Water

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

edited by

Ismael Ibraheem

and

Abdelazim Negm

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8513 | 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)

The Safety Operations and Intelligent Control of Water Network Engineering Systems

edited by

Yantao Zhu

,

Rui Pang

and

Binghan Xue

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8252 | Submission Open

Keywords: water network safety; intelligent control systems; risk assessment; IoT and AI integration; infrastructure reliability

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

Advanced Research in Non-Point Source Pollution of Watersheds

edited by

Feng Liu

, Tao Wang, Yan Xu and Cen Meng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5166 | 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 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2748 | 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)

Climate Change Uncertainties in Integrated Water Resources Management

edited by Thomas Ramsey and Liang Yuan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2739 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; integrated water resources management (IWRM); transboundary rivers; uncertainty; sustainability; water conflict

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

Sustainable Research on Water Quality Monitoring and Nutrient Pollution Control

edited by

Yang Song

, Yi Hong and

Chunqi Shen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2343 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management; eutrophication; harmful algal blooms; hypoxia; environmental DNA; digital twin; IoT and remote sensing; machine learning and AI; biogeochemical modeling; ecosystem restoration

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

Extreme Rainfall and Hydrological Extremes: Monitoring and Prediction Using Machine Learning and Physical Modeling

edited by

Muhammad Abrar Faiz

and Zhaoqiang Zhou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1481 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme rainfall; prediction; hydrology; remote sensing; early warning; climate change; machine learning; disaster risk; data assimilation; flood forecasting

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

Carbon Storage in Lake Sediments Under Climate Change

edited by

Barbara Futa

and

Joanna Gmitrowicz-Iwan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 982 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycle; drought; lake; dam reservoir; carbon stocks; humus substances; fulvid and humic acids; sediments; indicators

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

Soil Water Use and Irrigation Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Roman Rolbiecki

,

Stanisław Rolbiecki

and

Barbara Jagosz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 872 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; crop water requirements; soil hydraulic properties; sustainable development of rural areas; soil fertility; drip irrigation; soil and water relationship; evapotranspiration; precision agriculture; irrigation and drainage systems

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

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 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open

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

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

Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Groundwater Management

edited by Shankar Karuppannan and Nafyad Serre Kawo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-objective optimization; groundwater management; sustainable water resources; decision support systems; aquifer modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Innovative Approaches in Hydrology Applied to the Study of River and Lakes Systems

edited by

Paweł Burandt

and

Szymon Kobus

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative hydrological methods; river and lakes systems; water quality; physicochemical properties of bottom sediments; remote sensing in hydrology; numerical modeling; hydrological monitoring; water resource management; monitoring techniques; sedimentation processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Recent Advances in Maritime Energy Systems

edited by

Ying Cui

and

Zhen Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 127 | 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)

Water Environment Modeling, Simulation, Informatics, and Big Data Mining

edited by

Yulin Kang

, Baiyin Liu and Yan Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 115 | 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)

Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Research in Aquifers

edited by

Alex Sendros

,

Albert Casas Ponsati

and

Carlos Duque

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; groundwater modeling; natural tracers; isotopes; heat transport; coastal aquifers; saltwater intrusion; groundwater– surface water interaction; hydrogeophysics; managed aquifer recharge; aquifer vulnerability; groundwater resources; hydrogeochemistry; contamination; groundwater quality: field experiments; lab experiments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

New Challenges in PFAS Removal from Contaminated Water

edited by

Chuhui Zhang

, Yue Zhi and

Philippe Le Coustumer

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: PFAS; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; treatment; destructive technologies; adsorption

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

Research on Watershed Ecological Restoration and Water Pollution Control

edited by

Lingwei Kong

, Cheng Shen and

Xiaoyue Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 72 | 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)

Earth Observation for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management

edited by

Grazia Tosi

and

Alessandra Vinci

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; water demand; precision agriculture; remote sensing; machine learning; sustainable water management; soil-plant-atmosphere interactions

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

Impact of Climate Changes on Humid and Arid Geomorphic Systems

edited by Marco Piccarreta,

Mario Bentivenga

and

Salvatore Ivo Giano

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 64 | 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)

Advances in Microbial Technology for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez

and

Bárbara Muñoz Palazón

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; circular economy; contaminants of emerging concern; environmental microbiology; environmental protection; wastewater treatment

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

Innovative Approaches to Mine Water Management: Monitoring, Remediation, and Prevention

edited by

Xiujuan Feng

and Baogang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine water; water treatment; environment monitoring; soil remediation; health risk assessment; envirommental fuctional materials

(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 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 53 | 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)

Reimagining Sustainable Resource Recovery in Wastewater Treatment Processes

edited by

Aušra Mažeikienė

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater; treatment; sustainable; resource recovery

(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 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

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

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

Marine and Coastal Algae: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, and Ecosystem Conservation

edited by

Antonella Bottalico

and

Antonella Petrocelli

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal ecosystems; ecosystem conservation; environmental DNA; habitat degradation; invasive species; long-term monitoring; macroalgae; macroalgal blooms; marine biodiversity; marine protected areas; metabarcoding; non-indigenous species; restoration

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

Hydroclimatic Changes in the Cold Regions

edited by Alexander Shiklomanov, Vladimir Alexeev and Hotaek Park

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 865 | 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)

The Soil–Water–Microbiome Nexus: Integrating Microbial Functions for Agricultural Sustainability

edited by Arnab Majumdar,

Debojyoti Moulick

and Tarit Roychowdhury

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil microbiome; water management; agroecosystem sustainability; microbial inoculants; nutrient cycling; climate resilience

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

Governance of the Marine Ecological Environment and High-Quality Blue Development

edited by

Shuhong Wang

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine ecological governance; high-quality blue development; sustainable blue economy; marine ecosystem restoration; marine pollution control; blue carbon; marine policy and management; climate change and oceans; integrated coastal zone management; green maritime industries

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

Pathways to Carbon Neutrality in Water Systems: The Role of LCA, Ecological Engineering, and Pollution Control

edited by

Shoubing Wang

and

Yonghong Bi

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint; ecological engineering; carbon neutrality; low-carbon fishery; photovoltaic fishery; water pollution control; life cycle assessment; low-carbon wastewater treatment facility; wetland ecosystem service; water– energy– carbon nexus

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

Advances of Multiphase Flow in Hydraulic and Marine Engineering

edited by Wei Liu,

Ling Zhou

and

Yuquan Zhang

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flow; CFD modeling; air– water flow; cavitation; sediment transport; wave– structure interaction; subsea oil– gas– water flow; hydraulic structures; marine engineering

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

Rainfall Variability, Drought, and Land Degradation

edited by

Moncef Bouaziz

and

Harris Vangelis

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1643 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall; soil; land degradation; variabiltity; drought; modeling

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

Optimisation of Water Distribution System Design and Operation Under Uncertainty

edited by

Avi Ostfeld

and

Sriman Pankaj Boindala

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 200 | 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)

Advancing Applications in Hydrogeochemical Processes in Groundwater Systems

edited by

Jason Polk

and Nenad Marić

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6853 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater systems; hydrogeochemical processes; hydrochemistry; isotopic and geochemical tracing; emerging contaminants and water quality concerns; karst hydrology; predictive modeling; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Treatment and Management

edited by

Bilal Khan

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in water treatment; machine learning and water management; smart water treatment and desalination systems; treatment process optimization; predictive analysis and forecasting; intelligent sensing and IoT; autonomous water treatment and desalination systems; sustainable water technologies; data-driven decision support

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

Advanced Fluid Mechanics in Hydraulic Engineering: Turbulence, Multiphase Flows, and Sediment Dynamics

edited by

Roberto Gaudio

and

Nadia Penna

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental fluid mechanics; sediment transport; local scour; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); turbulent jets; fluid-structure interaction; eco-hydraulics; multiphase flows

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

Groundwater Dynamics and Modeling

edited by

Jacek Gurwin

and Krzysztof Dragon

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical groundwater modeling; regional groundwater systems; groundwater resources; water balance; recharge estimations; transport modelling; advanced monitoring systems; groundwater protection; mining hydrogeology; groundwater exploitation/pumping tests; geoinformatics tools in numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Application of Biosensors in Water Quality and Aquatic Environment Monitoring

edited by

Jisui Tan

and Xu Zhu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; biosensor; emerging contaminants; portable device

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

Hydrological Hazards: Modelling, Monitoring, Management and Mitigation Measures

edited by

Lampros Vasiliades

,

Andreas Efstratiadis

and Ioannis Tsoukalas

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological hazards; floods; droughts; hydroinformatics; hydrological modelling; hydrodynamic modelling; flash floods; drought risk; spatiotemporal analysis; vulnerability mapping; climate change impacts; early warning systems (EWS); mitigation measures; nature-based solutions (NBS); resilience; water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Membrane Bioreactors and Algae–Bacteria Consortia: Mechanisms, Innovations and Applications in Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

edited by

Meijia Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane bioreactor; algae– bacteria consortia; wastewater treatment; resource recovery; membrane fouling

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

Environmental Evolution of Coastal Zones and Its Effects

edited by

Daniele Trogu

and

Runxia Sun

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal evolution; sea-level change; coastal geomorphology; anthropogenic impacts; coastal ecosystems; sediment dynamics; climate change; coastal resilience; environmental monitoring; coastal management

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

Aquatic Ecosystem Assessment: Zooplankton

edited by Anita Galir,

Aleksandar Ostojić

and

Dubravka Špoljarić Maronić

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental change; anthropogenic pollutants; physiology and reproduction; bioaccumulation; multiple-stressor interactions; ecosystem resilience

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

Optimizing Soil–Water Management for Enhanced Water Productivity and Irrigation Efficiency

edited by

Yue Li

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil– water management; water productivity; irrigation efficiency; rain-fed agriculture; irrigated agriculture; soil moisture; precision irrigation; water– fertilizer coupling

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

Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in Rivers, Lakes, Coasts and Estuaries

edited by

Zhi-jun Dai

and

Jie Wang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamics; sediment transport; geomorphic evolution; eco-hydrodynamic interaction; climate change; an-thropogenic perturbation; sustainable governance; fluvial-lacustrine-coastal-estuarine systems

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

Effects of Biochar Additions on Soil Hydraulic Properties

edited by

Yang Chen

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; geotechnical engineering; soil hydraulic properties; permeability; unsaturated soils; soil– water characteristic curve; hydro-mechanical coupling; ground improvement

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

Impacts of Human Activities and Engineering on Groundwater Hydrochemistry

edited by Xiaodong He

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater hydrochemistry; human activities; water quality; water– rock interactions; geochemical modeling; iso-topic tracing; deep hydrochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Research on Physiology and Ecology of Corals in Water Environments

edited by

Chieh-Yu Pan

and

De-Sing Ding

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; environmental change; marine and coral reef ecosystems; lakes; and aquaculture environments

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

Multiphysics Processes and Modeling in Marine Geotechnics

edited by

Xiaoli Liu

,

Jianfeng Zhu

and Hongyi Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine geotechnics; coupled processes; multiphysics processes; fluid– structure– seabed interaction; carbon capture and storage; data-driven modeling; physics-informed neural networks; soil improvement; constitutive model

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

Risks of Hydrometeorological Extremes, 2nd Edition

edited by Oluwafemi E. Adeyeri and Kazeem Abiodun Ishola

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrometeorological extremes and impacts; climate change; flood risk assessment; drought mitigation; extreme weather events; hydrological modelling; climate models and projections; climate resilience; forecasting techniques including the use of artificial intelligence; risk management; adaptive strategies

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

Generative Water-Sensitive Spatial Configuration: AI-Driven Design, Modeling, and Adaptive Urban Hydrology

edited by

Mo Wang

and

Rana Muhammad Adnan Ikram

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative design; water-sensitive urban design; urban hydrology; blue– green infrastructure; artificial intelligence; nature-based solutions; stormwater management; spatial optimization; climate adaptation

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

Cutting-Edge Separation Technologies for Water Reclamation and Reuse: Membranes, Nanomaterials, and Emerging Contaminant Control

edited by

Sunith Madduri

,

Raghava R. Kommalapati

and

Prashan M. Rodrigo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: forward osmosis; reverse osmosis; ultrafiltration; microfiltration; electrospun nanofiber membranes; membrane distillation; membrane surface modification; produced water treatment; PFAS detection and removal; nanomaterials for water purification; photocaatalysis; adsorption

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

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