Water and One Health
A section of Water (ISSN 2073-4441).
Section Information
The “Water and One Health” Section will feature contributions that demonstrate the ways in which human health is closely connected to water health, on a local as well as a global scale. A wide range of proposals can be submitted, covering topics from microbiota in ecological niches to macrosystems in rural and urban environments. Water issues can be explored from the perspective of different disciplines, including epidemiology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, and engineering, and also by integrating apparently unrelated fields, such as economics, sociology, communication, public health and health systems, management and policies, narrative medicine, or the humanities. Synergies between researchers with vastly different skills and backgrounds are welcome, especially if focused on transitioning emerging issues into a One Health framework, including water-related topics explored through an experimental or review-based approach. Some examples include the following:
- One Health;
- One Water;
- Planetary health;
- Water microbiota;
- Ecological macrosystems;
- Rural health;
- Urban environments;
- Waterborne diseases and epidemiology;
- Water microbiology;
- Water chemistry;
- Physical pollutants;
- Water and economics;
- Water and sociology;
- Water risks and communication;
- Water management in public health and health systems;
- Water management;
- Water policies;
- Water guidelines;
- Water in narrative medicine and the humanities;
- Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH).
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Wastewater Treatment and Public Health Surveillance: Advances and Challenges in the One Health Era (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Groundwater for Health and Well-Being (Deadline: 10 May 2026)
- Pesticides in Water and Health (Deadline: 20 May 2026)
- Water Quality, Pathogens, and Public Health Risks (Deadline: 20 May 2026)
- Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) Research, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 May 2026)
- Advances in Swimming Pool Hygiene Safety and Spa Research (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Water Pollutants and Human Health: Challenges and Perspectives (Deadline: 20 July 2026)
- Water Safety, Ecological Risk and Public Health (Deadline: 25 July 2026)
- Epidemiology and Public Health Issues Related to Waters (Deadline: 10 August 2026)
- Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management of Water for Environmental/Human Health—2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 September 2026)
