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Hydraulic Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Digital Twin Technology
edited by , Hao Gu, , , Yating Hu and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9998 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; digital twin technology; safety monitoring; hydraulic engineering; safety monitoring data preprocessing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Advanced Oxidation and Photocatalytic Approaches for Efficient Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water Treatment
edited by Liping Wang and Changyu Lu
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8625 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation process; photocatalytic semiconductors; organic pollutants; water treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advancement of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse
edited by , , Yu-Jung Liu and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8062 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation process; organics removal; transformation products; toxicity evaluation; pre- and post-process; water and wastewater treatment; water reuse; cost-effectiveness analysis; policy and management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Constructed Wetlands and Emerging Pollutants
edited by , Cheng Shen and Ting Wei
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7230 | Submission Open
Keywords: constructed wetlands; emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Microplastics in Water Environments: Sources, Transport and Degradation submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6922 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics pollution in water environments; point and nonpoint sources of microplastics; environmental distribution; fate; and transport of microplastics; definition of microplastics and international regulations; health effects of microplastic exposures; transformation of microplastics in the aquatic environment; abiotic and biotic aging of microplastics; methods for the analysis of microplastics in the water environment; technologies for removal of microplastics; scientific perspective on microplastics in nature and society
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Pollutants and Human Health: Challenges and Perspectives
edited by Simon Jackson and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6586 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; endotoxin; fungal contaminants; AMR genes; antimicrobials; microplastics; emerging pathogens
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Sustainable Development of Water, Energy and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2024-2025)
edited by , , José María Ponce-Ortega, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4699 | Submission Open
Keywords: water management; sustainability comparisons and measurements; green economy and better governance; climate resilient water systems; environmental policy and management; transformative water governance; water and wastewater treatment; water– energy nexus; energy and water efficiency; water demand management; water systems in rural; regional; and island communities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Soil Water Balance and Management: Recent Advances and Future Challenges
edited by Pei Tian, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4412 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; soil water management; soil and water conservation; water erosion processes; water and soil pollution control; non-point source pollution control; integrated water management; erosion modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application
edited by Xianghao Ren, Linan Xing and Jooil Park
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3941 | Submission Open
Keywords: water and wastewater treatment and reuse; membrane technologies; activated carbon; adsorption; chemical filtration; gas separation; energy storage and utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Water-Induced Geo-Disaster Reduction in the Context of Climate Change: Hydrology, Management Strategies, and Ecological Geological Engineering submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3862 | Submission Open
Keywords: water-induced geo-disaster; water burst; hydrological cycle processes; soil and water conservation; monitoring systems; numerical simulation; ecological restoration; resilience strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Intelligent Analysis, Monitoring and Assessment of Debris Flow
edited by Weijie Zhang
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2961 | Submission Open
Keywords: debris flow; water– soil coupling; artificial intelligence; numerical analysis; monitoring; risk evaluation; mitigation measure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Biodegradation Strategies for Sustainable Removal of Persistent Pollutants and Xenobiotics in Wastewater Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2922 | Submission Open
Keywords: xenobiotics; emerging pollutants; PFAS; toxic heavy metals; biodegradation; biotransformation; catalysis; clean-up enzymes and their engineering and immobilization; biofilms; wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Recent Advances in Photocatalysis in Water and Wastewater Treatment submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2891 | Submission Open
Keywords: photocatalysis; wastewater reuse; decentralized treatment; low-cost water treatment; AOPs; adsorption; water scarcity; agricultural irrigation; process optimization; sustainable water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances in Research on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2561 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytoremediation; soil; water; labortory studies; field applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment
edited by , Huarui Li and Jialin Jia
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2218 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation technologies; water treatment; pollutant removal; catalyst design; oxidation mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Extreme Hydrological Events Under Climate Change submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2150 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; extreme hydrological phenomena; floods; droughts; hydrological variability; river runoff; hydrological cycle; water resources; mitigation strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Advances and Innovations in Technologies for Treatment and Toxicity Assessment of Conventional and Emerging Contaminant in Industrial Wastewater
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1963 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; conventional and emerging contaminants; toxicity and risk assessment; AI; intelligent control; LCA
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Modelling, Monitoring and Assessment of Soil Hydrology and Ecological Processes
edited by and Ming Zhao
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1728 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; spatial analysis and modeling; soil moisture; vegetation ecology; multiple scale; climate change; land use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Coastal Flood Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1546 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; water security; hydrological modeling; coastal erosion; climate adaptation; compound flooding; sea level rise; extreme weather event
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Advanced Chemical and Biological Technologies for Water Purification and Contaminant Degradation
edited by Zhanghao Chen and Longgang Chu
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1306 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation and reduction; photocatalysis and electrocatalysis; biotechnologies; radical chemistry; contaminant degradation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Numerical and Experimental Methods, Data Analyses, Digital Twin, IoT Machine Learning and AI in Water Sciences
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1268 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; water quality; biodiversity; modelling; simulation; integration; monitoring; data analyses; digital twin; IoT machine learning and AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Biogeochemical Processes, Ecological Impacts
edited by , Zengping Ning and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1203 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; heavy metals; PFAS; POPs; emerging pollutants; ecological risk assessment; water quality; redox processes                  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Advances in Research on Hydrology and Water Resources submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 840 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrology; water resources; extreme climate; climate change; drought and floods; AI and machine learning in water management; low-flow simulation; enviromental pollution; cultural flows; river basin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Rural Wastewater Treatment by Nature-Based Solutions
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 606 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural wastewater treatment; water reuse; nature-based solutions; life cycle assessment; techno-economic analysis; resource recovery; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Application of Smart Technologies in Integrated Water Quality Modeling, 2nd Edition
edited by Tianxiang Wang and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 598 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental model; assessment method; statistic model; mechanism model; regional indicators; machine learning; water resource
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Microplastics and Microfiber Pollution in Aquatic Environments
edited by Adriano Fiorucci and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; microfibres; water pollution; water quality; waste water; water ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Membrane Technologies for Biofouling Prevention in Water: Theory, Methods and Applications
edited by and Guillem Gilabert-Oriol
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open
Keywords: biofouling; fouling; organic fouling; reverse osmosis; membranes; nanofiltration; desalination; water treatment; wastewater; brackish water; seawater; bacteria; biofilms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition
edited by and Maria do Céu Almeida
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water infrastructure; sustainable water management; urban drainage systems; resilient water systems; climate change adaptation; green infrastructure; smart water technologies; urban water governance; circular water economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Optimization in Agroecosystems
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision irrigation; water use effeciency; irrigation effeciency; sensing technologies; smart irrigation; variable rate irrigation; irrigation schedulling; deficit irrigation; evapotranspiration; soil-plant-water relation; IoT in irrigation; decision tools; simulation modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Biochar’s Role in Water-Stable Soils and Remediation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; soil hydraulic properties; water retention; infiltration; soil– water interactions; soil amendment; soil water holding capacity; hydrological modeling; climate resilience; sustainable land management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Bridge Hydraulics: Current State of the Knowledge and Perspectives, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: bridge hydraulics; bridge scour; bridge embankment breaching; bridge scour countermeasures; bridge monitoring techniques; fluvial hydraulics; sediment transport
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Drought Risk Assessment and Human Vulnerability in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open
Keywords: drought risk assessment; climate change; human and environmental vulnerability; resilience building; IPCC scenarios
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Ecological Influence Assessment on the Occurrence and Control of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Aquatic Habitats
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open
Keywords: harmful cyanobacterial bloom; occurrence; control; cyanotoxin; ecological consequence; biogeochemical process
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Innovative Technologies for Comprehensive Management of Urban Water Pollution
edited by Yang Li
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water pollution; advanced wastewater treatment; monitoring systems; stormwater management; wetlands; resource recovery; emerging contaminants; decentralized systems; smart water governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Low-Carbon Technologies and Digital Solutions for Wastewater Treatment
edited by and Alice Boarino
submission deadline 21 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4747 | Submission Open
Keywords: low-carbon technologies; machine learning; artificial intelligence; wastewater treatment; circular economy; biomass; organic waste; nutrient recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Ship and Ocean Engineering
edited by and
submission deadline 23 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4199 | Submission Open
Keywords: fixed and floating offshore wind turbines; cables and mooring; wave loads; wind loads
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Aquaculture Productivity and Environmental Sustainability
edited by Changwei Li, and Gang Liu
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13254 | Submission Open
Keywords: recirculating aquaculture systems; aquaculture engineering; wastewater treatment; environmental sustainability; precise farming management; smart aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management Derived from Water for Environmental/Human Health submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8176 | Submission Open
Keywords: water and human development; water pollution; risk assessment; environmental health risks; human health risks; hazard identification; dose– response assessment; exposure assessment; risk characterization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Basin Non-Point Source Pollution
edited by , Qiuliang Lei and Cheng Sun
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7859 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-point source pollution; watershed model; best management practices; watershed management; agricultural management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Addressing Critical Challenges Related to Water Resources
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6254 | Submission Open
Keywords: water treatment; water management; contaminants; artificial intelligence; deep learning applications; predictive modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Applications of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Technologies in Soil Moisture Monitoring submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4669 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil moisture inversion; mulit-source remote sensing technologies; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Protection and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3608 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation activities; ecological restoration; ecological state; extinction risk; freshwater environments; protection of biodiversity; threats to freshwater environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
River Science: Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Anthropocene, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1738 | Submission Open
Keywords: river science; monitoring; multiple stressors; hydrobiology; hydromorphology; river restoration; habitat modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Hydrogeology of the Mining Area submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 731 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogeological characterization; hydrogeological modeling; dewatering; open pit; deep mining; hydrochemistry; backfill; environmental impact; mine site reclamation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Snow and Glacier Hydrology in Changing Climate and Urbanisation
edited by Mohd Soheb
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 670 | Submission Open
Keywords: glaciers; snowmelt; hydrology; runoff; water management; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Resilient Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agroecosystems submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural water management; seasonal climate forecasting and smart irrigation technologies; options for water-efficient rainfed agriculture; soil moisture sensors and IoT for decision support in irrigation; rainwater harvesting; reservoirs and tank management for agriculture in arid regions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Management, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart water; Internet of Things; machine learning; automation; robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Advances in AI, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches for Water Resources Applications submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2451 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; numerical modelling; remote sensing; experimental hydraulics; nature-based solutions; coastal risk mitigation; water distribution systems; climate change adaptation; hydrology; water resource applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Machine Learning in Water Distribution Systems and Sewage Systems
edited by Jacek Piekarski and
submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2395 | Submission Open
Keywords: water distribution systems; sewage systems; stormwater systems; hydraulic simulations; artificial intelligence models; machine learning; deep learning models; evolutionary computation; fuzzy inference
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Using Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural Water Cycle Assessment
edited by
submission deadline 27 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7217 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural water resources; machine learning; water demand; big data; features
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
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