Water

Water Management and Water-Saving Irrigation in Agricultural Areas

edited by

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management; water-saving irrigation; precision agriculture; remote sensing and IoT; climate change adaptation; water– energy– food nexus

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

Operation and Intelligent Fault Diagnosis of Hydropower Units Under New Power Systems

edited by

Xueli An

and

Wenlong Fu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydropower units; operation technology; new power systems; sediment wear; cavitation; numerical simulation; machine learning; intelligent monitoring; hydraulic machinery

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

Coastal Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration

edited by Ettore Nepote and

Martina Canessa

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; restoration; coastal zones; protected habitats; conservation measures

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

Hydrodynamics in Pumping and Hydropower Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ling Zhou

and

Wencheng Guo

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: pumps; turbines; hydropower; numerical simulation; experiments; vibration; hydraulic forces; hydraulic transient; stability; control strategy

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

Climate–Water Effects in Agriculture: Adaptation and Mitigation Approaches

edited by

Nektarios N. Kourgialas

submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and water resource management; geoinformatics in soil and water resource management; precision agriculture and irrigation technologies; smart water supply systems; climate and agricultural adaptive practices; droughts; floods and water/soil erosion for rural areas; water quality improvement; water and soil pollution; unconventional water sources and desalination; agricultural water– energy– food nexus

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

"Watershed–Urban" Flooding and Waterlogging Disasters

edited by

Jinjun Zhou

,

Zhuoran Luo

and Shengwei Pei

submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: river basin flood; urban hydrology; urban flood; urban waterlogging; low-impact development; sponge city; urban stormwater management; urban flood damage; flood hazard risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Crisis and Risk Management of Extreme Floods

edited by

Jorge Leandro

, Svenja Fischer, Kerstin Lesny and

Paolo Reggiani

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8693 | Submission Open

Keywords: mitigation; preparedness; response; recovery management; resilience and risk; community resilienc; governance; forecasting; numerical simulation; induced landslides; critical infrastructure; nature based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Pollution Mechanisms and Source Apportionment of Typical Pollutants in Aquatic Environments

edited by Qianqian Zhang

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6623 | 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)

Water Environment Pollution and Control, 4th Edition

edited by

Weiying Feng

,

Fang Yang

and

Jing Liu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4906 | 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)

Disaster Analysis and Prevention of Dam and Slope Engineering

edited by

Yuke Wang

and Xiang Yu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2701 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic structure; geotechnical engineering; safety evaluation; numerical simulation; fine analysis; dynamic response; soft foundation; mechanical characteristics; damage behavior; treatment measure

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

Aquatic Microplastic Pollution: Occurrence and Removal

edited by

Lixin Zhu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2264 | 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)

Advances in Water Related Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Chaofeng Zeng

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1824 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater control; geotechnical engineering; dewatering; deep excavation; tunnelling; land subsidence; slope engineering; foundation engineering; pore water pressure; foundation pit leakage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

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

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submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 823 | 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)

Physical–Chemical Wastewater Treatment Technologies, 2nd Edition

edited by María Dolores Saquete and

Nuria Boluda Botella

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 535 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropollutants; emerging pollutants; persistent organic pollutants; advanced wastewater technologies; sewage sludge pollution; physical– chemical treatments

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

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 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 324 | 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)

Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Amir Gholipour

and

Rita Fragoso

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetlands; wastewater treatment; nature-based solutions; sludge management; worm-assisted sludge treatment; micropollutants; biodegradation; PFAS removal; nutrient removal; struvite precipitation; phosphorus recovery; agro-food waste valorization; anaerobic digestion and co-digestion; biomethane production; circular economy; hybrid treatment systems; water reuse; environmental biotechnology; environmental engineering; wetland modeling; molecular ecology; microbial communities; plant-microbe interactions; urban water management; climate resilience; water– energy– food nexus

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

Pollution Removal, Carbon Emission Reduction, and AI Empowerment in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Weihua Zhao

, Xiao Ma and

Bo Wang

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; pollution removal; carbon emission reduction; artificial intelligence (AI); integrated approaches

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

Rivers, Estuaries, and Coastal Zones: Sediment Transport and Morphodynamical Models: 2nd Edition

edited by Leszek M. Kaczmarek and

Magdalena Pietrzak

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: granular transport; sediment mixtures; morphodynamics; rivers; estuaries; coastal zones; bedload; contact load; suspended load; fine sediment transport; flocculation

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

Modeling and Observations of Cold Regions Hydrosystems and Their Evolution Under Climate Change

edited by

Oleg S. Pokrovsky

and

Liudmila S. Shirokova

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold regions; high latitudes; high altitudes; biogeochemistry; hydrology; rivers; lakes; soil water; groundwater; floodplain; discharge; hydrochemistry; carbon; greenhouse gases; nutrients; trace metal; colloids

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

Impacts of Acid Mine Drainage on Continental Waters

edited by

Roberto Rodríguez-Pacheco

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: acid mine drainage (AMD); heavy metals contamination; hydrogeochemistry; mine tailings and residues; water quality and ecotoxicology; continental and marine water bodies; remediation and treatment technologies; circular economy and resource recovery; water framework directive (WFD); sustainable development goals (SDGS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Machine Learning for Flood Prediction and Water Risk Management

edited by Masrur Ahmed

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood prediction; machine learning and deep learning; hydrological modeling; climate change impacts on flood; data assimilation; remote sensing; uncertainty analysis; early warning systems; flood prediction with global circulation model; integration of AI and physics-based models

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

Spatial Analysis of Flooding Phenomena: Challenges and Case Studies

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón

submission deadline 26 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3815 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Mine Water Science, Technology, and Policy

edited by

Chengkai Qu

submission deadline 27 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine wastewater; heavy metals; sulfate pollution; geochemical processes; contaminant transport; ecological risk assessment; human health risk; multi-contaminant interactions; wastewater treatment technologies; numerical modeling; prediction and assessment; sustainable remediation strategies

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

Urban Flood Risk Assessment and Management

edited by

Matjaž Mikoš

and Damir Bekić

submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban flooding; flood risk assessment; integrated flood risk management; drainage system; low-impact development; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; surface water; ground water; rainfall– runoff mod-eling; spatial planning; stakeholder engagement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Flood Risk Identification and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Juan Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3467 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advanced Adsorbent-Based Technologies for Efficient Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Yicheng Yang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2589 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption-based technologies; adsorbents; wastewater treatment; nanomaterials; emerging contaminants; regeneration and reusability

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

Water and Wastewater Management in the Context of Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Carmen Teodosiu

and

Brindusa Sluser

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 678 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced wastewater treatment; water treatment; circular economy; innovative materials; innovative processes; urban water management; nutrient recovery; wastewater recycling and re-use; emerging pollutants

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

Hydrochemical Dynamics and Environmental Impacts of Mining on Water Quality

edited by

Qiqing Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 539 | Submission Open

Keywords: resource extraction; geochemical modeling; water– rock interaction; mining-induced hydrochemical dynamics; water quality; environmental protection; impact of mining on aquifers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances and Challenges in the Lake, River, and Sea Ice Sciences and Engineering

edited by

Zhijun Li

, Weiping Li,

Fang Li

, Zhichao Wang and

Zhengyong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: lake ice; river ice; sea ice; ice engineering; observations and investigations; water environment; ecology; mathematical method; numerical modeling; physical modeling; data analysis; machine learning

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

The Future of Desalination: Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Solutions Through Membrane Innovation

edited by

José M. Gozálvez-Zafrilla

and

Salvador C. Cardona

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: desalination sustainability; membrane innovation; reverse osmosis (RO); nanofiltration (NF); membrane distillation (MD); forward osmosis (FO); electrodyalisis; hybrid desalination processes; renewable energy integration; brine management and resource recovery; water– energy nexus; process optimization; process integration; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; artificial intelligence (AI) in desalination; techno-economic and life cycle assessment

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

Environmental Adaptability and Ecological Synergy in Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering

edited by Sheng Wu, Yanhui Wang and Chongyang Xu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 188 | 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)

Advanced Aquaculture Water Quality Management Research

edited by Subha M. Roy

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment and reuse; recirculating water treatment; flow-through-systems; AI/ML in aquacuture water; computational modeling and simulation; advanced aeration and filtration technologies; circular bioeconomy in aquaculture water quality; eco-friendly aquaculture practices; advanced materials for aquaculture systems; energy efficiency in aquaculture

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

Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Soil-Water Systems

edited by

Yufeng Jiang

, Yingqin Wu and

Wei Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; soil; water; contaminant fate and transport; ecological risk assessment

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

Drinking Water Quality: Monitoring, Assessment and Management

edited by Stavroula Tsitsifli

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: drinking water quality; water monitoring technologies; smart sensors and real-time monitoring; emerging contaminants; microbial risk assessment; water treatment and purification; water safety planning; water source protection; climate change and water resources; public health and water management; integrated water resource management; water governance and policy; sustainable water supply water resilience

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

Blue Economy Strategies for Resilient and Sustainable Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Protection

edited by

Nadav Shashar

and Aytaç Özgül

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: biovidersity credits; coastal defences; aritificial reefs; wavebreakers; marine construction; fish enhancements; restoration; ecotourism; rigs; costal/marine resilience

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

Data Assimilation and Modeling for Sustainable Soil–Water Systems

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: data assimilation; digital twin; hydrological modeling; soil moisture; crop– vadose– aquifer interaction; remote sensing; climate resilience; tracer-based partitioning

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

Assessment of Ecological, Hydrological and Geological Environments

edited by

Aidi Huo

,

Pingping Luo

and

Chunli Zheng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ecological restoration; ecological environment assessment; geological disaster risk monitoring; numerical simulation; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Algal Diversity and Its Importance in Ecological Processes

edited by

Yonghong Bi

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

Keywords: algal diversity; ecological processes; habitat; primary productivity; biogeochemical cycles; cyanobacteria; eukaryotic microalgae; eukaryotic macroalgae; multi-stress; anthropogenic disturbance; species distribution shifts; biological invasions; harmful algal blooms; biodiversity loss

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

Agricultural Water-Land-Plant System Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Haijun Liu

and

Haijun Yan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant– water– land nexus; agricultural production vulnerability; soil– water– salt– nutrient– heat– crop system modelling; comprehensive observation means; water-saving irrigation; climate change; smart irrigation; irrigation systems management

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Pollution-Driven, Persistent, and Emerging Threats to Urban Surface Water Quality

edited by

Reynaldo Patiño

and

Yonghong Bi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban surface waters; eutrophication; harmful algal blooms; waterborne pathogens; emerging contaminants; ecosystem services

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

Emerging Contaminants in Estuarine and Coastal Environments: Dynamics and Impacts

edited by

Wei Lin

and

Zihao Wu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; estuarine and coastal environments; contaminant dynamics; ecological effects; environmental monitoring; microplastics; POPs; antibiotics

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

Mechanism and Simulation of Water Erosion and Nutrient Loss on Hillslopes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Chang Ao

and Weiming Xing

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: hillslope; soil nutrients; surface runoff; soil loss; hydrological simulation; dynamic mechanisms; simulation models; nutrient loss control

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

Advancing Marine Science and Marine Ecosystem Health Through Early Diagnosis: Insights Driven by Autonomous Vehicle Platforms

edited by

Sabina Susmel

, Fabio Rindi,

Anna Annibaldi

,

Smiljko Rudan

, Francesco Trevisan, Massimo Caccia, Ivan Scagnetto and

Angelo Odetti

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sensor fusion; water quality & oceanographic monitoring; ecological sampling; aquatic ecosystem monitoring; coastal management & maritime surveillance; autonomy & onboard intelligence

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

Economic Approaches to Sustainable Water Management: Policy, Innovation, and Global Challenges

edited by

Lan Mu

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9001 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource economics; sustainable water management; market-based mechanisms; global water policy; water efficiency innovation

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

Groundwater for Health and Well-Being

edited by

Francisco Maraver Eyzaguirre

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2515 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral-medicinal waters; natural mineral waters; thermal waters; balneotherapy; water quality; contaminants; anthropic ecosystem; climate change; energy efficiency; artificial intelligence

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

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

edited by

Qing Luo

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 224 | 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)

Synergistic Management of Water, Fertilizer, and Salt in Arid Regions

edited by Jihong Zhang

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: efficient utilization of water resources; water-fertilizer efficiency; water– salt regulation; water-saving irrigation

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

Unsteady Flow Phenomena: Modeling, Testing, and Protective System Design

edited by

Vicente S. Fuertes-Miquel

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: transient flow; unsteady flow; hydraulic transient; pressure surge; water hammer; mathematical modelling; numerical simulation; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); experimental analysis; laboratory testing; protection systems

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

Application of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Pengxiang Qiu

,

Shuai Zhang

and Zhihui Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3066 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); hybrid AOP technologies; wastewater treatment; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; Fenton reactions; ozonation; reactive oxygen species (ROS); emerging contaminants; contaminant degradation

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

Global Water Resources Management

edited by

Miklas Scholz

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2580 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; water resource engineering; agricultural water management; nature-based solution; wastewater treatment; integrated constructed wetland; storm water management; climate change adaptation; water conservation strategies; Internet of Things; sensors for water management

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

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