleus test, complementary passive samplers, in vitro bioassays, fugacity-based calculation model, sensors, oil spill modeling. Full article
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Water Quality and Water Pollution in Time of COVID-19: Positive and Negative Repercussions
by Valentina-Mariana Manoiu, Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka, Alexandru-Ioan Craciun, Çiğdem Akman and Elvettin Akman
Water 2022, 14(7), 1124; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14071124 - 1 Apr 2022
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On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the new COVID-19 disease a pandemic. Most countries responded with a lockdown to reduce its effects, which brought beneficial consequences to the environment in many regions, but the pandemic also raised a series of [...] Read more.
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the new COVID-19 disease a pandemic. Most countries responded with a lockdown to reduce its effects, which brought beneficial consequences to the environment in many regions, but the pandemic also raised a series of challenges. This review proposes an assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic positive and negative impacts on water bodies on different continents. By applying a search protocol on the Web of Science platform, a scientific bank of 35 compatible studies was obtained out of the 62 open-access articles that were initially accessible. Regarding the positive impacts, the SARS-CoV-2 monitoring in sewage waters is a useful mechanism in the promptly exposure of community infections and, during the pandemic, many water bodies all over the world had lower pollution levels. The negative impacts are as follows: SARS-CoV-2 presence in untreated sewage water amplifies the risk to human health; there is a lack of adequate elimination processes of plastics, drugs, and biological pollution in wastewater treatment plants; the amount of municipal and medical waste that pollutes water bodies increased; and waste recycling decreased. Urgent preventive measures need to be taken to implement effective solutions for water protection. Full article
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An Eco-Study for a Feasible Project: “Torun and Its Vistula Stretch—An Important Green Navigation Spot on a Blue Inland Waterway”
by Valentina-Mariana Manoiu, Alexandru-Ioan Craciun, Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka, Marina Antonescu and Bogdan Olariu
Water 2022, 14(19), 3034; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14193034 - 27 Sep 2022
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This paper aims to present the main trends of an eco-study for a possibly challenging future inland waterway transportation project. The study will prove if Torun and its Vistula stretch represent a viable and profitable spot on this inland waterway, and its outcomes [...] Read more.
This paper aims to present the main trends of an eco-study for a possibly challenging future inland waterway transportation project. The study will prove if Torun and its Vistula stretch represent a viable and profitable spot on this inland waterway, and its outcomes will constitute a sound baseline that can be used for the project itself but also for many scientific, educational and economic purposes. The eco-multilayer research will comprise the following elements: hydrology and biology of the Torunian Vistula (TV) stretch, and water quality; a public opinion survey; the urban functions of the TV segment (social, educational, urban planning, aesthetical, recreational, cultural, utilitarian and economical). The conclusion is that the eco-research and the project will improve Torun City’s image as a Green Urban Space, in terms of respect towards the environment, a sustainable form of transport, and attractive ways of relaxation and spending leisure time by Torun’s population and visitors. The eco-study and the project will contribute to promoting the Torun region by supporting the possibility of watching beautiful landscapes (sightseeing tours) spread along the Vistula River. The project itself will have a positive impact on the Torunian economy and on the lifestyle of Torun’s citizens. Full article
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