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Functional Materials for Water Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by Xiaoyuan Zhang
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional materials; water treatment; wastewater reuse; desalination; advanced oxidation processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Geophysical Methods for Landslide Monitoring and Hydrogeophysical Applications
edited by Sebastian Uhlemann and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open
Keywords: landslide monitoring; hydrogeophysics; geophysical methods; slope stability; time-lapse geophysics; soil moisture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Operation and Intelligent Fault Diagnosis of Hydropower Units Under New Power Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 43 | 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)
Water Management and Water-Saving Irrigation in Agricultural Areas submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 39 | 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)
Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Quality Monitoring, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 37 | 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)
Coastal Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration
edited by Ettore Nepote and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 32 | 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 and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 29 | 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 submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 622 | 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 | Viewed by 30 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7939 | 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)
Water Environment Pollution and Control, 4th Edition submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3905 | 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 and Xiang Yu
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2243 | 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
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1923 | 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
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1147 | 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 | Viewed by 315 | 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)
Sustainable Water and Sanitation Governance: Aligning Policies, Institutions and Regulation submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 292 | 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 159 | 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)
Physical–Chemical Wastewater Treatment Technologies, 2nd Edition
edited by María Dolores Saquete and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 148 | 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)
Pollution Removal, Carbon Emission Reduction, and AI Empowerment in Wastewater Treatment
edited by , Xiao Ma and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 139 | 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 98 | 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)
Impacts of Acid Mine Drainage on Continental Waters submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 53 | 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 49 | 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)
Advances in Machine Learning for Flood Prediction and Water Risk Management
edited by Masrur Ahmed
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 34 | 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 submission deadline 26 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2855 | 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
submission deadline 27 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 26 | 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 and Damir Bekić
submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 31 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3001 | 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
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2229 | 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 submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 479 | 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
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 422 | 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 , Weiping Li, , Zhichao Wang and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 128 | 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)
Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Soil-Water Systems
edited by , Yingqin Wu and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; soil; water; contaminant fate and transport; ecological risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Advanced Aquaculture Water Quality Management Research
edited by Subha M. Roy
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 50 | 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)
Blue Economy Strategies for Resilient and Sustainable Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Protection
edited by and Aytaç Özgül
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 50 | 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)
The Future of Desalination: Advancing Sustainability through Membrane Materials and Process Innovation submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 50 | 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 Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Assessment of Ecological, Hydrological and Geological Environments submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 42 | 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)
Drinking Water Quality: Monitoring, Assessment and Management
edited by Stavroula Tsitsifli
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 42 | 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)
Data Assimilation and Modeling for Sustainable Soil–Water Systems submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 42 | 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)
Agricultural Water-Land-Plant System Engineering, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 30 | 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)
Algal Diversity and Its Importance in Ecological Processes
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 26 | 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)
Emerging Contaminants in Estuarine and Coastal Environments: Dynamics and Impacts
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 22 | 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)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Pollution-Driven, Persistent, and Emerging Threats to Urban Surface Water Quality submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 21 | 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)
Mechanism and Simulation of Water Erosion and Nutrient Loss on Hillslopes, 2nd Edition
edited by and Weiming Xing
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 17 | 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)
Economic Approaches to Sustainable Water Management: Policy, Innovation, and Global Challenges
edited by
submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7757 | 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 submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1624 | 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
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 204 | 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)
Global Water Resources Management
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2377 | 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)
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Prediction Hydrogeological Hazards
edited by Abolghasem Sadeghi-Niaraki and
submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1485 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological hazards; spatial modeling; geographic information systems (GISs); remote sensing; flood prediction; drought monitoring; geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI); climate change impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Hydrology and Hydrodynamics Characteristics in Coastal Area
edited by and Nicolas Lecoq
submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1335 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal hydrodynamics; hydrologic modeling; storm surge and tidal dynamics; sediment transport; monitoring; remote sensing in coastal environments; watershed– coastal interface
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Ecology and Management of Crayfish
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthropogenic disturbance; aquaculture; endangered species; environmental DNA; eradication; hydrological fragmentation; invasive species; monitoring; risk assessment; trophic niche
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
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