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Managing Water Resources Sustainably

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 4970

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Dr. Mariacrocetta Sambito

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School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Enna “Kore”, 94100 Enna, Italy
Interests: water quality; source detection; optimal positioning; water quality sensors
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Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to invite you to participate in our Special Issue, focused on assessing water quality in watersheds and urban drainage systems.

Water is a key environmental, sociological and economic risk in many parts of the world, making sustainable management of water resources crucial. For this reason, your participation and contribution to this Special Issue would be extremely valuable in deepening the understanding of these crucial issues and in advancing environmental management strategies. This Special Issue welcomes research papers that discuss the possibility of integrating sustainability principles within engineering, addressing specific and general methods (monitoring and evaluation techniques) and approaches (models, decision support tools, management actions , political insights and governance). We also welcome literature reviews and empirical articles. Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research findings, developments and applications. We therefore encourage you to submit your contributions on this topic by the indicated deadline and join us in promoting research and solutions to improve water quality.

Dr. Mariacrocetta Sambito
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • water quality
  • water quality sensors
  • monitoring
  • optimal positioning
  • source detection
  • contamination
  • illegit discharge

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Impact of Flooding on Lands with Emerging Contaminants on the Quality of Receiving Water Bodies
by Samir A. Haddad, Mohieyeddin M. Abd El-Azeim, Ahmad M. Menesi, Esam Ismail, Mariacrocetta Sambito, Mohamed S. Ahmed, Ahmed S. A. Sayed, Ibraheem A. H. Yousif and Nesrin S. Abdelkarim
Water 2024, 16(22), 3214; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16223214 - 8 Nov 2024
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Among crucial factors that control flooding events are extreme climate, urban growth, and mismanagement. Islands in the Nile River have experienced successive cycles of flooding and drying due to recent rainy years in the Nile Basin countries. This paper focuses on the impact [...] Read more.
Among crucial factors that control flooding events are extreme climate, urban growth, and mismanagement. Islands in the Nile River have experienced successive cycles of flooding and drying due to recent rainy years in the Nile Basin countries. This paper focuses on the impact of floods on the amounts of ammonium-N released, total concentrations of heavy metals, enzyme activities, and microbial biomass (C and N) in flood soils of 11 Nile River islands. Field moist soils and their airdried counterparts were collected from the outskirts of the island and incubated for 15 days at 30 °C to be analyzed. Results reflected that the amounts of released NH4-N were higher in airdried than in wet soils. The average hydrolysis rates of the studied six enzyme substrates were correlated significantly with organic C, organic N, microbial bio-mass C and N in the field moist soils. The highest correlation coefficients (r) were with rates of hydrolysis of substrates of asparaginase, amidase, and β-glycosaminidase. A significant intercorrelation between rates of hydrolysis of the six studied enzyme substrates and r values which range from 0.81 to 0.98. At 10 mmol kg−1 soil, Co+2, Cd+2, Pb+2, Cu+2, Cr+3, and Ni+2 inhibited the release of NH4-N. Arginine hydrolysis was inhibited by the six heavy metals at 5 mmol kg−1 soil; the most effective inhibitors were Pb+2, Ni+2, and Cr+3. Due to the complex soil enzymatic and organic nitrogen hydrolase activities that occur during floods, fertile fields on the Nile River islands should not be fertilized before the summer flood seasons, which will prevent contamination of the Nile River water and loss of its island soil fertility. Full article
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Comparative Analysis of Water Quality in Major Rivers of Türkiye Using Hydrochemical and Pollution Indices
by Veysel Süleyman Yavuz, Veysi Kartal and Mariacrocetta Sambito
Water 2024, 16(18), 2676; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16182676 - 20 Sep 2024
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This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the water quality in five major rivers in Türkiye: Sakarya, Yeşilırmak, Kızılırmak, Seyhan Rivers, and Niğde Creek. Utilizing hydrochemical diagrams and the River Pollution Index (RPI), we assess the temporal and spatial variations in water quality [...] Read more.
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the water quality in five major rivers in Türkiye: Sakarya, Yeşilırmak, Kızılırmak, Seyhan Rivers, and Niğde Creek. Utilizing hydrochemical diagrams and the River Pollution Index (RPI), we assess the temporal and spatial variations in water quality over the past three decades. The hydrochemical characteristics reveal a dominant calcium-bicarbonate (Ca-HCO3) type water, indicating strong geological control primarily influenced by carbonate weathering. Seasonal variations and anthropogenic influences, particularly agricultural runoff and industrial discharge, contribute to significant changes in ion concentrations, especially in the Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak Rivers. The RPI results classify these rivers as ‘Severely polluted’ to ‘Moderately polluted’, driven by high levels of suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand. This study underscores the urgent need for tailored pollution control measures and sustainable water management practices in order to mitigate the impacts of anthropogenic activities and protect the ecological health of these vital water resources. The findings provide a robust framework for future research and policymaking to enhance water quality monitoring and management strategies in the region. Full article
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Groundwater Quality Assessment at East El Minia Middle Eocene Carbonate Aquifer: Water Quality Index (WQI) and Health Risk Assessment (HRA)
by Abdel-Aziz A. Abdel-Aziz, Alaa Mostafa, Salman A. Salman, Ramadan S. A. Mohamed, Moustafa Gamal Snousy, Mohamed S. Ahmed, Mariacrocetta Sambito and Esam Ismail
Water 2024, 16(16), 2288; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16162288 - 14 Aug 2024
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Around the world, groundwater supply is critical for vital needs such as drinking and irrigation. This work investigates groundwater in the carbonate aquifer of the Middle Miocene in the east El Minia area, Egypt. In this regard, thirty-two groundwater samples were collected. The [...] Read more.
Around the world, groundwater supply is critical for vital needs such as drinking and irrigation. This work investigates groundwater in the carbonate aquifer of the Middle Miocene in the east El Minia area, Egypt. In this regard, thirty-two groundwater samples were collected. The water samples were analyzed for Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, Cl−, SO42−, NO3−, CO2−, HCO3−, Fe, Mn, Cd, As, Cr, Cu, and Pb. Groundwater has been evaluated using two methods, which are water quality index (WQI) and health risk assessment (HRA). The predominant groundwater is soft water, and the samples range in salinity from fresh to slightly salty. The groundwater mostly falls into the alkaline water type. All the groundwater samples under study are deemed low quality for human consumption due to water contamination. Fe, Mn, Cd, Cu, and Pb have high HQnc values, which can result in non-carcinogenic health issues in adults, while Mn, Cu, and Pb can give rise to non-carcinogenic health issues in children. Full article
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