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Landslide on Hydrological Response
edited by Lei Zhang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1322 | Submission Open
Keywords: water-induced landslide; landslide stability; deformation mechanism; landslide susceptibility mapping; multi-fields monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Sustainable Groundwater Management and Mitigation of Land Subsidence: Evaluating Environmental Impacts and Resilience Strategies
edited by Shih-Jung Wang and Wei-Chia Hung
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1247 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquifer recharge strategies; resilience in groundwater systems; land use change and subsidence; hydrogeological risk assessment; ecohydrology and environmental impact; adaptive water management; remote sensing in groundwater monitoring; groundwater quality degradation; integrated water resource management; hydrogeological simulation models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Extreme Rainfall and Hydrological Extremes: Monitoring and Prediction Using Machine Learning and Physical Modeling
edited by and Zhaoqiang Zhou
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 967 | Submission Open
Keywords: extreme rainfall; prediction; hydrology; remote sensing; early warning; climate change; machine learning; disaster risk; data assimilation; flood forecasting
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Next-Generation Iceberg Behavior Modeling: Integrating Machine Learning, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Environmental Dynamics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 701 | Submission Open
Keywords: iceberg modeling; machine learning; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); ocean– ice interactions; climate impact on icebergs; remote sensing; Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Comprehensive Evaluation of the Interplay Between Meteorological, Hydrological and Agricultural Droughts Under the Influence of Changing Climate
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 502 | Submission Open
Keywords: drought; drought propagation; drought mitigation; drought impact assessment; climate change; extreme events; remote sensing; spatial and temporal assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Review Papers of Urban Water Management 2025
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 443 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water infrastructure; urban water supply; urban drainage; urban catchment hydrology and modeling; sponge cities; stormwater management; rainwater harvesting; green roofs; permeable pavement systems; urban water contamination; effects of urbanization; sustainable development; wastewater; urban wastewater reuse; flood risk management; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Research Progress on the Utilization of Energy Substances in Sludge from Urban Sewage Treatment Plants submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open
Keywords: sewage sludge; energy recovery; anaerobic digestion; pyrolysis; gasification; biogas production; urban waste management; bio-oil; syngas; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Observation and Modelling of Past, Current and Future Water Resources in Transboundary River Systems
edited by , Zsolt Kozma and Peter Burek
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open
Keywords: transboundary river system; hydrological modelling; uncertainty of climate projections; sustainable river basin management; joint monitoring and information systems; multi-level stakeholder engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Coastal Engineering and Wave Hydrodynamics Based on Meshless Methods
edited by Can Huang and Jinxin Wu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open
Keywords: meshless method; wave– structure interactions; multi-phase flows; wave energy; marine gas hydrate; submarine landslide; underwater robots
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Groundwater Management
edited by Shankar Karuppannan and Nafyad Serre Kawo
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-objective optimization; groundwater management; sustainable water resources; decision support systems; aquifer modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Research on Microplastic Pollution in Water Environment submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; aquatic pollution; water contimination; marine microplastics; biodiversity; microplastic detec-tion; nano-microplastics; policy and regulation on microplastics; bioaccumulation; human health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Pollution Monitoring, Control, and Prevention
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open
Keywords: water pollution; monitoring technology; intelligent warning; water quality model; artificial intelligence; pollution prevention and control; water resource management; wastewater resource utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation in High-Altitude Freshwater Systems submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: freshwater; community; high altitude; assessment; management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
From Theory to Practice: Implementing Resilience, Adaptation and Drivers of Change Frameworks in Water Basin Management submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: resilience implementation; adaptive management; practical applications; water governance; social-ecological systems; management tools; operational frameworks; decision-support; policy reform; evaluation metrics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Flow Hydrodynamic in Open Channels: Interaction with Natural or Man-Made Structures, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: river and open channel flows; hydrodynamic; vegetation; local scouring; turbulent jets; hydraulic jumps; boundary layers; solitary waves and tidal bores; experiments; numerical modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Applied Agricultural and Environmental Hydrogeology: From Field Monitoring to Numerical Approaches
edited by Massimiliano Schiavo, , and Eleonora Carol
submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open
Keywords: applied hydrogeology; monitoring; numerical modeling; geochemistry; geostatistics; machine learning; agricultural engineering; salinization; environmental engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Water Quality, Wastewater Treatment and Water Recycling, 2nd Edition
edited by Memory Tekere
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality; emerging contaminants; treatment processes; water reuse; SDG6.3; waste effluent valorisation; innovations; advanced technology; pathogens; AI in wastewater issues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1854 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water supply; urban drainage; sustainable urban water management strategies; sponge cities; stormwater harvesting; rainwater use in buildings; green roofs; permeable pavement systems to filter stormwater; urban water contamination; effects of urbanisation; sustainable development; urban wastewater reuse; flood risk management; water resources; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Advances in Plateau Lake Water Quality and Eutrophication
edited by Zhenghui Fu and
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 446 | Submission Open
Keywords: simulation of watershed water environmental processes; environmental planning and management; eutrophication risk assessment and management; algal bloom warning and emergency response; multi-scale environmental risk zoning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Resources Allocation, Planning, and Regulation for Sustainable Management
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources management; water allocation; planning and regulation; climate change adaptation; integrated approaches; water governance; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Water Resources, Economic Development and Environment Carrying Capacity
edited by , Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8837 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resource management; environmental assessment; carrying capacity; industry development; economic growth
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Artificial Intelligence in Water Science: Opportunities, Prospects, and Concerns
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7224 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; emerging contaminant; wastewater treatment; groundwater; surface water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Long-Term Coastal Evolution and Morphodynamics: Ecosystem Protection and Coastal Safety
edited by Fu Wang, Fengling Yu, Yan Li and Xiaohe Lai
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 5504 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal evolution; transgression; Holocene sea-level change; coastal wetland; shoreline change; ecosystem protection; coastal safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Agricultural Water and Land Resources Planning and Management: Challenges and Endeavors
edited by , Zhihui Tian and Lijie Shi
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2542 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; land resources; agricultural water use; water and land resource matching; agricultural water and land resource management; optimal allocation; climate change; sustainable management; resource carrying capacity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Remote Sensing of Spatial-Temporal Variation in Surface Water
edited by , and Yongkai An
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2490 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface water; remote sensing; spatial-temporal dynamics; water cycle; data fusion; uncertainty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Research on River Environmental Flows and Habitat Restoration
edited by , and Yicheng Fu
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2000 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental flows; riverine habitat restoration; ecosystem integrity; water resource planning; ecological flow management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Application of Microbial Technology in Wastewater Treatment
edited by Xiwei He and Depeng Wang
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1223 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbial technology; wastewater treatment; high-risk pollutants; carbon neutrality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Stormwater Management in Sponge Cities
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15341 | Submission Open
Keywords: NbS; rainwater and stormwater management; stormwater quality; runoff reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
The Application of Novel Biotechnologies for Removal of Emerging Contaminants
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8530 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastic; antibiotics; heavily polluted wastewater; microorganisms communities; membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Hydraulic Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Digital Twin Technology
edited by Chenfei Shao, Hao Gu, , , Yating Hu and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8375 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; digital twin technology; safety monitoring; hydraulic engineering; safety monitoring data preprocessing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Advanced Adsorption Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7807 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption; innovative materials; emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment; water treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advancement of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse
edited by , , Yu-Jung Liu and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6672 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation process; organics removal; transformation products; toxicity evaluation; pre- and post-process; water and wastewater treatment; water reuse; cost-effectiveness analysis; policy and management
(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
edited by Liping Wang and Changyu Lu
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6312 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation process; photocatalytic semiconductors; organic pollutants; water treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Constructed Wetlands and Emerging Pollutants
edited by , Cheng Shen and Ting Wei
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5441 | Submission Open
Keywords: constructed wetlands; emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Microplastics in Water Environments: Sources, Transport and Degradation submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5272 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics pollution in water environments; point and nonpoint sources of microplastics; environmental distribution; fate; and transport of microplastics; definition of microplastics and international regulations; health effects of microplastic exposures; transformation of microplastics in the aquatic environment; abiotic and biotic aging of microplastics; methods for the analysis of microplastics in the water environment; technologies for removal of microplastics; scientific perspective on microplastics in nature and society
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Advancing Applications in Hydrogeochemical Processes in Groundwater Systems
edited by and Nenad Marić
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5266 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater systems; hydrogeochemical processes; hydrochemistry; isotopic and geochemical tracing; emerging contaminants and water quality concerns; karst hydrology; predictive modeling; water resource management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Water Pollutants and Human Health: Challenges and Perspectives
edited by Simon Jackson and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4424 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; endotoxin; fungal contaminants; AMR genes; antimicrobials; microplastics; emerging pathogens
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application
edited by Xianghao Ren, Linan Xing and Jooil Park
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3572 | Submission Open
Keywords: water and wastewater treatment and reuse; membrane technologies; activated carbon; adsorption; chemical filtration; gas separation; energy storage and utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Sustainable Development of Water, Energy and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2024)
edited by , , José María Ponce-Ortega, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3022 | Submission Open
Keywords: water management; sustainability comparisons and measurements; green economy and better governance; climate resilient water systems; environmental policy and management; transformative water governance; water and wastewater treatment; water– energy nexus; energy and water efficiency; water demand management; water systems in rural; regional; and island communities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Soil Water Balance and Management: Recent Advances and Future Challenges
edited by Pei Tian, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2901 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; soil water management; soil and water conservation; water erosion processes; water and soil pollution control; non-point source pollution control; integrated water management; erosion modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Intelligent Analysis, Monitoring and Assessment of Debris Flow
edited by Weijie Zhang
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2512 | Submission Open
Keywords: debris flow; water– soil coupling; artificial intelligence; numerical analysis; monitoring; risk evaluation; mitigation measure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Water-Induced Geo-Disaster Reduction in the Context of Climate Change: Hydrology, Management Strategies, and Ecological Geological Engineering submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2406 | Submission Open
Keywords: water-induced geo-disaster; water burst; hydrological cycle processes; soil and water conservation; monitoring systems; numerical simulation; ecological restoration; resilience strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Recent Advances in Photocatalysis in Water and Wastewater Treatment submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2382 | Submission Open
Keywords: photocatalysis; wastewater reuse; decentralized treatment; low-cost water treatment; AOPs; adsorption; water scarcity; agricultural irrigation; process optimization; sustainable water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances in Research on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1983 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytoremediation; soil; water; labortory studies; field applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Biodegradation Strategies for Sustainable Removal of Persistent Pollutants and Xenobiotics in Wastewater Treatment
edited by Mohd Faheem Khan
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1667 | Submission Open
Keywords: xenobiotics; emerging pollutants; PFAS; toxic heavy metals; biodegradation; biotransformation; catalysis; clean-up enzymes and their engineering and immobilization; biofilms; wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances and Innovations in Technologies for Treatment and Toxicity Assessment of Conventional and Emerging Contaminant in Industrial Wastewater
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1599 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; conventional and emerging contaminants; toxicity and risk assessment; AI; intelligent control; LCA
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Extreme Hydrological Events Under Climate Change submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1474 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; extreme hydrological phenomena; floods; droughts; hydrological variability; river runoff; hydrological cycle; water resources; mitigation strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Modelling, Monitoring and Assessment of Soil Hydrology and Ecological Processes
edited by and Ming Zhao
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1355 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; spatial analysis and modeling; soil moisture; vegetation ecology; multiple scale; climate change; land use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Coastal Flood Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1097 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; water security; hydrological modeling; coastal erosion; climate adaptation; compound flooding; sea level rise; extreme weather event
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Numerical and Experimental Methods, Data Analyses, Digital Twin, IoT Machine Learning and AI in Water Sciences
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 988 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; water quality; biodiversity; modelling; simulation; integration; monitoring; data analyses; digital twin; IoT machine learning and AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
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