Soil-Groundwater Pollution Investigations

Dear Colleagues,

Soil and groundwater pollution have been a global issue with regard to ecological-environment security and human health risk. Pollution in soil and groundwater is often very closely interlinked. Water infiltration reaches the aquifer through the soil, which could bring contaminants to the soil or leach the soil contaminants into groundwater. Both groundwater and soil pollution could pose the great threats to water quality and ecosystem security. More and more researchers suggest that the investigation into pollution in groundwater and soil should be integrated. Insights from soil-groundwater pollution investigations can benefit its systemic prevention and control.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to bring together broad views on investigation methods, transport mechanisms, and treatment of soil-groundwater pollution for various kinds of pollutants at varied spatial and temporal scales. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: the characterization of soil/groundwater pollution at various scales (e.g., site and regional scale) using effective investigation methods (field investigation, experiments, and simulation); the identification and apportionment of pollution sources; the transport and reactive processes of contaminants in soil, groundwater, and the soil-groundwater interface under dynamic hydrological conditions; the hydrobiogeochemical processes associated with the migration and transformation of contaminants; pollution in the soil and groundwater near the river/lake/wetland affected by surface water-groundwater interaction; the evaluation of water quality under natural and anthropogenic influences and the associated risks to the ecological environment and human health; and the theoretical treatment and remediation engineering of contaminated soil-groundwater. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Guangcai Wang
Prof. Dr. Dongguang Wen
Dr. Shuya Hu
Dr. Liao Fu
Guest Editors

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