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Water: Economic, Social and Environmental Analysis submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4632 | Submission Open
Keywords: water management; economic analysis; social equity; environmental sustainability; integrated approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Advanced Treatment Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater
edited by
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4051 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; advanced treatment technologies; adsorption methods; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); membrane filtration; hybrid treatment systems; bioremediation; sustainable water management; nanomaterials; water quality restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment Processes—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4006 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption; modeling; optimization; novel materials; emerging contaminants; recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
China Water Forum, 4th Edition submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3641 | 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)
Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management
edited by
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3022 | Submission Open
Keywords: economics of watershed management; forest hydrology; natural disaster prevension; natural flood management; sustainable forest management; watershed management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in Ocean Engineering—Second Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2807 | Submission Open
Keywords: waves and tidal current; internal waves; submarine pipeline/cables; flow/wave– structure interactions; local scour/seabed evolution; renewable energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Soil and Water submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; micropollutants; soil pollution; water pollution; contaminant remediation; source identifi-cation; fate; and transport; degradation and by-products; numerical modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Disaster Risks and Resilience in Water Conservancy Projects
edited by
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 722 | Submission Open
Keywords: water conservancy projects; disaster prevention; ice-related hazards; geological risks; hydro-meteorological events; operational failures; environmental impact; risk assessment and monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Virtual Water Trade and Transboundary Water-Energy Security Frameworks
edited by Renhong Wu
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open
Keywords: virtual water trade; transboundary water governance; energy– water nexus; sustainable development; environmental economics; water– energy– food nexus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Diatom Biodiversity and Their Adaptation to Environment Change
edited by Mateusz Rybak
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open
Keywords: diatoms; ecology; antropocene; human impact; diversity; taxonomy; freshwater; marine; coastal habitats; environmental adaptations; environmental changes; paleoecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Changes in Hydrology and Rainfall–Runoff Processes at Watersheds
edited by
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: rainfall– runoff processes; overland flow; slope hydrology; sheet flow; inter-rill and rill flow; episodic channel flow; flow regime; hydraulic geometry; watersheds; small catchment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
The Fate of Radionuclides in Water Bodies
edited by Žana Skuratovič
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental radioactivity; nuclear waste; water contamination; radionuclide transport; isotope monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Governance and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: water management; sustainable water resources management; water governance and policies; climate change; climate change adaptation; water resources monitoring; stakeholder engagement; decision support systems; water-related tourism; blue-green infrastructure; aquatic ecosystem restoration; urban water planning; transboundary water management; water– energy– food nexus
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Groundwater Resources: Their Protection, Restoration and Optimal Development
edited by , and Yiannis Kontos
submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1077 | 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)
The Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater, 2nd Edition
edited by Changqing Zhu and
submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 931 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants  ; wastewater  ; monitoring  ; management  ; treatment technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
New Tools and Methods for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater contamination; groundwater vulnerability; climate change; groundwater vulnerability validation; artificial intelligence; GIS models; aquifer characterization; risk mitigation; pollution prevention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Geothermal Reservoir Modeling: Emerging Techniques, Practical Applications and Modeling Challenges submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: geothermal reservoir modeling; enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs); coupled process simulation; data-driven modeling; reservoir characterization; uncertainty quantification; model calibration; sustainable geothermal development; hybrid geothermal systems; subsurface energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Advanced Methods in Geomorphic Analysis and Flood-Prone Landscape Dynamics submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: methods in geomorphology; landscape susceptibility; risk mitigation; GIS application; engineering geology; natural processes vs. human activity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Research on Soil Moisture and Irrigation, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil moisture sensing; soil moisture prediction; irrigation scheduling modelling; temporal– spatial resolution; irrigation control; irrigation system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Sustainable Urban Water Management: The Role of Nature-Based Solutions submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16281 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable urban water management; nature-based solutions; floods and droughts; water quality improvement; climate resilience; green infrastructure; environmental sustainability; coastal management; liveable cities; sustainable development goals (SDGs)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
NBS for Watershed Management: From Ecological Health Assessment to Ecosystem Restoration
edited by Yingying Huang, Chunhua Li and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8552 | Submission Open
Keywords: watershed management; nature-based solutions; ecological health assessment; nonpoint source pollution control; ecosystem restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Research on Isotope Investigations in Groundwater Studies submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1576 | Submission Open
Keywords: isotope hydrology; groundwater recharge; water– rock interactions; stable and radiogenic isotopes; contaminant source tracking; groundwater age dating; climate change and groundwater; surface water– groundwater interac-tions; sustainable water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Urban Water Pollution Control: Theory and Technology, 2nd Edition
edited by , Yonghai Gan and Jingjing Yang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1224 | Submission Open
Keywords: micropollutants; urban water; remediation; low-impact development; sponge city; constructed wetland
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Transport and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments
edited by , and Chunpeng Zhang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 1219 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; water pollution; advanced oxidation processes; membrane technologies; adsorption; environmental fate; ecotoxicology; microplastics; pharmaceuticals; pollutant removal technologies; water resource
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
New Advances in Membrane Separation Technology for Water Pollution Control and Membrane Fouling Mitigation
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 931 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane separation; water pollution control; antifouling membrane; membrane cleaning; membrane fouling; self-cleaning membrane
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances in Plastic’s (Eco)Toxicity Research in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 909 | Submission Open
Keywords: fresh water; marine water; plant; animal; plastic; distribution; intake; (eco)toxicity; ecotoxicogenomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Resources and Environment
edited by and Wentao Li
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 730 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; hydrology; aquatic ecosystems; drinking water; wastewater; ground water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Research and Application of Novel Adsorption and Catalytic Materials in Water Pollution Control
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption; catalysis; wastewater; heavy metal; organic pollutants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements in Aquatic Environments
edited by Yaron Be'eri-Shlevin
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open
Keywords: biogeochemical cycling; trace elements; aquatic systems; sediment– water interaction; water trace element pollution; micro-nutrients; heavy metals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Coastal Sediment Dynamics: Historical Development, Current Situation and Perspectives, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open
Keywords: coast dynamics; coast sediments; estuarine evolution; numerical simulation; coastal ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)
Landslide Geological Disaster Prevention and Geological Environment Protection
edited by Yiding Bao
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: landslide geological disaster; geological environment protection; failure mechanism; dynamic process; numerical simulation; risk assessment; disaster prevention and prediction; geotechnique
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Enhancing the Understanding of the Water Cycle and Climate Change Using Satellite Geodesy
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1337 | Submission Open
Keywords: geodesy and remote sensing; GRACE; flood and drought events; machine learning; human ac-tivities; eco-environmental changes
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Isotopic Studies in Hydrogeology and Hydrology
edited by
submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrochemistry; geothermal water; origin of geothermal water; hydrogeochemical processes; monitoring of fractured rock aquifers
Landslide and Slope Stability Risk Assessment: Study of Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslide
edited by
submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: rainfall-induced shallow landslides; slope stability; landslide risk assessment; triggering mechanisms; numerical modelling; remote sensing and monitoring; early warning systems; climate change impacts; hazard mitigation; geotechnical engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Revolutionizing Hydraulic Fracturing with Machine Learning and Data-Driven Approaches
edited by , Huiying Tang and Junchao Li
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydraulic fracturing; machine learning; data-driven; geomechanics; fluid flow; modeling and simulation; optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Coastal and Marine Governance and Protection, 2nd Edition
edited by , and Daniel O. Suman
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1450 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal governance; citizen science; participatory management; blue economy; adaptive risk management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
The Observation and Modeling of Surface Hydrological Factors
edited by , and Lisheng Song
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1333 | Submission Open
Keywords: observations; modeling; evapotranspiration; soil mositure; precipitation; surface water
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources: Assessment and Modeling, 3rd Edition submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; water use; surface water; ground water; variability; projections of change; water regime; seasonality; changes in lake water resources; modeling changes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Recent Advances in Flood Risk Assessment and Management
edited by Xiaolei Zhang and Xiao Liu
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16278 | Submission Open
Keywords: flood risk assessment; hydraulic and hydrological modeling; climate change and flood frequency; flood risk mapping; flood protection infrastructure; early warning systems; socioeconomic impacts of flooding; community-based flood management; flood resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Remote Sensing in Coastal Water Environment Monitoring
edited by , and Xiuling Zuo
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7298 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal remote sensing; coastal change detection; coastal subsidence; coastal flooding; coastal geomorphology; coastal wetlands; tidal flats; coastal environmental vulnerability; coastal processes and landforms; hyperspectral remote sensing; radar remote sensing; machine learning; data fusion; climate change; human activities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Application of Environmental Microbiology in Water Treatment submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5407 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbiology; water; wastewater; water treatment; microbiome; metagenomics; cyanobacteria; wastewater surveil-lance; multi-omics; bioinformatics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; nanoparticles; used water; public health; algal blooms; toxicity; heavy metal removal; microalgae; brown algae; algae
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Intelligent Water Management: Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Data Analytics, Predictive Modeling, and the Path to Sustainability submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2167 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); water quality monitoring; predictive modeling; flood forecasting; drought prediction; water resource management; big data analytics; climate resilience; sustainable water management; environmental science; hydrological modeling; machine learning; remote sensing; data-driven decision-making; smart water systems; water distribution optimization; AI-driven forecasting; ecosystem management; water conservation; water infrastructure management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Development of New Wastewater Treatments for the Efficient Removal of Micropollutants submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2103 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular management of water; ecotoxicity; emerging concern contaminants; environmental monitoring; life cycle assessment; quaternary treatments; reuse of treated wastewater; sustainable treatment processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advanced Design and Synthesis of Novel Photocatalyst Materials for Wastewater Remediation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2010 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; composite material; photocatalyst; organic pollutants; wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Interfacial Engineering Solutions for Enhanced Degradation of Toxic Contaminants in Water Systems
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1953 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxic contaminants; interface engineering; contaminant sequestration; advanced oxidation processes; biofilm– electrode interfaces; catalytic activation kinetics; biocompatible materials; anti-fouling interfaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Sediment Pollution: Methods, Processes and Remediation Technologies
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1318 | Submission Open
Keywords: sediment; eutrophication; contaminant characterization; biogeochemical processes; risk assessment; phosphorus; heavy metal; emerging contaminants; in situ and ex situ remediation; artificial intelligence; data-driven sediment management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Advances in Contaminant Transport in Porous Media: Mechanisms, Remediation, and Numerical Simulation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1158 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater contamination; emerging contaminants; transport; remediation; numerical simulation; adsorption
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Drawbacks, Limitations, Solutions and Perspectives of Water Reuse
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1068 | Submission Open
Keywords: water reuse; wastewater; rainwater; stormwater; resource recovery; circular economy; modelling for water reuse; control for water reuse; policy; legislation; health risk; environmental protection; treatment for water reuse; water cycle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Scarcity)
Advances in Hydro-Thermal–Mechanical Coupling Geotechnical Engineering
edited by and Yun Wu
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 881 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydro-thermal– mechanical coupling; rock mechanics; cold regions; underground engineering; deterioration and deg-radation; grouting; constitutive model; geological stability; fatigue and creep; disaster prevention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
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)
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