Water

Insights on the Water–Energy–Food Nexus and Sustainable Development

edited by

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6217

Keywords: environmental sustainability; food production; water management; energy security; machine learning; waste management; remote sensing analysis

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

Evapotranspiration and Plant Water Stress Measurements as the Driving Standard for Agricultural Irrigation

edited by

Teresa Afonso do Paço

,

Maria Isabel Freire Ribeiro Ferreira

and

Joao Rolim

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4857

Keywords: evapotranspiration; irrigation scheduling; deficit irrigation; water stress indicators; ground truth data

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

Solid-Liquid Separation Technologies for Wastewater Treatment

edited by Wenjun Zhang

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 570

Keywords: solid– liquid separation technology; wastewater treatment; mineral processing wastewater; flocculation and sedi-mentation; technological innovation

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

Climate Risk Management, Sea Level Rise and Coastal Impacts

edited by

Nawin Raj

, Nathan Downs and Lila Singh-Peterson

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 32076 | Submission Open

Keywords: oceanic changes; climate risk management; deep learning; climate change; sea level rise; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; coastal changes; oceanography; wetland changes; mangrove changes

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

Water Quality Examination: The Investigation of Heavy Metal Contamination, Nutrients, and Organic Pollutants in Aquatic Environments for an Enhanced Prevention and Purification Process

edited by

Thomas Dippong

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16002 | Submission Open

Keywords: water pollution; contamination of groundwater; aquatic ecosystems; monitoring of water resources; management for sustainability; removal of heavy metals; eutrophication; bioremediation; chemical or biological technologies; aquatic environments; risk assessment; phytoremediation of water; microplastics in water; nutrients in water; heavy metal in water; organic pollutants in water; bacterial contamination of water

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

Effects of Groundwater and Surface Water on the Natural Geo-Hazards, 2nd Edition

edited by Xudong Zhang,

,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14325 | Submission Open

Keywords: water modeling; soil– water interaction; rock– water interaction; geo-hazards; water-induced problems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Impacts of Climate Change & Human Activities on Wetland Ecosystems

edited by Zhongqing Yan, Guopeng Liang, Yingxin Shang and Xueping Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13070 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland ecosystems; ecosystem services and functions; protection and restoration; climate change and human activities; wetland hydrological processes; greenhouse gas (GHGs) fluxes; nutrient cycle and energy flow; water environment quality

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

Machine Learning Applications in the Water Domain

edited by

Yonggui Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12118 | 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)

Slope Stability Analyses and Landslide Risk Assessment Under Hydrodynamic Action

edited by

Zheng-Yi Feng

,

Cheng-Yu Ku

and

Frank Tsai

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11386 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide; debris flow; river bank erosion and protection; slope stability; landslide risk assessment; groundwater seepage; landslide mitigation; water erosion; sediment transport

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

Evaluation of Microbiological Indicators for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

edited by

Anna Lenart-Boroń

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11083 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; bacteria; drinking water; fungi; health risks; irrigation; microbiological contamination; protozoa; treatment plants; viruses; wastewater treatment; water pollution; water reuse

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

Flood Inundation Modeling and Mapping: Application of Hydrodynamic Models, Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Tools

edited by

Fazlul Karim

and

Catherine Ticehurst

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10217 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology; flood frequency; hydrodynamic modeling; remote sensing; machine learning; satellite imagery; SRTM; LiDAR; Sentinel-1; Sentinel-2; Landsat; floods; inundation; flood risk; uncertainty analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Applications of Advanced Oxidation Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Xuetong Yang

, Rui Zhang and Yang Hu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10040 | Submission Open

Keywords: persistent (micro)pollutants; PFAS; wastewater treatment; ozonation; environmental sustainability; water quality; life cycle assessment

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

Microplastics Pollution in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Xueqiang Lu

and Chengtao Li

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9999 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; ecotoxicology; aquatic systems; detection; mitigation strategies

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

Global Water Risks Across Shared River Corridors in Transboundary Basins

edited by

Shahbaz Khan

,

Arfan Arshad

,

Fazlullah Akhtar

and Zaichen Xiang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9053 | Submission Open

Keywords: transboundary river basins; water governance; capacity development; remote sensing; ML/AI tools; water quality and quantity; land-water dynamics; flood and droughts; land cover changes; outlook at shared aquifers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Research on Water Supply Systems and on the Treatment and Recovery of Wastewater and Stormwater

edited by

António Manuel Abreu Freire Diogo

,

Enedir Ghisi

and

Célia dos Anjos Alves

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7297 | Submission Open

Keywords: water supply systems; water resources management; non-conventional water sources; water supply networks; urban water infrastructures planning; design and rehabilitation; water quality; water treatment; public health; wastewater treatment and reuse; stromwater harvesting; environemtal sustainability

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

Slope Stability Analyses and Risk Assessment for Rainfall-Induced Landslides

edited by

Qihang Li

,

Xiaoshuang Li

and Jiang Song

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7001 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; rainfall infiltration; slope stability; physical model experiment; numerical modelling; machine learning; advanced algorithms; failure mechanism; mitigation measures; monitoring and early warning

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

Application of Advanced Oxidation Technologies in Water and Wastewater Purification

edited by

Yi Ren

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6839 | Submission Open

Keywords: water purification; wastewater treatment; water restoration; emerging contaminants; advanced oxidation processes; Fenton-like oxidation; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; ozonation; non-thermal plasma; electron beam

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

Advanced Numerical Approaches for Multiphase and Cavitating Flows

edited by Linmin Li

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6082 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flow; cavitation; numerical simulation; Eulerian– Lagrangian approach; computational fluid dynamics

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

Advanced Remote Sensing for Coastal System Monitoring and Management

edited by

Chunpeng Chen

,

Ce Zhang

and

Wenting Wu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5386 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal zones; remote sensing; coastal sustainable management; deep learning

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

Study on Environmental Hydrology and Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Basins, Estuaries and Offshore

edited by

Biyun Guo

and

Chunyan Li

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4960 | Submission Open

Keywords: water environment; coastal estuary; hydrodynamic; mathematical model

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

Machine Learning Models for Flood Hazard Assessment

edited by

Álvaro Sordo-Ward

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4745 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligent; flood hazard; flood forecasting; flood warning; flood risk; models; real time; monitoring systems; climate change; new sensors; mitigation strategies

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

Advances in Metal Removal and Recovery from Water

edited by

Xiande Xie

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2516 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; water treatment; metal pollution removal; metal recovery; absorption; heavy metal

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

Studies on Toxic Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems

edited by Zongming Ren and

Chunlei Xia

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2512 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic toxicology; online monitoring technology; individual responses; toxic effects; water pollution; biodiversity; ecosystems

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

Advances in Monitoring of Hydrological and Ecological Processes Under Climate Change

edited by

Haibo Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1202 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological monitoring; ecological processes; climate change impacts; evapotranspiration modeling; data fusion; water use efficiency

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

Perspectives on Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies

edited by Yuan Yan and Han Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 559 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater sustainability resource recovery system optimization biosolids and biogas management techno-economic analysis (TEA) life cycle assessment nitrogen removal integrated wastewater treatment systems

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

Changes in the Regimes of Glacial and Permafrost-Influenced Watersheds in the High Arctic

edited by

Grzegorz Janicki

and Łukasz Franczak

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: proglacial catchment hydrology and hydrochemistry; glacial; snowmelt; permafrost and mixed-river regime; river flow dynamics and variability; rainfall and snowmelt floods; river and overland runoff; foodplain and channel morphology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water Resource Simulation and Optimal Allocation: Theory, Methods and Applications

edited by

Adebayo J. Adeloye

and

Rabee Rustum

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: simulation; optimization methods; hybrid simulation– optimisation; multi-objective optimisation; irrigation; hy-dropower; floods; water quality; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); heuristics optimization; un-certainty characterization; climate change

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

Climate-Driven Coastal and Ocean Dynamics: Waves, Shoreline Changes, and Carbon Cycle Interactions

edited by

Frédéric Kpèdonou Bonou

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal erosion; wave climate; carbon sequestration; shoreline dynamics; ocean acidification; blue carbon; climate adaptation; remote sensing; sediment transport; extreme events

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

Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Problems Caused by Water Action

edited by Yonggang Zhang, Cheng Lyu and

Lichen Li

submission deadline 24 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12928 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– soil coupling; tunnel water inflow; rock seepage; wading slope; hydraulic coupling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Hydrodynamics Science Experiments and Simulations, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yonggang Lu

, Yandong Gu,

Wenwu Zhang

and

Yongyao Luo

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6827 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamic experiment; hydrodynamic simulation; hydraulic machinery; multiphase flow; hydro energy technology

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

Optimal Management and Hydrological Simulation of Water and Soil Resources Under Climate Change

edited by Chongfeng Ren,

Gaiqiang Yang

and Xiao Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1552 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources’ management; water resources’ carrying capacity; agricultural water productivi-ty; uncertainty; hydrological modeling; soil infiltration simulation; decision support system; machine learning; flash flood disaster assessment; flood risk management; drought assessment; extreme weather

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Optimal Operation of Pumped Storage Hydropower Units and Renewable Energy

edited by Hao Zhang and

Yang Li

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1415 | Submission Open

Keywords: pumped storage hydropower units; renewable energy; hybrid energy system flexibility; multi-objective dynamic scheduling; low-carbon dispatch strategies; AI-driven hydropower forecasting; transient process control; hydro-meteorological uncertainty management; energy storage synergy

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

Microplastics in Water and Wastewater

edited by

Ewa Liwarska-Bizukojc

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic environment; bioplastics; ecotoxicity; groundwater; microplastics; drinking water; removal efficiency; sludge; surface water; wastewater

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

Monitoring and Assessment of Pollutants in Coastal Waters, Sediments, and Biota, 2nd Edition

edited by

Hyeon-Seo Cho

and

Huiho Jeong

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: monitoring; assessment; pollutants; coastal water; marine sediments; marine organism; marine environment; food webs

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

Recent Advances in Maritime Energy Systems

edited by

Ying Cui

and

Zhen Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 116 | 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)

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

edited by

Qiuheng Zhu

and Meiling Xu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17005 | Submission Open

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

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

Approaches to Water-induced Landslide Hazard Risk Forecasting and Assessment

edited by Junrong Zhang,

Tao Wen

,

Faming Huang

and

Kun Fang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12334 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geomechanics; physical modelling; numerical modelling; slope stability; landslide susceptibility mapping; displacement prediction; landslide mitigation; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advance in Groundwater in Arid Areas

edited by Yudong Lu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9062 | Submission Open

Keywords: arid and semi-arid regions; groundwater; groundwater-surface water interaction; groundwater numerical modeling; policies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Modeling of Flood Hazard and Assessment of Inundation Impacts, Vulnerability and Risk in Coastal Areas

edited by

Christos Makris

and

Yannis Androulidakis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7148 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal flooding; coastal inundation; compound flooding; coastal flood risk; storm surge; climate change impacts; operational forecasting of floods; early warning systems; sea level rise; wave-induced flooding

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

Geotechnics and Geostructures Modelling for Hydrodynamic-Driven Landslides: Prediction and Control

edited by Qinwen Tan,

Kun Fang

and

Tao Wen

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3940 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic process; landslide evolution; slope stability; geostructures modelling; seepage force; landslide mitigation and control; geotechnics; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Causes and Reconstruction of Catastrophic Flash Flood Disasters: Investigation, Analysis, Modelling and Risk Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xiekang Wang

and Meihong Ma

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2716 | Submission Open

Keywords: catastrophic flash floods; climate changes; extreme precipitation; underlying conditions; human activities; hydrological and hydro-meteorological modelling; soil erosion; water-sediment process; mechanism of flash flood disaster; risk assessment and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Water Risks, 3rd Edition

edited by

Haibo Yang

, Fei Chen, Fei Wang,

Yuyan Zhou

and

Xiaosong Shu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 732 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water resource management; drought; flood; remote sensing

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

Ecohydrological Processes, Environmental Effects, and Integrated Regulation of Wetland Ecosystems, 3rd Edition

edited by

Junhong Bai

and

Tian Xie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 20 articles | Viewed by 31399 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrological processes; environmental effects; ecological risks; biogeochemical processes; pollution; restoration; regulation; climate change; ecological service functions; wetland ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

The Impact of Climate Change and Land Use on Water Resources—an Issue of Environmental Global Safety

edited by

Ana-Maria Ciobotaru

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 22643 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; environmental safety; impact of climate change; management of water resources

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

Advance in Hydrology and Hydraulics of the River System Research 2025

edited by

Karol Plesiński

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15483 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulics; hydrology; river system; flow dynamics; numerical and physical modeling; hydrotechnics; geomorphologic; sediment transport; climate changes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Mathematical, Physical, Chemical, and Biological Methods for Ice and Water Problems

edited by

Zhijun Li

and

Fang Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10042 | Submission Open

Keywords: lake ice; river ice; sea ice; ice engineering; observations and investigations; water environment; ecology; mathematical method; numerical modeling; physical modeling; chemical analysis; biological analysis; data analysis

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

New Perspectives for Water Quality and Wastewater Remediation: Advanced Oxidation Processes and Toxicity Assessments

edited by

Christina Nannou

and

Vasiliki Boti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9198 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; water purification; water quality; water safety; emerging conataminants; water remediation; AOPs; transformation products; toxicity assessments; environmental risk; environmental safety

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

Advances in Hydrogeological Investigations: Field Monitoring, GIS, AI, Remote Sensing, Geophysical Techniques, and Hydrochemical Analysis

edited by

Ismael Ibraheem

and

Abdelazim Negm

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8047 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geophysical methods; geographical information system (GIS); joint interpretation; hydrogeophysical investigations; groundwater investigation; groundwater monitoring; groundwater assessment; groundwater sustainability; aquifer characterization; sustainable water management; groundwater quality; groundwater contamination; groundwater– surface water interaction; groundwater resources; advanced groundwater modeling; investigation of aquifer heterogeneities; regional and transboundary groundwater

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Urban Water Systems: Challenges in Current Environment

edited by

Ashok Sharma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5634 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water system; wastewater and stormwater systems; centralised systems

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

Advances in Swimming Pool Hygiene Safety and Spa Research

edited by Athena Mavridou, Georgia Mandilara and

Vincenzo Romano Spica

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5162 | Submission Open

Keywords: swimming pools; hygiene safety; water microbiology; water chemistry; disinfection

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

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