The Impact of Treated Urban Wastewaters and Flood Discharge on the Quality of Bathing Water

The present Special Issue brought together recent research findings on the delicate but ever-growing problem of the impact of urban wastewaters along the Adriatic coasts. The 11 research contributions originated from the two Interreg project AdSWiM and WATERCARE. The published papers highlight several aspects related to the environ-mental protection through cross-cutting technological solutions, to treat wastewater, to control chemical and microbiological pollution, to manage the wastewater with a cross border vision, to share knowledge in order to better manage the bathing waters and protect the Adriatic Sea. This Special Issue also intended to point out the im-portance of communication and knowledge transfer from science and research to the general public as a paramount step to raise people's awareness about environmental issues.