Water Quality and Contamination
A section of Water (ISSN 2073-4441).
Section Information
The section of Water Quality and Contamination, invites state-of-the-art research articles and critical reviews regarding the qualitative and ecological aspects of water. Topics addressed include the following: physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of water; point-source and diffuse water pollution; contaminants such as nutrients, organics and inorganics, pharmaceuticals, nano-particles and microplastics and their impacts on organisms and trophic chains; transport and adsorption/desorption processes; erosion and sediment transport; hydro-geochemistry; hydrogeology; eco-hydrology; aquatic ecology; wetlands; environmental water requirements; the degradation of aquatic ecosystems; preservation; ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration; environmental impacts of dams and other infrastructure; invasive species.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Microplastics in Water Environments: Sources, Transport and Degradation (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Modeling and Monitoring Water Quality Management in Support of Public Health (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Advances in Micropollutants (MPs) Treatment in Source Waters (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Basin Non-Point Source Pollution (Deadline: 25 June 2025)
- Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems (Deadline: 12 July 2025)
- Impacts of Contaminants on Aquatic Ecosystems and Strategies for Water Quality Improvement (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Sources, Transport, and Fate of Contaminants in Waters and Sediment (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Emerging Micropollutants: Challenges and Solutions in Detection and Treatment (Deadline: 28 July 2025)
- Environmental Fate and Transport of Organic Pollutants in Water (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Sustainable Remediation of Pesticides in Contaminated Water and Sites (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Biochar-Based Systems for Agricultural Water Management (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Sediment Pollution Process and Microbial Responses in Aquatic Environment (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Investigations of Aquifer Systems (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Water Quality Studies: Assessing the Presence of Nutrients and Pollutants (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Nutrient Cycling and Removal in Watersheds (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology: Characteristics, Risks and Strategies (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Mine Water Quality: Risks, Challenges, and Opportunities (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Watershed Scale Environmental Changes and the Effects on Water Resources (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Water Resource Management: Watershed and Groundwater Pollution (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Application of Photocatalysis in Water and Wastewater Treatment: Advances and Perspectives (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Contaminant Transport, Risk Assessment, and Ecological Impacts in Karst (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Trends in Effective Removal of Emerging Organic Pollutants from Drinking Water and Wastewater (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Exposure, Ecological Effects and Risk Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Water Environment (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- POPs in Water Environment: Migration, Transformation and Risk Assessment (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Groundwater Quality and Human Health Risk, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Hydrological and Hydrochemical Drivers of Solute Export from Watersheds (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Monitoring and Modelling of Contaminants in Water Environment (Deadline: 10 October 2025)
- Identification, Treatment and Risk Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Water Ecosystems (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Dissolved Organic Matter in Aquatic Environments (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Advances in Contaminant Transport in Porous Media: Mechanisms, Remediation, and Numerical Simulation (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Water Environment Pollution and Control, 4th Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Advances in Electrochemical Detection for Environmental and Water Quality Assessment (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Risk Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem Health (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Aquatic Microplastic Pollution: Occurrence and Removal (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Pollution Mechanisms and Source Apportionment of Typical Pollutants in Aquatic Environments (Deadline: 5 November 2025)
- Water and Society: Challenges for Freshwater Quality Under a Climate Change Scenario (Deadline: 12 November 2025)
- Advances in Sustainable Management of Contaminated Stormwater (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Engineered Nanoporous Sorbents for Removing Emerging Pollutants from Aqueous Environments (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Geochemistry and Removal of Heavy Metals and Other Pollutants in Water (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Wetland Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Preparation, Characterization and Photocatalytic Degradation of the Sulfate Oxidants for Water Treatment (Deadline: 28 November 2025)
- Spatial Linkages Between Geographical Environments and Health Indicators: From Water Quality Parameters to Regional Health Status (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Water Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Application of Bioremediation in Groundwater and Soil Pollution (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Water Quality Examination: The Investigation of Heavy Metal Contamination, Nutrients, and Organic Pollutants in Aquatic Environments for an Enhanced Prevention and Purification Process (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Evaluation of Microbiological Indicators for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Environmental Behavior, Ecological Effects and Health Risks of Pollutants in Aquatic Ecosystems (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Advanced Research in Non-Point Source Pollution of Watersheds (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Research on Microplastic Pollution in Water Environment (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- The Role of Vegetation in Freshwater Ecology (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Emerging Contaminants in Natural and Engineered Water Environments: Environmental Behavior, Ecological Effects and Control Strategies, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 February 2026)
- Advances in Plastic’s (Eco)Toxicity Research in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
