Water

Advances in AI, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches for Water Resources Applications

edited by

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submission deadline 27 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10871 | 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)

Wastewater Resourceization: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Water

edited by

Lei Qin

submission deadline 28 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3482 | 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)

Advanced Research in Non-Point Source Pollution of Watersheds

edited by

Feng Liu

, Tao Wang, Yan Xu and Cen Meng

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10876 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; landscape patterns; ecological treatments; pollutant removal and resource recovery; emerging contaminants; agriculture green development; watershed intelligent management

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

Sustainable Water Resources Management in a Changing Environment

edited by

Sergio Cappucci

, Emiliana Valentini and

Andrea Petroselli

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7306 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomatics; GIS and remote sensing applications; water and landscape management; the management of natural resources (soil, water, sediment) from dams, channels and river banks; water–climate interactions; earth surface processes, coastal erosion and river drainage networks; landslides and flooding; natural hazards; wetland reclamation; “Ecologically sustainable” water and wastewater treatment and management

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

Water Resources Allocation, Planning, and Regulation for Sustainable Management

edited by

Carina Almeida

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4008 | 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 Quality Management in Aquaculture Systems

edited by Changwei Li,

Wenchang Liu

and Gang Liu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1264 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture water quality; recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS); biofloc technology; integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA); real-time water quality monitoring; nature-based water treatment; constructed wetlands and biofiltration

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

Advanced Smart Sensors and Technologies for Real-Time Monitoring of Water Quality in the Environments

edited by

Tsung-Ting Shih

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 673 | Submission Open

Keywords: water; quality monitoring; real-time; real samples; sensors; microfluidic chips; portable devices; system integration

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

Aquaculture, Fisheries, Ecology and Environment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ta-Jen Chu

,

Tian-Sheng Chen

, Liangmin Huang and

Chun-Han Shih

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 500 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture innovation; aquaculture systems and environments; biology for aquaculture; aquatic genetics and breeding; coastal cage farms; aquatic animal nutrition and feed; resource assessment and sustainable management; smart aquaculture; smart fisheries; sustainable water environment

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

Recent Advances in Maritime Energy Systems

edited by

Ying Cui

and

Zhen Liu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: development and utilization of marine renewable energy; computational fluid dynamics and numerical simulation; oscillating water column wave energy converter; air turbine; hydrofoil; vertical-axis turbine

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

Regional Weather-Driven Disasters: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Societal Resilience

edited by

Vinay Kumar

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: disaster risk reduction; climate resilience; socioeconomic vulnerability; extreme weather impacts; early warning systems; cascading hazards; adaptive capacity; hydrometeorological hazards; community resilience; vulnerability assessment

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

Landslide on Hydrological Response

edited by Lei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8494 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-induced landslide; landslide stability; deformation mechanism; landslide susceptibility mapping; multi-fields monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Hydrology and Hydrodynamics Characteristics in Coastal Area

edited by

Nizar Abcha

and Nicolas Lecoq

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6207 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal hydrodynamics; hydrologic modeling; storm surge and tidal dynamics; sediment transport; monitoring; remote sensing in coastal environments; watershed–coastal interface

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

Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in the Water Environment Under Contemporary Global Changes

edited by

Abdul Qadeer

,

Xia Jiang

, Kelly Kirsten and

Qinghuan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4935 | Submission Open

Keywords: legacy contaminants; emerging contaminants; PFAS; microplastics; water quality; detection; environmental modeling; global change; risk assessment; remediation technologies; climate impacts

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Resources System, 2nd Edition

edited by

Avi Ostfeld

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4437 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources systems; artificial intelligence; modeling; optimization; water distribution systems

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

Security and Management of Water and Renewable Energy

edited by

Gordon Huang

,

Yongping Li

and

Guangwei Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4375 | 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)

Extreme Hydrological Events Under Climate Change

edited by

Diana Šarauskienė

and

Darius Jakimavičius

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4356 | 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)

Research on Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse

edited by

Manuel Toledo Padrón

and Sara Sáez-Orviz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3983 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; physicochemical treatment; biological treatment; terciary treatment; odour control; waste management; pollutant removal; municipal wastewater; industrial wastewater; agricultural wastewater; resource recovery; water reuse

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

Hydroclimatic Changes in the Cold Regions

edited by Alexander Shiklomanov, Vladimir Alexeev and Hotaek Park

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3954 | Submission Open

Keywords: Arctic climate change; permafrost changes and feedback; snow and permafrost hydrology; ecohydrology of cold regions; hydrological processes in cold regions; river biogeochemistry in cold regions; Arctic water cycle; hydroclimatology of cold regions; hydrological modelling

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

Research on Microplastic Pollution in Water Environment

edited by

Aravin Prince Periyasamy

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3910 | 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)

Review Papers of Urban Water Management 2026

edited by

Enedir Ghisi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3759 | 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)

New Technologies for Hydrological Forecasting and Modeling

edited by

Iwona Kuptel-Markiewicz

,

Agnieszka Rutkowska

and

Katarzyna Baran-Gurgul

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3556 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling and foorecasting; machine learning in hydrology; real-time forecasting; remote sensing applications; uncertainty analysis; hydrological extreme events; artificial intelligence in hydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water Reuse and Land Management: Strategies, Policies, and Integrated Land-Use Approaches

edited by

Sonja Bauer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2626 | Submission Open

Keywords: water reuse; land management; integrated land-use planning; sustainable agriculture; urban water applications; water reuse

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

Advanced Biotechnologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, 3rd Edition

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2362 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnologies for water treatment; biotechnologies for wastewater treatment; advanced water treatment; advanced wastewater treatment; nutrient recovery from wastewater; energy recovery from wastewater; emerging contaminants in water and wastewater treatment; industrial waste treatment; municipal wastewater treatment; water reuse; water treatment

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

Innovative Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Valorization Towards a Circular Economy

edited by

Hu Zhao

and

Yun Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2268 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable wastewater treatment; sewage sludge valorization; resource recovery; circular economy; green chemistry; nutrients circulation; advanced pretreatment technology; low-carbon technologies; life-cycle assessment

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

Analysis of Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xiaosheng Qin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1613 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme precipitation; climate change; downscaling; compound events; hydrological impact

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

Bio-Indicators in Aquatic Ecosystems: Monitoring, Assessment, Restoration and Conservation

edited by

Davide Taurozzi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1397 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-indicators; aquatic ecosystems; water quality; climate change; freshwater monitoring; paleolimnology; bio-diversity; ecosystem assessment; environmental monitoring; ecological indicators

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

Research on Watershed Ecological Restoration and Water Pollution Control

edited by

Lingwei Kong

, Cheng Shen and

Xiaoyue Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1397 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed ecological restoration; water pollution control; novel materials; emerging contaminants; greenhouse gas emissions; sustainability; ecological engineering; resource recovery; intelligent watershed management systems

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

Bioremediation and Resource Recovery from Wastes and Wastewater: Advanced Materials and Hybrid Treatment Technologies

edited by

Fida Hussain

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1169 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioremediation; waste and wastewater treatment; bio-based materials; advanced functional materials; hybrid remediation systems; environmental sustainability; emerging contaminants; heavy metal removal; organic pollutant removal

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

Biochar-Driven Nutrient Circularity in Wastewater: From Reactivity to Agronomic Reuse

edited by

Salah Jellali

and

Mejdi Jeguirim

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1048 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; biomass; biochar; modification; deep characterization; nutrient recovery; static and dynamic conditions; nutrient slow-release; circular economy

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

Advances in Water, Wastewater, and Waste Infrastructure Technologies: Selected Papers from the 2026 Conference

edited by

Agnieszka Urbanowska

and

Aleksandra Klimonda

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1006 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; wastewater treatment; waste management; water infrastructure; environmental engineering; mem-brane processes; resource recovery; circular economy; water quality; sustainable technologies

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

Water Environment Pollution and Control, 5th Edition

edited by

Weiying Feng

,

Fang Yang

and

Jing Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open

Keywords: dissolved organic matter; water pollution; nitrogen and phosphorus; heavy metals; toxicity; microbial; nanomaterials; lake eutrophication

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

Membrane and Other Innovative Technologies for Water Purification: Design, Development, and Application, 2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 716 | Submission Open

Keywords: membranes; water and wastewater treatment; filtration; adsorption; new material synthesis and characterization; activated carbon; aluminosilicates

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

Urban Water Pricing Balancing Financial Viability and Social Fairness

edited by

Vasilis Kanakoudis

,

Francesco De Paola

and Evangelos Keramaris

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 620 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water services pricing; resilience; social fairness; economic depression; equitable access

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

AI (Gen) and Machine Learning Applications in the Water and Wastewater Sector

edited by Taher Abunama

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 615 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI (Gen); ML; LLM; digital twins; wastewater treatment; drinking water treatment; process control and optimisation; hybrid modelling; water quality prediction; anomaly detection and fault diagnosis; energy and emissions reduction

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

Modelling Tools for Water Quality Assessment: Watershed Processes Modelling, Machine Learning, and Management Frameworks

edited by

Ekaterini Hadjisolomou

and Ioannis Kyriakides

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; watershed modeling; water quality assessment; spatial analysis; coastal and marine envi-ronments; eutrophication; water resources management; satellite and in situ data

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

Research on Emerging Pollutants in Aquatic Systems

edited by

Víctor Matamoros

and Monica Escolà

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic ecosystems; pharmaceuticals; PFAS; microplastics; nature-based solutions; water treatment; ecotoxicology; risk assessment; environmental monitoring; pollutant fate and transport

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

Next-Generation Biological Processes in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Maria Cristina Collivignarelli

,

Alessandro Abbà

and

Stefano Bellazzi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological wastewater treatment; emerging contaminants removal; membrane bioreactors (MBR); aerobic granular sludge; nature-based solutions

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

Global Climate Change and Its Interaction with Vegetation, Soil, and Water Resources

edited by Ming Zhao, Jinting Huang and

Junsheng Lu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; vegetation dynamics; soil biogeochemistry; water resources; climate extremes; land-use/cover change; monitoring and modeling; sustainable management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Feature Papers of Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Helena M. Ramos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart water–energy–food–environment management; smart water grids; water–energy–food–environment sectors sustainability; digital water; renewable solution; safety and control solutions; sustainable development goals; droughts and floods adaptation; smart water–energy–food solutions; new technologies; smart sensors; digital twin; energy transition; hidden hydropower; crop production; food processing; flood control; energy storage; renewables’ integration; flexible and sustainable networks; hydraulics and hydrodynamics analyses; security, scalability, and performance

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

Advanced Oxidation Processes for Emerging Organic Pollutants Removal

edited by Yuxuan He and

Donghai Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: photo-activated persulfate/peroxymonosulfate systems; photocatalysis for pollutant degradation; Fenton/Fenton-like processes; novel catalyst design and interfacial engineering for AOPs; insights into radical and non-radical pathways; reactive species identification and transformation product analysis

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

Optimization–Simulation Modeling of Sustainable Water Resource, 2nd Edition

edited by Zhaocai Wang

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2881 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; sustainable development of water resources; optimization models; simulation modeling; water planning; water scheduling; water allocation; water environment management; disaster management; decision support systems

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

Advances in Groundwater Resource Development: Innovative Methods and Technologies, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhuo Zhang

, Zhen Wang and

Adimalla Narsimha

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 882 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater pollution; anthropogenic activities; heavy metals; natural organic matter; sediment characteristics; sediment–groundwater interaction; sediment geochemistry; sediment-bound contaminants; groundwater–surface water interaction; regional water environment evolution; source apportionment; numerical simulation; machine learning; groundwater pollution remediation; health risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Simulation

edited by

Yanwei Fan

and

Junsheng Lu

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil water movement; infiltration simulation; infiltration model development; precision irrigation; unsaturated flow; soil hydraulic properties; new water-saving irrigation technologies

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

Eco-Environmental Effects and Regulation Under the Water Control Project

edited by

Peipei Zhang

and

Jingqiao Mao

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulics and hydrodynamics; aquatic ecological simulation; eco-environmental effects; ecological regulation; water resources management

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

Reservoir Control Operation and Water Resources Management, 3rd Edition

edited by Yuxue Guo,

Jingkai Xie

and Hao Chen

submission deadline 12 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 343 | 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)

Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance

edited by

Attila Kovacs

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2288 | Submission Open

Keywords: water governance; climate change; water resources; water policy

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

Ecological Protection and Restoration of Lakes: From Catchment Management to Ecosystem Recovery

edited by Haiqing Liao, Meng Zhang, Yuanyan Zhang and

Fang Yang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

Keywords: river-connected lakes; ecological protection; ecological restoration; catchment management; ecosystem recovery; water quality; aquatic ecosystem; watershed governance

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

Hydrogeological Processes in Cold and Arid Regions

edited by Xiaobing Kang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface water-groundwater interactions; groundwater; health risk; climate change; water resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Research on Hydrology and Water Resources

edited by

Md Jahangir Alam

,

Monzur Imteaz

and

Faisal Anwar

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5178 | 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)

Mine Water Treatment, Utilization and Storage Technology

edited by Xiaojun Wang,

Xiang Li

and

Zhan Yang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4788 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-salinity wastewater; mine water treatment; mine water utilization; resource reuse; geological storage technology

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

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