Fate, Transport, Removal and Modeling of Pollutants in Water, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766, USA
Interests: water quality; toxicity; nanomaterials; fluid dynamics; transport of pollutants; adaptation of contaminants on microorganisms; structural corrosion
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Interests: urban pollution; stormwater management; plastic pollution and drinking water treatment; microplastics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on advancing our understanding of the fate, transport, removal, and modeling of both traditional and emerging pollutants in aquatic systems. Pollutants are increasingly detected across interconnected environmental compartments including surface water, groundwater, air, and sediments, posing complex challenges for water quality management.
Natural factors such as droughts, floods, and extreme weather events, together with human activities including intensive resource use, agricultural runoff, industrial discharges, and urbanization continue to degrade water quality and reduce the availability of clean drinking water. Traditional contaminants such as nutrients, heavy metals, hydrocarbons, and pesticides, along with emerging pollutants including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, microplastics, and nanomaterials require comprehensive investigation to understand their environmental persistence and ecological impacts. Addressing these issues demands integrative approaches that combine experimental observation, analytical techniques, and computational modeling.
This Special Issue invites research and review papers that explore pollutant behavior, transformation, and removal processes, as well as modeling, life-cycle analysis, and risk assessment frameworks that inform effective regulation and remediation strategies. By presenting innovative findings and cross-disciplinary perspectives, this collection aims to advance the state of the art and bridge critical knowledge gaps in pollutant fate and transport within aquatic environments.
Dr. Nelson M. Anaya
Dr. Varun K. Kasaraneni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- remediation
- water quality
- modeling
- fate and transport
- pollutants
- emerging pollutants
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