Sustainable Water Management: Pollution Control and Environmental Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 1703
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical and isotopic tracers for water resources management; water quality; climate change and impacts; water resource management
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Interests: water quality; isotopes; pollution; water management; geophysics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water resource management must address both the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of water scarcity. While water quantities may at times be sufficient, water quality is increasingly threatened by a wide range of pollutants, creating significant challenges for managers and policymakers. Sources of pollution are becoming more diverse, with most of them stemming from human activities such as agriculture, wastewater discharge, mining, and industrial processes. Beyond conventional contaminants, the growing presence of emerging pollutants—such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, microplastics, and other chemical residues—raises new concerns for public health and environmental sustainability.
Understanding the origins of these pollutants, as well as the physical, chemical, and biological processes that govern their fate, is crucial for developing strategies to safeguard water resources. The detailed characterization of contaminants, coupled with continuous monitoring across temporal and spatial scales, is essential to ensure environmental control and to maintain ecosystem health in line with One Health principles, which integrate human, animal, and environmental well-being.
Consequently, the main objective of this Special Issue is to highlight innovative approaches and cutting-edge technologies that can provide effective solutions for protecting water quality and ecosystems. By advancing knowledge and offering practical tools, this collection aims to support evidence-based decision-making and guide policies toward more sustainable and resilient water management practices.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Lhoussaine Bouchaou
Dr. Mohammed Hssaisoune
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water resource management
- water quality
- pollution sources
- anthropogenic activities
- emerging pollutants
- microplastics
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