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Isotopic Studies in Hydrogeology and Hydrology
edited by
submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 220 | 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
submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 179 | 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)
Revolutionizing Hydraulic Fracturing with Machine Learning and Data-Driven Approaches
edited by , Huiying Tang and Junchao Li
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1403 | 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)
The Observation and Modeling of Surface Hydrological Factors
edited by , and Lisheng Song
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1279 | 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)
Coastal and Marine Governance and Protection, 2nd Edition
edited by , and Daniel O. Suman
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1226 | 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 submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 129 | 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)
Recent Advances in Flood Risk Assessment and Management
edited by Xiaolei Zhang and Xiao Liu
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15247 | Submission Open
Keywords: flood risk assessment; hydraulic and hydrological modeling; climate change and flood frequency; flood risk mapping; flood protection infrastructure; early warning systems; socioeconomic impacts of flooding; community-based flood management; flood resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Remote Sensing in Coastal Water Environment Monitoring
edited by , and Xiuling Zuo
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6964 | 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 submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4605 | 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)
Development of New Wastewater Treatments for the Efficient Removal of Micropollutants submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2008 | 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 submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2008 | 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 Design and Synthesis of Novel Photocatalyst Materials for Wastewater Remediation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1933 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; composite material; photocatalyst; organic pollutants; wastewater treatment
(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
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1894 | 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)
Sediment Pollution: Methods, Processes and Remediation Technologies
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1101 | 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)
Advances in Contaminant Transport in Porous Media: Mechanisms, Remediation, and Numerical Simulation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 924 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater contamination; emerging contaminants; transport; remediation; numerical simulation; adsorption
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Advances in Hydro-Thermal–Mechanical Coupling Geotechnical Engineering
edited by and Yun Wu
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 835 | 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)
Isotopic and Geochemical Approaches for Groundwater Assessment and Management submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 732 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogeochemcial investigations; groundwater contaminations; isotope hydrology; groundwater evolution; social hydrology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
River Channel Hydraulics, Fluvial Dynamics and Re-Opening Floodplains
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open
Keywords: open channel flow; sediment transport; numerical and experimental modelling; reopening floodplains
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Research Progress in Ancient and Modern Water Supply and Distribution Systems for Urban, Agricultural and Hydropower Use
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 457 | 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)
Drawbacks, Limitations, Solutions and Perspectives of Water Reuse
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 435 | 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)
Geospatial Relationships Between Water Quality and Human Health Outcomes in a Changing Climate submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 174 | 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
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 126 | 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)
Groundwater Quality, Hydrochemical Assessment and Water–Gas–Rock Interaction Processes submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 124 | 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 submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 116 | 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
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 97 | 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 and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 90 | 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)
Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Quality Monitoring, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 85 | 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)
Functional Materials for Water Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by Xiaoyuan Zhang
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional materials; water treatment; wastewater reuse; desalination; advanced oxidation processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments: Occurrence, Analysis and Ecotoxicity
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 82 | 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)
Water Management and Water-Saving Irrigation in Agricultural Areas submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 79 | 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)
Hydrodynamics in Pumping and Hydropower Systems, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 78 | 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)
Operation and Intelligent Fault Diagnosis of Hydropower Units Under New Power Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 71 | 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
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; restoration; coastal zones; protected habitats; conservation measures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Climate–Water Effects in Agriculture: Adaptation and Mitigation Approaches submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1646 | 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 , and Shengwei Pei
submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 805 | 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 , Svenja Fischer, Kerstin Lesny and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10202 | 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 7541 | 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 submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6433 | 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)
Aquatic Microplastic Pollution: Occurrence and Removal
edited by
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3811 | 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)
Disaster Analysis and Prevention of Dam and Slope Engineering
edited by and Xiang Yu
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3057 | 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)
Advances in Water Related Geotechnical Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2208 | 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 submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1192 | 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
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 949 | 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 submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 352 | 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 submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 259 | 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 , Xiao Ma and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 177 | 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
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 145 | 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)
Advances in Machine Learning for Flood Prediction and Water Risk Management
edited by Masrur Ahmed
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 96 | 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)
Impacts of Acid Mine Drainage on Continental Waters submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 81 | 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)
Modeling and Observations of Cold Regions Hydrosystems and Their Evolution Under Climate Change submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 78 | 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)
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