Special Issue on Research on Groundwater

A critical issue facing groundwater is the management of groundwater resources and groundwater quality in rural communities and agricultural areas of California. With respect to groundwater resources, many agricultural areas of California face continued overdraft of their groundwater resources resulting in subsidence, increased economic cost, and questionable future resource reliability. With respect to groundwater quality, nonpoint source pollution of groundwater from agricultural chemicals is widespread and threatens approximately an order of magnitude more drinking water wells in the State of California than pollution from industrial and municipal sources.

In this special issue, we invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles that explore research on groundwater. In this special issue, potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Shale gas and groundwater  
• Water resources and groundwater 
• Groundwater quality and protection
• Groundwater and environmental change
• Groundwater flooding
• Groundwater ecology and biodiversity
• Groundwater and health
• Modelling groundwater systems
• Environmental tracers and groundwater dating
• Groundwater pollutions

Authors should read over the journal’s For Authors carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly specify the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title. The research field “Special Issue - Research on Groundwater” should be selected during your submission.

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Please contact the Editorial Assistant at

jwarp@scirp.org