Urban Water aims to provide a forum for the research and professional communities dealing with water-related
and water-based systems in the urban environment. Particular emphasis is placed on defining the practical outcomes of sustainable development
and on documenting and analysing the mutual interrelationships and interactions between the individual water systems and urban water
bodies (including groundwater). The journal encourages the increasing importance of integrated approaches to solve the numerous pressing
problems in urban water engineering.
Most of the current water, environmental and infrastructure journals cover some aspects of
the urban water scene. However, none of them are solely dedicated to this fast growing topic and none emphasise the importance of integration
and interrelationships, considering urban water as an entity with all its internal and external interactions. In this respect, the journal
aims at filling a gap in the provision of international, scientific and professional journals.
The journal focuses on the water-based
infrastructure in the city; namely potable water, sewerage and drainage. Also included are the network peripheries; the customer/consumer,
point-of-use and point-of-discharge technologies (e.g. recycling, source controls) and the end-of-pipe treatment systems for potable
and wastewater where they relate to and interact with their respective networks. Further, the impact of the networks on the water environment
(water resources, groundwater, and watercourses) and vice versa is included. Papers discussing issues of utilisation of groundwater aquifers
for urban areas are particularly appreciated. Additionally, papers concerned with water planning (including the interactions of urban
water amenities with city planning and landscaping), design, analysis, informatic support (GIS/CAD), operational management and associated
economics are all welcome. A strong emphasis is placed on data needs, data acquisition and processing, quantification of uncertainty
and assurance of data quality and robustness.
The overarching issues and developments in "sustainability" find a natural home in
Urban Water too, especially those related and applied to urban water supply and sanitation. Papers dealing with new, alternative or unconventional
solutions for rehabilitation of aged systems and with appropriate technologies for developing countries are welcomed. Also included are
the urban water issues associated with socio-economic and resources management in developing countries. Space is provided too for papers
dealing with education and vocational training of specialists in urban water.
An associated aim of Urban Water is to foster
and encourage the development and dissemination of urban water educational software and data relevant to the papers published. Thus up-to-date
and reliable digital information, tools and methodologies can be rapidly made available to the international scientific, educational
and professional community.
The readership as well as authorship will consist of international specialists in civil, water and environmental
engineering, other relevant engineering disciplines and urban planning. Other disciplines include environmental chemistry, biology and
toxicology and many others. The journal will reach professionals working in universities, research organisations, software houses, consulting
companies, water utilities and governmental bodies.
International organisations concerned with water management and policy, as well
as non-governmental organisations involved in scientific, professional and public awareness raising issues will find Urban Water suitable
both for publishing their findings and to provide access to up-to-date knowledge and global trends.
An International Journal