Water

Ecohydrology in the Context of Climate Change: Strategies for Management, Monitoring, and Modeling

edited by

Carmen Maftei

and

Ashok Vaseashta

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11498 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; hydrological cycle; ecosystems services; drought and floods; soil erosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

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

edited by Puiu Lucian Georgescu and

Valentin Marian Antohi

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 9012 | 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)

Ecological Wastewater Treatment and Resource Utilization

edited by

Chunzhen Fan

and Jingke Song

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6754 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological wastewater treatment; resource utilization; plant restoration; microorganism transformation; adsorption

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

Freshwater Ecosystems—Biodiversity and Protection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Dubravka Čerba

,

Filip Stevic

and

Maja Raković

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3845 | 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)

Emerging Technologies for Nutrient Recovery and Wastewater Treatment

edited by Jagdeep Kumar Nayak and

Abdullah Al-Mamun

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3645 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient recovery; wastewater treatment; bioelectrochemical systems; membrane technology; resource recycling; circular economy; microbial fuel cells; sustainable water management; algae-based systems; constructed wetland techno-economic analysis

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

Innovations in Hydrology: Streamflow and Flood Prediction

edited by Zhaocai Wang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3078 | 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)

Emerging Contaminants in Natural and Engineered Water Environments: Environmental Behavior, Ecological Effects and Control Strategies, 2nd Edition

edited by

Fanhao Song

, Xiaodong Li and

Qiuheng Zhu

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2681 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; environmental behavior; ecotoxicology; ecological engineering; environmental remediation; treatment technologies; environmental microorganisms; natural processes; risk assessment

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

Drought Evaluation Under Climate Change Condition

edited by Yanfeng Wu

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1966 | 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)

Data-Driven Intelligent Systems in Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Flood Systems

edited by

Kourosh Behzadian

and Farzad Piadeh

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 949 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine aritificial intelligence; data mining; early warning systems; flood risk assessment learning; real-time modelling; visualisation

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

Monitoring and Degradation of Drugs and Organic Pollutant in Wastewater

edited by

Sergio Santana Viera

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 933 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; persistent; mobile; and toxic compounds; high-resolution mass spectrometry; transformation products; extraction and preconcentration techniques

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence Monitoring and Big Data Analysis in Marine Resource Management

edited by

Juying Wang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine environmental monitoring; modeling; AI applications; digital economy; marine ranching

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

Water Engineering Safety and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Qiubing Ren, Shaowei Wang, Xudong Chen and

Siyu Chen

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: water engineering; safety management; optimization of design; intelligent construction; operation and maintenance; health diagnosis; risk assessment; numerical simulation; soft computing

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

Intelligent Regulation and Adaptive Management of Complex River Basin Systems

edited by Yu Zhang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: river basin socio-hydrological system; extreme hydrological events and non-stationarity (extreme rainstorms/droughts); three-waters coupling (water resources– environment– ecology); intelligent adaptive management; reservoir– lake– river system; digital twin and AI technologies; climate-adaptive water resource allocation

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

Experimental and Modeling Analysis of Ecosystem Service Value in Natural and Man-Made Vegetated Water Bodies

edited by

Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama

and

Mariano Crimaldi

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydraulics; ecosystem services; field experiments; modeling; vegetated areas; water quality; water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Advances in Watershed Hydrology: Integrating Process Understanding and Predictive Modeling

edited by

Gabriel Perez

and

Nicolás Velásquez

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 134 | 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)

Effect of Biological Invasion on Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by Jay Stauffer

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic biodiversity; invasive species; biological invasions; ecosystem functioning; anthropogenic impacts; marine environment

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

Monsoon Environmental Changes and Fluvial Sedimentation Processes

edited by Baosheng Li

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: arid and semi-arid regions; monsoon climate; surface water processes; sedimentary facies; ecological and environmental changes

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

Advancing Smart Agricultural Water Management: Integrating Technologies, Irrigation and Plant Ecophysiology for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Nuno Conceição

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart and precision irrigation; plant– soil– water interactions; water use efficiency; digital agriculture (IoT; AI; Remote Sensing); plant ecophysiology under water stress; smart irrigation automation and decision support systems; renewable energy integration; climate-smart agriculture and drought resilience; socioeconomic and technological adoption barriers; circular water economies

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

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

edited by

Epaminondas Sidiropoulos

and

Vantas Konstantinos

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 380 | 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)

Environmental Fate and Transport of Organic Pollutants in Water

edited by Tengyi Zhu,

Rajendra Prasad Singh

and

Haomiao Cheng

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12184 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic pollutants; environmental risk assessment; fate and transport; remediation and mitigation; heavy metals; bioremediation; anaerobic digestion; stormwater management; conventional and emerging contaminants; water environment simulation; ecological remediation

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

Water and Soil Pollution from Agriculture: Mechanisms, Assessments and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Xinyu Mao

,

Hiba Shaghaleh

and

Tingting Chang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5652 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollution sources and contaminants; transport and environmental behavior; monitoring and assessment; ecological and health impacts; mitigation and sustainable practices; policy and socioeconomics; emerging technologies

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

Water Safety, Ecological Risk and Public Health

edited by Qiuda Zheng and

Peng Du

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3763 | 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)

Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Investigations of Aquifer Systems

edited by

Lahcen Zouhri

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2655 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeophysical exploration; groundwater; hydrogeological modelling; aquifer; hydrochemical modelling

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

Pollution Process and Microbial Responses in Aquatic Environment

edited by

Fei-Fei Che

and Wei Huang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1876 | 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)

Hydrological Hazards: Monitoring, Forecasting and Risk Assessment

edited by

Ioana Popescu

and

Ana Maria Loghin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1764 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological hazards; flood forecasting; risk management; modelling; drought assessment; water resources; hydrological monitoring; precipitation; remote sensing and GIS analysis; climate change; geomorphology dynamics; hydroinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advancing Sustainable Hydrological Modelling and Smart Water Resource Management

edited by

Zengchuan Dong

, Wenzhuo Wang and Jitao Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1360 | 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)

Urban Flood Frequency Analysis and Risk Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Khaled Haddad

and

Ataur Rahman

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1185 | 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)

Advances in Bridge Scour Mechanics, Monitoring, Prediction, and Mitigation Across Hydraulic, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering

edited by

Jinzhao Li

and Yilin Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 864 | Submission Open

Keywords: bridge scour; sediment erosion; scour protection; flood resilience; CFD modeling; experimental hydraulics; AI-driven prediction; computer-vision measurement; coastal engineering; real-time monitoring

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

Research on Adsorption Technologies in Water Treatment

edited by

Wei Wei

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 550 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel adsorbent materials; adsorption mechanisms; kinetics; and isotherm modeling; adsorption of emergent contaminants; static and dynamic adsorption; selective adsorption for targeted pollutant removal; regeneration and reusability of adsorbents; integration with hybrid systems (e.g.; membrane filtration; catalysis); pilot-scale applications and real-world case studies

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

Application of Photocatalysis in Water and Wastewater Treatment: Advances and Perspectives

edited by Iqra Nabi and

Aziz Ur Rahim Bacha

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 423 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; water treatment; wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation processes; nanomaterials; visible-light photocatalysts; organic and inorganic pollutants removal; water pollution; photocatalytic reactor design; environmental applications

(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 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 267 | 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)

Database Integration and Conceptual Frameworks in Hydrological Research

edited by Mahesh Lal Maskey and

Upaka Rathnayake

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed modeling; hydrology; urban water management; climate adaptation; AI-driven engineering solution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

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

edited by

Olcay Ünver

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 158 | 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)

Innovations in Irrigation: Modernizing Water Management for Efficiency and Sustainability

edited by

Attila Nagy

and Nikolett Éva Kiss

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; smart irrigation systems; water– food– energy nexus; IoT-based water monitoring; AI and decision support tools; indoor farming; water and energy efficiency; water reuse and circularity; sustainable water governance; climate-resilient irrigation systems

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

Water as a Strategic Resource—The Resilience of Water and Wastewater Systems Under Crisis Conditions and the Implementation of EU Directives

edited by Izabela Zimoch and

Iwona Kłosok-Bazan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk management; drinking water and wastewater quality; energy-water nexus; smart water networks and technology; microcontaminants removal

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

Geotechnic and Geostructure Modelling for Landslides: Prediction and Control

edited by Xiaoshuang Li,

Chun Zhu

and

Qihang Li

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5859 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; slope stability; geotechnical theory; physical experiment; numerical modeling; machine learning; fail-ure mechanisms; monitoring and early warning; rock bolting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Hydraulic Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Lin Cheng

,

Chunhui Ma

and

Jie Yang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 4473 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; hydraulic engineering; safety monitoring; mechanism and data fusion; numerical simu-lation

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

Flood and Storm-Induced Cascade Disasters: Effects, Risks, Resilience, and Adaptive Strategies

edited by

Michalis Diakakis

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2854 | Submission Open

Keywords: floods; storms; cascade disasters; cascade effects; domino effects; impacts

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

Applications of Stable Isotopes in Understanding Hydrological and Hydrochemical Processes

edited by

Chengcheng Xia

and

Ke Chen

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: stable isotopes; isotopic fractionation; isotope tracing; hydrochemistry; aquatic systems; water resources; water quality; evapotranspiration; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Nature-Based Soil and Water Conservation for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

edited by

Michel Riksen

,

Coen J. Ritsema

and

Karrar Mahdi

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based soil and water conservation (NB-SWC); climate-smart agriculture (CSA); arid and semi-arid regions; planning and design of NB-SWC; NB-SWC suitability; water scarcity; water conservation; water economics; adoption of NB-SWC

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

Assessment and Management of Soil Salinity: Methods and Technologies

edited by

George Kargas

and

Paraskevi Londra

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: salt accumulation and soil salinity assessment; methods of soil salinity determination; spatial and temporal distribution of salinity; irrigation with saline water; salinity control and salt leaching; drainage systems; effect of salts on hydraulic conductivity; mapping of soil salinity; remote sensing and soil salinity; geophysical instruments in soil salinity mapping; digital soil maps (DSMs) of ECe with machine learning (ML) technology; intelligent irrigation and leaching technology

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

Advances in Aquifer Systems Analysis: Flows, Interactions, Quality Status, and Remediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andrea Zanini

,

Fulvio Celico

and

Camilla Fagandini

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; numerical modelling; contaminant transport; groundwater remediation; multidisciplinary approach; water resources; climate change; aquifer recharge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions for Hydrogeological Challenges

edited by

Francesco Maria De Filippi

,

Davide Fronzi

and

Alessandro Galdelli

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; springs; groundwater availability; wells; aquifer recharge; machine learning; artificial intelligence; neural networks; predictive modeling; intelligent systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Impact of Microplastic Pollution on Soil and Groundwater Environment

edited by

Qing Luo

, Ning Yang and

Liangshan Feng

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9563 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; soil pollution; groundwater contamination; environmental impact; ecotoxicology; plastic degradation; soil– groundwater interaction; pollution mitigation

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

Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment and Nutrient Removal

edited by Hong Wang,

Qiulai He

and Yingmu Wang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8065 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater biological treatment; nitrogen and phosphorus removal; anammox; aerobic granular sludge technology; biofilm technology; wastewater treatment plant upgrade

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

Sustainable and Efficient Water Use in the Face of Climate Change

edited by

Yaosheng Wang

and

Haiyang Ma

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2065 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilience; precision irrigation; crop physiology; water use efficiency; root– soil dynamics

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

Aquatic Chemodynamics of Environmental Inorganic Pollutants: Transformation and Transfer Within and Across Various Environmental Compartments

edited by

Hong Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 732 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic chemodynamics; emission; global biogeochemical cycle; heavy metals; lakes; oceans; photochemical; toxin/toxic; source/sink; water/air exchange; water/sediment exchange

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

Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater: Multidisciplinary Approaches for a Complex Challenge

edited by

Andrea Zanini

,

Fulvio Celico

and

Laura Ducci

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminant; groundwater contamination; urban and suburban groundwater; natural attenuation; multidisciplinary approach

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

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

edited by

Anna Wołowicz

and

Monika Wawrzkiewicz

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11972 | 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)

Soil Erosion and Sedimentation by Water

edited by