Safety Evaluation and Control of Drinking Water
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 2040
Special Issue Editors
Interests: municipal water and wastewater treatment; water hygiene and sanitation and water quality management; industrial wastewater treatment (bioremediation) and pollution preventive measures
Interests: microbial enzyme production; organic degradation pathway; bioremediation; enteropathogenic microbes in both water and food, and their related public health concerns
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Drinking water safety and security are of high importance as they affect public health, which results in the deterioration of socio-economic life. Since various natural and man-made hazards can threaten public health, the safety of drinking water has become a great concern, globally. Today, the availability of safe water is expected to worsen as the world is currently experiencing the effects of climate change. There is, therefore, a need for efficient ways to ensure the safety and control of drinking water supply consistently through the use of a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management approach that involves all steps in the water supply from catchment to consumers. Drinking water is most likely safe when it involves all process steps such abstraction, treatment and distribution that work efficiently. This requires a systematic approach in terms of proper management during planning, construction and installation, operation and maintenance of the entire system from catchment to consumer. It is important to note that residents of both urban or rural areas receive drinking water through a variety of channels, including the use of piped supplies with or without treatment and with or without pumping (supplied via domestic connection or public standpipe), delivery by tanker truck or carriage by beasts of burden or collection from groundwater sources (springs or wells) or surface sources (lakes, rivers and streams). An adequate understanding of these means is one of the keys to facilitate an early identification of potentially present weaknesses. Tremendous effort has been put in scientific research, technology development, monitoring, environmental protection and consumer information and public awareness. The current special issue mainly aims to contribute to a comprehensive understanding of safety evaluation and control of drinking water to promote public health. The topic collection for this special issue intends to provide science-based knowledge on safe drinking water management, water safety plan and new control measures. Therefore, we invite authors to contribute to original research articles and review articles, which focus on different practices and experiences of safety evaluation and control of drinking water.
This collection includes but is not limited to the following topics:
- Identification of potential sources of contamination and how they can be controlled
- Evaluation of emerging pollutants from drinking water
- Development of an understanding of the specific system and its capability to supply water that meets water quality targets
- Validation of control measures employed to control hazards
- Implementation of a system for operational monitoring of the control measures within the water system
- Issues in drinking water supply from developing countries
- New control measures and novel technologies for production of safe drinking water in urban, semi-urban and rural areas
- Issues in drinking water supply from developing countries
Prof. Dr. Maggy Ndombo Benteke Momba
Dr. Ilunga Kamika
Guest Editors
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