Impacts of Human Activities and Engineering on Groundwater Hydrochemistry
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2026) | Viewed by 617
Editor
Interests: hydrogeology; geochemistry; geochemical modeling; deep hydrochemistry; energy geology and environment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Groundwater hydrochemistry is a critical indicator of aquifer health, reflecting natural geological processes, anthropogenic influences, and climate interactions. Human activities are constantly altering groundwater hydrochemistry, making it increasingly complex. Understanding its spatiotemporal variability is essential for sustainable water resource management, contamination remediation, and policy making. This Special Issue seeks to present cutting-edge research on groundwater hydrochemistry changes under human activities, advanced analytical methodologies, and their applications in addressing global water security challenges. It focuses on key areas: deciphering solute sources and evolution pathways (e.g., rock–water interactions, redox zones, water level fluctuation zones); the impacts of human activities and engineering facilities (e.g., agriculture, mining, urbanization, energy development); and innovations in monitoring, modeling, and purification technologies.
Scope of the Special Issue:
This Special Issue emphasizes human activities and engineering contexts. We invite contributions addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
Hydrochemical Processes: Controls on groundwater composition, isotopic tracers for fingerprinting water and contaminant origins, and geochemical modeling to quantify reactions.
Deep Hydrochemistry: Geothermal water, oil/gas field water, formation brine, and water–rock interactions in deep environments.
Water Quality and Human Health: Emerging contaminants in groundwater systems, risk assessment of toxic elements, and remediation strategies for polluted aquifers.
Advanced Analytical and Computational Tools: Machine learning for predicting groundwater contamination, remote sensing/GIS for mapping hydrochemical facies, in situ sensors, and water quality monitoring.
Regional Case Studies: Arid zones with high-salinity groundwater, coastal aquifers with seawater intrusion, urbanized basins with strong human activities, irrigation areas with strong agricultural activities, industrial parks, and mining areas.
Dr. Xiaodong He
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- groundwater hydrochemistry
- human activities
- water quality
- water–rock interactions
- geochemical modeling
- iso-topic tracing
- deep hydrochemistry
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