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Sustainable water management for green infrastructure
Journal of Environmental Sciences 26 (2014) 1213–1213
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Sustainable water management for green infrastructure The water is the most important component in the ecosystems responsible for energy flow and mass transport. The water also plays an important role for human existence. However, the constructed infrastructures such as roads, buildings, railways, drainage systems, etc. give negative impacts to the ecosystem such as deteriorating the water quality and changing the natural water circulation system. To reduce the negative impacts of these infrastructures while having a better and more convenient life, application of green infrastructure is necessary. Sustainable water management is the principal element of green infrastructure that can be performed by reducing the energy consumption in wastewater treatment plants, applying the natural purification mechanisms in new wastewater treatment technologies, reducing toxic chemical discharges to the ecosystems, developing advanced water management technologies. The twenty three articles included in this special issue address various aspects of sustainable water management such as nonpoint source management, advanced wastewater treatment processes, new purification technologies, ecosystem and human health, and energy issues. Articles on nonpoint source management were mainly focused on runoff characterization, immobilization of heavy metals and other pollutants from urban runoff as well as treatment of runoff from livestock area by constructed wetlands. Also there are articles dealing with advanced wastewater treatment processes for various types of wastewater including wastewater from printing industry, food wastewater, herbicide wastewater, wooden chopsticks wastewater, saline wastewater, and mercury contaminated substrate wastewater. Other articles concerning the development of new purification technologies applying anoxic membrane reactor, forward osmosis membrane process, electrochemical oxidation process, and ozonation and coagulation are also included. Some articles also cover topics related to ecosystem and human health like using disinfection process to remove the antibiotic resistant bacteria, reduce genotoxicity from reclaimed water by ozonation and disinfection by-products; and pressurized carbon dioxide as a disinfectant. Lastly, there are articles on the reduction of energy use in wastewater treatment plant and management of greenhouse gas emissions. In this special issue, the essential science and technology for sustainable water management for green infrastructure are addressed. Also, this issue aids in understanding the physical, hydrological, biological, and chemical processes that contribute to sustainable water management and learning how this knowledge may be used to design systems that mitigate water pollution at their sources. On behalf of the editorial board of this special issue, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Journal of Environmental Sciences for all their hard work in proof reading the manuscripts and publishing this special issue.
Lee-Hyung Kim (Chief of Editors) (Kongju National University, Korea) Zuwhan Yun (Korea University, Korea) Joonhong Park (Yonsei University, Korea) Seungkwan Hong (Korea University, Korea) Sungpyo Kim (Korea University, Korea) Qitao Yi (Anhui University of Science and Technology, China) Xiaoyan Wang (Capital Normal University, China) Yingxia Li (Beijing Normal University, China)
Deokjin Jahng (Myongji University, Korea) Ick-Tae Yeom (Sungkunkwan University, Korea) Joohyon Kang (Dongguk University, Korea) Marla Maniquiz-Redillas (Kongju National University, Korea) Michael Stenstrom (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) Wanpen Wirojanagud (KhonKaen University, Thailand) Frank Tsai (Louisiana State University, USA)
Available online at www.sciencedirect.com
Journal of Environmental Sciences www.jesc.ac.cn
Sustainable water management for green infrastructure The water is the most important component in the ecosystems responsible for energy flow and mass transport. The water also plays an important role for human existence. However, the constructed infrastructures such as roads, buildings, railways, drainage systems, etc. give negative impacts to the ecosystem such as deteriorating the water quality and changing the natural water circulation system. To reduce the negative impacts of these infrastructures while having a better and more convenient life, application of green infrastructure is necessary. Sustainable water management is the principal element of green infrastructure that can be performed by reducing the energy consumption in wastewater treatment plants, applying the natural purification mechanisms in new wastewater treatment technologies, reducing toxic chemical discharges to the ecosystems, developing advanced water management technologies. The twenty three articles included in this special issue address various aspects of sustainable water management such as nonpoint source management, advanced wastewater treatment processes, new purification technologies, ecosystem and human health, and energy issues. Articles on nonpoint source management were mainly focused on runoff characterization, immobilization of heavy metals and other pollutants from urban runoff as well as treatment of runoff from livestock area by constructed wetlands. Also there are articles dealing with advanced wastewater treatment processes for various types of wastewater including wastewater from printing industry, food wastewater, herbicide wastewater, wooden chopsticks wastewater, saline wastewater, and mercury contaminated substrate wastewater. Other articles concerning the development of new purification technologies applying anoxic membrane reactor, forward osmosis membrane process, electrochemical oxidation process, and ozonation and coagulation are also included. Some articles also cover topics related to ecosystem and human health like using disinfection process to remove the antibiotic resistant bacteria, reduce genotoxicity from reclaimed water by ozonation and disinfection by-products; and pressurized carbon dioxide as a disinfectant. Lastly, there are articles on the reduction of energy use in wastewater treatment plant and management of greenhouse gas emissions. In this special issue, the essential science and technology for sustainable water management for green infrastructure are addressed. Also, this issue aids in understanding the physical, hydrological, biological, and chemical processes that contribute to sustainable water management and learning how this knowledge may be used to design systems that mitigate water pollution at their sources. On behalf of the editorial board of this special issue, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Journal of Environmental Sciences for all their hard work in proof reading the manuscripts and publishing this special issue.
Lee-Hyung Kim (Chief of Editors) (Kongju National University, Korea) Zuwhan Yun (Korea University, Korea) Joonhong Park (Yonsei University, Korea) Seungkwan Hong (Korea University, Korea) Sungpyo Kim (Korea University, Korea) Qitao Yi (Anhui University of Science and Technology, China) Xiaoyan Wang (Capital Normal University, China) Yingxia Li (Beijing Normal University, China)
Deokjin Jahng (Myongji University, Korea) Ick-Tae Yeom (Sungkunkwan University, Korea) Joohyon Kang (Dongguk University, Korea) Marla Maniquiz-Redillas (Kongju National University, Korea) Michael Stenstrom (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) Wanpen Wirojanagud (KhonKaen University, Thailand) Frank Tsai (Louisiana State University, USA)