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Participatory and Just Governance: Empowering Local and Indigenous Communities is closing soon! If you require help submitting your article, contact the Water team at water@frontiersin.org.

Freshwater Lakes. Water supply problems and water deficit, ecology and environmental. Surface and groundwater pollution. Global drought crisis. Drink water safe. Forest lake, Wetland green background.

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Simultaneous adsorptive removal of Pb2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ using raw Norway Spruce biomass: a low-cost and eco-friendly solution for wastewater treatment, published in July!

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Water and Critical Zone

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Editors

dipankar dwivedi

rahul bhadouria

heather l. buss

damien calmels

Articles

Composite Hydrological Recharge Sources of Calcium Chloride-Type Brine in Dongling Lake, Northern Qaidam Basin: Evidence from Hydrochemistry, Multi-Isotopes, and Dynamic Monitoring

Groundwater quality under different low-intensity land uses in a semi-arid savanna: insights from Namibia

Household Sand Filters for Heavy Metal Removal Exhibit Limited Nitrification and Risk of Nitrate Contamination

Geochemical processes, sources, and health implications of fluoride-rich groundwater in the central part of the Volta River Basin, Ghana

Research Topics

Investigating Water-Induced Phenomena in Geotechnical Engineering

Using Interdisciplinary Approaches to Explore How Climate Change is Impacting the Critical Zone

Geochemistry and Environmental Overview of Water Quality, Exposure, and Linkages to Livelihoods (GEO-WELL)

Hydro-Climatic Variability: Impacts and Adaptation Pathways for Water Management and Agriculture