Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Soil and Water
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026 | Viewed by 649
Special Issue Editors
Interests: free radicals; reductive degradation; contaminant remediation; reductive radicals; chlorinated hydrocarbon; soil remediation; pyrogenic carbon; electron transfer
Interests: emerging contaminants; microplastic; free radicals; oxidation; soil remediation; source identification; fate and transport
2. Northeast Geological S&T Innovation Center of China Geological Survey, Shenyang 110000, China
Interests: remediation of organically contaminated soils; microbial remediation of organic contamination and plants; surfactant enhancement and in situ biostimulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil and water (including groundwater) are two important environmental media in Earth’s critical zone, as well as being the material foundation for the survival of life on our planet. Contaminants from natural events and anthropogenic activities are changing the conditions of both soil and water, which has a strong impact on the environmental functions of soil and water and threatens human health and environmental safety.
Scientists are using new methods to try to identify and trace the source of contaminants in soil and water, in particular emerging contaminants such as microplastics, antibiotics, endocrine disrupters, and persistent organic pollutants. Using physical, chemical method, and mathematical models, researchers are exploring the laws of transport and the fate of contaminants in soil and water, which is critical for us to understand and evaluate the environmental risks of these contaminants. Physical, chemical, and biological technologies such as barrier walls, phytoremediation, oxidation, reduction, and microbial degradation are being developed to restore contaminated soil and water.
With this Special Issue of Water, we offer a platform for the publication of innovative original articles and reviews regarding the fate and transport of contaminants in soil and water. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) the identification and source tracing of contaminants (especially emerging contaminants) in soil and water; (2) determination of the distributions, pathways, and destinations of contaminants in soil and water; (3) investigation of the transport and fate of contaminants in soil and water using modelling methods; (4) development of highly efficient, low-cost, and environmentally friendly technologies for contaminants in soil and water.
Dr. Changyin Zhu
Dr. Da Ouyang
Dr. Hui Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging contaminants
- micropollutants
- soil pollution
- water pollution
- contaminant remediation
- source identifi-cation, fate, and transport
- degradation and by-products
- numerical modelling
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