Urban Water Systems: Challenges in Current Environment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2024 | Viewed by 753
Special Issue Editor
Interests: urban water; wastewater and stormwater systems; decentralised systems; hydraulic and hydrology; integrated urban water management; sustainability assessment; water resources; water sensitive urban design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Centralised water, wastewater, and stormwater systems have been implemented for over 100 years to provide municipal services in urban areas. These systems have ensured a safe drinking water supply, efficient means for the collection and disposal of wastewater to protect human health, and the mitigation of urban flood risk. The sustainability of current urban water systems is under pressure from a range of challenges, which include rapid population growth and resulting urbanisation, increasing demand placed on fresh water resources, climate change impacts, the excessive disposal of pollutants into receiving environments, and infrastructure that is ageing and reaching capacity constraints. There is a need to develop strategies and approaches to address these challenges to provide urban water services (water, wastewater, and stormwater) more sustainably. This Special Issue, titled “Urban Water Systems: Challenges in Current Environment”, will cover topics related to addressing current challenges faced by urban water, wastewater, and stormwater systems.
Dr. Ashok Sharma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urban water system
- wastewater and stormwater systems
- centralised systems
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