Protecting Vulnerable Water Resources by Integrated Wastewater Management: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2024) | Viewed by 2220
Special Issue Editor
Interests: integrated wastewater management; decentralized wastewater management; reuse of treated wastewater and sewage sludge; governance; thermochemical carbonization processes; soil science ecology; biogeochemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
Population growth, especially in urban areas in developing countries, has led to a significant increase in the demand for water; this has been associated with increased local water scarcity, putting an enormous pressure on existing sewerage networks and wastewater treatment plants and affecting drinking water resources through the infiltration of untreated wastewater.
Investments in appropriate infrastructures (e.g., treatment technologies), management systems, and governance structures are needed to protect and/or restore vulnerable water resources through sustainable wastewater treatment and reuse.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish high-quality research articles and reviews that address recent developments in global sustainable integrated wastewater management approaches for the protection of vulnerable water resources. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Examples/concepts of integrated wastewater management systems for the protection of vulnerable water resources and the water–energy–food nexus;
- Innovative decision support tools for integrated wastewater management;
- Groundwater/hydrogeological risk assessment analysis;
- Crop response to treated wastewater reuse;
- Effects of treated wastewater on soil quality;
- Socio-economic impacts of treated wastewater reuse;
- Governance and water policies.
Dr. Marc Breulmann
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable development goals
- water scarcity
- integrated wastewater management
- reuse of treated wastewater
- best management practices
- treatment technologies
- risk assessment
- groundwater protection
- hydrogeology
- water politics
- governance
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