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Monitoring and Management of Water Resources and Environmental Pollutants in Water Areas

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 2215

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Aysegul Tanik

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Environmental Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Maslak Campus, Istanbul 34469, Turkey
Interests: integrated watershed management; water quality management and modelling; climate change effects on water resources; point and non-point sources of pollution abatement
Prof. Dr. Asude Hanedar

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Çorlu Engineering Faculty, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Çorlu 59030, Tekirdağ, Turkey
Interests: integrated watershed management; water quality management and modelling; climate change effects on water resources; specific pollutants; linking pollutants with environmental quality standards

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Global population increase brought together higher water demands for domestic needs, agricultural irrigation and industrial activities coupled with needs of other water dependent sectors. On the contrary, global warming and climate change effects started to disturb the precipitation pattern together with the frequency and the amount of water received by the world over the years due to the increase in temperature. Due to the alarming conditions of today and with increased contamination of limited freshwater resources of all kinds,  an in-depth consideration of the concept of Monitoring and Management of Water Resources and Environmental Pollutants in Water Areas highly tied with ‘sustainability’ perception is necessary.

The aim of this specific issue is to share knowledge, experience and up-to-date research outputs on the monitoring and management of water resources together with the presence of environmental pollutants well above the environmental quality standards among scientists, engineers, ecologists and practitioners interested in water issues together with different sectors and state offices.

The subject of concern highly relates to the Journal scope as almost all these monitoring and management activities are for leaving the next generations a healthy water environment with minimized pollutants. Sustainability is the main focus of this issue, and research work, reviews, case studies and similar other applications are welcome from both the developed and developing countries of the world. This Special Issue will try to link water quality, pollutant diversity arising from both point and non-point sources, water security, water quality monitoring and analyses, and modelling considering the climate change effects on water resources both on quality and quantity and, finally integrating water–energy–food nexus. Last, but not the least, public interference-related studies on water quality issues, and public participation experiences in developing strategies for better management will also be covered in this special issue.

Suggested Themes

  • Multidisciplinary research on water resources management practices,
  • Studies and research on problems of transboundary waters,
  • Environmental pollutants including priority substances and specific pollutants,
  • Linking pollutants with different land-based sources of pollutants,
  • Monitoring pollutants and implications for minimizing the adverse effects of various pollutants,
  • Identification and management of agricultural pollutants,
  • Policy implementation and legal framework,
  • Funding opportunities for coping with pollutants.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Aysegul Tanik
Prof. Dr. Asude Hanedar
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate change
  • environmental pollutants
  • monitoring water quality
  • modelling water quality
  • watershed management
  • policy implications
  • sustainability

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Characteristics of Phytoplankton Productivity in Three Typical Lake Zones of Taihu, China
by Jin Wei, Xiaonan Ji and Wei Hu
Sustainability 2024, 16(6), 2376; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062376 - 13 Mar 2024
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In lake aquatic ecosystems, which form the material and energy base of lakes, primary production is critical. The present study addresses the characteristics of primary phytoplankton productivity and its relationship with environmental physicochemical factors in three typical zones (algae-type, transition, and grass-type) of [...] Read more.
In lake aquatic ecosystems, which form the material and energy base of lakes, primary production is critical. The present study addresses the characteristics of primary phytoplankton productivity and its relationship with environmental physicochemical factors in three typical zones (algae-type, transition, and grass-type) of the eutrophic Lake Taihu. Seasonal sampling was conducted, and black–white bottle oxygen measurement was used to determine the primary productivity in different water layers in the lake. The results show obvious temporal and spatial differences in the physicochemical factors and phytoplankton productivity in Lake Taihu. The water column productivity and respiration conformed to the following seasonal descending order, summer > fall > spring > winter, and the following regional descending order, algae-type zone > transition zone > grass-type zone. The seasonal proportions of primary productivity were approximately 40% in the summer, 25% in the fall, 20% in the spring, and less than 15% in the winter. The highest values of water layer productivity and respiration were mainly at a depth of 0.2 m and decreased with the water depth. The percentage of productivity at different water layers was 23% (0 m), 31% (0.2 m), 23% (0.4 m), 11% (0.6 m), 7% (0.8 m), and 5% (1 m). The optical compensation depth for Lake Taihu was about 0.8 times the transparency (SD). Spearman correlation indicated that the temperature (T) and water depth (D) had an obvious impact on productivity in all three lake zones. Multiple stepwise regression suggested that T, D, SD, and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) can be used to estimate productivity in different seasons/regions. The main influencing factors on phytoplankton productivity are T, D, Chl-a, and SD in the algae-type and transition zones and T, D, and total suspended solids (TSSs) in the grass-type zone. Full article
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Assessment of Stormwater Quality in the Context of Traffic Congestion: A Case Study in Egypt
by Mohamed Elsayed Gabr, Amira Mahmoud El Shorbagy and Hamdy Badee Faheem
Sustainability 2023, 15(18), 13927; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813927 - 19 Sep 2023
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of traffic congestion in urbanized areas (parking lots and highways) on stormwater quality. Three separate locations in Egypt’s heavily urbanized and populous Giza Governorate were picked for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of traffic congestion in urbanized areas (parking lots and highways) on stormwater quality. Three separate locations in Egypt’s heavily urbanized and populous Giza Governorate were picked for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the stormwater quality: Faisal (A), El Dokki (B), and Hadayek El-Ahram (C), with catchment areas of 10,476, 7566, and 9870 m2, and with monthly average daily traffic (MADT) values of 47,950, 20,919, and 27,064 cars, respectively. The physio-chemical and heavy metal stormwater quality parameters of six water samples were investigated and compared with Egypt’s water criteria and the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The water quality index (WQI) and the irrigation water quality indices were used to assess the uses of stormwater. The results showed that the WQI varied from 426 to 929, with an average of (661 ± 168), indicating that the stormwater was contaminated at each location under examination and needed pretreatment in order to be useful. As a result, the allowed stormwater quality standards were exceeded for heavy metals such as Al, Cr, Cd, Fe, and Cu. The indicators of the stormwater quality for irrigation—the total dissolved solids (TDS), sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), soluble sodium percentage (SSP), permeability index (PI), magnesium adsorption ratio (MAR), and Kelley’s ratio (KR)—show excellent stormwater for irrigation, while the total hardness (TH) and residual sodium bicarbonate (RSBC) indicate poor irrigation water quality. It is advised to sweep the streets to remove particle-bound pollution before it reaches storm drain water, and to put in place an adequate stormwater sewerage system to catch rainwater. Full article
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