Water Quality and Dynamics in Rivers and Lakes
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 292
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental restoration; impaired waterbodies; watershed modeling; sensor networks; satellite remote sensing; water security; public health protection
Interests: water quality; pollutant mixing in lakes and rivers; groundwater; nutrients; eutrophication; artificial intelligence; multivariate statistical analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to rapid population growth and increasing anthropogenic activities, lakes and rivers play a more crucial role than ever in supplying freshwater to meet rising demands. As a result, however, they now face considerable stress and are exposed to numerous pollutants resulting from anthropogenic activities. The water quality and flow regime of lakes and rivers are interconnected, with one affecting the other. These parameters shape the ecological health, usability, and sustainability of aquatic environments. This Special Issue compiles interdisciplinary research that explores the relation between hydrodynamic processes and water quality in freshwater environments. It emphasizes how water movement—ranging from turbulent flow in rivers to stratification in lakes—directly affects the distribution, transformation, and fate of nutrients, contaminants, and biota. In addition, it explores how shifts in water quality (e.g., eutrophication, organic loading, or salinity gradients) influence flow dynamics by altering density gradients, sediment transport, and biological activity.
Prof. Dr. Zhi-Qiang Deng
Prof. Dr. Roohollah Noori
Guest Editors
Dr. Saber Aradpour
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- water quality
- hydrodynamics
- inland waterbodies
- hydraulic modeling
- water quality modeling
- pollutant fate
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