Water Quality Optimization

Dear Colleagues,

The availability of water hinges upon a certain water quality level that needs to be reached in order to render water suitable for consumption, farming, and other usages valuable to humans. The accessibility of water is related to ‘Goal 6’ of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. For this Special Issue of Water, entitled ‘Water Quality Optimization’, we solicit articles that place emphasis on novel methods that can help us to improve water quality. Therefore, the scope of this Special Issue is broad enough to include new optimization techniques that provide decision-making support to water professionals who seek to screen and optimize any type of water operation, including desalination and wastewater treatment. Such techniques may be novel mathematical or computational models that provide robust and convenient solutions to complex water problems. Contributions on state-of-the-art computational methods are also welcome as long as they are accompanied by a detailed case study in improving a unique water process. Moreover, technological advances that may help us to improve water quality by introducing new knowledge into water chemical systems are also relevant to this Special Issue.

Editor: Dr. George Besseris

Water is probably the most precious resource on the planet. Improvement of water quality is vital to public health and well-being and the protection of the environment. Recent advances in optimization techniques can greatly benefit water utilities by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of processes; however, they have a rather slow uptake by the water sector. The main aim of this Special Issue is to promote the application of novel and advanced optimization techniques in water-related processes that target high-quality water. We welcome original research papers on water-related processes, including drinking water and wastewater treatment (experimental–laboratory, pilot, or actual-scale), the design and development of materials and components for water treatment, improvements to the monitoring of water quality, and methods of analysis.

Editor: Dr. Triantafyllos Kaloudis

Dr. George Besseris
Dr. Triantafyllos Kaloudis
Guest Editors

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