Ashutosh Kumar Dubey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is also a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Ingenium Research Group Lab, Universidadde Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain. Dr. Arun Lal Srivastav is working as Professor and Associate Dean (Research), Tulas University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. He received PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi. He has also done post-doctoral research at National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. He is currently involved in the teaching of Environmental Science and Engineering, Disaster Management to the undergraduate engineering students. His research interests include water quality surveillance, climate change, water treatment, river ecosystem, soil health maintenance, engineering education, phytoremediation and waste management. Under his supervision, 3 PhD degrees have been awarded. He has published >150 research papers in various prestigious journals (Elsevier, Springer, IWA, Taylor & Francis etc.) including books, book chapters and conference publications. He has edited many books with Elsevier, Springer, NOVA, IGI global and Wiley. He worked on 04 Government sponsored projects (worth ~16 million INR) on phytoremediation, adsorption, capacity building, organic farming, leachate treatment, agro-waste management etc. He received the prestigious "Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE) Fellowship" followed by a research grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India in 2022. He has also filed 31 patents on multidisciplinary topics and 14 out of which have been granted by the Government of India. He has also been recognized among the top 2% worldwide scientists of Earth and Environmental Sciences jointly by Stanford University and Elsevier in the year 2023, 2024 and 2025. Recently, his name has been included in top 0.05% scholars of the year 2025 by ScholarGPS in Environmental Sciences.Abhishek Kumar is Assistant Director and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Madras and is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Ingenium Research Group, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain. He received his M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering and B.Tech in Information Technology from Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, India. He has over thirteen years of academic teaching experience. His research interests include artificial intelligence, computer vision, image processing, data mining, machine learning, and renewable energy systems. He has authored and edited several books with leading international publishers and serves as a reviewer for reputed journals. Fausto Pedro García Márquez works as a Professor and as Director of the Ingenium Research Group at the Universidad De Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham University, UK, and a Lecturer at the Postgraduate European Institute. He has published numerous papers and books with international publishers of repute, and has been involved as a principal investigator in numerous international projects. His main interests are: Artificial Intelligence, Maintenance, Management, Renewable Energy, Transport, Advanced Analytics, and Data Science. Dr. Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis obtained his PhD at the City University of New York, New York City, United States (February 2017). Nowadays, he serves as an assistant professor at the University Marie Curie Sklodowska (UMCS), Lublin, Poland. His research is focused on the development of composite porous nanomaterials for (photo)(sono)(piezo)catalytic technologies for biomass valorization and (micro)plastics upcycling to green chemicals, as well as for air and water purification, linking physicochemical properties to performance and involved mechanisms. He coauthored more than 140 articles, 1 monograph, 7 edited books, and 17 book chapters with over 7000 citations. Since 2021, he has been included in the Top 2% Most Influential Scientists worldwide (Stanford list, Elsevier).

• About the EditorsPreface1. Introduction to Computational Automation in Water Quality Management2. Real Time Water Quality Monitoring Systems3. Automated Water Data Sampling: Enhancing Efficiency and Accuracy in Hydrological Analysis4. Role of Data Processing and Analysis in water quality management5. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Automating Water Quality Monitoring, Analysis and Management6. Significance of Automation in Water Treatment Processes7. Real-time Control Systems for Water Supply chain and management8. Integration of Automation and Internet of Things (IoT) for water security9. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy in Automated Systems used in water quality management.10. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Automation in Water Quality Management11. Automation in Water Distribution Networks12. Remote Sensing and Satellite Imagery for Water Quality Assessment13. Case Studies: Successful Implementation of Automation for Water Quality Assessment14. Future Trends and Emerging Technologies in water quality management15. Challenges and Ethical Considerations in water Automation