Water

Diatom Biodiversity and Their Adaptation to Environment Change

edited by Mateusz Rybak

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: diatoms; ecology; antropocene; human impact; diversity; taxonomy; freshwater; marine; coastal habitats; environmental adaptations; environmental changes; paleoecology

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

Changes in Hydrology and Rainfall–Runoff Processes at Watersheds

edited by

Grzegorz Janicki

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall– runoff processes; overland flow; slope hydrology; sheet flow; inter-rill and rill flow; episodic channel flow; flow regime; hydraulic geometry; watersheds; small catchment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

The Fate of Radionuclides in Water Bodies

edited by Žana Skuratovič

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental radioactivity; nuclear waste; water contamination; radionuclide transport; isotope monitoring

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

Water Governance and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariusz Adynkiewicz-Piragas

,

Leszek Kuchar

,

Alicja Edyta Krzemińska

and Anna Zaręba

submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; sustainable water resources management; water governance and policies; climate change; climate change adaptation; water resources monitoring; stakeholder engagement; decision support systems; water-related tourism; blue-green infrastructure; aquatic ecosystem restoration; urban water planning; transboundary water management; water– energy– food nexus

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

The Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater, 2nd Edition

edited by Changqing Zhu and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 771 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants ; wastewater ; monitoring ; management ; treatment technology

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

Groundwater Resources: Their Protection, Restoration and Optimal Development

edited by

Konstantinos Katsifarakis

,

Dimitrios K. Karpouzos

and Yiannis Kontos

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 639 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial groundwater recharge; coastal aquifers; groundwater flow; groundwater pollution control; low-enthalpy geothermal energy; groundwater trading; transboundary aquifers; groundwater– surface water interaction; sustainable groundwater irrigation; groundwater vulnerability; historical groundwater development research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

New Tools and Methods for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment

edited by

Leticia Baena-Ruiz

and

Samrit Luoma

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater contamination; groundwater vulnerability; climate change; groundwater vulnerability validation; artificial intelligence; GIS models; aquifer characterization; risk mitigation; pollution prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Geothermal Reservoir Modeling: Emerging Techniques, Practical Applications and Modeling Challenges

edited by

Rita Esuru Okoroafor

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: geothermal reservoir modeling; enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs); coupled process simulation; data-driven modeling; reservoir characterization; uncertainty quantification; model calibration; sustainable geothermal development; hybrid geothermal systems; subsurface energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advanced Methods in Geomorphic Analysis and Flood-Prone Landscape Dynamics

edited by

Salvatore Ivo Giano

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: methods in geomorphology; landscape susceptibility; risk mitigation; GIS application; engineering geology; natural processes vs. human activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Research on Soil Moisture and Irrigation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhe Gu

and

Jiang Li

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture sensing; soil moisture prediction; irrigation scheduling modelling; temporal– spatial resolution; irrigation control; irrigation system

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

Sustainable Urban Water Management: The Role of Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Nitin Muttil

and

Upaka Rathnayake

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13544 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban water management; nature-based solutions; floods and droughts; water quality improvement; climate resilience; green infrastructure; environmental sustainability; coastal management; liveable cities; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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

NBS for Watershed Management: From Ecological Health Assessment to Ecosystem Restoration

edited by Yingying Huang, Chunhua Li and

Xuechu Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7061 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; nature-based solutions; ecological health assessment; nonpoint source pollution control; ecosystem restoration

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

Transport and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments

edited by

Nan Wei

,

Jenyuk Lohwacharin

and Chunpeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 1175 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; water pollution; advanced oxidation processes; membrane technologies; adsorption; environmental fate; ecotoxicology; microplastics; pharmaceuticals; pollutant removal technologies; water resource

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

Research on Isotope Investigations in Groundwater Studies

edited by

Paula M. Carreira

and

José Manuel Marques

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 992 | 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)

Advances in Plastic’s (Eco)Toxicity Research in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments

edited by

Alla Khosrovyan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 806 | Submission Open

Keywords: fresh water; marine water; plant; animal; plastic; distribution; intake; (eco)toxicity; ecotoxicogenomics

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

New Advances in Membrane Separation Technology for Water Pollution Control and Membrane Fouling Mitigation

edited by

Zhonglong Yin

and Weichen Lin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 589 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane separation; water pollution control; antifouling membrane; membrane cleaning; membrane fouling; self-cleaning membrane

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

Urban Water Pollution Control: Theory and Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Bingdang Wu

, Yonghai Gan and Jingjing Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 551 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropollutants; urban water; remediation; low-impact development; sponge city; constructed wetland

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

Water Resources and Environment

edited by

Chih-Huang Weng

and Wentao Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 439 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; hydrology; aquatic ecosystems; drinking water; wastewater; ground water

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

Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements in Aquatic Environments

edited by Yaron Be'eri-Shlevin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeochemical cycling; trace elements; aquatic systems; sediment– water interaction; water trace element pollution; micro-nutrients; heavy metals

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

Research and Application of Novel Adsorption and Catalytic Materials in Water Pollution Control

edited by

Huiping Zeng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; catalysis; wastewater; heavy metal; organic pollutants

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

Landslide Geological Disaster Prevention and Geological Environment Protection

edited by Yiding Bao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide geological disaster; geological environment protection; failure mechanism; dynamic process; numerical simulation; risk assessment; disaster prevention and prediction; geotechnique

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Coastal Sediment Dynamics: Historical Development, Current Situation and Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhiming Chao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: coast dynamics; coast sediments; estuarine evolution; numerical simulation; coastal ecology

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

Enhancing the Understanding of the Water Cycle and Climate Change Using Satellite Geodesy

edited by

Wenjie Yin

and

Litang Hu

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1155 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodesy and remote sensing; GRACE; flood and drought events; machine learning; human ac-tivities; eco-environmental changes

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

Isotopic Studies in Hydrogeology and Hydrology

edited by

Wei Chen

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrochemistry; geothermal water; origin of geothermal water; hydrogeochemical processes; monitoring of fractured rock aquifers

Landslide and Slope Stability Risk Assessment: Study of Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslide

edited by

Chaminda Gallage

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall-induced shallow landslides; slope stability; landslide risk assessment; triggering mechanisms; numerical modelling; remote sensing and monitoring; early warning systems; climate change impacts; hazard mitigation; geotechnical engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

The Observation and Modeling of Surface Hydrological Factors

edited by

Xin Pan

,

Jiaxin Jin

and Lisheng Song

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1118 | Submission Open

Keywords: observations; modeling; evapotranspiration; soil mositure; precipitation; surface water

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

Revolutionizing Hydraulic Fracturing with Machine Learning and Data-Driven Approaches

edited by

Qinzhuo Liao

, Huiying Tang and Junchao Li

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 937 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic fracturing; machine learning; data-driven; geomechanics; fluid flow; modeling and simulation; optimization

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

Coastal and Marine Governance and Protection, 2nd Edition

edited by

Camilo M. Botero

,

Celene B. Milanes

and Daniel O. Suman

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal governance; citizen science; participatory management; blue economy; adaptive risk management

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

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources: Assessment and Modeling, 3rd Edition

edited by

Leszek Sobkowiak

and

Dariusz Wrzesiński

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water use; surface water; ground water; variability; projections of change; water regime; seasonality; changes in lake water resources; modeling changes

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

Remote Sensing in Coastal Water Environment Monitoring

edited by

Peng Li

,

Fengqin Yan

and Xiuling Zuo

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5491 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal remote sensing; coastal change detection; coastal subsidence; coastal flooding; coastal geomorphology; coastal wetlands; tidal flats; coastal environmental vulnerability; coastal processes and landforms; hyperspectral remote sensing; radar remote sensing; machine learning; data fusion; climate change; human activities

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

Application of Environmental Microbiology in Water Treatment

edited by

Swarna Kanchan

and

Minu Kesheri

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2495 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiology; water; wastewater; water treatment; microbiome; metagenomics; cyanobacteria; wastewater surveil-lance; multi-omics; bioinformatics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; nanoparticles; used water; public health; algal blooms; toxicity; heavy metal removal; microalgae; brown algae; algae

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

Interfacial Engineering Solutions for Enhanced Degradation of Toxic Contaminants in Water Systems

edited by

Dan Chen

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1755 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxic contaminants; interface engineering; contaminant sequestration; advanced oxidation processes; biofilm– electrode interfaces; catalytic activation kinetics; biocompatible materials; anti-fouling interfaces

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

Development of New Wastewater Treatments for the Efficient Removal of Micropollutants

edited by

Marta Otero

,

Olga Matos de Freitas

and

Sónia Figueiredo

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1722 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular management of water; ecotoxicity; emerging concern contaminants; environmental monitoring; life cycle assessment; quaternary treatments; reuse of treated wastewater; sustainable treatment processes

(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 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1615 | 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)

Advances in Contaminant Transport in Porous Media: Mechanisms, Remediation, and Numerical Simulation

edited by

Ming Wu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 807 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater contamination; emerging contaminants; transport; remediation; numerical simulation; adsorption

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

Isotopic and Geochemical Approaches for Groundwater Assessment and Management

edited by

Neeraj Pant

and

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 727 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeochemcial investigations; groundwater contaminations; isotope hydrology; groundwater evolution; social hydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Hydro-Thermal–Mechanical Coupling Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Linjian Ma

and Yun Wu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 684 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydro-thermal– mechanical coupling; rock mechanics; cold regions; underground engineering; deterioration and deg-radation; grouting; constitutive model; geological stability; fatigue and creep; disaster prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Sediment Pollution: Methods, Processes and Remediation Technologies

edited by

Xiaofei Tan

,

Ming Kong

and

Zhe Wang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment; eutrophication; contaminant characterization; biogeochemical processes; risk assessment; phosphorus; heavy metal; emerging contaminants; in situ and ex situ remediation; artificial intelligence; data-driven sediment management

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

Research Progress in Ancient and Modern Water Supply and Distribution Systems for Urban, Agricultural and Hydropower Use

edited by

Charles R. Ortloff

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced water engineering analysis; computational fluid dynamics; hydropower; water supply and distribution systems; archaeology; water engineering history; urban and agriculture water supply distribution

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

Geospatial Relationships Between Water Quality and Human Health Outcomes in a Changing Climate

edited by

Eleanor Rogan

,

Alan Kolok

and

Naveen Joseph

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; climate change; GeoHealth; cancer incidence; extreme weather; spatial analysi

Watershed Hydrology and Management Under Changing Climate, 2nd Edition

edited by Hongbo Zhang and

Jie Yang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrology modeling and forecasting; hydrological connectivity; groundwater– surface water inter-action; ecohydrology; socio-hydrology; digital watershed; environmental flow; drought and flood risk management; integrated water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

River Channel Hydraulics, Fluvial Dynamics and Re-Opening Floodplains

edited by

Jaromír Říha

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: open channel flow; sediment transport; numerical and experimental modelling; reopening floodplains

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

Groundwater Quality, Hydrochemical Assessment and Water–Gas–Rock Interaction Processes

edited by

Francesco Rufino

and

Dario Tedesco

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater quality; isotope geochemistry; gas– water– rock interaction processes; geochemical modeling; groundwater pollution; monitoring systems

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

Geophysical Methods for Landslide Monitoring and Hydrogeophysical Applications

edited by

Sebastian Uhlemann

and

Agnese Innocenti

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide monitoring; hydrogeophysics; geophysical methods; slope stability; time-lapse geophysics; soil moisture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advanced Research on Marine Geology and Sedimentology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhuangcai Tian

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment; suspension; transport; bottom boundary layer; nepheloid layer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

The Development and Application of Membrane and Hybrid Technology in the Treatment of Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Linyan Yang

and

Miao Tian

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; emerging pollutants; membrane process; hybrid processes; membrane fabrication; fouling control; process modeling; resource recovery; rejection mechanism; matrix effect

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

Drawbacks, Limitations, Solutions and Perspectives of Water Reuse

edited by

Riccardo Boiocchi

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: water reuse; wastewater; rainwater; stormwater; resource recovery; circular economy; modelling for water reuse; control for water reuse; policy; legislation; health risk; environmental protection; treatment for water reuse; water cycle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Scarcity)

Functional Materials for Water Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Xiaoyuan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional materials; water treatment; wastewater reuse; desalination; advanced oxidation processes

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Quality Monitoring, 2nd Edition

edited by

Tianhong Li

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality monitoring; artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; precise regulation; intelligent recognition; predictive warning; real-time monitoring; model optimization

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

Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments: Occurrence, Analysis and Ecotoxicity

edited by

Chong Chen

,

Limin Ma

and

Jing Hu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial– temporal distribution; target analysis; suspect screening; non-target analysis; environmental impact; ecological risk; ecotoxicology mechanism

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

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