Water

Advancing Sustainable Hydrological Modelling and Smart Water Resource Management

edited by

, Wenzhuo Wang and Jitao Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 837 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; sustainable hydrological modelling; smart water resource management; machine learning; model integration; real-time decision making; data-driven approaches; adaptive basin management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Pollution Process and Microbial Responses in Aquatic Environment

edited by

Fei-Fei Che

and Wei Huang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 532 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic environment; nutrient; heavy mentals; antibiotics; pfass; migration and transformation; microbial community; influencing mechanism

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

Research on Adsorption Technologies in Water Treatment

edited by

Wei Wei

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel adsorbent materials; adsorption mechanisms; kinetics; and isotherm modeling; adsorption of emergent contaminants; static and dynamic adsorption; selective adsorption for targeted pollutant removal; regeneration and reusability of adsorbents; integration with hybrid systems (e.g.; membrane filtration; catalysis); pilot-scale applications and real-world case studies

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

Recent Advances in Water Sciences Under a Variable and Changing Environment

edited by

Athanasios Loukas

and

Pantelis Sidiropoulos

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology; climate change; groundwater; surface water; water resources quality; urban and agricultural water systems; water resources management; policy and governance; extreme hydrometeorological events; ecosystems conservancy; glacier hydrology; wastewater treatment and reuse

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

Database Integration and Conceptual Frameworks in Hydrological Research

edited by Mahesh Lal Maskey and

Upaka Rathnayake

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed modeling; hydrology; urban water management; climate adaptation; AI-driven engineering solution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Urban Flood Frequency Analysis and Risk Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Khaled Haddad

and

Ataur Rahman

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood frequency analysis; Bayesian; regional flood frequency analysis; distributions; uncertainty; modelling; annual maximum data; peaks-over-threshold data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Water Management and Water Policy Research, 2nd Edition

edited by

Olcay Ünver

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated water resources management (IWRM); policy and governance; agenda-setting; public policy; maintenance and administration of water resource systems; WASH; water politics; hydro-diplomacy (water diplomacy); groundwater governance; international water law; national environmental law and regulations

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

Advances in Bridge Scour Mechanics, Monitoring, Prediction, and Mitigation Across Hydraulic, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering

edited by

Jinzhao Li

and Yilin Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: bridge scour; sediment erosion; scour protection; flood resilience; CFD modeling; experimental hydraulics; AI-driven prediction; computer-vision measurement; coastal engineering; real-time monitoring

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

Innovations in Irrigation: Modernizing Water Management for Efficiency and Sustainability

edited by

Attila Tibor Nagy

and Nikolett Éva Kiss

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; smart irrigation systems; water– food– energy nexus; IoT-based water monitoring; AI and decision support tools; indoor farming; water and energy efficiency; water reuse and circularity; sustainable water governance; climate-resilient irrigation systems

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

Water as a Strategic Resource—The Resilience of Water and Wastewater Systems Under Crisis Conditions and the Implementation of EU Directives

edited by

Iwona Kłosok-Bazan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative water treatment technologies; digitalisation and smart water networks; crisis resilience and risk adaptation; risk-based management and regulatory compliance; energy– water nexus and climate neutrality

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

Assessment and Management of Soil Salinity: Methods and Technologies

edited by

George Kargas

and

Paraskevi Londra

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: salt accumulation and soil salinity assessment; methods of soil salinity determination; spatial and temporal distribution of salinity; irrigation with saline water; salinity control and salt leaching; drainage systems; effect of salts on hydraulic conductivity; mapping of soil salinity; remote sensing and soil salinity; geophysical instruments in soil salinity mapping; digital soil maps (DSMs) of ECe with machine learning (ML) technology; intelligent irrigation and leaching technology

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

Advances in Aquifer Systems Analysis: Flows, Interactions, Quality Status, and Remediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andrea Zanini

,

Fulvio Celico

and

Camilla Fagandini

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; numerical modelling; contaminant transport; groundwater remediation; multidisciplinary approach; water resources; climate change; aquifer recharge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Nature-Based Soil and Water Conservation for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

edited by

Michel Riksen

,

Coen J. Ritsema

and

Karrar Mahdi

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based soil and water conservation (NB-SWC); climate-smart agriculture (CSA); arid and semi-arid regions; planning and design of NB-SWC; NB-SWC suitability; water scarcity; water conservation; water economics; adoption of NB-SWC

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions for Hydrogeological Challenges

edited by

Francesco Maria De Filippi

,

Davide Fronzi

and

Alessandro Galdelli

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; springs; groundwater availability; wells; aquifer recharge; machine learning; artificial intelligence; neural networks; predictive modeling; intelligent systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment and Nutrient Removal

edited by Hong Wang,

Qiulai He

and Yingmu Wang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3768 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater biological treatment; nitrogen and phosphorus removal; anammox; aerobic granular sludge technology; biofilm technology; wastewater treatment plant upgrade

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

Aquatic Chemodynamics of Environmental Inorganic Pollutants: Transformation and Transfer Within and Across Various Environmental Compartments

edited by

Hong Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic chemodynamics; emission; global biogeochemical cycle; heavy metals; lakes; oceans; photochemical; toxin/toxic; source/sink; water/air exchange; water/sediment exchange

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

Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater: Multidisciplinary Approaches for a Complex Challenge

edited by

Andrea Zanini

,

Fulvio Celico

and

Laura Ducci

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminant; groundwater contamination; urban and suburban groundwater; natural attenuation; multidisciplinary approach

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

Emerging Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater: Recent Tendencies, Treatment Options and Perspectives

edited by

Anna Wołowicz

and

Monika Wawrzkiewicz

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8722 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging micropollutants (heavy metals; dyes; surfactants; pharmaceuticals; pesticides; hormones; organic compounds; detergents etc.); advanced water treatment; membrane processes; advanced oxidation processes; pollution control; wastewater treatment; removal strategies; adsorption; health risk

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

Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology: Characteristics, Risks and Strategies

edited by

Kai Zhang

and Yaru Cao

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1188 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants; ecotoxicology; pollution remediation; environmental risk assessment; sustainable marine management

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

Advances in Diatom Research in Freshwater

edited by Sang-Deuk Lee and

Jihae Park

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 752 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced methodology; diatom application; diatom taxonomy; flora; freshwater ecology; water quality monitoring; new recorded species; novel species

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

Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resource Management

edited by Xueying Li,

Amar Deep Tiwari

and

Liu Liu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information systems; water resource management; hydrological monitoring and modeling; climate change adaptation; flood risk; drought assessment; machine learning; hybrid models; geospatial analytics

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “Managed Aquifer Recharge and Management”

edited by

Thomas Missimer

and

Nicolò Colombani

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: managed aquifer recharge; aquifer storage and recovery; artificial aquifer recharge; salinity barriers; water reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Marine Plastic Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Umberto Andriolo

and

Laura Corbari

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine litter; microplastics; macroplastics; plastic pollution; marine ecosystems; monitoring techniques; hydrodynamic models; environmental impact; socio-economic impact; remote sensing

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

Yellow River Basin Management Under Pressure: Present State, Restoration and Protection, 4th Edition

edited by

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,

and Qingsong Wu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yellow River Basin; current state and challenges; human– water relationships; emerging pollutants; water security; high-quality development

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

Coastal Ecology and Fisheries Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

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and

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

Keywords: estuaries ecology and management; wetlands protection and management; mangroves restoration and construction; fishery resource assessment; coastal fishery management; fishery management policy; coral ecology and protection; ecosystem services; coastal culture and aquaculture; marine farming and construction

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

The Application of Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

edited by Martin J. Taylor and

Amthal Al-Gailani

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

Keywords: adsorption; wastewater treatment; heavy metal removal; organic pollutant adsorption; low-cost adsorbents; fixed-bed systems; regeneration; adsorption modelling; life cycle assessment (LCA); environmental sustainability

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

Emerging and Legacy Contaminants in Soil and Water Systems: Pathways, Monitoring, Characterization, and Treatment

edited by Jinsheng Huang,

Yuchuan Fan

and

Xi Zhang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; legacy contaminants; fate and transport; point and non-point sources; non-target screening; wastewater treatment; sorption; photocatalysis; nanomaterials; constructed wetlands; GIS; remote sensing; real-time monitoring

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

Water and Waste Management Strategies and Environmentally Sustainable Approaches

edited by

Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage

and

Chen Liu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated water and waste management; environmental sustainability; circular economy; urban environmental systems; nature-based solutions; community-based resource management; environmental policy and governance; smart technologies in resource management; artificial intelligence (AI); systems thinking; sustainable development goals (SDGs); resource efficiency; environmental engineering; sustainability science

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

Integrated Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystems Nexus for Sustainable Water Management and Public Health: Conceptualization and Modelling

edited by Dimitrios Th Kofinas

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: WEF nexus; sustainable water systems; integrated modeling; simulation; decision support; water governance; resource management; scenario analysis; climate resilience

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

Solid Waste Management and Its Impacts on Groundwater Quality

edited by

Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri

and

María-Elena Rodrigo-Clavero

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste management; groundwater contamination; leachate migration; numerical modeling; pollution mitigation techniques

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

Advances in Open-Channel Flow Hydrodynamics

edited by

Yeo Howe Lim

,

Reza Barati

and

Vida Atashi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: open‐channel flow; hydrodynamic structures; turbulence modeling; sediment scouring; flow– structure interaction; experimental and numerical modeling; ecohydraulics; remote sensing; data‐driven hydrodynamics

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

Multicriteria Analysis and Decision-Making in Water Resources Management

edited by

Michael P. Strager

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; GIS; decision science; policy and planning; restoration; conservation

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

Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Flow System of Groundwater in Volcanic Aquifers

edited by

Alemu Yenehun

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater flow; hydrogeochemistry; groundwater recharge; surface– groundwater interaction; water balance; aquifer recharge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Integrated Approaches to Climate-Driven Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources Management

edited by

Massoud Behboudian

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate– hydrology interactions; water resources management; hydrological modeling; extreme events; adaptive governance; remote sensing in hydrology; sustainable water systems; machine learning applications; watershed resilience; socio-hydrological systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Distribution and Toxicity of Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Sheng Liu

and

Kun Li

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic ecosystems; environmental behaviors; ecotoxicity; risk assessment; remediation technologies; analytical methods

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

Treatment Wetlands Applications in the Development Projects

edited by Marco A Belmont

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; constructed wetlands; water quality; stormwater

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

Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment Processes—2nd Edition

edited by

Qili Hu

and

Liting Hao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; modeling; optimization; novel materials; emerging contaminants; recovery

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

China Water Forum, 4th Edition

edited by

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, Dunxian She,

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submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and hydrological evolution; water resources evaluation; planning; and management; flood; drought and water security; human– water relationship and comprehensive control; ecohydrology and water environment protection; groundwater resources and environment; water information technology and digital twin basins; national water network and major water conservancy projects; water policy and water control strategy; “ carbon peak and neutrality” target and water resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Disaster Risks and Resilience in Water Conservancy Projects

edited by

Xin Zhao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: water conservancy projects; disaster prevention; ice-related hazards; geological risks; hydro-meteorological events; operational failures; environmental impact; risk assessment and monitoring

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

The Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater, 2nd Edition

edited by Changqing Zhu and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants ; wastewater ; monitoring ; management ; treatment technology

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

Geothermal Reservoir Modeling: Emerging Techniques, Practical Applications and Modeling Challenges

edited by

Rita Esuru Okoroafor

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: geothermal reservoir modeling; enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs); coupled process simulation; data-driven modeling; reservoir characterization; uncertainty quantification; model calibration; sustainable geothermal development; hybrid geothermal systems; subsurface energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Groundwater Resources: Their Protection, Restoration and Optimal Development

edited by

Konstantinos Katsifarakis

,

Dimitrios K. Karpouzos

and Yiannis Kontos

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial groundwater recharge; coastal aquifers; groundwater flow; groundwater pollution control; low-enthalpy geothermal energy; groundwater trading; transboundary aquifers; groundwater– surface water interaction; sustainable groundwater irrigation; groundwater vulnerability; historical groundwater development research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Sustainable Urban Water Management: The Role of Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Nitin Muttil

and

Upaka Rathnayake

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3713 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban water management; nature-based solutions; floods and droughts; water quality improvement; climate resilience; green infrastructure; environmental sustainability; coastal management; liveable cities; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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

NBS for Watershed Management: From Ecological Health Assessment to Ecosystem Restoration

edited by Yingying Huang, Chunhua Li and

Xuechu Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2352 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; nature-based solutions; ecological health assessment; nonpoint source pollution control; ecosystem restoration

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

Transport and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments

edited by

Nan Wei

,

Jenyuk Lohwacharin

and Chunpeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 945 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; water pollution; advanced oxidation processes; membrane technologies; adsorption; environmental fate; ecotoxicology; microplastics; pharmaceuticals; pollutant removal technologies; water resource

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

Advances in Plastic’s (Eco)Toxicity Research in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments

edited by

Alla Khosrovyan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 510 | Submission Open

Keywords: fresh water; marine water; plant; animal; plastic; distribution; intake; (eco)toxicity; ecotoxicogenomics

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

Landslide Geological Disaster Prevention and Geological Environment Protection

edited by Yiding Bao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide geological disaster; geological environment protection; failure mechanism; dynamic process; numerical simulation; risk assessment; disaster prevention and prediction; geotechnique

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Water Resources and Environment

edited by

Chih-Huang Weng

and Wentao Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; hydrology; aquatic ecosystems; drinking water; wastewater; ground water

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

Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements in Aquatic Environments

edited by Yaron Be'eri-Shlevin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeochemical cycling; trace elements; aquatic systems; sediment– water interaction; water trace element pollution; micro-nutrients; heavy metals

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

Enhancing the Understanding of the Water Cycle and Climate Change Using Satellite Geodesy

edited by