Groundwater Contamination in Urbanized Areas
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 8333
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogeology; groundwater; geostatistics
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Interests: evolution of groundwater chemistry; assessment of groundwater quality; environmental geochemical behaviors of arsenic in soil-groundwater systems; remediation techniques for groundwater pollution
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Groundwater is the most abundant freshwater resource available on Earth. It plays a crucial role in our livelihoods, by supplying drinking water and by providing food security through groundwater-fed irrigation. Nowadays, more than 2.5 billion people depend solely on groundwater. In many places, however, the use of these precious groundwater resources is restricted because of contamination. For example, urbanization has grown rapidly in recent decades. At present, more than 4 billion people live in urban areas globally. Groundwater contamination occurs in these urbanized areas due to the illegal discharge of sewage, inappropriate disposal of solid waste, and so on. As a consequence, groundwater quality in these areas deteriorates, and groundwater-related diseases lead to the deaths of thousands of people every year.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, focusing on the impacts of anthropogenic factors on the quality of the groundwater environment. It is within the scope of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, covering aspects of environmental geology as well as environmental science and engineering.
This Special Issue aims to advance the understanding of the distribution, sources and transport of groundwater contamination in urbanized areas worldwide. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Heavy metal contamination in groundwater in urbanized areas;
- Sources and driving mechanisms of groundwater contamination in urbanized areas;
- Distribution and sources of groundwater organic contaminants;
- Transport of contaminants such as heavy metals, nitrate and organic contaminants in urbanized areas.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Liangping Li
Prof. Dr. Guanxing Huang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- groundwater contamination
- anthropogenic factors
- transport of contaminants
- urbanized areas
- groundwater quality
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