Water

Application of Isotope Geochemistry in Hydrological Research

edited by

and Petra Žvab Rožič

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2903 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological and hydrogeological research; isotope geochemistry; satable and radiogenic isotopes conceptual models; hydrogeological assessment; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Wetland Conservation and Ecological Restoration, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qing Wang

,

Tian Xie

and

Jiakai Liu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2446 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrological processes; environmental effects; ecological risks; biogeochemical processes; pollution; regulation; climate change; ecological functions; wetland ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Marine Plastic Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Umberto Andriolo

and

Laura Corbari

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2231 | 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)

Science and Technology for Water Purification, 3rd Edition

edited by Yuanfeng Qi,

Ling Wang

, Kai He and

Fenglong Fan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2225 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling and resource; pollutant removal; byproduct remedy; functional materials; processing models; reactors; wastewater engineering; identification and analysis

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

Intelligent Regulation and Adaptive Management of Complex River Basin Systems

edited by Yu Zhang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2203 | Submission Open

Keywords: river basin socio-hydrological system; extreme hydrological events and non-stationarity (extreme rainstorms/droughts); three-waters coupling (water resources–environment–ecology); intelligent adaptive management; reservoir–lake–river system; digital twin and AI technologies; climate-adaptive water resource allocation

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

Smart Design and Management of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Xiao Zhou

and

Shipeng Chu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2008 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; deep learning; leakage detection; hydraulic models; model calibration; resilience; digital twin

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

Hydrogeomorphic Hazards: Modeling, Mapping, and Mitigation of Rainfall-Triggered Landslides

edited by

Taorui Zeng

,

Gianfranco Nicodemo

and Zhilu Chang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1309 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall-triggered landslides; hydrogeomorphic hazards; landslide modeling; hazard mapping; risk mitigation; remote sensing; GIS; early warning systems; climate change impacts; slope stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Impact Mechanisms and Regulation Technologies of Hydraulic Engineering on Aquatic Environments

edited by

Jingqiao Mao

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1148 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic engineering; ecohydraulics; eco-hydrological mechanisms; hydraulic regulation; reservoir ecological operation

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

Hydraulic Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Digital Twin Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by

, Hao Gu,

,

,

, Yating Hu and

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1009 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; digital twin technology; safety monitoring; hydraulic engineering; data preprocessing; knowledge graphs

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

Integrated Watershed Pollution Control: From Source Tracing to Systematic Management

edited by Haiqing Liao

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 897 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed pollution; pollution source; pollution control technologies; pollutant migration and transformation

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

Biofilm Technologies for Circular and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

edited by

Asma Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 836 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilm-based processes; wastewater treatment; resource recovery; waste valorisation; circular bioeconomy; fungal and algal biofilms; biofilm reactor design and scale-up; biofilm modelling and control; extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); environmental biotechnology; aerobic granular sludge (AGS); moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBR); membrane biofilm reactors (MBfR); membrane aerated biofilm reactors (MABR); integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS); bioelectrochemical systems; microbial electrochemical technologies; membrane bioreactors (MBR); anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR); sequencing batch biofilm reactors; attached-growth systems; fixed-film bioreactors; biofilm photobioreactors; nitrogen removal via biofilm systems; partial nitritation/anammox (PN/A); biofilm resilience and stability; biofilm process optimisation; scale-up of biofilm systems; biofilm-mediated bioremediation

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

Coupling Analysis of Ecosystem Functions and Water Resources in a Changing Environment

edited by

Chuanfu Zang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 753 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; ecosystem services; climate change; water and ecosystem model; ecohydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Fate, Behavior, and Remediation Technologies for Heavy Metals in Water

edited by Li Ye and Ye Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; evironmental behavior; speciation; remediation technologies; functional materials; interdisciplinary approaches

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

Optimization of Reservoir Operations

edited by

Hu Hu

,

Zhe Yang

and Ziyu Ding

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 702 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-objective optimization; stochastic optimization; adaptive operation; hydro–wind–photovoltaic comple-mentary operation; ecological operation; deep learning; multi-criteria decision-making; risk analysis

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

Integrated Approaches to Water Resources and Environmental Management: Innovations in Simulation and Impact Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by Yuntao Wang and Xiaoli Zhang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 633 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; water environment assessment; hydrological modeling; simulation techniques; integrated approaches; climate change adaptation; decision support systems; stakeholder engagement

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

Water-Related Landslide Hazard Process and Its Triggering Events—2nd Edition

edited by Wei Liu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 537 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide; rainfall infiltration; pore water pressure; liquid–solid multiphase flow; hydrology; numerical simu-lation; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Hydrology and Hydrochemistry in Cold and Arid Regions

edited by Wenhao Ren and

Wengang Qu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold and arid regions; hydrological cycle; hydrochemical evolution; hydrogeochemical processes; sustainable water management; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Recycled Water for Enhancing Food Security Under a Changing Climate

edited by

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled water; wastewater; treatment; emerging pollutants; plant uptake; bioaccumulation; technology; climate resilience; climate change; economics; environmental impacts

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

Smart Simulation and Monitoring of Water Distribution Networks

edited by Matteo Nicolini and Daniele Goi

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: data driven modelling; real-time simulation; smart sensors; machine learning; genetic algorithms; artificial intelligence; deep learning; large language models; leakage control; predictive ability; IoT; quality; disinfection by-products

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

Treatment Wetlands Applications in the Development Projects

edited by Marco A Belmont

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

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

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

Wave-Driven Coastal Dynamics: Theory, Modeling, and Applications

edited by

Zhigang Zhang

,

Guanghua He

and Zhengxiao Luan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal zones; wave-driven processes; modelling methods; wave energy utilization; coastline protection; wave manipulation; wave structure interaction; wave–current interaction; wave forecasting; experimental techniques; intelligent technology

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

Digital Innovations in Integrated Water Resources Management

edited by

Minxue He

and Zhi Ding

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; artificial intelligence and machine learning applications; digital twin and virtual water systems; large language models for decision support

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

Advances in Lake Sediment Pollution Control Technology

edited by

Xiang Chen

and Yuanrong Zhu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: endogenous pollution control of sediment; resource utilization; in-situ remediation technology; physico-chemical-biological coupled system; redox control technology; pollutant release flux monitoring

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

Environmental Hydraulics of Open Channel Flows: Advanced Modelling and Artificial Intelligence Techniques

edited by

Beniamino Russo

,

Maria Teresa Yubero

and Enrique Bonet

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: open channel flow; artificial intelligence; water quality monitoring; contaminant detection; hydraulic and environmental control

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

Methods for Water Quality Analysis

edited by

Lázaro Adrián González Fernández

and

Juan Hidalgo

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: water; water quality; water monitoring; water treatment; water policies; water conservation

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

Wastewater Treatment and Ecological Restoration Technologies

edited by Nan Lu and Jiunian Guan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; refractory pollutants; emerging pollutants; ecological restoration; combined technology; environmental impact; recycling; resource utilization; energy generation; low carbon

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

Advances in Biological Technologies for Drinking and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alejandro Gonzalez-Martinez

,

Barbara Muñoz-Palazon

and Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater biological treatment; drinking water treatment; anaerobic reactor systems; aerobic reactor technologies; environmental biotechnology; groundwater treatment; membrane-based bioreactors; granular biomass processes; microbial communities in water and wastewater treatment

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

Monitoring the Risks and Toxicity of Pharmaceuticals in Aquatic Environments

edited by Md Abdul Goni

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceuticals; contaminants; monitoring; aqueous; risks; environment

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

The Application of Advanced Iron-Based Materials in Water Pollution Control

edited by Cheng Cheng and

Wei Ren

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: iron-based materials; (electro)Fenton; iron oxides; zero-valent iron; single-atom iron catalysts; advanced oxdiation processes (AOPs); reductive dechlorination; metal encapuslation; pilot-scale; water treatment

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

Advanced Oxidation and Photocatalytic Approaches for Efficient Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by Liping Wang and Changyu Lu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation process; photocatalytic semiconductors; organic pollutants; water treatment

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

Using Economics for Sustainability, Effective Management, and Conflict Resolution in Water

edited by Puiu Lucian Georgescu and

Valentin Marian Antohi

submission deadline 24 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 16790 | Submission Open

Keywords: water economics; sustainability; water resources governance; water use efficiency; nature-based solutions; blue and green infrastructures; climate change; innovative financing for water resources; transboundary cooperation; smart technologies; AI in water management

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

Water–Energy–Carbon Nexus: Towards Integrated Solutions for Sustainable Resource Management

edited by

Guozhu Mao

submission deadline 24 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy–carbon nexus; deep decarbonization pathways; sustainable water management; life cycle assessment (LCA); policy; AI

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

Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Hydrogeology

edited by

Heng Lu

,

Xiaoai Dai

and Lei Ma

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6993 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS and remote sensing; hydrology and hydrogeology; hydrological modeling and simulation; water resource management; flood and drought monitoring; climate change impact analysis

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

Advances in Watershed Hydrology: Integrating Process Understanding and Predictive Modeling

edited by

Gabriel Perez

and

Nicolás Velásquez

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5432 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed hydrology; hydrological modeling; uncertainty analysis; surface and subsurface processes; sediment transport; flood forecasting; machine learning in hydrology; hydrological signal analysis; model development and calibration; watershed-scale simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Hydrogeophysical Methods and Hydrogeological Models

edited by Quan Liu and

Rui Hu

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4932 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeophysics; groundwater modeling; aquifer characterization; uncertainty analysis; machine learning methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Sustainable Water and Sanitation Governance: Aligning Policies, Institutions and Regulation

edited by

Francisco Silva Pinto

,

Rui Cunha Marques

and

Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4541 | 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)

Biological and Ecological Protection in the Freshwater Ecosystems

edited by Weijing Kong,

Shuping Wang

and

Xiao-Long Lin

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2088 | Submission Open

Keywords: riparian; phytoplankton; zooplankton; macroinvertebrate; fish; macrophyte; habitat; riverscape; freshwater ecosystem assessment; freshwater ecosystem monitoring; protection of biodiversity; freshwater ecosystem conservation; anthropogeic disturbance; freshwater ecosystem services

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

Study on Environmental Hydrology and Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Basins, Estuaries and Offshore, 2nd Edition

edited by

Biyun Guo

and

Chunyan Li

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2057 | Submission Open

Keywords: water environment; coastal estuary; hydrodynamic; mathematical model

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

Evaluation of Microbiological Indicators for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, 2nd Edition

edited by

Anna Lenart-Boroń

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; bacteria; drinking water; fungi; health risks; irrigation; microbiological contamination; protozoa; treatment plants; viruses; wastewater treatment; water pollution; water reuse

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

Impacts of Climate Change & Human Activities on Wetland Ecosystems, 2nd Edition

edited by Zhongqing Yan, Guopeng Liang, Yingxin Shang and Xueping Wang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 797 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland ecosystems; ecosystem services and functions; protection and restoration; climate change and human activities; wetland hydrological processes; greenhouse gas (GHGs) fluxes; nutrient cycle and energy flow; water environment quality

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

Drought Risk and Human Vulnerability Under Climate Change: Assessment Frameworks for Water Security and SDGs

edited by

João Filipe Santos

and

Miguel Potes

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 775 | 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)

Research on Water Resources Affected by Acid Mine Drainage

edited by

Yanqing Ding

and Fawang Zhang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open

Keywords: acid mine drainage; water resource pollution; geochemical process; heavy metal contamination; aquatic ecological response; pollution monitoring; remediation technology; bioremediation; resource recovery; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Ecohydrological Modeling of Vegetation Dynamics Under Climate Change

edited by

Shouzhi Chen

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; vegetation dynamics; climate change; ecohydrological modeling; vegetation phenology; evapotran-spiration; extreme climate events; machine learning; model-data integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Advances in Hydrological, Hydraulic and Morphodynamic Modelling

edited by Sangaralingam Ahilan

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; hydraulic modelling; morphodynamic modelling; green infrastructure; integrated catchment management; stormwater management; GEV distribution; flood frequency analysis; cloud com-puting; sediment transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Applications of Microorganisms Supported on Biochar for Soil Water Quality

edited by

Muhammad Salam

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar–microbe composites; soil improvement; bioremediation; microbial immobilization; pollutant degradation; nutrient retention; eco-friendly strategy; agricultural sustainability; municipal waste and organic waste are the source of soil and water continents

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

Water Pollution Control and Resource Utilisation of Activated Sludge

edited by Justyna Koc-Jurczyk and

Jun Zhou

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: water pollution control; activated sludge management; circular economy; sustainable water management; wastewater treatment; organic pollutants removal; sludge resource utilisation

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

Big Data and Machine Learning for Hydrology Research: Methods, Applications and Future Directions

edited by

Epaminondas Sidiropoulos

and

Vantas Konstantinos

submission deadline 27 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3116 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning architectures; hydrological forecasting; large-sample hydrology studies; multi-source data fusion; big data; explainable AI; physics-informed machine learning; digital twins in water systems; uncertainty quantification

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

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

edited by

Olcay Ünver

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3143 | 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)

Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

edited by Janay Sagin

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2209 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood-drought mitigation; hydrology; hydrogeology; sustainable development; nature based solutions; water purification; managed aquifer recharge (MAR)

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

Pollution Process and Microbial Responses in Aquatic Environment

edited by

Fei-Fei Che

and Wei Huang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6413 | 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)

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