Special Issue "Mapping the Reality and Developing the Strategy of Water Resource in Arid/Semi-Arid Regions"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Yaqian Zhao
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1. UCD School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
2. Institute of Water Resources & Hydro-electric Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Interests: unconventional water and wastewater treatment technology; new constructed wetland technology; microbial fuel cell; ecological engineering; ecological restoration of surface water (rivers, lakes, bays, etc.); waterworks sludge regulation; dehydration and beneficial reuse
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Prof. Guozhen Zhang
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School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, China
Interests: Arid/semi-arid water resources; Theory and technology of water pollution control; Regional and watershed water environmental pollution control and resource recovery.
Prof. Jun Yang
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School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, China
Interests: Solid waste treatment and recycling; Aird/semiarid environmental control.

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Due to the global geodistribution, water-resource-related problems in arid and semi-arid regions are aggravating at present. In general, these problems are complex not only due to technical and economic parameters, but also due to the policy and institutional framework, human resource development, and sociocultural reasons. There is no doubt that we have some excellent showcases and good experience to manage water resources in these regions at the world level, but these problems have still not been solved in most arid and semi-arid regions, and more attention should be paid to facing and solving them.

The aim of this proposed special issue is to reflect the wide variety of water-resource-related topics with their inherent complexity and to highlight the successful showcases and experience to share with global academic peers, industrial partners, and policy makers. The issue will review the nature of the problems that are emerging in water resource management, and policy and institutional challenges of concern. It will also focus on the water resources strategies and options whichare important in research, policy, and human resources in order to successfully respond to these challenges. The issue will finally identify future water resource research areas. It is expected that this Special Issue will make a different contribution in water resource practice for various communities and countries around the globe, but with special focus on China.

Potential topics to cover:

1) Profile of water resources in arid and semi-arid regions

2) Various approaches for mapping the water resource profile

3) Wiser application of remote sensors in mapping water resources

4) Lessons learned from the past for water resource management in arid/semi-arid regions

5) Potential and perspectives of water resource management in arid regions

6) Insight into water resources in arid and semi-arid regions

7) Developing new strategies for managing water resources in arid and semi-arid regions

8) Updating various technical solutions for water resource management in arid regions

9) Water problems and solutions of agricultural use in arid regions

10) “Smart city” solutions in arid and semi-arid regions

11) “Sponge city” construction in arid and semi-arid regions

12) “Proof of concept” of eco-solutions for water resource protection in arid and semi-arid regions

13) Challenges and strategies of water resource management under Chinese fast economical development

14) Integrated consideration of solid waste management in arid and semi-arid regions 

Prof. Dr. Yaqian Zhao
Prof. Guozhen Zhang
Prof. Jun Yang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • arid/semi-arid water resource
  • wastewater treatment
  • solid waste management
  • strategy
  • sustainability

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Ti/RuO2-IrO2-SnO2 Anode for Electrochemical Degradation of Pollutants in Pharmaceutical Wastewater: Optimization and Degradation Performances
Sustainability 2021, 13(1), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010126 - 24 Dec 2020
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Electrochemical oxidation technology is an effective technique to treat high-concentration wastewater, which can directly oxidize refractory pollutants into simple inorganic compounds such as H2O and CO2. In this work, two-dimensionally stable anodes, Ti/RuO2-IrO2-SnO2, [...] Read more.
Electrochemical oxidation technology is an effective technique to treat high-concentration wastewater, which can directly oxidize refractory pollutants into simple inorganic compounds such as H2O and CO2. In this work, two-dimensionally stable anodes, Ti/RuO2-IrO2-SnO2, have been developed in order to degrade organic pollutants from pharmaceutical wastewater. Characterization by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed that the oxide coating was successfully fabricated on the Ti plate surface. Electrocatalytic oxidation conditions of high concentration pharmaceutical wastewater was discussed and optimized, and the best results showed that the COD removal rate was 95.92% with the energy consumption was 58.09 kW·h/kgCOD under the electrode distance of 3 cm, current density of 8 mA/cm2, initial pH of 2, and air flow of 18 L/min. Full article
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