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Isotopic and Geochemical Approaches for Groundwater Assessment and Management submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 735 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogeochemcial investigations; groundwater contaminations; isotope hydrology; groundwater evolution; social hydrology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
River Channel Hydraulics, Fluvial Dynamics and Re-Opening Floodplains
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 601 | Submission Open
Keywords: open channel flow; sediment transport; numerical and experimental modelling; reopening floodplains
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Research Progress in Ancient and Modern Water Supply and Distribution Systems for Urban, Agricultural and Hydropower Use
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced water engineering analysis; computational fluid dynamics; hydropower; water supply and distribution systems; archaeology; water engineering history; urban and agriculture water supply distribution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Geospatial Relationships Between Water Quality and Human Health Outcomes in a Changing Climate submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality; climate change; GeoHealth; cancer incidence; extreme weather; spatial analysi
Watershed Hydrology and Management Under Changing Climate, 2nd Edition
edited by Hongbo Zhang and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; hydrology modeling and forecasting; hydrological connectivity; groundwater– surface water inter-action; ecohydrology; socio-hydrology; digital watershed; environmental flow; drought and flood risk management; integrated water resources management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Groundwater Quality, Hydrochemical Assessment and Water–Gas–Rock Interaction Processes submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater quality; isotope geochemistry; gas– water– rock interaction processes; geochemical modeling; groundwater pollution; monitoring systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Geophysical Methods for Landslide Monitoring and Hydrogeophysical Applications submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: landslide monitoring; hydrogeophysics; geophysical methods; slope stability; time-lapse geophysics; soil moisture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Advanced Research on Marine Geology and Sedimentology, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: sediment; suspension; transport; bottom boundary layer; nepheloid layer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Quality Monitoring, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality monitoring; artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; precise regulation; intelligent recognition; predictive warning; real-time monitoring; model optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
The Development and Application of Membrane and Hybrid Technology in the Treatment of Emerging Pollutants
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane technology; emerging pollutants; membrane process; hybrid processes; membrane fabrication; fouling control; process modeling; resource recovery; rejection mechanism; matrix effect
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Water Management and Water-Saving Irrigation in Agricultural Areas submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable water management; water-saving irrigation; precision agriculture; remote sensing and IoT; climate change adaptation; water– energy– food nexus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Functional Materials for Water Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by Xiaoyuan Zhang
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional materials; water treatment; wastewater reuse; desalination; advanced oxidation processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Hydrodynamics in Pumping and Hydropower Systems, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open
Keywords: pumps; turbines; hydropower; numerical simulation; experiments; vibration; hydraulic forces; hydraulic transient; stability; control strategy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments: Occurrence, Analysis and Ecotoxicity
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatial– temporal distribution; target analysis; suspect screening; non-target analysis; environmental impact; ecological risk; ecotoxicology mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Operation and Intelligent Fault Diagnosis of Hydropower Units Under New Power Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydropower units; operation technology; new power systems; sediment wear; cavitation; numerical simulation; machine learning; intelligent monitoring; hydraulic machinery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Coastal Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration
edited by Ettore Nepote and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; restoration; coastal zones; protected habitats; conservation measures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Climate–Water Effects in Agriculture: Adaptation and Mitigation Approaches submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1951 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil and water resource management; geoinformatics in soil and water resource management; precision agriculture and irrigation technologies; smart water supply systems; climate and agricultural adaptive practices; droughts; floods and water/soil erosion for rural areas; water quality improvement; water and soil pollution; unconventional water sources and desalination; agricultural water– energy– food nexus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
"Watershed–Urban" Flooding and Waterlogging Disasters
edited by , and Shengwei Pei
submission deadline 24 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 947 | Submission Open
Keywords: river basin flood; urban hydrology; urban flood; urban waterlogging; low-impact development; sponge city; urban stormwater management; urban flood damage; flood hazard risk
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Advances in Crisis and Risk Management of Extreme Floods
edited by , Svenja Fischer, Kerstin Lesny and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10510 | Submission Open
Keywords: mitigation; preparedness; response; recovery management; resilience and risk; community resilienc; governance; forecasting; numerical simulation; induced landslides; critical infrastructure; nature based solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Advances in Hydrodynamics for Pumping Systems: Modeling, Optimization, and Applications
edited by , , and Yandong Gu
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8482 | Submission Open
Keywords: pumping systems; hydrodynamics; multiphase flow; cavitation  ; computational fluid dynamics (CFD)  ; energy efficiency  ; turbulence modeling  ; design optimization; transient flow; renewable energy integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Pollution Mechanisms and Source Apportionment of Typical Pollutants in Aquatic Environments
edited by Qianqian Zhang
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7799 | Submission Open
Keywords: rivers; lakes; and groundwater; water quality; hydrochemistry; pollution sources; sources analysis; assessment methods; isotope technology; machine learning; multivariate statistical techniques; models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Environment Pollution and Control, 4th Edition submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6846 | 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)
Aquatic Microplastic Pollution: Occurrence and Removal
edited by
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4147 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastic pollution; environmental fate; removal technologies; wastewater treatment; biodegradation; risk assessment; mitigation strategies; plastic waste management; polymer degradation; policy and regulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Disaster Analysis and Prevention of Dam and Slope Engineering
edited by and Xiang Yu
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3119 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydraulic structure; geotechnical engineering; safety evaluation; numerical simulation; fine analysis; dynamic response; soft foundation; mechanical characteristics; damage behavior; treatment measure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Advances in Water Related Geotechnical Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2309 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater control; geotechnical engineering; dewatering; deep excavation; tunnelling; land subsidence; slope engineering; foundation engineering; pore water pressure; foundation pit leakage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Advances in Hydroinformatics and Geo/Statistics for Modelling and Risk Assessment of Water Systems submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1287 | Submission Open
Keywords: flood modelling; river hydraulic; geometric uncertainty of flood models; water sustainability; advances in forest restoration; nature-based solutions; advanves on time series analysis; advances of geostatistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Physical–Chemical Wastewater Treatment Technologies, 2nd Edition
edited by María Dolores Saquete and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1016 | Submission Open
Keywords: micropollutants; emerging pollutants; persistent organic pollutants; advanced wastewater technologies; sewage sludge pollution; physical– chemical treatments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Watershed Ecohydrology and Water Quality Modeling
edited by Tao Huang
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 928 | Submission Open
Keywords: watershed; ecohydrology; hydrologic modeling; water quality; contaminants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Sustainable Water and Sanitation Governance: Aligning Policies, Institutions and Regulation submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 363 | 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)
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: Recent Advances and Future Challenges submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open
Keywords: constructed wetlands; wastewater treatment; nature-based solutions; sludge management; worm-assisted sludge treatment; micropollutants; biodegradation; PFAS removal; nutrient removal; struvite precipitation; phosphorus recovery; agro-food waste valorization; anaerobic digestion and co-digestion; biomethane production; circular economy; hybrid treatment systems; water reuse; environmental biotechnology; environmental engineering; wetland modeling; molecular ecology; microbial communities; plant-microbe interactions; urban water management; climate resilience; water– energy– food nexus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Pollution Removal, Carbon Emission Reduction, and AI Empowerment in Wastewater Treatment
edited by , Xiao Ma and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; pollution removal; carbon emission reduction; artificial intelligence (AI); integrated approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Rivers, Estuaries, and Coastal Zones: Sediment Transport and Morphodynamical Models: 2nd Edition
edited by Leszek M. Kaczmarek and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open
Keywords: granular transport; sediment mixtures; morphodynamics; rivers; estuaries; coastal zones; bedload; contact load; suspended load; fine sediment transport; flocculation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)
Advances in Machine Learning for Flood Prediction and Water Risk Management
edited by Masrur Ahmed
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: flood prediction; machine learning and deep learning; hydrological modeling; climate change impacts on flood; data assimilation; remote sensing; uncertainty analysis; early warning systems; flood prediction with global circulation model; integration of AI and physics-based models
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Impacts of Acid Mine Drainage on Continental Waters submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open
Keywords: acid mine drainage (AMD); heavy metals contamination; hydrogeochemistry; mine tailings and residues; water quality and ecotoxicology; continental and marine water bodies; remediation and treatment technologies; circular economy and resource recovery; water framework directive (WFD); sustainable development goals (SDGS)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Modeling and Observations of Cold Regions Hydrosystems and Their Evolution Under Climate Change submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: cold regions; high latitudes; high altitudes; biogeochemistry; hydrology; rivers; lakes; soil water; groundwater; floodplain; discharge; hydrochemistry; carbon; greenhouse gases; nutrients; trace metal; colloids
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Spatial Analysis of Flooding Phenomena: Challenges and Case Studies submission deadline 26 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5304 | Submission Open
Keywords: flooding derivatives; flooding analysis; flooding effects; flooding vulnerability; flood model
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Advances in Mine Water Science, Technology, and Policy
edited by
submission deadline 27 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open
Keywords: mine wastewater; heavy metals; sulfate pollution; geochemical processes; contaminant transport; ecological risk assessment; human health risk; multi-contaminant interactions; wastewater treatment technologies; numerical modeling; prediction and assessment; sustainable remediation strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Urban Flood Risk Assessment and Management
edited by and Damir Bekić
submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban flooding; flood risk assessment; integrated flood risk management; drainage system; low-impact development; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; surface water; ground water; rainfall– runoff mod-eling; spatial planning; stakeholder engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Advances in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Hydrological Processes and Hydrologic Disasters
edited by Huaxiang Yan and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8935 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence technologies; groundwater transport; hydrological processes; hydrologic disasters; hydrologi-cal modelling; machine learning; soil water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Water Footprint and Energy Sustainability submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8448 | Submission Open
Keywords: water– energy nexus; energy sustainability; water resources management; water footprint assessment; sustainable electricity production; water; land and carbon footprint trade-offs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Marine Biodiversity and Its Relationship with Climate/Environment
edited by and Valentina Perricone
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6220 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine biodiversity; marine ecosystems; climate change; ocean acidification; global warming; species adaptation; habitat shift; ecosystem services; environmental impacts; marine conservation; sustainable management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Flood Risk Identification and Management, 2nd Edition
edited by Juan Chen
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4957 | Submission Open
Keywords: flood; flood management; flood control operation; risk identification; risk assessment; risk management; uncertainty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Advanced Adsorbent-Based Technologies for Efficient Wastewater Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3069 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption-based technologies; adsorbents; wastewater treatment; nanomaterials; emerging contaminants; regeneration and reusability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances and Challenges in the Lake, River, and Sea Ice Sciences and Engineering
edited by , Weiping Li, , Zhichao Wang and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1823 | Submission Open
Keywords: lake ice; river ice; sea ice; ice engineering; observations and investigations; water environment; ecology; mathematical method; numerical modeling; physical modeling; data analysis; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Drinking Water Quality: Monitoring, Assessment and Management
edited by Stavroula Tsitsifli
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1384 | Submission Open
Keywords: drinking water quality; water monitoring technologies; smart sensors and real-time monitoring; emerging contaminants; microbial risk assessment; water treatment and purification; water safety planning; water source protection; climate change and water resources; public health and water management; integrated water resource management; water governance and policy; sustainable water supply water resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Water and Wastewater Management in the Context of Environmental Sustainability submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 822 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced wastewater treatment; water treatment; circular economy; innovative materials; innovative processes; urban water management; nutrient recovery; wastewater recycling and re-use; emerging pollutants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Hydrochemical Dynamics and Environmental Impacts of Mining on Water Quality
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 638 | Submission Open
Keywords: resource extraction; geochemical modeling; water– rock interaction; mining-induced hydrochemical dynamics; water quality; environmental protection; impact of mining on aquifers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
The Future of Desalination: Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Solutions Through Membrane Innovation submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 600 | Submission Open
Keywords: desalination sustainability; membrane innovation; reverse osmosis (RO); nanofiltration (NF); membrane distillation (MD); forward osmosis (FO); electrodyalisis; hybrid desalination processes; renewable energy integration; brine management and resource recovery; water– energy nexus; process optimization; process integration; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; artificial intelligence (AI) in desalination; techno-economic and life cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Advanced Aquaculture Water Quality Management Research
edited by Subha M. Roy
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open
Keywords: water treatment and reuse; recirculating water treatment; flow-through-systems; AI/ML in aquacuture water; computational modeling and simulation; advanced aeration and filtration technologies; circular bioeconomy in aquaculture water quality; eco-friendly aquaculture practices; advanced materials for aquaculture systems; energy efficiency in aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Soil-Water Systems
edited by , Yingqin Wu and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 423 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; soil; water; contaminant fate and transport; ecological risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
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