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Advanced Chemical and Biological Technologies for Water Purification and Contaminant Degradation
edited by Zhanghao Chen and Longgang Chu
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 986 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation and reduction; photocatalysis and electrocatalysis; biotechnologies; radical chemistry; contaminant degradation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Membrane Technologies for Biofouling Prevention in Water: Theory, Methods and Applications
edited by and Guillem Gilabert-Oriol
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: biofouling; fouling; organic fouling; reverse osmosis; membranes; nanofiltration; desalination; water treatment; wastewater; brackish water; seawater; bacteria; biofilms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition
edited by and Maria do Céu Almeida
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water infrastructure; sustainable water management; urban drainage systems; resilient water systems; climate change adaptation; green infrastructure; smart water technologies; urban water governance; circular water economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Biogeochemical Processes, Ecological Impacts
edited by , Zengping Ning and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; heavy metals; PFAS; POPs; emerging pollutants; ecological risk assessment; water quality; redox processes                  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Microplastics and Microfiber Pollution in Aquatic Environments
edited by Adriano Fiorucci and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; microfibres; water pollution; water quality; waste water; water ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Application of Smart Technologies in Integrated Water Quality Modeling, 2nd Edition
edited by Tianxiang Wang and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental model; assessment method; statistic model; mechanism model; regional indicators; machine learning; water resource
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Optimization in Agroecosystems
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision irrigation; water use effeciency; irrigation effeciency; sensing technologies; smart irrigation; variable rate irrigation; irrigation schedulling; deficit irrigation; evapotranspiration; soil-plant-water relation; IoT in irrigation; decision tools; simulation modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment
edited by , Huarui Li and Jialin Jia
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation technologies; water treatment; pollutant removal; catalyst design; oxidation mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances in Research on Hydrology and Water Resources submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrology; water resources; extreme climate; climate change; drought and floods; AI and machine learning in water management; low-flow simulation; enviromental pollution; cultural flows; river basin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Rural Wastewater Treatment by Nature-Based Solutions
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural wastewater treatment; water reuse; nature-based solutions; life cycle assessment; techno-economic analysis; resource recovery; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Biochar’s Role in Water-Stable Soils and Remediation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; soil hydraulic properties; water retention; infiltration; soil– water interactions; soil amendment; soil water holding capacity; hydrological modeling; climate resilience; sustainable land management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Bridge Hydraulics: Current State of the Knowledge and Perspectives, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: bridge hydraulics; bridge scour; bridge embankment breaching; bridge scour countermeasures; bridge monitoring techniques; fluvial hydraulics; sediment transport
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Drought Risk Assessment and Human Vulnerability in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 97 | 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)
Ecological Influence Assessment on the Occurrence and Control of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Aquatic Habitats
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open
Keywords: harmful cyanobacterial bloom; occurrence; control; cyanotoxin; ecological consequence; biogeochemical process
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Innovative Technologies for Comprehensive Management of Urban Water Pollution
edited by Yang Li
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water pollution; advanced wastewater treatment; monitoring systems; stormwater management; wetlands; resource recovery; emerging contaminants; decentralized systems; smart water governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Low-Carbon Technologies and Digital Solutions for Wastewater Treatment
edited by and Alice Boarino
submission deadline 21 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4119 | Submission Open
Keywords: low-carbon technologies; machine learning; artificial intelligence; wastewater treatment; circular economy; biomass; organic waste; nutrient recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Ship and Ocean Engineering
edited by and
submission deadline 23 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3280 | Submission Open
Keywords: fixed and floating offshore wind turbines; cables and mooring; wave loads; wind loads
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Aquaculture Productivity and Environmental Sustainability
edited by Changwei Li, and Gang Liu
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9824 | Submission Open
Keywords: recirculating aquaculture systems; aquaculture engineering; wastewater treatment; environmental sustainability; precise farming management; smart aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Basin Non-Point Source Pollution
edited by , Qiuliang Lei and Cheng Sun
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6462 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-point source pollution; watershed model; best management practices; watershed management; agricultural management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management Derived from Water for Environmental/Human Health submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5879 | Submission Open
Keywords: water and human development; water pollution; risk assessment; environmental health risks; human health risks; hazard identification; dose– response assessment; exposure assessment; risk characterization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Addressing Critical Challenges Related to Water Resources
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5585 | Submission Open
Keywords: water treatment; water management; contaminants; artificial intelligence; deep learning applications; predictive modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Applications of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Technologies in Soil Moisture Monitoring submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3658 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil moisture inversion; mulit-source remote sensing technologies; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Protection and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2905 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation activities; ecological restoration; ecological state; extinction risk; freshwater environments; protection of biodiversity; threats to freshwater environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
River Science: Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Anthropocene, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1573 | Submission Open
Keywords: river science; monitoring; multiple stressors; hydrobiology; hydromorphology; river restoration; habitat modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Snow and Glacier Hydrology in Changing Climate and Urbanisation
edited by Mohd Soheb
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 527 | Submission Open
Keywords: glaciers; snowmelt; hydrology; runoff; water management; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Hydrogeology of the Mining Area submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogeological characterization; hydrogeological modeling; dewatering; open pit; deep mining; hydrochemistry; backfill; environmental impact; mine site reclamation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Resilient Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agroecosystems submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural water management; seasonal climate forecasting and smart irrigation technologies; options for water-efficient rainfed agriculture; soil moisture sensors and IoT for decision support in irrigation; rainwater harvesting; reservoirs and tank management for agriculture in arid regions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Management, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart water; Internet of Things; machine learning; automation; robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Machine Learning in Water Distribution Systems and Sewage Systems
edited by Jacek Piekarski and
submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2047 | Submission Open
Keywords: water distribution systems; sewage systems; stormwater systems; hydraulic simulations; artificial intelligence models; machine learning; deep learning models; evolutionary computation; fuzzy inference
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Advances in AI, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches for Water Resources Applications submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1032 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; numerical modelling; remote sensing; experimental hydraulics; nature-based solutions; coastal risk mitigation; water distribution systems; climate change adaptation; hydrology; water resource applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Using Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural Water Cycle Assessment
edited by
submission deadline 27 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6465 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural water resources; machine learning; water demand; big data; features
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Wastewater Resourceization: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Water
edited by
submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 945 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation; nanomaterials; adsorption; membrane bioreactor; membrane fouling control; membrane modification; wastewater resource utilization; immobilized microorganisms/enzymes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
edited by Hui Zhang and Dan Zhong
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22989 | Submission Open
Keywords: water distribution system; drinking water; water quality; monitoring; water quality indicator; water quality analysis; pollutant; risk assessment; water quality management; modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Gender, Community-Based Approaches, and Local Governance in Mitigating Water-Related Hazards
edited by and Wahid Ullah
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8515 | Submission Open
Keywords: inclusive disaster risk reduction; community resilience and vulnerability; local governance and disaster risk reduction; community-based disaster risk management; socio-economic impacts of water hazards; nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; water hazards and social inequalities; gender based violence in response to water hazards
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Effects of Hydrology on Soil Erosion and Soil Water Conservation
edited by Yifan Dong, and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4030 | Submission Open
Keywords: water erosion; splash erosion; rainfall; overland flow; concentrated flow; jet flow; infiltration; subsurface flow; modeling; soil conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Study of Hydrological Mechanisms: Floods and Landslides
edited by Prabin Kayastha
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3542 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydology; landslides; floods; numerical model; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Hydrogeology
edited by , and Lei Ma
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1890 | 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)
Sources, Transport, and Fate of Contaminants in Waters and Sediment
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1577 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality; sediment and sediment contamination; pollutant transport and transport models; aquatic ecosystems; sediment-water exchange and interactions; toxicity; water-sediment exchange
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Application of Machine Learning in Hydrological Monitoring
edited by and Zhouyayan Li
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1503 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; hydrological monitoring; AI-driven models; data augmentation; flood forecasting; water quality analysis; decision support systems; streamflow prediction; data retrieval techniques; large language models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Security and Management of Water and Renewable Energy submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1296 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated resource management; technological innovations; security risks and policy and governance; renewable energy and sustainable development; security of water and energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Climate Change Adaptation in Water Resource Management submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 918 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change adaptation; water resources management; policy and governance; hydrological modeling; groundwater; climate downscaling; integrated water resources management (IWRM); seawater intrusion; water quality; sustainable water systems; agricultural catchment; floods; droughts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Hydrogeophysical Methods and Hydrogeological Models
edited by Quan Liu and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 722 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogeophysics; groundwater modeling; aquifer characterization; uncertainty analysis; machine learning methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Advancing Hydro-Environmental Research and Practice: Integrating Ecohydrology, Remote Sensing and Hydroinformatics submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 537 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydraulic measurements; ecohydrology; remote sensing; hydroinformatics; sediment transport; laser doppler velocimetry; acoustic methods; lidar technology; predictive modeling; sustainable water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Impacts of Contaminants on Aquatic Ecosystems and Strategies for Water Quality Improvement
edited by , and Taotao Lu
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open
Keywords: contaminant behavior; water quality assessment; aquatic ecosystem stability; remediation technologies; sus-tainable water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Management and Uses: Comprehensive Analysis of Landscape, Heritage and Environment submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources management; environmental impacts; resilience; landscape; heritage; socioeconomic analysis; legal assessment; policymaking; nature-based solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Sustainable Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Organic Contaminants in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments
edited by Elżbieta Sobiecka, and Dorota Mańkowska
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodegradation and bioremediation; biological treatment of aquatic and terrestrial environments; persistent organic pollutants; toxic organic compounds; organic industrial and municipal waste
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Reservoir Control Operation and Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition
edited by Yuxue Guo, and Hao Chen
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 15436 | Submission Open
Keywords: water; food; and energy; reservoir operation; water resources management; changing environment; uncertainty; risk; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
ANAMMOX Based Technology for Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater
edited by Cancan Jiang
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10955 | Submission Open
Keywords: anammox; partial nitrification; greenhouse gas; quorum sensing; bacterial community
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Recent Advances in Hydraulic Machinery and Its Application in Marine Engineering submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10264 | Submission Open
Keywords: design method; optimizing strategy; flow characteristics; transient process; cavitation; erosion; numerical method; tidal energy; wave energy; marine hydrokinetics; environmentally friendly
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Groundwater Quality and Human Health Risk, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9851 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater geochemistry; groundwater contamination; groundwater composition and human health risk; groundwater quality; inorganic compounds; organic compounds; trace elements; arsenic; antimony; chromium; microbes; radionuclides; groundwater protection and preservation; groundwater remediation; groundwater treatment technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
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