Role of Water Resources and Soil Protection for Sustainable Development

Dear Colleagues,

Water is an irreplaceable and non-replicable commodity of life. Therefore, the protection and safeguarding of groundwater resources and the quality of surface water are both current and future priorities. Due to the strong pressure to use both water and land resources, it is becoming increasingly important to implement approaches of integrated resource management to ensure sustainable use. Both material flows and land use properties are considered here, which must be calculated with sufficient accuracy.

Various topics play a fundamental role in water and soil protection, such as substance inputs, erosion, soil compaction and land use. Especially in the field of wastewater disposal, it is important to keep the pollution of discharge waters to a minimum, so that there is no deterioration in quality. When it comes to water body maintenance and water body development, it is important to find solutions that meet the requirements for the drainage of rainwater and the preservation of water bodies as a natural habitat for plants and animals. In the field of soil protection, precautionary measures play a role in reducing the impact of pollutants and fertilizers on the soil and its leaching, so that their presence in groundwater is kept to a minimum. Therefore, soil protection is very similar to water protection.

The Special Issue aims to present integrated research on water and soil protection to promote integrated approaches to water and land management in order to make preventive water and soil protection feasible. Thus, forecasting and management tools such as the water–soil–waste nexus, as well as other management methods are to be examined with regard to their future viability and sustainability potential.

Prof. Dr. Petra Schneider
Prof. Dr. Frido Reinstorf
Guest Editors

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