Enhancing Sustainable Hydrological and Geochemical Modeling for Intelligent Water Resource Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 34
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Interests: isotope hydrogeology; groundwater origin; hydrogeochemistry; geothermics; saline water and brines; mine drainage water; thermal waters; formation of water chemical and isotopic composition; water–rock interaction; groundwater mixing; groundwater monitoring; sampling techniques; water quality protection
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Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few decades, we have observed a significant increase in the application of information technologies in water science and the water industry. Remote sensing monitoring techniques and the progressive digitalization of water recharge, extraction, and supply objects and systems, especially in industrialized countries, provide ever more information and data to be processed, integrated, and developed. This trend goes hand in hand with the development of various types of modeling and simulation techniques. Especially in the socially sensitive fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, and water resources management, it is very clear that the development of predictive modeling results from real social needs and threats related both to the decrease in good quality drinking water resources and climate change. Various kinds of predictive hydrological models, including the so-called “digital twins”, as well as geochemical models, are currently of particular importance because they allow for simulating and predicting the effects of the impacts of various climatic phenomena (e.g., catastrophic weather events) or various trends of geogenic (natural) or anthropogenic origin on changes in water quality and its accessible resources.
This Special Issue will show the most interesting examples of recent developments and enhancements in the application of various types of hydrogeological and geochemical models to water resources and/or water quality management, with emphasis on their practical usefulness in meeting social needs in urban or rural areas. We intend to collect a series of high-quality papers/reports/reviews presenting case studies of model applications in intelligent water management that balance human needs with ecological sustainability or show the integration of real-time data with predictive analytics, crucial for climate adaptation and pollution mitigation.
This Special Issue will address not only the academic community but also a wider audience of professionals, hydrogeologists, and engineers engaged in the private or public sector. All original research that falls within the scope of this Special Issue is welcome.
Dr. Adam Porowski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hydrological modeling
- predictive models
- geochemical modeling
- hydraulic models
- water resources
- water quality
- pollution migration
- groundwater
- watershed
- groundwater origin
- recharge zone
- climate change
- catastrophic weather events
- adaptation scenarios
- threat mitigation
- protection of water resources
- protection of water quality
- data integration
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