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Water Management and Geohazard Mitigation in a Changing Climate
edited by , and Kosta Urumović
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19230 | Submission Open
Keywords: water managment; geohazards; mitigation; climate changes; sustainable development; groundwater; monitoring; mapping; modeling; risk assessment; multihazard analyses; vulnerability reduction; practical application; predictive analyses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
China Water Forum, 4th Edition submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15721 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change and hydrological evolution; water resources evaluation, planning, and management; flood, drought and water security; human–water relationship and comprehensive control; ecohydrology and water environment protection; groundwater resources and environment; water information technology and digital twin basins; national water network and major water conservancy projects; water policy and water control strategy; “carbon peak and neutrality” target and water resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Risk Assessment and Mitigation for Water Conservancy Projects submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9894 | Submission Open
Keywords: dams dikes water diversion projects risk seepage overtopping breach consequences management; dams; dikes; water diversion projects; risk; seepage; overtopping; breach; consequences; management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Impacts of Environmental Change and Human Activities on Aquatic Ecosystems, 2nd Edition
edited by , and Qian Zhang
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9300 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; migration and transformation; source identification; risk assessment; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Advances in Water Related Geotechnical Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6964 | 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)
Physical–Chemical Wastewater Treatment Technologies, 2nd Edition
edited by María Dolores Saquete and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3448 | 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)
Environmental Behavior and Prevention Strategies of Toxic Chemicals in Farmland Soil Within River Basins
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3125 | Submission Open
Keywords: farmland soil; pollution characteristics; source apportionment; risk assessment; toxic chemicals; emerging contam-inants; heavy metal; persistent organic pollutants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Application of Water-Saving Irrigation in Agricultural Development
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1889 | Submission Open
Keywords: water-saving irrigation; agricultural development; precision irrigation; smart irrigation districts; integrated water and fertilizer management; irrigation scheduling optimization; efficient water resource utilization; sustainable agricultural development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Biological Technology in Wastewater Treatment
edited by Hao Zhou, and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1000 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological nitrogen removal; granular sludge; biofilm reactors; algal–bacterial consortia; bioelectrochemical systems; constructed wetlands; heavy-metal bioremediation; micropollutant biodegradation; multi-omics; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Impacts of Acid Mine Drainage on Continental Waters submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 989 | 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)
New Technologies Towards the Degradation of Emerging Contaminants in Water
edited by Pengwei Yan, and Jimin Shen
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 866 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation process; water reuse; emerging contaminants; wetland; functional materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Indigenous Water: Knowledge, Rights, and Sustainable Management
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 816 | Submission Open
Keywords: indigenous water; water rights; water resources management; ecosystem services; environmental justice; water protection; climate change adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Remote Sensing of Spatial-Temporal Variation in Surface Water—2nd Edition
edited by , and Yongkai An
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 716 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface water; remote sensing; spatial-temporal dynamics; water cycles; data fusion; uncertainties
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Pollution Removal, Carbon Emission Reduction, and AI Empowerment in Wastewater Treatment
edited by , Xiao Ma and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 562 | 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)
Pathogens and Microbial Contamination in Water Reuse: Multi-Barrier Treatment, Risk Assessment, and Utility Partnerships
edited by Luisa A. Ikner
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: potable and non-potable water reuse; advanced water purification; enteric viruses and protozoa (cryptosporidium and giardia); legionella and opportunistic pathogens; surrogate and process indicators; culture-based methods and infectivity assays; molecular metrics (qPCR, dPCR, and eDNA); quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA); utility-academic research partnerships
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Social, Cultural, and Economic Factors Directly and Indirectly Influencing Water Resources and Conservation Outcomes
edited by and Kristin E. Gibson
submission deadline 27 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11774 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resource communication; environmental education; water conservation behavior; social evaluation methods; watershed management; behavioral modification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Scarcity)
Advancing Knowledge of the Impacts of Contaminants in Aquatic Environments
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12772 | Submission Open
Keywords: benthic; water column; lentic; lotic; aquatic pollution; ecotoxicology; assay; test
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Electrochemical Approaches to Sustainable Water Treatment: Tackling Pollution and Advancing Resource Recovery
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8543 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemical wastewater treatment; resource recovery; electrooxidation; electroreduction; heavy metal complexes; nitrate; phosphorus; electro-Fenton; PFAS; refractory organics; high salinity wastewater
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances in the Relationship Between Climate Change and Runoff in Watershed submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4461 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological modeling; climate scenarios; global models; downscaling; runoff projections; uncertainty; ungauged rivers; reanalysis data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Groundwater Resources: Their Protection, Restoration and Optimal Development
edited by , and Yiannis Kontos
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3841 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial groundwater recharge; coastal aquifers; groundwater flow; groundwater pollution control; low-enthalpy geothermal energy; groundwater trading; transboundary aquifers; groundwater–surface water interaction; sustainable groundwater irrigation; groundwater vulnerability; historical groundwater development research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Water Risks, 3rd Edition
edited by , Fei Chen, Fei Wang, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3359 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; water resource management; drought; flood; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Managing Water Under a New Hydrological Normal: Innovations for Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
edited by and Yi Ji
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3359 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; water resilience; hydrological modeling; adaptive water management; groundwater-surface water interactions; adaptive reservoir operation; multi-objective optimization; hydro-monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Advances and Major Achievements in China’s Digital Twin River Basin Development submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3063 | Submission Open
Keywords: China; digital twin hydrology; knowledge graph; large language model; virtual simulation; satellite remote sensing; flood control; water resources; water network
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Application of Machine Learning in Hydrologic Sciences, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2707 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrology; water cycle; water–soil–atmosphere; machine learning; big data; monitoring/modelling/prediction/optimization/management; water flow/quality/supply/energy; risk/hazard assessment; multidisciplinary water research
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Advances in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Hydrological Processes and Hydrologic Disasters, 2nd Edition
edited by Huaxiang Yan and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 721 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence technologies; groundwater transport; hydrological processes; hydrologic disasters; hydrological modeling; machine learning; soil water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Watersheds: Advances, Challenges, and Integrated Approaches
edited by Yuhan Shen
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 448 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality monitoring techniques; pollutant transport modeling and prediction; risk assessment tools
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Impact of Protective Forests on Runoff Genesis in Mountain Catchments submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open
Keywords: protective forests; mountain catchments; ecosystem services; natural hazards; water resources recharge; water quality; global climate change; nutrient migration; biodiversity; land use policy; active citizenship
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Innovative Approaches to Freshwater Restoration and Management submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open
Keywords: freshwater; eutrophication; protective measures; restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Soil Physical and Hydrological Properties in Agri-Environment Systems
edited by Yue Li, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil physical properties; hydrological processes; agricultural environment; sustainable water management; climate change adaptation; remote sensing monitoring; irrigation and fertilization; soil–water interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Urban Stormwater Management with Blue–Green Infrastructure
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban stormwater management; blue–green infrastructure; sponge city; low-impact development; sustainable urban drainage systems; nature-based solutions; urban flooding; stormwater quality; climate adaptation; resilient cities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Optimal Design of Water Distribution Systems submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4190 | Submission Open
Keywords: water distribution systems; optimization; optimal network design; hydraulic modelling; resilience; energy efficiency; cost-efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Climate Change and Hydrological Processes, 3rd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2867 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change scenarios; extreme events; risk assessment; multivariate analysis; artificial intelligence models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Research Progress in Ancient and Modern Water Supply and Distribution Systems for Urban, Agricultural and Hydropower Use
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1626 | 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)
Urban Stormwater Control, Utilization and Treatment, 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1292 | Submission Open
Keywords: stormwater control; low-impact development; numerical simulation; analytical probabilistic approach; stormwater treatment; rainwater harvesting; SWMM; sponge city; stormwater quality; urban flooding
Heavy Metal Pollution and Removal in the Water Environment
edited by Asmat Ali
submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 974 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metals; water pollution; wastewater treatment; bioaccumulation; ecotoxicology; removal technologies; environmental health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Low-Carbon Treatment and Resource Recovery of Municipal Wastewater and Sludge
edited by Hong Wang and Yanzeng Li
submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 932 | Submission Open
Keywords: nitrogen and phosphorus removal; sewage sludge biological treatment; anammox; anaerobic digestion; aerobic composting; microbial electrochemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
The Application of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Hydraulic Structure Risk Assessments
edited by Yan Su and
submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 604 | Submission Open
Keywords: dam safety monitoring; structural damage detection; multi-source monitoring data fusion; physics–data-driven hybrid modeling; artificial intelligence algorithm
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Aquatic Microplastic Pollution: Occurrence and Removal
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11899 | 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)
Advanced Water Management for Sustainable Aquaculture
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8314 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality monitoring; recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS); precision aquaculture; nutrient remediation; biofloc technology; aquaponics; integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA); aquaculture wastewater; sustainable intensification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Advances in Plateau Lake Water Quality and Eutrophication
edited by Zhenghui Fu and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3600 | 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)
Impact of Climate Changes on Humid and Arid Geomorphic Systems submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2482 | Submission Open
Keywords: impacts of climate changes; hillslope systems; fluvial systems; arid and semi-arid geomorphic systems; coastal systems; karst systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Optimisation of Water Distribution System Design and Operation Under Uncertainty submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1849 | Submission Open
Keywords: water distribution systems; uncertainty analysis; hydraulic and water quality modeling under uncertainty; optimization under uncertainty; stochastic and robust optimization; adaptive operational control; decision support systems under uncertainty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Sustainable Water Resource Management in Agricultural Irrigation
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1216 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable irrigation; water use efficiency; saline water irrigation; precision agriculture; water–fertilizer integration; soil health; greenhouse gas emissions; irrigation modeling; arid agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Innovative Technologies on Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; water reuse; advanced oxidation processes; membrane technologies; resource recovery; emerging contaminants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances in Hydroinformatics and Geo/Statistics for Modelling and Risk Assessment of Water Systems submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6885 | 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)
Water Environment Modeling, Simulation, Informatics, and Big Data Mining
edited by , Baiyin Liu and Yan Chen
submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6657 | Submission Open
Keywords: water environment; environmental monitoring; environmental informatization; environmental big data mining; environmental modeling; environmental simulation; AI application; environmental data analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Groundwater Environmental Impacts and Control Strategies of Coal Mining and Energy Development/Storage Activities
edited by , Lijun Liu and Jingwei Huang
submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5262 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquifer-protected coal mining; water conservation mining technology; sustainable development of geothermal energy; aquifer gas/thermal storage; underground water/gas/thermal reservoir in mine goaf; evolution of groundwater dynamic fields; recycling technology and pollution control of mine water; dynamic monitoring and remediation of groundwater; coupled flow in fractured porous media; rock mechanics under THMC multi-field coupling; fracture initiation and propagation; low-carbon treatment and resource utilization of mine water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Sustainable Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Organic Contaminants in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments
edited by Elżbieta Sobiecka, and Dorota Mańkowska
submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5221 | 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)
Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Biogeochemical Processes, Ecological Impacts
edited by , Zengping Ning and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5137 | 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)
Coastal Engineering and Fluid–Structure Interactions, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4871 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal engineering; wave–structure interactions; high-fidelity numerical modeling; laboratory and field experiments; mathematical models; harbors, coastal, and offshore structures; nature-based solutions; hydrodynamics; wave loads; wave overtopping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
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