Statistical Assessment, Modeling, and Mitigation of Water and Soil Pollution

Dear Colleagues,

As we move into the 21st century, we face more critical levels of physical, chemical, or biological stress on planetary resources. Meantime, significant climate changes are occurring, severely affecting the entire natural ecosystems. Environmental pollution, by harmful anthropogenic substances and the uncontrolled use of natural resources, has become a global problem that requires substantial efforts to develop and implement effective control for reducing and mitigating the pollution effects. Therefore, urgent forecasts of possible risks and impacts for future environmental planning are needed.

Most environmental quality models focus on certain isolated parts of the geosystem, although a certain component's damage usually affects the other parts. There is a great need to move towards an integrated approach to water, soil, and air pollution treatment. It is also imperative to develop and apply modern monitoring methods and control the pollution risk to optimally support mitigation measures.

The purpose of this special issue on "Statistical assessment, modeling, and mitigation of water and soil pollution" is to assess the water and soil pollution by different statistical methods and to apply the finding for possible mitigation measures. The articles selected for this special issue will provide an overview of the actual research stage in the field, aiming to assess the risks and impact on the environment.

Besides the solutions to the practical problems of cleaning the water and soil, the selected topics will directly answer questions related to selecting different mathematical tools that best emphasize the environmental quality changes and their impact on society's future.

We are pleased to invite you to submit the research that aims to respond to the following questions: (1) Statistical assessments can realistically meet ecological risk analyses for different environmental systems, including sources and receptors from drinking water, wastewater, or contaminated soil? (2) To what extent different levels of environmental systems screening could be quantified and correlated with the risks generated in-situ by pollutants/contaminants, including metallic species, biocides, pesticides, and plastics, and whether bioassays can support projected risk-taking.

In this Special Issue, original research articles, short communications, and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

• Statistical methods for pollutants’ series analysis
• Assessing the spatial distribution of pollutant’s at regional scale
• Modeling the pollutant’s adsorption
• Modeling the pollutants’ dissipation and transport
• Pollutants’ detection and monitoring
• Methods for soil remediation
• Pollutants’ adsorption and oxidation
• Filtration and separation technologies
• Electrochemical processes
• Related topics

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Lucica Barbes
Guest Editor

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