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Advances in Hydrological and Hydrogeochemical Processes and Water–Rock Interactions under Complicated Conditions and Changing Environments

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1231

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Dear Colleagues,

Water is the key ingredient in human beings’ survival and the most abundant substance on the surface of Earth; it also connects the four spheres of the earth (hydrosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere). Thus, an increasing number of studies focus on its circulation, distribution, movement on Earth, and interactions with other substances, including its responses to human activities. Scientific understanding of the hydrological processes, hydrogeochemical processes, and water–rock interactions under complicated circumstances is an important research hotspot in the field of hydrology and earth system sciences. In particular, both global climate change and high-intensity human activities dramatically alter the hydrological cycle and its associated processes, posing a threat to future sustainable water resource management in global and regional areas. Therefore, it is urgent that we improve our skills and methods to better understand the physical mechanisms and responses of hydrological and hydrogeochemical processes to changing environments. This requires multidisciplinary studies that involve hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, ecology, environmental sciences, etc.

We invite researchers to contribute original research articles and state-of-the-art reviews, including in situ and laboratory experiments; theoretical models; and numerical simulations for hydrological and hydrogeochemical processes and water–rock interactions. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Improving estimates of hydrological processes in changing environments;
  • Quantifying the effects of climate change and human activities on hydrological changes;
  • Refined numerical simulation of hydrological processes under complicated conditions;
  • Integrated surface and subsurface water modeling for areas or basins affected by high-intensity human activities;
  • New model structures and methods for modeling hydrological processes;
  • Big data and artificial intelligence in hydrological modeling;
  • Water chemistry–microbial coupled interactions of water quality formation and evolution in coal mine;
  • Migration and transformation of hydrochemical components in the interaction zone between surface water and groundwater;
  • Natural processes of water–rock interactions and the migration and cycling of chemical components in geological environments;
  • Physicochemical processes within intricate porous media and the dynamic evolution of medium permeability;
  • Fluid flow and mineral reactions pertinent to environmental engineering applications, including, but not limited to, nuclear waste disposal, carbon dioxide sequestration, and site remediation;
  • Coupled mechanisms governing water quality evolution in mining areas alongside advanced pollution-mitigation strategies;
  • Investigations into numerical simulations of reactive solute transport and advanced research on model parameter estimation;
  • Novel approaches for the effective assessment of remediation technology and strategies for site contamination.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Xiaomeng Song
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • hydrological modeling
  • water environment monitoring and protection
  • water–rock interaction
  • reaction transport
  • permeability evolution
  • multi-field coupling
  • contaminant remediation
  • water quality evolution

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Temporal–Spatial Variations in Physicochemical Factors and Assessing Water Quality Condition in River–Lake System of Chaohu Lake Basin, China
by Li Wu, Kai Liu, Ziqi Wang, Yujie Yang, Rui Sang, Haoyue Zhu, Xitong Wang, Yuqing Pang, Jiangshan Tong, Xiangting Liu, Mingyue Ma, Qianqian Wang, Kaijun Ma and Fan Liu
Sustainability 2025, 17(5), 2182; https://doi.org/10.3390/su17052182 - 3 Mar 2025
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Eutrophication and algal blooms have frequently occurred in Chaohu Lake. Water parameters interact with eutrophication and algal blooms. However, there are few studies on the spatial–temporal characteristics of water parameters in the Chaohu Lake Basin. To assess the water quality of Chaohu Lake [...] Read more.
Eutrophication and algal blooms have frequently occurred in Chaohu Lake. Water parameters interact with eutrophication and algal blooms. However, there are few studies on the spatial–temporal characteristics of water parameters in the Chaohu Lake Basin. To assess the water quality of Chaohu Lake and its seven surrounding rivers, 132 samples from 33 sites were collected seasonally from September 2019 to July 2020, and 14 physicochemical parameters were detected. Our results showed that urban rivers had the highest nutrients, chemical oxygen demand (CODMn, 6.30 ± 0.80 mg/L), five-day biological oxygen demand (BOD5, 4.51 ± 0.42 mg/L), and chlorophyll a concentration (Chl a, 54.88 ± 39.81 μg/L); forested rivers had higher water transparency (137.83 ± 18.52 cm), lowest nutrients, CODMn (4.02 ± 0.20 mg/L), BOD5 (1.42 ± 0.14 mg/L), and Chl a (7.18 ± 1.41 μg/L); and agricultural and mixed rivers intermediate. Generally, the water quality was “good” and “light-eutrophic” according to the water quality index and trophic level index. The water quality order from good to worst in the season was spring > autumn and summer > winter. These results implied that urban rivers are still the main source of eutrophic nutrients in Chaohu Lake, and the control of urban pollutants is still the core of water quality management in Chaohu Lake. Full article
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