Water Safety, Ecological Risk and Public Health
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 455
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wastewater analysis; LC-MS/MS; method uncertainties
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Interests: wastewater-based epidemiology; illicit drugs; emerging contaminants; health risk assessments; biomarkers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water resources are fundamental to ecosystem stability and human well-being, yet they face unprecedented threats from climate change, pollution, waterborne pathogens, and population growth. Addressing the tripartite nexus of water safety, ecological resilience, and public health necessitates interdisciplinary innovation in environmental science and engineering. Critical challenges include the proliferation of emerging contaminants (e.g., nanoplastics, antibiotic resistance genes, PFAS), cumulative ecosystem stressors, and inequitable exposure pathways threatening vulnerable populations. This Special Issue presents rigorous investigations at the molecular-to-landscape scale to elucidate contamination dynamics, exposure mechanisms, and risk mitigation paradigms. Priority domains encompass public health biomarkers (e.g., epigenetic, genotoxic, or endocrine-disrupting agents) in waterborne disease etiology; wastewater-based epidemiology for the spatiotemporal surveillance of viral variants and chemical co-exposure; mechanistic ecological risk models integrating bioavailability, trophic transfer, and climate-driven perturbation scenarios; and advanced remediation technologies targeting high-risk contaminants (e.g., engineered nanomaterials, halogenated organics). Submissions must articulate quantitative risk frameworks, policy-relevant monitoring protocols, or scalable engineering solutions aligned with sustainable development targets. In this Special Issue, we invite the submission of original research, meta-analyses, reviews and viewpoints, and methodological advances that transcend disciplinary silos, fostering actionable science for water security and planetary health.
Dr. Qiuda Zheng
Dr. Peng Du
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomarkers of public health
- waterborne pathogens
- wastewater-base epidemiology
- water safety
- ecological risk assessment
- emerging contaminants
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