Water and Environment Journal

Published on behalf of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)

Edited by:
David Butler

Impact Factor: 0.461

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Water and Environment Journal is widely read by professionals working in academia, consultancies, Governments, regulators, NGOs and the environment sector. Recent papers have included the following subject areas:

• Land use and groundwater use
• Water conservation
• Integrated water management
• Flood alleviation, flood estimation and floodplain modelling
• Sewage sludge digestion
• Urban sewerage
• Granular activated carbon performance
• Membrane bioreactors
• Integrated environmental management
• Pollutant build-up and run-off
• Cryptosporidium risk assessment
• Bacteriological and chemical quality of drinking water
• Risk assessment for landfills
• Contaminated land
• Leachate from landfills
• Water Framework Directive
• European directives
• River restoration
• Urban river erosion
• Ecohydrology
• Remediation of eutrophic waters
• Affordability of water services
• Public participation
• Simulation and modelling
• Sustainability, environmental policy and legislation

In the past year papers have highlighted issues in the UK, Korea, China, Hong Kong and Palestine.

TopNews and Announcements

Outstanding Paper Award
In 2007, Water and Environment Journal launched its 'Outstanding Paper Award', designed to recognise and acknowledge the best paper submitted to the journal.

2007 Winner
Direct Measurements of reaeration rates using noble gas tracers in the River Lagan Northern Ireland
Sally E. Reid, Pauline A. Mackinnon & Trevor Elliot

2007 Commendation
Using linked process models to improve urban groundwater management: an example from Doncaster England
B. Morris, J. Rueedi, A. A. Cronin, C. Diaper & D. DeSilva
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Articles Published Online Ahead of Print
Articles which have been fully copy-edited and peer-reviewed are published online through our Early View feature before the print edition of this journal is published.

Free access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) in conjunction with UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme.

Water and Environment Journal is also included in the INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications) Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI) and the HINARI (Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative) which is a WHO initiative to provide access to the major journals in medicine, nursing and related health and social sciences in institutions in developing countries.

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