The Fate, Ecological Risk and Treatment Measures of Contaminants in Aquatic Environments
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 473
Special Issue Editors
Interests: contaminations migration and transformation; agricultural non-point source pollution; water environment simulation; ecological restoration; optimization algorithm; climate change
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: emerging contaminants; ecotoxicology; bioaccumulation; microalgal bioremediation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The challenge of water contamination has attached widespread attention in the world due to the growing population and continued socioeconomic development in the 21st century. Recently, the challenge has been growing due to the increasing diversity and complexity of conventional and emerging contaminants. These contaminants may have adverse effects on non-target aquatic organisms and induce ecological risks in aquatic environments. Most conventional and emerging contaminants can be discharged into aquatic environments through agricultural drainage, domestic wastewater systems, wastewater treatment plants, and an improper disposal. Once released into aquatic environments, the contaminants are likely to exhibit a series of complex environmental behaviors (e.g., adsorption–desorption, resuspension–sedimentation, migration, and transformation). Scientific knowledge and understanding of their fate, ecological risk, and treatment measures are still scarce. In this context, the accurate assessment of the fate and ecological risk of contaminants is important for aquatic environments as it could better ensure that treatment measures are technically supported. This Special Issue provides a platform to showcase the research on the aforesaid fields. Broadly, we welcome articles that cover challenges at an education and regulation level, or those that are based on the administration required to facilitate innovative water treatment solutions. The topics of the issue include but are not limited to:
- The source, occurrence forms, and spatial distribution characteristics of conventional and emerging contaminants.
- The migration and transformation of contaminants in the multimedia systems.
- Ecosystem health risk assessment of contaminants.
- Application of technical measurements for mitigating water contamination.
- Remediation technologies for mitigating water contamination.
- Bioaccumulation and biotransformation of contaminants in aquatic organisms.
- Application of water pollution treatment to education or administration systems.
Dr. Haomiao Cheng
Dr. Zhengxin Xie
Dr. Yulin Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- conventional and emerging contaminants
- transport and fate of contaminants
- agricultural non-point source pollution
- water environment simulation
- ecological remediation
- risk assessment
- bioaccumulation and biotransformation
- water treatment
- optimization
- aquatic environmental system
- educational administration
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