Groundwater for Health and Well-Being
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 560
Special Issue Editor
Interests: health resort medicine; mineral water; peloid; balneotherapy; hydrotherapy and aquatic therapy
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Dear Colleagues,
Some groundwaters, known as mineral-medicinal waters, natural mineral waters, or thermal waters, have been used since time immemorial to improve health and well-being. These waters are used in establishments called Health Resort Medicine not only for therapeutic purposes—called Balneotherapy, which is included in the catalog of services provided by the National Health Systems of many countries—but also for leisure and wellness, and they support a sector of great economic and social importance, such as thermalism. Hence, there is great importance in preserving and optimizing these valuable natural resources.
Considering these factors, it is necessary to know and guarantee water quality by applying advanced technologies that allow us to protect it from the anthropic ecosystem and the potential impacts of climate change through water monitoring and control, real-time data digitization, the prediction of potential contaminants that could modify the fundamental parameters of thermal waters (artificial intelligence), the characteristics of their hydrobiomes, and the improvement in the energy efficiency of thermal facilities.
This Special Issue aims to compile research articles and reviews dedicated to hydrogeology, physics, chemistry, medicine, pharmacy, biology, computer science, etc., as well as public authorities and economic stakeholders related to this sector.
Prof. Dr. Francisco Maraver Eyzaguirre
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mineral-medicinal waters
- natural mineral waters
- thermal waters
- balneotherapy
- water quality
- contaminants
- anthropic ecosystem
- climate change
- energy efficiency
- artificial intelligence
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