Water

Advanced Biotechnologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yung-Tse Hung

,

Tsuyoshi Imai

,

Rehab O. Abdel Rahman

,

Issam A. Al-Khatib

and

Qaisar Mahmood

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14145 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnologies for water treatment; biotechnologies for wastewater treatment; advanced water treatment; advanced wastewater treatment; nutrient recovery from wastewater; energy recovery from wastewater; emerging contaminants in water and wastewater treatment; industrial waste treatment; municipal wastewater treatment; water reuse; water treatment

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

Climate Change and Hydrological Processes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alina Barbulescu

,

Romulus Costache

and

Cristian Ștefan Dumitriu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13084 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change scenarios; extreme events; risk assessment; multivariate analysis; artificial intelligence models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics in Fluid Machinery, 2nd Edition

edited by

Chuan Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7959 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulics; hydrodynamics; pumps; compressors; turbo-machinery system; fans and blowers; hydro-turbine; propulsion; jet; cavitation and multi-phase flow; renewable energy; optimization

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

Collaborative Monitoring and Remediation of Mine or Industrial Soils and Water

edited by

Xiujuan Feng

and Baogang Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5893 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial wastewater; mining wastewater; pollution monitoring; soil and water remediation; wastewater treatment; heavy metal pollution

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

Soil and Groundwater Quality and Resources Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Wanjun Jiang

,

Yizhi Sheng

and Hairu Mao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5024 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiple contaminants; source apportionment; migration– transformation; ecological health risks; soil– groundwater system

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

Design and Management of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Jafari-Asl Jafar

and

Helena M. Ramos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4157 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; optimization; machine learning; transient flows; uncertainty quantification

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

Groundwater Thermal Monitoring and Modeling

edited by Chuanqing Zhu,

Jie Li

and Yonghui Huang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2545 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; thermal monitoring; modeling; rock thermal conductivity; geothermal field distribution; paleo-geothermal; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Metal Elements and Wastewater Treatment: Adsorption, Catalysis and Oxidation

edited by

Baocheng Huang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2008 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal material; wastewater remediation; catalytic oxidation; adsorption; risk assessment

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

Advanced Technologies in Agricultural Water-Saving Irrigation

edited by

Wene Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1212 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water-saving irrigation; smart irrigation; precision agriculture; IoT applications; water– energy– food nexus; non-conventional water resources; climate change adaptation; sustainable water management

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

Monitoring, Restoration and Protection in Wetland Ecosystems

edited by

Md Khurshid Alam Bhuiyan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue carbon ecosystems; coastal wetlands; wetland monitoring; climate resilience; extreme weather; nature-based solutions; carbon sequestration; bioengineering and restoration; community-led conservation; carbon credit mechanisms

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

Advanced Research on Digital Twins in Hydro Systems

edited by Jürgen Stamm and

Dongkyun Kim

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin technology; hydrological modeling; flood risk assessment; smart water management; urban flood miti-gation; real-time monitoring; integrated water systems; predictive analytics for water systems; sustainable hydro-power operations; climate resilience in hydro systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Recent Advances in Membrane Technology for Water Treatment

edited by

Weiying Li

and Dawei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafiltration; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis; forward osmosis; thin-film nanocomposite membrane; membrane fouling mitigation; membrane fouling model; membrane fabrication techniques; gravity driven membrane; separation process; 3D printing in membrane technology; electrospinning for membrane production; hybrid membrane systems; emerging contaminant removal; energy-efficient membrane processes; sustainable water treatment solutions

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

Geophysical Methods for Earth Critical Zone Observations

edited by

Lorenzo De Carlo

,

Mohammad Farzamian

and

Fernando Monteiro Santos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth critical zone; geophysics; modeling; interdisciplinary approach

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

Evaluation and Applications of Hydrologic Modeling in Catchment

edited by

Shuci Liu

and Qing Cao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrologic modeling; catchment hydrology; rainfall runoff modeling; water quality modeling; climate change impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advanced Hydrogel for Water Treatment (2nd Edition)

edited by

Chun Zhao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogel; desalination; atmospheric condensation; heavy metal ions; organics removal; water treatment

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

Risk Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem Health

edited by

Yingchen Bai

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; ecological risk; ecological assessment; ecosystem health; water quality criteria

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

Analysis of Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change

edited by

Xiaosheng Qin

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17737 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme precipitation; climate change; downscaling; compound events; hydrological impact

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Resources Systems

edited by

Avi Ostfeld

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16906 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources systems; artificial intelligence; modeling; optimization; water distribution systems

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

Methods and Tools for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management

edited by Hui Yang, Manoj K. Shukla and

Yusen Yuan

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13100 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop water relations; water productivity; deficit/salinity irrigation; conservation agriculture; regional water management

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

Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Soil and Water Environment

edited by

Paula Alvarenga

and

Patrícia Palma

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7888 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceuticals; nanomaterials; personal care products; hormones; flame retardants; plasticizers; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); microplastics; abiotic compartments

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

Application of Biotechnology in Water Treatment and Specific Treatments for Water Reuse

edited by

Sopheak Net

and Baghdad Ouddane

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6893 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; water treatment; secondary treatment; organic micropollutant; metallic trace element; activated sludge; biological treatment; nature-based solutions; constructed wetlands and biofiltration systems

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

Water Quality Monitoring and Prediction Using New Sensors, Machine Learning and Big Data

edited by Yong Jie Wong

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4220 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality monitoring; prediction technologies; advanced sensors; machine learning; big data analytics; remote sensing; Internet of Things (IoT); environmental monitoring; water resource management

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

Constructed Wetland Systems for Wastewater Treatment and Water Remediation

edited by Haiming Wu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4035 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetland; domestic and municipal wastewater; micro-polluted water; emerging pollutants; water reuse; global climate change; carbon sink function; biogeochemical processes; selection of plants and substrates; ecosystem services; microbial communities; operation and management

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

The Biogeochemical Behavior and Innovative Remediation of Contaminants

edited by Zhuozhi Ouyang and Yanjun Liu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1129 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants; biogeochemical behavior; functional materials; remediation; risk assessment; ecosystems

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

Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling

edited by Xingyuan Chen

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater hydrology; flow and reactive transport; numerical modeling; machine learning; disturbance impacts; surface water and groundwater interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Microbial Technology Applied in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Qian Lu

and Limin Yang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater; microorganism; metabolism; biotechnology; biomass valorization; agriculture; aquaculture; industry

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

Flow Dynamics and Sediment Transport in Rivers and Coasts

edited by

Jueyi Sui

,

Wenxin Huai

and Jun Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5356 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-hydraulics; fluvial hydraulics; local scour; riverbed deformation; sediment transport; turbulence; wave dynamics

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

Soil Erosion Measurement Techniques and Field Experiments, 2nd Edition

edited by

Vito Ferro

and

Alessio Nicosia

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12822 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; sediment yield; erosion plot; basin; interrill erosion; rill erosion; gully erosion

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

Novel Methods in Wastewater and Stormwater Treatment

edited by

Dorota Olejnik

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10001 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; stormwater harvesting; stormwater treatment processes; heavy metals; pollutants and contaminants; toxicity; sustainability; smart cities; constructed wetlands; managing urban stormwater; pollutant load

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

Water Modeling Using Combined Machine Learning and Fieldwork Investigation

edited by

Joonghyeok Heo

,

Huidae Cho

and Netra Regmi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7488 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; field survey; water modeling; big data analysis; geostatistic analysis; water quality and water quantity; environmental sustainability

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

Soil–Water Interaction and Management

edited by

Fu Chen

and Zhanbin Luo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4148 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; soil– water management; irrigation systems; drought conditions; climate change

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

Dynamic Response of Water and Soil Resources in the Context of Climate Change and Human Activities

edited by Yudong Lu, Huanhuan Li and Ce Zheng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3201 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and soil resources security; water– soil interactions; climate change impacts on water and soil; anthropogenic stressors to water and soil; hydrological modeling; soil degradation; pollution remediation; sustainable agriculture; ecosystem resilience; land-use change

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

Electrochemical Approaches to Sustainable Water Treatment: Tackling Pollution and Advancing Resource Recovery

edited by

Ran Mao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1944 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical wastewater treatment; resource recovery; electrooxidation; electroreduction; heavy metal complexes; nitrate; phosphorus; electro-Fenton; PFAS; refractory organics; high salinity wastewater

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

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) Research, 2nd Edition

edited by

Peng Du

and

Phong K. Thai

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1854 | Submission Open

Keywords: new biomarkers for WBE; new applications of WBE; early warning of infectious disease; monitoring substances of abuse; method uncertainties; health risk assessments

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

Constructed Wetlands: Enhancing Contaminant Removal and Remediation

edited by

Xiaojuan Feng

and

Shentan Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1369 | Submission Open

Keywords: removal of nutrients and refractory organic matter by constructed wetlands; development and application of novel wetland fillers or matrices; screening of aquatic plants for constructed wetlands; main problems and solutions of constructed wetland for wastewater treatment; integration of constructed wetlands and other water treatment technologies

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

Marine Waters for Health and Well-Being

edited by

Laurent Vandanjon

and Vincent Blanckaert

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: seawater; marine waters; deep seawater; marine colloids; algae; cosmetics; nutraceutics; pharmaceutics; thalassotherapy; marine biotechnology

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

Environmental Adaptability and Ecological Synergy in Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering

edited by Sheng Wu, Yanhui Wang and Chongyang Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 169 | 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)

Pollution Mechanisms and Source Apportionment of Typical Pollutants in Aquatic Environments

edited by Qianqian Zhang

submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5394 | 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)

Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources: New Developments, Challenges and Untapped Potentials

edited by Claudia Cherubini

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8359 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; groundwater management; groundwater heads; contaminant transport; saltwater intrusion; optimization of monitoring networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Protection and Restoration of Lake and Water Reservoir

edited by Xiaoxiao Wang

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1564 | Submission Open

Keywords: riparian restoration; water quality; nutrient cycling; sediment management; freshwater ecosystems; climate change; sustainable management; ecological resilience

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

Digital Twin Technologies for Advanced Wastewater Treatment Operation and Control

edited by

Usman Safder

and Qadeer Akbar Sial

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 928 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; water treatment; wastewater treatment; water resource recovery facility; water distribution; sewer systems; optimization; process modeling; artificial intelligence; machine learning; industrial internet of things; pre-dictive maintenance; smart water; big data

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

Sustainable Remediation of Pesticides in Contaminated Water and Sites

edited by

Limin Ma

and Deyang Kong

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticide pollution; emerging contaminants; environmental behavior; sustainable remediation techniques; water remediation; site remediation; compound stable isotope analysis (CSIA); sustainable management strategies

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

Water and Society: Challenges for Freshwater Quality Under a Climate Change Scenario

edited by

Daniela R. De Figueiredo

and

Patrícia S. M. Santos

submission deadline 12 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4856 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; freshwater ecosystems; water quality; societal challenges

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

Coastal Engineering and Fluid–Structure Interactions

edited by

Miaohua Mao

and

Junliang Gao

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6562 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal engineering; wave– structure interactions; high-fidelity numerical modeling; laboratory and field experiments; mathmatical models; harbors; coastal; and offshore structures; nature-based solutions; hydrodynamics; wave loads; wave overtopping

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

Impacts of Environmental Change and Human Activities on Aquatic Ecosystems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jian Hu

,

Guilin Han

and Qian Zhang

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2839 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; migration and transformation; source identification; risk assessment; sustainable development

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

Revolutionizing Hydraulic Fracturing with Machine Learning and Data-Driven Approaches

edited by

Qinzhuo Liao

, Huiying Tang and Junchao Li

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 775 | 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)

Saline Water Irrigation and the Impact of Salt Stresses on Plants

edited by

Ahmad Azeem

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: saline irrigation; salt tolerance; crop yield; irrigation techniques; soil amendments; halophytic plants; microbial in-oculants; remote sensing; precision irrigation; plant resilience

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

Risks of Hydrometeorological Extremes

edited by

Oluwafemi Adeyeri

and Kazeem Abiodun Ishola

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17582 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrometeorological extremes and impacts; climate change; flood risk assessment; drought mitigation; extreme weather events; hydrological modelling; climate models and projections; climate resilience; forecasting techniques including the use of artificial intelligence; risk management; adaptive strategies

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

Groundwater Quality and Contamination at Regional Scales

edited by

Guanxing Huang

and

Liangping Li

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14811 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater quality; groundwater contamination; human activities; land use; assessment of groundwater quality; natural background levels; evaluation of groundwater contamination; geostatistical techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Management and Optimization of Urban Water Networks

edited by

Mohsen Hajibabaei

,

Robert Sitzenfrei

, Mohsen Shahandashti and Milad Latifi

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11110 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution; urban drainage; stormwater networks; sewer networks; optimization; resilience; sustainable management; water quality; critical infrastructure; technological innovations

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

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