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Fishway Design and Development: New Challenges, Tools and Applications

edited by

Ana L. Quaresma

Filipe Romão

and Susana Dias Amaral

submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 779 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish passage; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); hydrodynamic modelling; holistic fishway; attractiveness; effectiveness; invasive alien species (IAS); pool-type fishway; nature like fishway; vertical slot fishway; fish lift; fish lock; climate change

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

Water Quality, Wastewater Treatment and Water Recycling

edited by Memory Tekere

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7631 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; emerging contaminants; treatment processes; water reuse; SDG6.3; waste effluent valorisation; innovations; advanced technology; pathogens; AI in wastewater issues

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

Resettlement Resilience: Addressing Water Footprint, Climate Change, and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Amit Kumar

Marina Cabral Pinto

and

Rituraj Shukla

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6785 | Submission Open

Keywords: resettlement resilience; freshwater bodies; water footprint; climate change; environmental sustainability; sustainable development goals; water security; adaptation and mitigation; policy framework; ecological services

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

Green and Low Carbon Development of Water Treatment Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Weigao Zhao

Peng Zhao

and

Sen Peng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6526 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; green development; low-carbon development; drinking water; environmental micro interface

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

Prediction and Assessment of Hydrological Processes

edited by

Rana Muhammad Adnan

Ozgur Kisi

and

Mo Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5077 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; water resource management; machine learning; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Research on Marine Ecology Under Environmental Changes

edited by

Ningdong Xie

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine ecosystem; climate change; environmental disturbance; environmental stress; marine organism

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

The Interrelationship Between Climate Change, Human Activities and Hydrological Processes (3rd Edition)

edited by

Qianfeng Wang

Haijun Deng

and

Jinshi Jian

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 11386 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrological processes; water resources; vegetation; soil; rock; drought; heatwaves; mutual effects

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

Management of Solid Waste and Landfill Leachate

edited by

Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri

, José-Esteban Capilla-Romá and

María-Elena Rodrigo-Clavero

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2968 | Submission Open

Keywords: landfill management; leachate modelling; treatment technologies; environmental risks

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

Advances in Biological Technologies for Drinking and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Alejandro Gonzalez-Martinez

Barbara Muñoz-Palazon

and Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2948 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater biological treatment; drinking water treatment; anaerobic reactor systems; aerobic reactor technologies; environmental biotechnology; groundwater treatment; membrane-based bioreactors; granular biomass processes; microbial communities in water and wastewater treatment

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

Stormwater Management in Sponge Cities

edited by

Cristina Matos

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9308 | Submission Open

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

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

Impact of Microplastics on Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by

Jian Liu

and Changchao Li

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5856 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; aquatic ecosystems; plastisphere; microplastome; ecosystem function; risk assessment

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

Applications of Microalgae and Macroalgae in Water Treatment

edited by

Changliang Nie

and

Chenxi Mi

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5312 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; wastewater treatment; biomass

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

Hydroclimate Extremes: Causes, Impacts, and Mitigation Plans

edited by

Masoud Irannezhad

and

Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4477 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; compound weather/climate events; hydroclimate extremes (e.g.; drought; flood; and heatwave); land cover-land use alterations; mitigation strategies; nature-based solutions; sustainability risks

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

The Role of Vegetation in Freshwater Ecology

edited by

Josef Křeček

Moshe Gophen

and

Hans Schreier

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4241 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation; freshwater; ecology; catchment; climate change

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

Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources: New Developments, Challenges and Untapped Potentials

edited by Claudia Cherubini

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2898 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; groundwater management; groundwater heads; contaminant transport; saltwater intrusion; optimization of monitoring networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

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

edited by Susana P. Boeykens,

Oz Sahin

, José María Ponce-Ortega,

Maria Vicidomini

and

Md Mortula

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 875 | 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)

Assessment of Water Use in Livestock Production Systems and Supply Chains

edited by

Katrin Drastig

and

András Székács

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 26208 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock water use; water productivity; water consumption; water withdrawal; water scarcity impact; water footprint analysis

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

Urban Stormwater Control, Utilization, and Treatment

edited by

Jun Wang

Shouhong Zhang

and

Anita Raimondi

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15751 | Submission Open

Keywords: stormwater control; low-impact development; numerical simulation; analytical probabilistic approach; stormwater treatment; rainwater harvesting; SWMM; sponge city; stormwater quality; urban flooding

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

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Water Risks, 2nd Edition

edited by

Haibo Yang

Zheng Duan

, Fei Chen and Zhiwei Li

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12258 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water resource management; drought; flood; remote sensing

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

Urban Stormwater Harvesting, and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

edited by

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9866 | Submission Open

Keywords: stormwater; wastewater; harvesting; treatment; reuse; nutrients; circular economy; recycle; economics; policy; urban; water balance

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

Soil Erosion Measurement Techniques and Field Experiments, 2nd Edition

edited by

Vito Ferro

and

Alessio Nicosia

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6861 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; sediment yield; erosion plot; basin; interrill erosion; rill erosion; gully erosion

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

The Impact of Climate Change and Land Use on Water Resources—an Issue of Environmental Global Safety

edited by

Ana-Maria Ciobotaru

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6207 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; environmental safety; impact of climate change; management of water resources

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

Emerging Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater: Recent Tendencies, Treatment Options and Perspectives

edited by

Anna Wołowicz

and

Monika Wawrzkiewicz

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5697 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging micropollutants (heavy metals; dyes; surfactants; pharmaceuticals; pesticides; hormones; organic compounds; detergents etc.); advanced water treatment; membrane processes; advanced oxidation processes; pollution control; wastewater treatment; removal strategies; adsorption; health risk

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

Application of Digital Twins and Artificial Intelligence Technology in Watershed Flood Disaster Warning and Control

edited by Jun Guo and Yi Liu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4922 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence technology; extreme rainfall prediction; hydrological forecasting; meteorology-hydrology-hydraulics coupling; watershed flood risk warning; digital twin technology; flood dynamic deduction

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

Managing Water Resources Sustainably

edited by

Mariacrocetta Sambito

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4850 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; water quality sensors; monitoring; optimal positioning; source detection; contamination; illegit discharge

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

Freshwater Species: Status, Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Dariusz Halabowski

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4369 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater species; monitoring and ssessment; conservation; biodiversity; pollution assessment; anthropogenic impact; species indicator; invasive species; environmental emergency; management

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

Urban Sewer Systems: Monitoring, Modeling and Management

edited by

Jiuling Li

and

Keshab Sharma

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4346 | Submission Open

Keywords: sewer; hydraulics; modeling; process optimization; real-time control; sewer management; monitoring

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

Non-Point Source Pollution and Water Resource Protection

edited by Xia Shen

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4193 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; drivers; critical source areas; best management practices; model optimisation; water resource protection

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

Water Pollution Monitoring, Modelling and Management

edited by

Rongkui Su

and

Yiting Luo

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4006 | Submission Open

Keywords: water pollution; monitoring technology; intelligent warning; water quality model; artificial intelligence; pollution prevention and control; water resource management; wastewater resource utilization

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

Stable Isotopes as Groundwater Discharge Tracers: Recent Developments

edited by

Jorge Jódar Bermúdez

and Albert Soler

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3991 | Submission Open

Keywords: stable isotope; environmental tracer; fractionation; recharge; transit time; groundwater origin; anthropogenic impact; denitrification; sulphate reduction; salinisation; contamination; remediation; pollutant sources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

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

edited by

Abdeltif Amrane

and

Jie Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3084 | 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)

Advances in Membrane Technologies and Strategies for Water Treatment and Water Reuse

edited by Weibin Cai and

Yuanhui Tang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2946 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane separation; membrane distillation; ion exchange membrane; desalination; wastewater treatment; zero-liquid discharge

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

Innovative Nanomaterials and Surfaces for Water Treatment

edited by

Chiara Lo Porto

and

Vincenza Armenise

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2705 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; surfaces; photocatalysis; pollutant degradation; heavy metal removal; adsorbers; membranes

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

Membrane Technology for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Jinlong Wang

, Han Zhang and

Daliang Xu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2115 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane separation; membrane distillation; ion exchange membrane; desalination; wastewater treatment; crystallization; zero-liquid discharge

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

Application of Numerical Modeling in Estuarine and Coastal Dynamics

edited by Hongyi Zhao,

Xiaoli Liu

and

Jianfeng Zhu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1743 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal modeling; ocean hydrodynamics model; shelf sea hydrodynamics model; local scour and protection; fluid– soil– structure interaction; solute transport in marine sediments; neural network models

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

Groundwater Thermal Monitoring and Modeling

edited by Chuanqing Zhu,

Jie Li

and Yonghui Huang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1694 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; thermal monitoring; modeling; rock thermal conductivity; geothermal field distribution; paleo-geothermal; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

The Blue Economy: Enhancing Marine Economic Security for Sustainable Development

edited by

Shuhong Wang

and Ye-Cheng Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1638 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue economy; marine economic security; ocean governance; fisheries; marine transportation; coastal development; marine biodiversity; ocean health

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

Advances in Management and Optimization of Urban Water Networks

edited by

Mohsen Hajibabaei

Robert Sitzenfrei

, Mohsen Shahandashti and Milad Latifi

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1609 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution; urban drainage; stormwater networks; sewer networks; optimization; resilience; sustainable management; water quality; critical infrastructure; technological innovations

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

Sustainable Transformation of Aquaculture in Marine Environments

edited by

John A. Theodorou

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open

Keywords: LCA; marine aquaculture; low trophic; IMTA; fish; invertabrates; ecosystem services; carbon footprint; risk management; blue transformation; green deal

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

Radionuclide Removal from Contaminated Water: Strategies and Challenges

edited by Hanyu Wu and Jingjing Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 544 | Submission Open

Keywords: radionuclide decontamination; water contamination; radioactive pollution control; radionuclide removal and recovery; risk assessment; fate and transport; remediation strategies; aquatic environment; sustainable strategies; resource utilization

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

Advances in Hydrodynamics and Its Interaction with Large-Scale Offshore Structures

edited by

Qinghe Fang

, Azhen Kang and Xiaodong Bai

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore structures; hydrodynamic loads; coastal bridges; offshore photovoltaics; offshore wind turbines; fluid– structure interaction; structural safety

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

Advances in Research on Membrane Filtration Technology in Water Treatment

edited by Danyal Rehman

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; membrane filtration; novel membranes; membrane separations; computational modelling; sustainable purification

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

Connecting the Effectiveness of Surface Water Control Measures to Worldwide Regulatory Requirements

edited by

Min-cheng Tu

and

Hong-Yuan Huo

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: low impact development (LID); best management practice (BMP); stormwater control measures (SCM); water quality; regulation

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

Applications of Catalytic Ozonation in Wastewater Treatment

edited by Lei Yuan, Pengwei Yan and Jimin Shen

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation technology; ozone; catalytic ozonation; water purification; organic pollutants; reaction mechanisms; catalysts; water quality improvement

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

Geophysical Methods for Earth Critical Zone Observations

edited by

Lorenzo De Carlo

Mohammad Farzamian

and

Fernando Monteiro Santos

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth critical zone; geophysics; modeling; interdisciplinary approach

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

Microplastic Pollution and Ecotoxicology in Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by Sherif Ismail and Mohamed Mohsen

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastic contamination; aquatic pollution; ecotoxicology; marine ecosystems; freshwater ecosystems; wastewater treatment; toxicity of microplastics; microplastic fate and transport; environmental impact of microplastics; microplastic bioaccumulation; interaction of microplastics and pollutants; plastic degradation in water

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

Machine Learning Models for Flood Hazard Assessment

edited by

Álvaro Sordo-Ward

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligent; flood hazard; flood forecasting; flood warning; flood risk; models; real time; monitoring systems; climate change; new sensors; mitigation strategies

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

Soil and Water Contaminants: Challenging Threats to Ecosystems and Agriculture

edited by

Kashif Akhtar

and

Haiyan Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: contaminants; heavy metals; GHG emission; nutrient and energy recovery; biofertilizer; fate; remediation

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

Advances in Water and Stormwater Networks: Modelling and Pollutant Degradation

edited by

Cong Li

Kejia Zhang

and

Jiajia Fan

submission deadline 23 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9269 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water contamination; disinfection byproducts; advanced oxidation; bioremediation; network leakage simulation; urban hydrology and modeling

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

Implementation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Marine Ecosystem Management, 3rd Edition

edited by

Genuario Belmonte

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6019 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; marine biodiversity; marine environment management; mesophotic environment; carbon sink; fishery and marine food; new marine based tourism; climate history; marine litter

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

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