Groundwater Resources: Their Protection, Restoration and Optimal Development
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: groundwater flows; groundwater contamination control; low-enthalpy geothermal energy; management of water resources; optimization techniques; environmental impact mitigation; education of engineers; history of hydraulics
Interests: water resource management; irrigation water; simulation and optimization models in water resources; groundwater engineering; aquifer vulnerability; irrigation engineering; irrigation networks; climate change; flood and drought analysis
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Interests: hydrology and hydrogeology; groundwater resources management; artificial intelligence and machine learning in water systems; optimization and metaheuristics in environmental engineering; groundwater pollution source identification; optimal monitoring network design; small dams and nature-based solutions; environmental monitoring and sensor technologies; serious games for water management and education; geothermal aquifers' management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sustainable management of water resources, namely, matching water supply and demand in space and time, is becoming more and more challenging worldwide. Water demand is increasing, following the increase in population and per capita consumption. Moreover, urbanization and climate change, due partly to thoughtless human activities, aggravate the problems. In this framework, groundwater plays a critical role, serving as a buffer in periods of scarcity and as a strategic reserve. As such, the optimized development and protection of groundwater resources, linked to energy efficiency, pollution control, and climate adaptation, have become global priorities.
The topic is by definition interdisciplinary. Research areas include (but they are not limited to) the following topics:
- Numerical and analytical simulation of groundwater flows and pollutant transport;
- Artificial groundwater recharge;
- Optimal development of groundwater resources;
- Groundwater interaction with surface water-Impact of groundwater development upon springs;
- Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater resources;
- Groundwater market issues;
- Management of transboundary aquifers;
- Coastal aquifer development and protection from seawater intrusion;
- Groundwater pollution in agricultural areas;
- Impacts of climate change on groundwater resources;
- Development of low-enthalpy geothermal aquifers-combined heat and mass transfer;
- Management of groundwater in urban areas;
- Sustainable groundwater irrigation;
- Groundwater vulnerability;
- Use of groundwater through history and groundwater development research.
Both original research articles and reviews are welcome, including innovative applications and interdisciplinary case studies.
Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Katsifarakis
Dr. Dimitrios K. Karpouzos
Dr. Yiannis Kontos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- artificial groundwater recharge
- coastal aquifers
- groundwater flow
- groundwater pollution control
- low-enthalpy geothermal energy
- groundwater trading
- transboundary aquifers
- groundwater–surface water interaction
- sustainable groundwater irrigation
- groundwater vulnerability
- historical groundwater development research
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