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Water Resources, Economic Development and Environment Carrying Capacity

edited by

Yang Kong

, Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu and

Lina Zhang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16424 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource management; environmental assessment; carrying capacity; industry development; economic growth

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Artificial Intelligence in Water Science: Opportunities, Prospects, and Concerns

edited by

Jinfeng Wang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12252 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; emerging contaminant; wastewater treatment; groundwater; surface water

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Long-Term Coastal Evolution and Morphodynamics: Ecosystem Protection and Coastal Safety

edited by Fu Wang, Fengling Yu, Yan Li and Xiaohe Lai

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10365 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal evolution; transgression; Holocene sea-level change; coastal wetland; shoreline change; ecosystem protection; coastal safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)

Remote Sensing of Spatial-Temporal Variation in Surface Water

edited by

Zheng Lu

Xiang Li

and Yongkai An

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4262 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface water; remote sensing; spatial-temporal dynamics; water cycle; data fusion; uncertainty

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Application of Microbial Technology in Wastewater Treatment

edited by Xiwei He and Depeng Wang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3900 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial technology; wastewater treatment; high-risk pollutants; carbon neutrality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Agricultural Water and Land Resources Planning and Management: Challenges and Endeavors

edited by

Qingling Geng

, Zhihui Tian and Lijie Shi

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3842 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; land resources; agricultural water use; water and land resource matching; agricultural water and land resource management; optimal allocation; climate change; sustainable management; resource carrying capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Research on River Environmental Flows and Habitat Restoration

edited by

Xuan Ban

Wenxian Guo

and Yicheng Fu

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2672 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental flows; riverine habitat restoration; ecosystem integrity; water resource planning; ecological flow management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)

Stormwater Management in Sponge Cities

edited by

Cristina Matos

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19004 | Submission Open

Keywords: NbS; rainwater and stormwater management; stormwater quality; runoff reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)

Advanced Adsorption Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Daniela Fighir

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11757 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; innovative materials; emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment; water treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

The Application of Novel Biotechnologies for Removal of Emerging Contaminants

edited by

Paulina Rusanowska

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11115 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastic; antibiotics; heavily polluted wastewater; microorganisms communities; membranes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Hydraulic Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Digital Twin Technology

edited by

, Hao Gu,

, Yating Hu and

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10854 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; digital twin technology; safety monitoring; hydraulic engineering; safety monitoring data preprocessing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Advanced Oxidation and Photocatalytic Approaches for Efficient Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water Treatment

edited by Liping Wang and Changyu Lu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9563 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation process; photocatalytic semiconductors; organic pollutants; water treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Advancement of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse

edited by

Jiangyong Hu

Say-Leong Ong

, Yu-Jung Liu and

Wenjun Sun

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8723 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation process; organics removal; transformation products; toxicity evaluation; pre- and post-process; water and wastewater treatment; water reuse; cost-effectiveness analysis; policy and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Constructed Wetlands and Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Yaqian Zhao

, Cheng Shen and Ting Wei

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7952 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetlands; emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Water Pollutants and Human Health: Challenges and Perspectives

edited by Simon Jackson and

João Brandão

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7815 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers; endotoxin; fungal contaminants; AMR genes; antimicrobials; microplastics; emerging pathogens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)

Microplastics in Water Environments: Sources, Transport and Degradation

edited by

Sabina Ziembowicz

and

Małgorzata Kida

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7603 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics pollution in water environments; point and nonpoint sources of microplastics; environmental distribution; fate; and transport of microplastics; definition of microplastics and international regulations; health effects of microplastic exposures; transformation of microplastics in the aquatic environment; abiotic and biotic aging of microplastics; methods for the analysis of microplastics in the water environment; technologies for removal of microplastics; scientific perspective on microplastics in nature and society

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Sustainable Development of Water, Energy and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2024-2025)

edited by

Susana P. Boeykens

Oz Sahin

, José María Ponce-Ortega,

Maria Vicidomini

and

Md Mortula

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5566 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; sustainability comparisons and measurements; green economy and better governance; climate resilient water systems; environmental policy and management; transformative water governance; water and wastewater treatment; water– energy nexus; energy and water efficiency; water demand management; water systems in rural; regional; and island communities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)

Soil Water Balance and Management: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by Pei Tian,

Hai Xiao

and

Wenzhao Guo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5124 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; soil water management; soil and water conservation; water erosion processes; water and soil pollution control; non-point source pollution control; integrated water management; erosion modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Water-Induced Geo-Disaster Reduction in the Context of Climate Change: Hydrology, Management Strategies, and Ecological Geological Engineering

edited by

Chang Zhou

and

Massimiliano Bordoni

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4735 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-induced geo-disaster; water burst; hydrological cycle processes; soil and water conservation; monitoring systems; numerical simulation; ecological restoration; resilience strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application

edited by Xianghao Ren, Linan Xing and Jooil Park

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4121 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and wastewater treatment and reuse; membrane technologies; activated carbon; adsorption; chemical filtration; gas separation; energy storage and utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Intelligent Analysis, Monitoring and Assessment of Debris Flow

edited by Weijie Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3580 | Submission Open

Keywords: debris flow; water– soil coupling; artificial intelligence; numerical analysis; monitoring; risk evaluation; mitigation measure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Recent Advances in Photocatalysis in Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Monica Brienza

and

Laura Scrano

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3144 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; wastewater reuse; decentralized treatment; low-cost water treatment; AOPs; adsorption; water scarcity; agricultural irrigation; process optimization; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Advances in Research on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water

edited by

Lin Guo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2765 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; soil; water; labortory studies; field applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Extreme Hydrological Events Under Climate Change

edited by

Diana Šarauskienė

and

Darius Jakimavičius

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2461 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme hydrological phenomena; floods; droughts; hydrological variability; river runoff; hydrological cycle; water resources; mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Advances and Innovations in Technologies for Treatment and Toxicity Assessment of Conventional and Emerging Contaminant in Industrial Wastewater

edited by

Yongkui Yang

and

Yingxin Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2148 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; conventional and emerging contaminants; toxicity and risk assessment; AI; intelligent control; LCA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Modelling, Monitoring and Assessment of Soil Hydrology and Ecological Processes

edited by

Lei Han

and Ming Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2007 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; spatial analysis and modeling; soil moisture; vegetation ecology; multiple scale; climate change; land use

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Biogeochemical Processes, Ecological Impacts

edited by

Zhenjie Zhao

, Zengping Ning and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1786 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; heavy metals; PFAS; POPs; emerging pollutants; ecological risk assessment; water quality; redox processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Coastal Flood Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Quan Van Dau

and

Xander Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1754 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water security; hydrological modeling; coastal erosion; climate adaptation; compound flooding; sea level rise; extreme weather event

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Numerical and Experimental Methods, Data Analyses, Digital Twin, IoT Machine Learning and AI in Water Sciences

edited by

Junye Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1491 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water quality; biodiversity; modelling; simulation; integration; monitoring; data analyses; digital twin; IoT machine learning and AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Advanced Chemical and Biological Technologies for Water Purification and Contaminant Degradation

edited by Zhanghao Chen and Longgang Chu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1452 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation and reduction; photocatalysis and electrocatalysis; biotechnologies; radical chemistry; contaminant degradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Application of Smart Technologies in Integrated Water Quality Modeling, 2nd Edition

edited by Tianxiang Wang and

Haiyan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1196 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental model; assessment method; statistic model; mechanism model; regional indicators; machine learning; water resource

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Rural Wastewater Treatment by Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Rui Zhang

and

Xuetong Yang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 726 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural wastewater treatment; water reuse; nature-based solutions; life cycle assessment; techno-economic analysis; resource recovery; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Microplastics and Microfiber Pollution in Aquatic Environments

edited by Adriano Fiorucci and

Valentina Balestra

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; microfibres; water pollution; water quality; waste water; water ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Membrane Technologies for Biofouling Prevention in Water: Theory, Methods and Applications

edited by

Mònica Reig

and Guillem Gilabert-Oriol

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofouling; fouling; organic fouling; reverse osmosis; membranes; nanofiltration; desalination; water treatment; wastewater; brackish water; seawater; bacteria; biofilms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nelson Carriço

and

Maria do Céu Almeida

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water infrastructure; sustainable water management; urban drainage systems; resilient water systems; climate change adaptation; green infrastructure; smart water technologies; urban water governance; circular water economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)

Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Optimization in Agroecosystems

edited by

Nawab Ali

and

Younsuk Dong

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; water use effeciency; irrigation effeciency; sensing technologies; smart irrigation; variable rate irrigation; irrigation schedulling; deficit irrigation; evapotranspiration; soil-plant-water relation; IoT in irrigation; decision tools; simulation modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Biochar’s Role in Water-Stable Soils and Remediation

edited by

Mohammad Ghorbani

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; soil hydraulic properties; water retention; infiltration; soil– water interactions; soil amendment; soil water holding capacity; hydrological modeling; climate resilience; sustainable land management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Bridge Hydraulics: Current State of the Knowledge and Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Giuseppe Oliveto

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: bridge hydraulics; bridge scour; bridge embankment breaching; bridge scour countermeasures; bridge monitoring techniques; fluvial hydraulics; sediment transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Drought Risk Assessment and Human Vulnerability in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition

edited by

João Filipe Santos

and

Miguel Potes

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought risk assessment; climate change; human and environmental vulnerability; resilience building; IPCC scenarios

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Ecological Influence Assessment on the Occurrence and Control of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Aquatic Habitats

edited by

Jieming Li

and

Peng Xiao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: harmful cyanobacterial bloom; occurrence; control; cyanotoxin; ecological consequence; biogeochemical process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)

Innovative Technologies for Comprehensive Management of Urban Water Pollution

edited by Yang Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water pollution; advanced wastewater treatment; monitoring systems; stormwater management; wetlands; resource recovery; emerging contaminants; decentralized systems; smart water governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)

Low-Carbon Technologies and Digital Solutions for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Tao Zhang

and Alice Boarino

submission deadline 21 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5143 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon technologies; machine learning; artificial intelligence; wastewater treatment; circular economy; biomass; organic waste; nutrient recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Ship and Ocean Engineering

edited by

Yu Hu

and

Liang Sun

submission deadline 23 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4647 | Submission Open

Keywords: fixed and floating offshore wind turbines; cables and mooring; wave loads; wind loads

(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)

Aquaculture Productivity and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Changwei Li,

Wenchang Liu

and Gang Liu

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15064 | Submission Open

Keywords: recirculating aquaculture systems; aquaculture engineering; wastewater treatment; environmental sustainability; precise farming management; smart aquaculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management Derived from Water for Environmental/Human Health

edited by

Cheng Yan

and

Annalaura Carducci

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9167 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and human development; water pollution; risk assessment; environmental health risks; human health risks; hazard identification; dose– response assessment; exposure assessment; risk characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)

Basin Non-Point Source Pollution

edited by

Lei Chen

, Qiuliang Lei and Cheng Sun

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8581 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; watershed model; best management practices; watershed management; agricultural management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Addressing Critical Challenges Related to Water Resources

edited by

Abdeltif Amrane

and

Jie Zhang

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6552 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; water management; contaminants; artificial intelligence; deep learning applications; predictive modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Applications of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Technologies in Soil Moisture Monitoring

edited by

Lingli Zhao

Hongtao Shi

and

Weidong Sun

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5201 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture inversion; mulit-source remote sensing technologies; data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Protection and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems

edited by

Ivana Buj

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4418 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation activities; ecological restoration; ecological state; extinction risk; freshwater environments; protection of biodiversity; threats to freshwater environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)

River Science: Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Anthropocene, 2nd Edition

edited by

Martin Schletterer

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1840 | Submission Open

Keywords: river science; monitoring; multiple stressors; hydrobiology; hydromorphology; river restoration; habitat modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

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