Mine Water Safety and Environment, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Coal mining can usually produce large amounts of mine water, causing a series of safety and environmental impact problems. Coal mines are challenged by mine water safety, groundwater pollution, mine water resource utilization, and ecological environment protection. Although many scholars have been rapidly advancing the field via the adoption of new ideas and concepts, the safety of mining conditions and the groundwater environment in the mining area have been greatly improved, and the technology, processes, and materials of mine water prevention and treatment have been greatly developed; however, some problems remain. These include the development of new methods and models for the management of floor and roof mine water hazards, the sampling and detection of pollutants in the coal mine area, high-efficiency and low-cost mine water treatment, unconventional mine water resources utilization, groundwater protection, the geological storage of mine water, etc.

Therefore, we are pleased to organize a new Special Issue of Water, entitled “Mine Water Safety and Environment”.

This Special Issue aims to publish multidisciplinary scholarly works focusing on obtaining an in-depth understanding of the scientific principles and mechanisms, including critical technology, challenges, and ideas for mine water hazard and pollution prevention, water-preserved coal mining, mine water reinjection and geological storage, the treatment and utilization of mine water, and the modeling of groundwater in mining areas.

For this Special Issue of Water, we welcome papers addressing topics including, but not limited to, the following:

• Prevention and control of mine water hazard;
• Prevention and control of mine water pollution;
• Water-preserved coal mining;
• Geo-evolution and biogeochemical process of mine water quality;
• Mine water reinjection and geological storage;
• Water pollution in mine closure;
• Treatment and utilization of mine water;
• Modeling of groundwater in mining area.

Dr. Zhimin Xu
Prof. Dr. Yajun Sun
Guest Editors

Dr. Ge Chen
Dr. Li Zhang
Guest Editor Assistants

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