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Mine Water Treatment, Utilization and Storage Technology

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 735

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School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Interests: rare earth wastewater treatment; ammonia treatment and anammox
General Prospecting Institute of China National Administration of Coal Geology, Beijing, China
Interests: mine water geological injection and storage; mine water environment; mine water resource utilization; groundwater dynamics and hydrogeology

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Guest Editor Assistant
General Prospecting Institute of China National Administration of Coal Geology, Beijing, China
Interests: carbon capture; geological sequestration; machine learning; waste management; plastic waste upcycling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The harmless treatment, resource utilization, and geological storage of mine water are critical research directions for addressing "liquid waste" challenges in coal mining, aiming to achieve coordinated development between energy resource exploitation and ecological environmental protection. We are pleased to invite interdisciplinary contributions that inspire interest among researchers and practitioners in this field. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Mine Water Treatment Technologies: Physical and chemical methods, biological treatment technologies, and efficient treatment processes.
  • Mine Water Resource Utilization: Industrial reuse, domestic applications, agricultural use, and strategic resource recovery.
  • Mine Water Geological Deep Well Injection and Storage: Site selection criteria, long-term stability and safety, and monitoring systems.
  • Policy and Sustainability: Life cycle environmental risk assessment, policy frameworks, circular economy models, and sustainability.

Prof. Dr. Xiaojun Wang
Dr. Xiang Li
Guest Editors

Dr. Zhan Yang
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • high-salinity wastewater
  • mine water treatment
  • mine water utilization
  • resource reuse
  • geological storage technology

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Integrated Environmental–Economic Assessment of CO2 Storage in Chinese Saline Formations
by Wentao Zhao, Zhe Jiang, Tieya Jing, Jian Zhang, Zhan Yang, Xiang Li, Juan Zhou, Jingchao Zhao and Shuhui Zhang
Water 2025, 17(15), 2320; https://doi.org/10.3390/w17152320 - 4 Aug 2025
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This study develops an integrated environmental–economic assessment framework to evaluate the life cycle environmental impacts and economic costs of CO2 geological storage and produced water treatment in saline formations in China. Using a case study of a saline aquifer carbon storage project [...] Read more.
This study develops an integrated environmental–economic assessment framework to evaluate the life cycle environmental impacts and economic costs of CO2 geological storage and produced water treatment in saline formations in China. Using a case study of a saline aquifer carbon storage project in the Ordos Basin, eight full-chain carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) scenarios were analyzed. The results indicate that environmental and cost performance are primarily influenced by technology choices across carbon capture, transport, and storage stages. The scenario employing potassium carbonate-based capture, pipeline transport, and brine reinjection after a reverse osmosis treatment (S5) achieved the most balanced outcome. Breakeven analyses under three carbon price projection models revealed that carbon price trajectories critically affect project viability, with a steadily rising carbon price enabling earlier profitability. By decoupling CCUS from power systems and focusing on unit CO2 removal, this study provides a transparent and transferable framework to support cross-sectoral deployment. The findings offer valuable insights for policymakers aiming to design effective CCUS support mechanisms under future carbon neutrality targets. Full article
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