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Pollution in Urban Water and Soils

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Ecology and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2023) | Viewed by 5947

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Dr. Anna Turek

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Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego Str. 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Interests: environmental analytical chemistry; spectroscopy; environmental protection; soil; water and plant contaminants; metal migration in the environment; environmental monitoring
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Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Szczesio

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Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego Str. 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Interests: structure and activity of biologically active compounds; geographic information systems used in environmental protection; pollution and environmental problems; medical chemistry; crystallography.
Ms. Kinga Wieczorek

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Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego Str. 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Interests: river water quality; soil pollution; environmental analytical chemistry; multivariate statistical analysis; determination of metals in environmental samples
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The quality of the environment plays a key role in public health. A global problem is the contamination of urban areas. Nowadays, over 50% of the population lives in urban areas, and in Europe it is around 70% of inhabitants. It is also estimated that in developing countries, currently with millions of inhabitants, the population will grow even more rapidly in the coming years. As the urban population grows, people`s quality of life will depend on sustainable management. The multi-functional use of urban space (e.g., residential, industrial, recreational, and even agricultural) combined with environmental pollution may pose a serious threat to human health and has become a serious environmental challenge for local goverments.

Rapid and unsustainable urbanization negatively affects all elements of the environment, including surface and groundwater as well as the soil. In this regard, it is crucial to develop effective methods for studying the migration pathways of hazardous pollutants and techniques useful for the mitigation of pollution risk, and the mapping and quality control of the large areas subjected to anthropopressure. Methods for creating a comprehensive data package may support remediation processes, planning, and management, and ensure an adequate level of environmental protection.

As Guest Editors of this Special Issue of Sustainability, entitled "Pollution in Urban Water and Soils", we have the pleasure of inviting you to submit papers to this Special Issue focused on advanced analytical and statistical methods of water and soil quality assessment, identification of pollution sources, and monitoring of urban areas. We welcome all submissions, i.e., original research papers and case studies, as well as reviews. We also encourage authors to share their experiences with regard to trends in environmental analysis.

Dr. Anna Turek
Prof. Dr. Małgorzata Szczesio
Ms. Kinga Wieczorek
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Keywords

  • chemical pollutants in urban areas
  • surface and groundwater quality
  • soil quality
  • pollution sources; migration of contaminants
  • environmental samples preparation and analysis
  • GIS spatial analysis
  • analytical and statistical methods
  • monitoring
  • sustainable management

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Quantitative Analyses of Chemical Elements in Phragmites australis as Bioindication of Anthropization in Urban Lakes
by Rodica D. Catana, Aurelia Podosu, Larisa I. Florescu, Raluca A. Mihai, Mădălin Enache, Roxana Cojoc and Mirela Moldoveanu
Sustainability 2023, 15(1), 553; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010553 - 28 Dec 2022
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Urban areas face numerous provocations, such as air, water, and soil contamination. Additionally, urban lakes have numerous beneficial services that contribute to urban sustainability. In urban aquatic ecosystems, X-ray fluorescence can provide complex answers regarding the presence of elements associated with environmental risk. [...] Read more.
Urban areas face numerous provocations, such as air, water, and soil contamination. Additionally, urban lakes have numerous beneficial services that contribute to urban sustainability. In urban aquatic ecosystems, X-ray fluorescence can provide complex answers regarding the presence of elements associated with environmental risk. The study aimed to screen the elements with different potentials (critical raw materials—CRMs; toxic; potentially toxic) from Phragmites australis leaves along the Colentina urban river. The samples from the peri-urban and urban river courses highlighted the presence of elements with different potentials for ecosystems and human health. The investigated stations were influenced by regional anthropogenic pressures, where P. australis highlighted the absorption of the dominant elements found in the environment. From the total of 56 elements present in the samples, some have structural roles (K, Si, Ca, and Cl), some are from the CRM category, and some are airborne heavy metals and rare metals. Furthermore, among CRMs, cesium, lanthanum, magnesium, phosphorus, vanadium, sulfur, holmium, and titanium were recorded with higher values. Although the values of the elements in the anthropogenic source were in low concentrations, spatial differences were highlighted. The stations in agricultural areas were different from the peri-urban and urban ones. Full article
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The Legacy of Mercury Contamination from a Past Leather Manufacturer and Health Risk Assessment in an Urban Area (Pisa Municipality, Italy)
by Lisa Ghezzi, Simone Arrighi, Roberto Giannecchini, Monica Bini, Marta Valerio and Riccardo Petrini
Sustainability 2022, 14(7), 4367; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074367 - 6 Apr 2022
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An abandoned open green space in the urban setting of the Municipality of Pisa (Tuscany, Italy) has been designed for renewal to foster the development of recreational activities and improve the lives of the surrounding communities. However, the geochemical site characterization revealed Pb, [...] Read more.
An abandoned open green space in the urban setting of the Municipality of Pisa (Tuscany, Italy) has been designed for renewal to foster the development of recreational activities and improve the lives of the surrounding communities. However, the geochemical site characterization revealed Pb, Cu, Zn and Hg concentrations in the soil exceeding the thresholds imposed by Italian regulations for residential use. Pb, Cu and Zn contents likely reflect the effects of urban vehicle traffic, while Hg contamination represents the legacy of a past artisanal tannery that used Hg(II)-chloride in leather processing in the mid-1900s. Mercury is widely distributed in the area, with the highest concentration in the uppermost soil layer, and reaching about 170 mg/kg in the common dandelion rhizosphere. Chemical extractions and thermal desorption experiments have indicated that most Hg is in the elemental free and matrix-bound fraction, with a possible minor amount (less than 4 wt%) of HgS and negligible methylated forms (0.1 wt%). The data suggest that soil processes could reduce Hg2+ to volatile Hg0. Mercury in groundwater, hosted in a shallow aquitard in the area, was below 0.2 µg/L. However, the presence of chloride in groundwater might result in the formation of Hg stable aqueous complexes, increasing Hg release from solids. Future water quality monitoring is hence recommended. The risk assessment highlighted that mercury in soil carries a risk of non-cancerous effects, in particular for children, posing the basis for management planning. Full article
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