Groundwater Resources: Pollution, Monitoring and Sustainable Development

Dear Colleagues,

The objectives of this Special Issue of Geosciences are to examine the sustainable development, monitoring, and protection of groundwater resources, and to cope with groundwater pollution induced by natural environmental change and human activities. With intensification of human activities and environmental change, groundwater is changing both in quality and quantity. Therefore, research in groundwater resources is necessary and important to ensure that adequate groundwater resources are available for future generations.

This Special Issue aims to provide an outlet for rapid, widely accessible publication of peer-reviewed studies on various aspects of groundwater research. Both high quality research papers and review papers are welcomed. Research topics focusing on groundwater may include, but are not limited to the following: (1) groundwater resource monitoring, (2) sustainable development of groundwater resources, (3) hydrogeochemistry and pollution of groundwater, (4) groundwater quality and/or quantity assessments, (5) Water quality impacts from hydraulic fracturing, and (6) managing groundwater resources during drought

Dr. Peiyue Li
Prof. Dr. John Luczaj
Prof. Dr. Michael Schneider
Guest Editors

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