Smart and Sustainable Water Infrastructure
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 339
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drainage infrastructure management; water infrastructure; sustainability and resilience; asset management; sensing and monitoring
Interests: water systems engineering; hydrological and hydraulic modelling; climate change adaptation; flood risk assessment; urban drainage and flood management; infrastructure resilience evaluation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water infrastructure systems worldwide require rapid transformation in response to climate change, urbanisation, ageing assets and rising societal expectations for resilience, sustainability and environmental protection. Increasingly frequent extremes, resource constraints and infrastructure deterioration are exposing the limitations of conventional planning and management approaches. Advances in sensing technologies, data analytics, digital twins and nature-based solutions can enable new ways to monitor, understand and manage these complex systems, but translating scientific insight and technological innovation into robust, scalable and sustainable solutions remains a major challenge.
This Special Issue, Smart and Sustainable Water Infrastructure, invites contributions that advance transformative approaches to planning, operating and renewing water systems across the entire urban water cycle. We welcome both fundamental research that deepen the understanding of physical, biological and socio-technical processes as well as applied studies that demonstrate implementation in real-world contexts. Research that bridge the gap between theory and practice is particularly encouraged. Relevant topics include intelligent monitoring and control, data-driven asset management, resilience assessment, climate adaptation, sustainable financing, nature-based solutions, circular resource recovery, infrastructure interdependencies and policy frameworks that enable long-term sustainability.
By bringing together work spanning engineering, environmental science, urban planning, social science and decision science, this Special Issue aims to foster dialogue between discovery-led research and practical implementation. The collection will provide evidence-based insights to support the transition toward water infrastructure that is not only efficient and reliable but also resilient, adaptive, low-carbon and socially sustainable.
Dr. Andy Nichols
Dr. Seith Mugume
Dr. Chen Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart water infrastructure
- sensing and monitoring technologies
- urban water systems
- infrastructure resilience
- climate change adaptation
- water security
- digital twins and data-driven management
- nature-based solutions
- sustainable drainage and wastewater systems
- circular water economy
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