Development in Sustainable Water Management: Processes, Barriers, Protection and Future Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, water supplies (surface water and groundwater) are too often contaminated or overused.  According to the Water Framework, it is one of our most important responsibilities as humans to guarantee water sources for future generations. Scientists believe in this responsibility very strongly—and based upon their knowledge, education, and research they should show the innovative and effective solutions possible to improve, renew, or maintain the best condition of the water environment. One approach to this challenge is to work towards setting up a balance in the use and supply of water. The amount of water used should be less or about the same as the amount of water that is returning to the water source. This approach is an example of sustainability, the use of a natural resource in a manner so that it can be renewed or preserved for future generations. In addition, it should be remembered that sewage and pathogens (micropollutants, bacteria, and poorly biodegradable components) are one of the most common causes of water quality deterioration. Sustainable water management includes all types of water: natural resources as surface water and groundwater and also used water called wastewater. The current challenge is to find resources of potable water with high quality and quantity, maintain the waters in the best conditions or renew them, and also optimize the processes and design assumptions for wastewater treatment plants in order to achieve effective removal of this type of contamination.

The sustainable water management are key facilities for protecting human health and the environment. The primary goal of water management should be focused on water protection from pollution in order to meet water quality standards. Currently, equally important as a part of water management, have been optimization of using conditions, including especially quantity of resources and retention. Sustainable water management becomes a complex multivariable problem, which need to be solved by different mathematical techniques and experimental studies.

Accordingly, this Special Issue aims to publish original research or reviews on advanced or alternative water resources (surface water and groundwater) recognizing, protecting and balancing. Additionally, wastewater treatment processes for the removal of pollutants is the aim of this Special Issue.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Sustainability and new technology of water management;
• Innovation in infrastructure engineering (surface intakes, boreholes, wastewater plants);
• Water environment protection (remediation, treatment processes and natural attenuation);
• Sustainable project management of water using;
• Risk management;
• Assessing the water resources;
• Human impact in water quality and quantity;
• Recognizing the water resources (surface water and groundwater).

Dr. Agnieszka Operacz
Dr. Karolina Migdał
Dr. Piotr Bugajski
Guest Editors

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