Water Quality Studies: Assessing the Presence of Nutrients and Pollutants, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Studies on water quality are particularly important for understanding the present and future environmental challenges arising from intensifying human activities and ongoing climate change. Environmental pollutants come from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Significant amounts of pollutants are emitted into the environment in urbanized and industrialized areas of the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Transboundary pollutants are also found in areas lacking local sources, including remote regions such as the Arctic and Antarctica. To fully understand the environmental changes around us and the associated risks, it is of paramount importance to develop an interdisciplinary approach to study both spatial and temporal (long- and short-term) changes in pollutant levels in surface waters. In this research method, special attention should be paid not only to the direct impact of human activities but also to changes in meteorological conditions that can trigger a hydrochemical response in surface waters.

This Special Issue aims to publish papers on water quality studies that incorporate environmental data and explain related factors and processes that may contribute to changes in pollutant levels. Therefore, we encourage authors to submit cross-disciplinary articles on observations of environmental change based on chemical analyses of various types of surface water (i.e., snow, precipitation, runoff water, rivers, streams, lakes, and marine), groundwater, and artificial reservoirs in different regions of the world.

Dr. Sara Lehmann-Konera
Dr. Joanna Potapowicz
Guest Editors

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