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Biogeochemical Dynamics and Carbon Fluxes in Inland Waters

edited by

Haibo He

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: inland waters; biogeochemical cycles; carbon fluxes; organic carbon; inorganic carbon; greenhouse-gas emissions; rock weathering; carbon sequestration; aquatic–terrestrial interfaces

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

Aquaculture Tailwater Treatment: Theoretical Foundations and Applied Techniques

edited by

Dapeng Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6724 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture effluent; tailwater treatment technology; aquatic environmental protection; nitrogen and phosphorus removal; waste resource utilization; environmental microbiology; intelligent equipment; sustainable aquaculture

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

Water and Environment for Sustainability

edited by

Fang Yenn Teo

, Selvam Sivathass Bannir and

Anurita Selvarajoo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3287 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology and water resources; rivers, lakes, estuaries, and seas; extreme events and climate change; water supply and wastewater treatment; environmental pollution and protection; sustainable technology and engineering; sustainable development goals; sustainable environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Multiphase Flow in Hydraulic and Marine Engineering

edited by

Ling Zhou

Yuquan Zhang

and Wei Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1813 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flow; CFD modeling; air–water flow; cavitation; sediment transport; wave–structure interaction; subsea oil–gas–water flow; hydraulic structures; marine engineering

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

Stormwater Management in Sponge Cities, 2nd Edition

edited by

Cristina Matos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1353 | Submission Open

Keywords: NbS; rainwater and stormwater management; stormwater quality; runoff reduction

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

Effect of Biological Invasion on Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by Jay Stauffer

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 974 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic biodiversity; invasive species; biological invasions; ecosystem functioning; anthropogenic impacts; marine environment

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

Marine Ecosystems Under Multiple Stressors: Climate Change and Other Anthropogenic Pressures

edited by

Md Khurshid Alam Bhuiyan

and Md Masum Billah

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem functioning; ecological resilience; ocean acidification; marine heatwaves; marine pollution; fossil-fuel-related activities; ecological thresholds; coastal and transitional ecosystems; cumulative impacts; ecosystem restoration

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

Advance in Groundwater in Arid Areas, 2nd Edition

edited by Yudong Lu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; arid areas; surface water-groundwater hydrological interaction; groundwater circulation and evolution; changing environment; groundwater hydroecology; groundwater management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Socio-Hydrology and Water Resource Management

edited by Baodeng Hou and

Huanyu Chang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: socio-hydrology; water resource management; human‑water coupled systems; adaptive governance; water policy; system dynamics; climate adaptation; water equity; stakeholder engagement; behavioural hydrology

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

Water–Food Nexus: Integrating Plant Physiology, Water Resource Management, and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Zeeshan Ahmed

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop resilience; food security; plant–water relations; physiological adaptation; precision irrigation; sustainable agriculture; water management

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

Environmental Behavior, Ecological Effects and Health Risks of Pollutants in Aquatic Ecosystems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qiuheng Zhu

and Meiling Xu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental pollutants; aquatic organisms; environmental behaviour; water ecological effects; health risks

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

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Reinforcement Learning Techniques for Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Modesto Pérez-Sánchez

Óscar E. Coronando-Hernández

and

Helena M. Ramos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; water distribution systems; machine learning; deep learning; reinforcement learning

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

Integrated Management of Water Resources: Science, Policy and Management

edited by

Heidi L. N. Moltz

and

Walter Rast

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: Integrated water resources management (IWRM) theory and practice;; Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM);; Integrated Lentic-Lotic Basin Management (ILLBM);; Basin-scale planning and implementation;; Transboundary and multi-jurisdictional water governance;; Adaptive management;; Water quality and quantity management;; Stakeholder engagement and collaborative decision-making;; Monitoring, assessment, and decision-support tools;; Policy, institutional, and financing innovations;; Case studies and lessons learned.

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

Developments and Future Perspectives of Membrane Processes in Water Recovery Systems

edited by

Ewa Dacewicz

and Ewa Łobos-Moysa

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane techniques; water recovery; water reuse; wastewater treatment; membrane fouling; sustainable water management

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

Groundwater Hydrology in Karst Media: Resources and Sustainability in Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by Eugenio Sanz,

Juan Carlos Mosquera Feijoo

and

Ignacio Menéndez-Pidal

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: karst hydrology; water resources; karst springs; sustainability; engineering research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Recycled Water for Agriculture (REWA)

edited by

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment technologies and innovations; risk assessment; water quality; policy and regulations; economic and environmental evaluation; stakeholder engagement; education and awareness

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

Advanced Energy Recovery Technologies in Wastewater Treatment Systems

edited by Hao Chen, Haixing Chang and

Kai Lin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater energy recovery; resource recovery; circular wastewater treatment; thermal energy recovery; mechanical energy harvesting; photocatalytic and electrochemical conversion; bioenergy and bioelectrochemical systems; process integration and intensification; digitalization and intelligent control; water–energy–carbon nexus

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

Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, and Data-Driven Sediment Modeling

edited by

Moncef Bouaziz

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; sediment transport modeling; coastal morphodynamics; hydrological modeling; data-driven prediction; numerical modeling; erosion and sedimentation; climate change impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)

Closing the Gap in Water Security: Water Action and Finance 2030 Agenda

edited by Amgad ElMahdi and Monica Altamirano

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water security; climate adaptation; integrated water resources management; water–energy–food–ecosystem nexus; nature-based solutions; climate finance; blended finance; public–private partnerships; performance-based contracts; investment origination; project preparation; implementation gap; Water Action Agenda; water governance; resilience; drought and flood management; climate-resilient infrastructure

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

Water–Soil–Plant–Microbe Interactions in Sustainable Crop Disease Management

edited by

Misbah Naz

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: waterborne plant pathogens; soilborne plant diseases; plant–microbe interactions; soil health; rhizosphere microbiome; biological control; crop disease management; sustainable agriculture

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

Advances in Microbial Electrochemical Technology for Water Treatment

edited by

Yinan Liu

and Yidan Hu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial electrochemical technology; extracellular electron transfer; microbial fuel cell; bioelectrochemical system; electrochemically active bacteria

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

New Technologies for Micro-Pollutants, Heavy Metals and Nutrients Removal from Water

edited by

Muhammad Ali Inam

submission deadline 10 May 2027 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro-pollutants; heavy metals; nutrients; water treatment; wastewater treatment; contaminant removal; adsorption; engineered sorbents; membrane processes; advanced oxidation processes; biological treatment; bio-electrochemical systems; electrochemical treatment; nano-materials; coagulation; flocculation; contaminant transformation; resource recovery; sustainable water treatment; emerging contaminants

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

Global Challenges in Safe Drinking Water: Water Quality, Access, Management, Equity, and Public Health

edited by Kirsten Nicholson and Klaus Neumann

submission deadline 15 May 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: safe drinking water; water access; water inequality; water management; water security; public health; water treatment; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)

Novel Chemical Processes for Emerging Contaminant Purification in Water

edited by Pengwei Yan, Yizhen Cheng and Yue Liu

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: water purification; chemical process; emerging contaminants; free radicals; degradation mechanism

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

Water and Education: Teaching Sustainability, Managing Risks, and Shaping the Future

edited by

Álvaro-Francisco Morote

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4505 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); climate change and water; water resources and landscapes; end-purposes of water teaching; flood risk management; water conservation strategies; hydrological cycle education; community engagement in water sustainability; resilient water governance

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

Research on Adsorption Technologies in Water Treatment

edited by

Wei Wei

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3848 | 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)

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

edited by Izabela Zimoch and

Iwona Kłosok-Bazan

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2099 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk management; drinking water and wastewater quality; energy-water nexus; smart water networks and technology; microcontaminants removal

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

Water Governance Under Climate Change: The Roles of Economic Efficiency and Environmental Justice

edited by

Marianne Kjellén

, Bapon Fakhruddin and Rosa Maria Formiga-Johnsson

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1250 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and climate governance; water allocation and use efficiency; water security; climate risk; environmental justice and inequalities; development cooperation; climate financing; water security; climate resilience

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

Machine Learning Applications in the Water Domain, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yonggui Wang

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1015 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource; machine learning (ML); neural network; hydrological phenomena; water quality; time series prediction; water body identification; classification; comparative analysis; interpretability of ML

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

Development and Evaluation of Water Purification Technologies

edited by

Arif Reza

and

Soomin Shim

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); membrane filtration; electrochemical treatment; emerging contaminants; nanotechnology; life cycle assessment (LCA); pilot-scale implementation; sustainable water treatment

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

Advances in Soil Moisture Measurement and Modeling

edited by Sujeong Lim,

Massimiliano Bordoni

and

Valerio Vivaldi

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; land surface modeling; remote sensing; land–atmosphere interaction; data assimilation; uncertainty quantification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Transient Flow Analysis and Optimization of Water Supply Mains and Distribution Systems

edited by Bongseog Jung and Gholamreza (Bahman) Naser

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic transients; water distribution systems; surge analysis and protection; operational optimization; digital twins; pressure management; real-time monitoring and control; system resilience

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