Drinking Water Quality: Monitoring, Assessment and Management
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The provision of safe drinking water of good quality, one of the UN’s sustainable goals, directly affects human health, sustainable development, and social wealth. Drinking water quality is facing several challenges, particularly climate change, urbanization, human activities—including industrial and agricultural—and the occurrence of emerging contaminants and micro-plastics. To confront these increasing problems, innovative solutions in the monitoring, evaluation, and management of drinking water are needed to protect public health and the resilience of water supply systems.
This Special Issue provides a platform for academics, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers to share state-of-the-art and innovative findings and practices to improve our ability to safeguard drinking water quality. Original research articles, reviews, and case studies highlighting technological innovations, inter-disciplinary approaches, and real-world implementation in diverse contexts are encouraged and welcome.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Innovative technologies for water quality monitoring (sensors, biosensors, IoT, AI-based systems);
- Smart and real-time monitoring technologies;
- Detection and control of emerging contaminants (PFAS, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, endocrine disruptors);
- Pathogen monitoring and microbial risk assessment;
- Application of big data, machine learning, and remote sensing in water quality management;
- Urban water supply and distribution system integrity (leakage, corrosion, biofilms);
- Water safety planning and risk-based management approaches;
- Integrated water resource management and source water protection;
- Water reuse and advanced treatment for drinking water production;
- Socio-economic and policy dimensions of safe drinking water access;
- Case studies of successful water safety plans and regulatory frameworks;
- Climate resilience and adaptation strategies in drinking water systems.
Dr. Stavroula Tsitsifli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drinking water quality
- water monitoring technologies
- smart sensors and real-time monitoring
- emerging contaminants
- microbial risk assessment
- water treatment and purification
- water safety planning
- water source protection
- climate change and water resources
- public health and water management
- integrated water resource management
- water governance and policy
- sustainable water supply water resilience
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