Trends in Monitoring of Drinking Water Quality from Source to Tap

Dear Colleagues,

Emerging issues such as climate change impacts, interest in new contaminants in water, more stringent regulations governing the protection of water sources and distributed water, and increased public expectations concerning tap water are all factors contributing to the need for more sophisticated water quality monitoring strategies. To ensure safe drinking water for consumers at all times and locations, monitoring strategies for water quality should consider the different components of the multibarrier approach, the source watershed, the water treatment plant, and the municipal distribution network. Such monitoring strategies must also take into account the various types of contaminants and indicators (chemical, microbiological, physical), representative locations for data collection to describe the spatial variability of water quality, and representative periods and frequencies for data collection to describe the temporal and seasonal variability of water quality. Approaches, methodologies, and techniques for water quality monitoring must promote the generation of data and the development of knowledge that will be useful for decision-making purposes (for water quality assessment, detection of contamination events, prioritizing of interventions, etc.). The data generated should also be useful for modeling purposes, such as the development of early warning systems. This Special Issue welcomes research contributions that reflect innovative research and applications on different themes related to the monitoring of water quality at the water source, in the treatment plant, and through the distribution system.

Prof. Dr. Manuel J. Rodriguez
Guest Editor

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• Water quality
• Monitoring
• Source water
• Distribution system
• Sampling strategies
• Online monitoring
• Chemical and microbiological indicators
• Emerging indicators
• Spatiotemporal data
• Modeling
• Decision-making tools