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Advances in Soil and Water Pollution Control

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 2424

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Yaoguo Wu

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710060, China
Interests: groundwater and soil pollution processes and their control strategies; fenton-like reaction catalyst and its application; biodegradation processes of nitrogen and PAHs and their interaction; remediation of heavy metal pollution environments
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Prof. Dr. Yuanjing Zhang

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Water Environment Research Center, The Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, CAGS, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
Interests: regional groundwater quality evaluation; groundwater background value analysis; mechanism and remediation of heavy metal pollution in groundwater; migration and transformation of iodine in groundwater

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The global demand for water is driving researchers to pay more attention to the study of water issues, including water resource security and water quality security. This Special Issue intends to summarize the current status of the research in this field, identify the key challenges, present new ideas, research results, and theories, and publish high-quality, original research papers on the following areas:

  • The soil and water pollution processes;
  • Groundwater resource security assessment;
  • Surface water resources security assessment;
  • The groundwater pollution process;
  • The surface water pollution process;
  • Strategies to control soil and water pollution;
  • Soil and groundwater pollution controls ;
  • Surface water pollution control.

Prof. Dr. Yaoguo Wu
Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Yuanjing Zhang
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • hydrochemistry
  • water pollution process
  • water pollution control
  • soil pollution
  • soil pollution control

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Primary Study on Influence of Conventional Hydrochemical Components on Suspension of Endogenous Fine Loess Particles in Groundwater over Loess Regions
by Zherui Zhang, Xinshuo Wang, Zuoyi Wang, Haiqiang Lan, Ran Sun, Sihai Hu, Xiaofeng Sun and Yaoguo Wu
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(19), 8809; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14198809 - 30 Sep 2024
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To ascertain the effects of conventional hydrochemical components on the presence of endogenous fine loess particles (EFLPs) in groundwater over loess regions, Na+, NO3− and Cu2+, as conventional hydrochemical components, were employed in batch tests with EFLPs [...] Read more.
To ascertain the effects of conventional hydrochemical components on the presence of endogenous fine loess particles (EFLPs) in groundwater over loess regions, Na+, NO3− and Cu2+, as conventional hydrochemical components, were employed in batch tests with EFLPs from a typical loess as aquifer media in Guanzhong Plain, China. The results showed that EFLPs had high zeta potential (ζ) and remained suspended over 40 h, indicating their good dispersity and potential to be suspended in groundwater. ζ was employed to replace electrostatic repulsion in the DLVO equation to determine the critical coagulation concentrations for Cu(NO3)2 and NaF as 0.1 mmol/L and 50 mmol/L for 1.1 µm D50 EFLPs, which were almost consistent with the batch test results and greater than those in the groundwater, respectively, further implying that EFLPs are likely to be suspended in groundwater. The multi-factor tests showed that the key factors including particle size, hydro-chemical component and concentration interacted with each other and their relative magnitudes varied in the test processes, where the effects of concentration strengthened while those of the component weakened. So, hydrogeochemical conditions were beneficial to the suspension of EFLPs and the benefit got strong along the groundwater flow path, which is conducive to the cotransport of EFLPs with pollutants in groundwater over loess regions. Full article
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Irrigation-Initiated Changes in Physicochemical Properties of the Calcisols of the Northern Part of Fergana Valley
by Avazbek Turdaliev, Gulom Yuldashev, Mavlonjon Khaydarov, Khusnidakhon Abdukhakimova, Rakhima Muratova, Zikrjon Azimov, Guzalkhon Sotiboldieva, Ulugbek Mirzaev, Murodjon Isagaliev, Hatamjon Holdarov, Muzaffar Obidov, Evgenia Novikova, Timur Nizamutdinov and Evgeny Abakumov
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(13), 5762; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14135762 - 1 Jul 2024
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Agriculture in Central Asia and in the Fergana Valley in general strongly depends on irrigation and drainage of agricultural lands. The Fergana Valley includes about 45% of the irrigated area in the Syr Darya River basin. Active use of irrigation in agriculture can [...] Read more.
Agriculture in Central Asia and in the Fergana Valley in general strongly depends on irrigation and drainage of agricultural lands. The Fergana Valley includes about 45% of the irrigated area in the Syr Darya River basin. Active use of irrigation in agriculture can lead to changes in the soil’s natural composition, as well as pollution and changes in the soil’s physical and chemical properties. Soil degradation in the process of irrigation can lead to a decrease in crop yields and, as a consequence, to a decrease in food security in the region. In this study, a comparative analysis of three main types of Calcisols (Dark, Light, and Typical) before (uncultivated soil) and after agricultural use (surface-irrigated agricultural soil) was carried out. Irrigation leads to increment of SOC stocks in Typical (from 113.8 to 126.3 t/ha) and Light (from 62.8 to 100.1 t/ha) Calcisols and to decreasing of SOC stocks in Dark Calcisols (from 160.1 to 175.3 t/ha). In general, the content of biophilic elements (SOC and TN) is lower in irrigated soils, and their distribution in the soil profile is close to the functional relationship (r2 0.98 to 0.99). In uncultivated Calcisols, the profile distribution of SOC and TN is more heterogeneous (r2 0.67 to 0.97). Changes in the humification processes of soil organic matter are also identified; in soils after irrigation the carbon ratio of humic/fulvic acids (CHA/CFA) is lower (<1) compared to their uncultivated counterparts (~1). The alteration of the soil water regime also resulted in transformation of the individual compositions of amino acids. All studied types of Calcisols are characterized by changes in particle-size distribution of soils especially in the number of the silt fraction (0.01–0.05 mm) and the difference between uncultivated and irrigated soils, 10–20%, which is associated with the processes of colmatage by accumulation of a fine fraction and replacement of sub-fractions in the fraction of sand. The highest concentrations of nutrients are characteristic of the upper soil horizons (P up to 231, K up to 2350 mg/kg), which indicate their pedogenic and agrogenic origins rather than inheritance from the parent material. Soil P and K availability is rather high, with non-labile forms prevailing, although of near reserve. The surface irrigation results in apparent accumulation of water-soluble Mg2+ (1.6–2.1 meq/100 g) and K+ (0.6–0.9 meq/100 g), but the cation of Ca2+ predominates in the base cations’ composition, which is the most favorable in terms of soil agrogenic property formation. Data obtained will be useful for development of strategies for effective land use in arid, subtropical, overpopulated regions of Central Asia that have deficient water sources and intensive soil degradation. Full article
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