Water

Biochar-Based Systems for Agricultural Water Management

edited by Hongxu Zhou, Wei Zheng and

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2186 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; biochar systems; nutrient recovery; pollutant removal; nonpoint source pollution; sustainable farming; water use efficiency; circular bioeconomy; soil and water quality; integrated water management

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

Recent Advances in Water Sciences Under a Variable and Changing Environment

edited by

Athanasios Loukas

and

Pantelis Sidiropoulos

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1713 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology; climate change; groundwater; surface water; water resources quality; urban and agricultural water systems; water resources management, policy and governance; extreme hydrometeorological events; ecosystems conservancy; glacier hydrology; wastewater treatment and reuse

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

Epidemiology and Public Health Issues Related to Waters

edited by

Vincenzo Romano Spica

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and disease; water and risk; epidemiological methods; public health

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

Agricultural Water Management—Coupling Hydrological and Crop Models

edited by

Yunfei Wang

and Danyang Yu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1228 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-hydrological modeling; crop modeling; model coupling; soil–plant–atmosphere continuum; agricultural water management; root growth and water uptake; soil moisture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Algae-Based Technology for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Binghan Xie

and Mengqi Zheng

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14961 | Submission Open

Keywords: algae; unbalanced nutrient; emerging contaminants; refractory organics; metal ions; resource recovery

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

Sustainable Water Management in Agricultural Irrigation

edited by Dat Q Tran

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10358 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigated agriculture; cropping patterns; irrigation technologies; managed aquifer recharge (MAR); re-claimed/treated water; water–energy–food nexus; transboundary conflict and cooperation; water institutions

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

Innovations in Hydrology: Streamflow and Flood Prediction

edited by Zhaocai Wang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6795 | Submission Open

Keywords: streamflow prediction; flood prediction; physical hydrological models; machine learning; deep learning; uncertainty quantification; flood risk assessment; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Sustainable Water Treatment Systems: Green Infrastructure and Bioremediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Suqing Wu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5079 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; sustainable; green; ecological restoration; bioremediation

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

Ecohydraulics and Fish Behavior Simulation

edited by

Tiegang Zheng

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4544 | Submission Open

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

Application of Isotope Geochemistry in Hydrological Research

edited by

Tamara Marković

and Petra Žvab Rožič

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3117 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological and hydrogeological research; isotope geochemistry; satable and radiogenic isotopes conceptual models; hydrogeological assessment; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Science and Technology for Water Purification, 3rd Edition

edited by Yuanfeng Qi,

Ling Wang

, Kai He and

Fenglong Fan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2587 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling and resource; pollutant removal; byproduct remedy; functional materials; processing models; reactors; wastewater engineering; identification and analysis

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

Wetland Conservation and Ecological Restoration, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qing Wang

,

Tian Xie

and

Jiakai Liu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2553 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrological processes; environmental effects; ecological risks; biogeochemical processes; pollution; regulation; climate change; ecological functions; wetland ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Marine Plastic Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Umberto Andriolo

and

Laura Corbari

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2298 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine litter; microplastics; macroplastics; plastic pollution; marine ecosystems; monitoring techniques; hydrodynamic models; environmental impact; socio-economic impact; remote sensing

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

Smart Design and Management of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Xiao Zhou

and

Shipeng Chu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2139 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; deep learning; leakage detection; hydraulic models; model calibration; resilience; digital twin

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

Hydrogeomorphic Hazards: Modeling, Mapping, and Mitigation of Rainfall-Triggered Landslides

edited by

Taorui Zeng

,

Gianfranco Nicodemo

and Zhilu Chang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall-triggered landslides; hydrogeomorphic hazards; landslide modeling; hazard mapping; risk mitigation; remote sensing; GIS; early warning systems; climate change impacts; slope stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Impact Mechanisms and Regulation Technologies of Hydraulic Engineering on Aquatic Environments

edited by

Jingqiao Mao

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1242 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic engineering; ecohydraulics; eco-hydrological mechanisms; hydraulic regulation; reservoir ecological operation

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

Hydraulic Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Digital Twin Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by

, Hao Gu,

,

,

, Yating Hu and

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1061 | Submission Open

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

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

Optimization of Reservoir Operations

edited by

Hu Hu

,

Zhe Yang

and Ziyu Ding

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

Keywords: multi-objective optimization; stochastic optimization; adaptive operation; hydro–wind–photovoltaic comple-mentary operation; ecological operation; deep learning; multi-criteria decision-making; risk analysis

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

Biofilm Technologies for Circular and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

edited by

Asma Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 894 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilm-based processes; wastewater treatment; resource recovery; waste valorisation; circular bioeconomy; fungal and algal biofilms; biofilm reactor design and scale-up; biofilm modelling and control; extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); environmental biotechnology; aerobic granular sludge (AGS); moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBR); membrane biofilm reactors (MBfR); membrane aerated biofilm reactors (MABR); integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS); bioelectrochemical systems; microbial electrochemical technologies; membrane bioreactors (MBR); anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR); sequencing batch biofilm reactors; attached-growth systems; fixed-film bioreactors; biofilm photobioreactors; nitrogen removal via biofilm systems; partial nitritation/anammox (PN/A); biofilm resilience and stability; biofilm process optimisation; scale-up of biofilm systems; biofilm-mediated bioremediation

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

Coupling Analysis of Ecosystem Functions and Water Resources in a Changing Environment

edited by

Chuanfu Zang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 824 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; ecosystem services; climate change; water and ecosystem model; ecohydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Fate, Behavior, and Remediation Technologies for Heavy Metals in Water

edited by Li Ye and Ye Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 797 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; evironmental behavior; speciation; remediation technologies; functional materials; interdisciplinary approaches

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

Integrated Approaches to Water Resources and Environmental Management: Innovations in Simulation and Impact Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by Yuntao Wang and Xiaoli Zhang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 696 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; water environment assessment; hydrological modeling; simulation techniques; integrated approaches; climate change adaptation; decision support systems; stakeholder engagement

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

Water-Related Landslide Hazard Process and Its Triggering Events—2nd Edition

edited by Wei Liu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 623 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide; rainfall infiltration; pore water pressure; liquid–solid multiphase flow; hydrology; numerical simu-lation; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Hydrology and Hydrochemistry in Cold and Arid Regions

edited by Wenhao Ren and

Wengang Qu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 346 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold and arid regions; hydrological cycle; hydrochemical evolution; hydrogeochemical processes; sustainable water management; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Recycled Water for Enhancing Food Security Under a Changing Climate

edited by

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled water; wastewater; treatment; emerging pollutants; plant uptake; bioaccumulation; technology; climate resilience; climate change; economics; environmental impacts

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

Smart Simulation and Monitoring of Water Distribution Networks

edited by Matteo Nicolini and Daniele Goi

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open

Keywords: data driven modelling; real-time simulation; smart sensors; machine learning; genetic algorithms; artificial intelligence; deep learning; large language models; leakage control; predictive ability; IoT; quality; disinfection by-products

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

Wave-Driven Coastal Dynamics: Theory, Modeling, and Applications

edited by

Zhigang Zhang

,

Guanghua He

and Zhengxiao Luan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal zones; wave-driven processes; modelling methods; wave energy utilization; coastline protection; wave manipulation; wave structure interaction; wave–current interaction; wave forecasting; experimental techniques; intelligent technology

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

Treatment Wetlands Applications in the Development Projects

edited by Marco A Belmont

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

Keywords: wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; constructed wetlands; water quality; stormwater

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

Methods for Water Quality Analysis

edited by

Lázaro Adrián González Fernández

and

Juan Hidalgo

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

Keywords: water; water quality; water monitoring; water treatment; water policies; water conservation

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

Wastewater Treatment and Ecological Restoration Technologies

edited by Nan Lu and Jiunian Guan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; refractory pollutants; emerging pollutants; ecological restoration; combined technology; environmental impact; recycling; resource utilization; energy generation; low carbon

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

Monitoring the Risks and Toxicity of Pharmaceuticals in Aquatic Environments

edited by Md Abdul Goni

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceuticals; contaminants; monitoring; aqueous; risks; environment

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

Advances in Biological Technologies for Drinking and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alejandro Gonzalez-Martinez

,

Barbara Muñoz-Palazon

and Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 257 | 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)

Using Economics for Sustainability, Effective Management, and Conflict Resolution in Water

edited by Puiu Lucian Georgescu and

Valentin Marian Antohi

submission deadline 24 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 17292 | Submission Open

Keywords: water economics; sustainability; water resources governance; water use efficiency; nature-based solutions; blue and green infrastructures; climate change; innovative financing for water resources; transboundary cooperation; smart technologies; AI in water management

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

Water–Energy–Carbon Nexus: Towards Integrated Solutions for Sustainable Resource Management

edited by

Guozhu Mao

submission deadline 24 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy–carbon nexus; deep decarbonization pathways; sustainable water management; life cycle assessment (LCA); policy; AI

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

Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Hydrogeology

edited by

Heng Lu

,

Xiaoai Dai

and Lei Ma

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7229 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS and remote sensing; hydrology and hydrogeology; hydrological modeling and simulation; water resource management; flood and drought monitoring; climate change impact analysis

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

Advances in Watershed Hydrology: Integrating Process Understanding and Predictive Modeling

edited by

Gabriel Perez

and

Nicolás Velásquez

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5843 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed hydrology; hydrological modeling; uncertainty analysis; surface and subsurface processes; sediment transport; flood forecasting; machine learning in hydrology; hydrological signal analysis; model development and calibration; watershed-scale simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Hydrogeophysical Methods and Hydrogeological Models

edited by Quan Liu and

Rui Hu

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5194 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeophysics; groundwater modeling; aquifer characterization; uncertainty analysis; machine learning methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Sustainable Water and Sanitation Governance: Aligning Policies, Institutions and Regulation

edited by

Francisco Silva Pinto

,

Rui Cunha Marques

and

Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4939 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDG 6; water governance; PIR framework; enabling environment; policy implementation; institutional settings; water services regulation; sustainable water management

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

Biological and Ecological Protection in the Freshwater Ecosystems

edited by Weijing Kong,

Shuping Wang

and

Xiao-Long Lin

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2314 | Submission Open

Keywords: riparian; phytoplankton; zooplankton; macroinvertebrate; fish; macrophyte; habitat; riverscape; freshwater ecosystem assessment; freshwater ecosystem monitoring; protection of biodiversity; freshwater ecosystem conservation; anthropogeic disturbance; freshwater ecosystem services

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

Drought Risk and Human Vulnerability Under Climate Change: Assessment Frameworks for Water Security and SDGs

edited by

João Filipe Santos

and

Miguel Potes

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1127 | 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)

Evaluation of Microbiological Indicators for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, 2nd Edition

edited by

Anna Lenart-Boroń

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 888 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; bacteria; drinking water; fungi; health risks; irrigation; microbiological contamination; protozoa; treatment plants; viruses; wastewater treatment; water pollution; water reuse

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

Ecohydrological Modeling of Vegetation Dynamics Under Climate Change

edited by

Shouzhi Chen

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; vegetation dynamics; climate change; ecohydrological modeling; vegetation phenology; evapotran-spiration; extreme climate events; machine learning; model-data integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Advances in Hydrological, Hydraulic and Morphodynamic Modelling

edited by Sangaralingam Ahilan

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 346 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; hydraulic modelling; morphodynamic modelling; green infrastructure; integrated catchment management; stormwater management; GEV distribution; flood frequency analysis; cloud com-puting; sediment transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Applications of Microorganisms Supported on Biochar for Soil Water Quality

edited by

Muhammad Salam

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar–microbe composites; soil improvement; bioremediation; microbial immobilization; pollutant degradation; nutrient retention; eco-friendly strategy; agricultural sustainability; municipal waste and organic waste are the source of soil and water continents

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

Water Pollution Control and Resource Utilisation of Activated Sludge

edited by Justyna Koc-Jurczyk and

Jun Zhou

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: water pollution control; activated sludge management; circular economy; sustainable water management; wastewater treatment; organic pollutants removal; sludge resource utilisation

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

Big Data and Machine Learning for Hydrology Research: Methods, Applications and Future Directions

edited by

Epaminondas Sidiropoulos

and

Vantas Konstantinos

submission deadline 27 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3222 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning architectures; hydrological forecasting; large-sample hydrology studies; multi-source data fusion; big data; explainable AI; physics-informed machine learning; digital twins in water systems; uncertainty quantification

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

Advances in Water Management and Water Policy Research, 2nd Edition

edited by

Olcay Ünver

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3430 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated water resources management (IWRM); policy and governance; agenda-setting; public policy; maintenance and administration of water resource systems; WASH; water politics; hydro-diplomacy (water diplomacy); groundwater governance; international water law; national environmental law and regulations

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

Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

edited by Janay Sagin

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2368 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood-drought mitigation; hydrology; hydrogeology; sustainable development; nature based solutions; water purification; managed aquifer recharge (MAR)

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

Pollution Process and Microbial Responses in Aquatic Environment

edited by

Fei-Fei Che

and Wei Huang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6808 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic environment; nutrient; heavy mentals; antibiotics; pfass; migration and transformation; microbial community; influencing mechanism

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

Advancing Sustainable Hydrological Modelling and Smart Water Resource Management

edited by

Zengchuan Dong

, Wenzhuo Wang and Jitao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3635 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; sustainable hydrological modelling; smart water resource management; machine learning; model integration; real-time decision making; data-driven approaches; adaptive basin management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

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