Water

The Soil–Water–Microbiome Nexus: Integrating Microbial Functions for Agricultural Sustainability

edited by Arnab Majumdar,

and Tarit Roychowdhury

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3236 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiome; water management; agroecosystem sustainability; microbial inoculants; nutrient cycling; climate resilience

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

Advances in Plateau Lake Water Quality and Eutrophication

edited by Zhenghui Fu and

Zheng Li

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2354 | Submission Open

Keywords: simulation of watershed water environmental processes; environmental planning and management; eutrophication risk assessment and management; algal bloom warning and emergency response; multi-scale environmental risk zoning

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

Climate, Water, and Soil, 2nd Edition

edited by

Vasileios Tzanakakis

and

Andreas N. Angelakis

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2285 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; climate variability; hydrological cycle; carbon and nitrogen cycles; GHG emissions; climate water and soil interactions; climate vs. ecosystem functioning and services; irrigation water quality; crop water requirements

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

Pathways to Carbon Neutrality in Water Systems: The Role of LCA, Ecological Engineering, and Pollution Control

edited by

Shoubing Wang

and

Yonghong Bi

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1845 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint; ecological engineering; carbon neutrality; low-carbon fishery; photovoltaic fishery; water pollution control; life cycle assessment; low-carbon wastewater treatment facility; wetland ecosystem service; water–energy–carbon nexus

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

Governance of the Marine Ecological Environment and High-Quality Blue Development

edited by

Shuhong Wang

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 455 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine ecological governance; high-quality blue development; sustainable blue economy; marine ecosystem restoration; marine pollution control; blue carbon; marine policy and management; climate change and oceans; integrated coastal zone management; green maritime industries

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

Rainfall Variability, Drought, and Land Degradation

edited by

Moncef Bouaziz

and

Harris Vangelis

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3764 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall; soil; land degradation; variabiltity; drought; modeling

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

Optimisation of Water Distribution System Design and Operation Under Uncertainty

edited by

Avi Ostfeld

and

Sriman Pankaj Boindala

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1395 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; uncertainty analysis; hydraulic and water quality modeling under uncertainty; optimization under uncertainty; stochastic and robust optimization; adaptive operational control; decision support systems under uncertainty

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

Advancing Applications in Hydrogeochemical Processes in Groundwater Systems

edited by

Jason Polk

and Nenad Marić

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13587 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater systems; hydrogeochemical processes; hydrochemistry; isotopic and geochemical tracing; emerging contaminants and water quality concerns; karst hydrology; predictive modeling; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water Pollutants and Human Health: Challenges and Perspectives

edited by Simon Jackson and

João Brandão

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11690 | Submission Open

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

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

Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Qiao Wang

, Huarui Li and Jialin Jia

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9280 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation technologies; water treatment; pollutant removal; catalyst design; oxidation mechanisms

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

Freshwater Ecosystems—Biodiversity and Protection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Dubravka Čerba

,

Filip Stević

and

Maja Raković

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9015 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater communities; α, β, γ diversity; biotic indicators; water quality assessment; anthropogenic influence; ecotoxicology; metacommunity; invasive species; non-wadeable rivers; conservation; barcoding

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

Freeze–Thaw Dynamics and Water Pathways: Vulnerability of Infrastructures and Disasters in Mines in Cold Regions

edited by

Hailiang Jia

, Long Jin and Fei Luo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7911 | Submission Open

Keywords: freeze–thaw dynamics; hydrogeological processes; vulnerability and resilience; disease and disasters; mine water; destabilization; deterioration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Using Hydrological Modeling for Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Rainfall Signatures

edited by

Zhijia Li

and Junfu Gong

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5282 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; rainfall patterns; spatio-temporal analysis; data assimilation; uncertainty quantification; deep learning; urban hydrology; catchment hydrology; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Urban Flood Frequency Analysis and Risk Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Khaled Haddad

and

Ataur Rahman

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5001 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood frequency analysis; Bayesian; regional flood frequency analysis; distributions; uncertainty; modelling; annual maximum data; peaks-over-threshold data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Groundwater Evolution and Hydrochemical Processes in Mining Environments

edited by

Guang Li

,

Qinghai Deng

and

Jie Guo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4171 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; mining engineering; hydrochemical processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Research on Hydrology and Water Resources

edited by

Md Jahangir Alam

,

Monzur Imteaz

and

Faisal Anwar

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4034 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology; water resources; extreme climate; climate change; drought and floods; AI and machine learning in water management; low-flow simulation; enviromental pollution; cultural flows; river basin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Sustainable Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Organic Contaminants in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments

edited by Elżbieta Sobiecka,

Anna Gronba-Chyła

and Dorota Mańkowska

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3690 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodegradation and bioremediation; biological treatment of aquatic and terrestrial environments; persistent organic pollutants; toxic organic compounds; organic industrial and municipal waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Microplastics and Microfiber Pollution in Aquatic Environments

edited by Adriano Fiorucci and

Valentina Balestra

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2811 | Submission Open

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

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

Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nelson Carriço

and

Maria do Céu Almeida

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2557 | 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)

Advanced Fluid Mechanics in Hydraulic Engineering: Turbulence, Multiphase Flows, and Sediment Dynamics

edited by

Roberto Gaudio

and

Nadia Penna

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2012 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental fluid mechanics; sediment transport; local scour; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); turbulent jets; fluid-structure interaction; eco-hydraulics; multiphase flows

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

Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in Rivers, Lakes, Coasts and Estuaries

edited by

Zhi-jun Dai

and

Jie Wang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1760 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamics; sediment transport; geomorphic evolution; eco-hydrodynamic interaction; climate change; an-thropogenic perturbation; sustainable governance; fluvial-lacustrine-coastal-estuarine systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)

Application of Biosensors in Water Quality and Aquatic Environment Monitoring

edited by

Jisui Tan

and Xu Zhu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1278 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; biosensor; emerging contaminants; portable device

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

Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality

edited by

Susanne Wuijts

, Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen,

Richard van Duijnen

, Björn Tetzlaff, Lærke Thorling and Frank Wendland

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1193 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and water quality; agricultural impacts; groundwater; surface waters; monitoring; modelling; management; implementation of measures; assessment of policies for water quality

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

Groundwater Dynamics and Modeling

edited by

Jacek Gurwin

and Krzysztof Dragon

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 954 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical groundwater modeling; regional groundwater systems; groundwater resources; water balance; recharge estimations; transport modelling; advanced monitoring systems; groundwater protection; mining hydrogeology; groundwater exploitation/pumping tests; geoinformatics tools in numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Optimization in Agroecosystems

edited by

Nawab Ali

and

Younsuk Dong

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 915 | 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)

Optimizing Soil–Water Management for Enhanced Water Productivity and Irrigation Efficiency

edited by

Yue Li

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 897 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil–water management; water productivity; irrigation efficiency; rain-fed agriculture; irrigated agriculture; soil moisture; precision irrigation; water–fertilizer coupling

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

Cutting-Edge Separation Technologies for Water Reclamation and Reuse: Membranes, Nanomaterials, and Emerging Contaminant Control

edited by

Sunith Madduri

,

Raghava R. Kommalapati

and

Prashan M. Rodrigo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 606 | Submission Open

Keywords: forward osmosis; reverse osmosis; ultrafiltration; microfiltration; electrospun nanofiber membranes; membrane distillation; membrane surface modification; produced water treatment; PFAS detection and removal; nanomaterials for water purification; photocaatalysis; adsorption

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

Risks of Hydrometeorological Extremes, 2nd Edition

edited by Oluwafemi E. Adeyeri and Kazeem Abiodun Ishola

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 590 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrometeorological extremes and impacts; climate change; flood risk assessment; drought mitigation; extreme weather events; hydrological modelling; climate models and projections; climate resilience; forecasting techniques including the use of artificial intelligence; risk management; adaptive strategies

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

Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Treatment and Management

edited by

Bilal Khan

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 545 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in water treatment; machine learning and water management; smart water treatment and desalination systems; treatment process optimization; predictive analysis and forecasting; intelligent sensing and IoT; autonomous water treatment and desalination systems; sustainable water technologies; data-driven decision support

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

Hydrological Hazards: Modelling, Monitoring, Management and Mitigation Measures

edited by

Lampros Vasiliades

,

Andreas Efstratiadis

and Ioannis Tsoukalas

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 502 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological hazards; floods; droughts; hydroinformatics; hydrological modelling; hydrodynamic modelling; flash floods; drought risk; spatiotemporal analysis; vulnerability mapping; climate change impacts; early warning systems (EWS); mitigation measures; nature-based solutions (NBS); resilience; water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

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

edited by

Giuseppe Oliveto

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 408 | 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)

Aquatic Ecosystem Assessment: Zooplankton

edited by Anita Galir,

Aleksandar Ostojić

and

Dubravka Špoljarić Maronić

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental change; anthropogenic pollutants; physiology and reproduction; bioaccumulation; multiple-stressor interactions; ecosystem resilience

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

Membrane Bioreactors and Algae–Bacteria Consortia: Mechanisms, Innovations and Applications in Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

edited by

Meijia Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane bioreactor; algae–bacteria consortia; wastewater treatment; resource recovery; membrane fouling

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

Generative Water-Sensitive Spatial Configuration: AI-Driven Design, Modeling, and Adaptive Urban Hydrology

edited by

Mo Wang

and

Rana Muhammad Adnan Ikram

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative design; water-sensitive urban design; urban hydrology; blue–green infrastructure; artificial intelligence; nature-based solutions; stormwater management; spatial optimization; climate adaptation

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

Impacts of Human Activities and Engineering on Groundwater Hydrochemistry

edited by Xiaodong He

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater hydrochemistry; human activities; water quality; water–rock interactions; geochemical modeling; iso-topic tracing; deep hydrochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Multiphysics Processes and Modeling in Marine Geotechnics

edited by

Xiaoli Liu

,

Jianfeng Zhu

and Hongyi Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine geotechnics; coupled processes; multiphysics processes; fluid–structure–seabed interaction; carbon capture and storage; data-driven modeling; physics-informed neural networks; soil improvement; constitutive model

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

Ecotoxicological Effects of Microplastics on Aquatic Species

edited by

Long Kong

and

Chunzhen Fan

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecotoxicological effects; microplastics; aquatic species; aquatic environments

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

Effects of Biochar Additions on Soil Hydraulic Properties

edited by

Yang Chen

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; geotechnical engineering; soil hydraulic properties; permeability; unsaturated soils; soil–water characteristic curve; hydro-mechanical coupling; ground improvement

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

Research on Physiology and Ecology of Corals in Water Environments

edited by

Chieh-Yu Pan

and

De-Sing Ding

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

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; environmental change; marine and coral reef ecosystems; lakes; and aquaculture environments

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

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

edited by Tianxiang Wang and

Haiyan Zhang

submission deadline 24 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3366 | 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)

Advanced Perspectives on the Water–Energy–Food Nexus

edited by Qiong Yue,

Guohua He

, Mengyang Wu and

Xinchun Cao

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11664 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy–food nexus; integrated management; cross-sectoral policy; climate resilience; cascading risk

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

Major Water Conservancy and Hydropower Project Hub Layout and Hydraulic Innovation Technology

edited by

Shiqiang Wu

,

Fangfang Wang

,

Ang Gao

and Shicheng Li

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8604 | Submission Open

Keywords: high dams; large reservoirs; engineering hydraulic safety; high-speed flow; safety assessments; new technologies; deep drainage; two-phase flow

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

Water Safety, Ecological Risk and Public Health

edited by Qiuda Zheng and

Peng Du

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7687 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers of public health; waterborne pathogens; wastewater-base epidemiology; water safety; ecological risk assessment; emerging contaminants

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

Drought Evaluation Under Climate Change Condition

edited by Yanfeng Wu

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5314 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; drought evaluation; water resources management; agricultural impacts; ecosystem resilience; socio-economic consequences; remote sensing for drought; modeling drought; adaptation strategies; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Biogeochemical Processes, Ecological Impacts

edited by

Zhenjie Zhao

, Zengping Ning and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4520 | 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 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3930 | 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)

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resources

edited by

Min-Cheng Tu

,

Hong-Yuan Huo

and

James Deemy

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1377 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; hydrology; satellite; drone; surface water; groundwater; cryosphere; flood; drought; rainfall-runoff; water quality; irrigation

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

Advancing Understanding of Extreme Precipitation in a Changing Climate: Processes, Predictability, and Risk

edited by Lei Yan

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1189 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme precipitation; risk analysis; nonstationarity; climate teleconnections; predictability

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

Resilient Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agroecosystems

edited by

Eeswaran Rasu

and

Prakash Kumar Jha

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1176 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; seasonal climate forecasting and smart irrigation technologies; options for water-efficient rainfed agriculture; soil moisture sensors and IoT for decision support in irrigation; rainwater harvesting; reservoirs and tank management for agriculture in arid regions

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

The Application of Electrochemical Methods in Water Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Minhua Cui

and

Guoshuai Liu

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1128 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemistry; electrode; pollution; reaction process and mechanism; sensors; wastewater; water

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

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