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Flood Risk Assessment on Reservoirs

edited by Gang Wang and

Huiliang Wang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3069 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood forecasting; flood warning; comprehensive evaluation model; assessment index system; reservoirs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

New World: Advancing Water Applications Through Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Jianjun Ni

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2961 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligence; smart water; hydrological monitoring; flood forecasting; water quality as-sessment; remote sensing

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

Dissolved Organic Matter in Aquatic Environments

edited by Shasha Liu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: DOM; water quality; aquatic environments; biogeochemical processes

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

Advanced Biotechnologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yung-Tse Hung

Tsuyoshi Imai

Rehab O. Abdel Rahman

Issam A. Al-Khatib

and

Qaisar Mahmood

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13647 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnologies for water treatment; biotechnologies for wastewater treatment; advanced water treatment; advanced wastewater treatment; nutrient recovery from wastewater; energy recovery from wastewater; emerging contaminants in water and wastewater treatment; industrial waste treatment; municipal wastewater treatment; water reuse; water treatment

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

Climate Change and Hydrological Processes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alina Barbulescu

Romulus Costache

and

Cristian Ștefan Dumitriu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12216 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change scenarios; extreme events; risk assessment; multivariate analysis; artificial intelligence models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics in Fluid Machinery, 2nd Edition

edited by

Chuan Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7701 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulics; hydrodynamics; pumps; compressors; turbo-machinery system; fans and blowers; hydro-turbine; propulsion; jet; cavitation and multi-phase flow; renewable energy; optimization

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

Collaborative Monitoring and Remediation of Mine or Industrial Soils and Water

edited by

Xiujuan Feng

and Baogang Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5486 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial wastewater; mining wastewater; pollution monitoring; soil and water remediation; wastewater treatment; heavy metal pollution

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

Soil and Groundwater Quality and Resources Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Wanjun Jiang

Yizhi Sheng

and Hairu Mao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4469 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiple contaminants; source apportionment; migration– transformation; ecological health risks; soil– groundwater system

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

Design and Management of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Jafari-Asl Jafar

and

Helena M. Ramos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4024 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; optimization; machine learning; transient flows; uncertainty quantification

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

Water Environment Pollution and Control, 4th Edition

edited by

Weiying Feng

Fang Yang

and

Jing Liu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3666 | Submission Open

Keywords: dissolved organic matter; water pollution; nitrogen and phosphorus; heavy metals; toxicity; microbial; nanomaterials; lake eutrophication

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

Groundwater Thermal Monitoring and Modeling

edited by Chuanqing Zhu,

Jie Li

and Yonghui Huang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2191 | 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)

Fostering Desertification Control for Sustainable Development: Soil and Water Conservation Perspectives

edited by Zeeshan Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1979 | Submission Open

Keywords: desertification; climate change; vegetation restoration; food security; soil erosion; sustainable livelihood; water harvesting

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

Metal Elements and Wastewater Treatment: Adsorption, Catalysis and Oxidation

edited by

Baocheng Huang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1870 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal material; wastewater remediation; catalytic oxidation; adsorption; risk assessment

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

Intelligent Water Management: Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Data Analytics, Predictive Modeling, and the Path to Sustainability

edited by

Hossein Bonakdari

and

Silvio José Gumiere

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1296 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); water quality monitoring; predictive modeling; flood forecasting; drought prediction; water resource management; big data analytics; climate resilience; sustainable water management; environmental science; hydrological modeling; machine learning; remote sensing; data-driven decision-making; smart water systems; water distribution optimization; AI-driven forecasting; ecosystem management; water conservation; water infrastructure management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advanced Technologies in Agricultural Water-Saving Irrigation

edited by

Wene Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1161 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water-saving irrigation; smart irrigation; precision agriculture; IoT applications; water– energy– food nexus; non-conventional water resources; climate change adaptation; sustainable water management

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

Monitoring, Restoration and Protection in Wetland Ecosystems

edited by

Md Khurshid Alam Bhuiyan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 803 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue carbon ecosystems; coastal wetlands; wetland monitoring; climate resilience; extreme weather; nature-based solutions; carbon sequestration; bioengineering and restoration; community-led conservation; carbon credit mechanisms

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

Advanced Research on Digital Twins in Hydro Systems

edited by Jürgen Stamm and

Dongkyun Kim

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin technology; hydrological modeling; flood risk assessment; smart water management; urban flood miti-gation; real-time monitoring; integrated water systems; predictive analytics for water systems; sustainable hydro-power operations; climate resilience in hydro systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Recent Advances in Membrane Technology for Water Treatment

edited by

Weiying Li

and Dawei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafiltration; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis; forward osmosis; thin-film nanocomposite membrane; membrane fouling mitigation; membrane fouling model; membrane fabrication techniques; gravity driven membrane; separation process; 3D printing in membrane technology; electrospinning for membrane production; hybrid membrane systems; emerging contaminant removal; energy-efficient membrane processes; sustainable water treatment solutions

(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 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

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

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

Evaluation and Applications of Hydrologic Modeling in Catchment

edited by

Shuci Liu

and Qing Cao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrologic modeling; catchment hydrology; rainfall runoff modeling; water quality modeling; climate change impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Environmental Behavior and Prevention Strategies of Toxic Chemicals in Farmland Soil Within River Basins

edited by

Qing Luo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: farmland soil; pollution characteristics; source apportionment; risk assessment; toxic chemicals; emerging contam-inants; heavy metal; persistent organic pollutants

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

Advanced Hydrogel for Water Treatment (2nd Edition)

edited by

Chun Zhao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogel; desalination; atmospheric condensation; heavy metal ions; organics removal; water treatment

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

Risk Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem Health

edited by

Yingchen Bai

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; ecological risk; ecological assessment; ecosystem health; water quality criteria

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

Spatial Analysis of Flooding Phenomena: Challenges and Case Studies

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón

submission deadline 21 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2735 | Submission Open

Keywords: flooding derivatives; flooding analysis; flooding effects; flooding vulnerability; flood model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Analysis of Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change

edited by

Xiaosheng Qin

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17356 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme precipitation; climate change; downscaling; compound events; hydrological impact

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Resources Systems

edited by

Avi Ostfeld

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16477 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources systems; artificial intelligence; modeling; optimization; water distribution systems

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

Methods and Tools for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management

edited by Hui Yang, Manoj K. Shukla and

Yusen Yuan

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12775 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop water relations; water productivity; deficit/salinity irrigation; conservation agriculture; regional water management

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

Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Soil and Water Environment

edited by

Paula Alvarenga

and

Patrícia Palma

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7789 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceuticals; nanomaterials; personal care products; hormones; flame retardants; plasticizers; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); microplastics; abiotic compartments

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

Application of Biotechnology in Water Treatment and Specific Treatments for Water Reuse

edited by

Sopheak Net

and Baghdad Ouddane

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6715 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; water treatment; secondary treatment; organic micropollutant; metallic trace element; activated sludge; biological treatment; nature-based solutions; constructed wetlands and biofiltration systems

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

Water Quality Monitoring and Prediction Using New Sensors, Machine Learning and Big Data

edited by Yong Jie Wong

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4153 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality monitoring; prediction technologies; advanced sensors; machine learning; big data analytics; remote sensing; Internet of Things (IoT); environmental monitoring; water resource management

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

Constructed Wetland Systems for Wastewater Treatment and Water Remediation

edited by Haiming Wu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3897 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetland; domestic and municipal wastewater; micro-polluted water; emerging pollutants; water reuse; global climate change; carbon sink function; biogeochemical processes; selection of plants and substrates; ecosystem services; microbial communities; operation and management

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

Flood Risk Identification and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Juan Chen

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2891 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood; flood management; flood control operation; risk identification; risk assessment; risk management; uncertainty

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Aquatic Microplastic Pollution: Occurrence and Removal

edited by

Lixin Zhu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1845 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastic pollution; environmental fate; removal technologies; wastewater treatment; biodegradation; risk assessment; mitigation strategies; plastic waste management; polymer degradation; policy and regulation

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

The Biogeochemical Behavior and Innovative Remediation of Contaminants

edited by Zhuozhi Ouyang and Yanjun Liu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants; biogeochemical behavior; functional materials; remediation; risk assessment; ecosystems

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

Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling

edited by Xingyuan Chen

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater hydrology; flow and reactive transport; numerical modeling; machine learning; disturbance impacts; surface water and groundwater interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Microbial Technology Applied in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Qian Lu

and Limin Yang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater; microorganism; metabolism; biotechnology; biomass valorization; agriculture; aquaculture; industry

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

Flow Dynamics and Sediment Transport in Rivers and Coasts

edited by

Jueyi Sui

Wenxin Huai

and Jun Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5129 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-hydraulics; fluvial hydraulics; local scour; riverbed deformation; sediment transport; turbulence; wave dynamics

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

Advances in Hydroinformatics and Geo/Statistics for Modelling and Risk Assessment of Water Systems

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood modelling; river hydraulic; geometric uncertainty of flood models; water sustainability; advances in forest restoration; nature-based solutions; advanves on time series analysis; advances of geostatistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Soil Erosion Measurement Techniques and Field Experiments, 2nd Edition

edited by

Vito Ferro

and

Alessio Nicosia

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12562 | 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)

Novel Methods in Wastewater and Stormwater Treatment

edited by

Dorota Olejnik

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9400 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; stormwater harvesting; stormwater treatment processes; heavy metals; pollutants and contaminants; toxicity; sustainability; smart cities; constructed wetlands; managing urban stormwater; pollutant load

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

Water Modeling Using Combined Machine Learning and Fieldwork Investigation

edited by

Joonghyeok Heo

Huidae Cho

and Netra Regmi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7124 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; field survey; water modeling; big data analysis; geostatistic analysis; water quality and water quantity; environmental sustainability

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

Soil–Water Interaction and Management

edited by

Fu Chen

and Zhanbin Luo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3827 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; soil– water management; irrigation systems; drought conditions; climate change

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

Dynamic Response of Water and Soil Resources in the Context of Climate Change and Human Activities

edited by Yudong Lu, Huanhuan Li and Ce Zheng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3121 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and soil resources security; water– soil interactions; climate change impacts on water and soil; anthropogenic stressors to water and soil; hydrological modeling; soil degradation; pollution remediation; sustainable agriculture; ecosystem resilience; land-use change

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

Electrochemical Approaches to Sustainable Water Treatment: Tackling Pollution and Advancing Resource Recovery

edited by

Ran Mao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1801 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical wastewater treatment; resource recovery; electrooxidation; electroreduction; heavy metal complexes; nitrate; phosphorus; electro-Fenton; PFAS; refractory organics; high salinity wastewater

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

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) Research, 2nd Edition

edited by

Peng Du

and

Phong K. Thai

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1746 | Submission Open

Keywords: new biomarkers for WBE; new applications of WBE; early warning of infectious disease; monitoring substances of abuse; method uncertainties; health risk assessments

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

Constructed Wetlands: Enhancing Contaminant Removal and Remediation

edited by

Xiaojuan Feng

and

Shentan Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1325 | Submission Open

Keywords: removal of nutrients and refractory organic matter by constructed wetlands; development and application of novel wetland fillers or matrices; screening of aquatic plants for constructed wetlands; main problems and solutions of constructed wetland for wastewater treatment; integration of constructed wetlands and other water treatment technologies

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

Research on Isotope Investigations in Groundwater Studies

edited by

Paula M. Carreira

and

José Manuel Marques

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 496 | Submission Open

Keywords: isotope hydrology; groundwater recharge; water– rock interactions; stable and radiogenic isotopes; contaminant source tracking; groundwater age dating; climate change and groundwater; surface water– groundwater interac-tions; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Marine Waters for Health and Well-Being

edited by

Laurent Vandanjon

and Vincent Blanckaert

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: seawater; marine waters; deep seawater; marine colloids; algae; cosmetics; nutraceutics; pharmaceutics; thalassotherapy; marine biotechnology

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

Environmental Adaptability and Ecological Synergy in Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering

edited by Sheng Wu, Yanhui Wang and Chongyang Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine new energy engineering; offshore new energy engineering; environmental adaptability; marine ecological impacts; complex fluid dynamics; environmental monitoring

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

Pollution Mechanisms and Source Apportionment of Typical Pollutants in Aquatic Environments

edited by Qianqian Zhang

submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 4916 | Submission Open

Keywords: rivers; lakes; and groundwater; water quality; hydrochemistry; pollution sources; sources analysis; assessment methods; isotope technology; machine learning; multivariate statistical techniques; models

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

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