Water

Innovations in Irrigation: Modernizing Water Management for Efficiency and Sustainability

edited by

and Nikolett Éva Kiss

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; smart irrigation systems; water– food– energy nexus; IoT-based water monitoring; AI and decision support tools; indoor farming; water and energy efficiency; water reuse and circularity; sustainable water governance; climate-resilient irrigation systems

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Hydraulic Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Lin Cheng

,

Chunhui Ma

and

Jie Yang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6953 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; hydraulic engineering; safety monitoring; mechanism and data fusion; numerical simu-lation

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

Geotechnic and Geostructure Modelling for Landslides: Prediction and Control

edited by Xiaoshuang Li,

Chun Zhu

and

Qihang Li

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6524 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; slope stability; geotechnical theory; physical experiment; numerical modeling; machine learning; fail-ure mechanisms; monitoring and early warning; rock bolting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Flood and Storm-Induced Cascade Disasters: Effects, Risks, Resilience, and Adaptive Strategies

edited by

Michalis Diakakis

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3437 | Submission Open

Keywords: floods; storms; cascade disasters; cascade effects; domino effects; impacts

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

Advances in Aquifer Systems Analysis: Flows, Interactions, Quality Status, and Remediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andrea Zanini

,

Fulvio Celico

and

Camilla Fagandini

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; numerical modelling; contaminant transport; groundwater remediation; multidisciplinary approach; water resources; climate change; aquifer recharge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Applications of Stable Isotopes in Understanding Hydrological and Hydrochemical Processes

edited by

Chengcheng Xia

and

Ke Chen

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 377 | Submission Open

Keywords: stable isotopes; isotopic fractionation; isotope tracing; hydrochemistry; aquatic systems; water resources; water quality; evapotranspiration; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Assessment and Management of Soil Salinity: Methods and Technologies

edited by

George Kargas

and

Paraskevi Londra

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

Keywords: salt accumulation and soil salinity assessment; methods of soil salinity determination; spatial and temporal distribution of salinity; irrigation with saline water; salinity control and salt leaching; drainage systems; effect of salts on hydraulic conductivity; mapping of soil salinity; remote sensing and soil salinity; geophysical instruments in soil salinity mapping; digital soil maps (DSMs) of ECe with machine learning (ML) technology; intelligent irrigation and leaching technology

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

Nature-Based Soil and Water Conservation for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

edited by

Michel Riksen

,

Coen J. Ritsema

and

Karrar Mahdi

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based soil and water conservation (NB-SWC); climate-smart agriculture (CSA); arid and semi-arid regions; planning and design of NB-SWC; NB-SWC suitability; water scarcity; water conservation; water economics; adoption of NB-SWC

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions for Hydrogeological Challenges

edited by

Francesco Maria De Filippi

,

Davide Fronzi

and

Alessandro Galdelli

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; springs; groundwater availability; wells; aquifer recharge; machine learning; artificial intelligence; neural networks; predictive modeling; intelligent systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Impact of Microplastic Pollution on Soil and Groundwater Environment

edited by

Qing Luo

, Ning Yang and

Liangshan Feng

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 13228 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; soil pollution; groundwater contamination; environmental impact; ecotoxicology; plastic degradation; soil– groundwater interaction; pollution mitigation

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

Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment and Nutrient Removal

edited by Hong Wang,

Qiulai He

and Yingmu Wang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12138 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater biological treatment; nitrogen and phosphorus removal; anammox; aerobic granular sludge technology; biofilm technology; wastewater treatment plant upgrade

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

Sustainable and Efficient Water Use in the Face of Climate Change

edited by

Yaosheng Wang

and

Haiyang Ma

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2390 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilience; precision irrigation; crop physiology; water use efficiency; root– soil dynamics

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

Aquatic Chemodynamics of Environmental Inorganic Pollutants: Transformation and Transfer Within and Across Various Environmental Compartments

edited by

Hong Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 936 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic chemodynamics; emission; global biogeochemical cycle; heavy metals; lakes; oceans; photochemical; toxin/toxic; source/sink; water/air exchange; water/sediment exchange

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

Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater: Multidisciplinary Approaches for a Complex Challenge

edited by

Andrea Zanini

,

Fulvio Celico

and

Laura Ducci

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminant; groundwater contamination; urban and suburban groundwater; natural attenuation; multidisciplinary approach

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

Emerging Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater: Recent Tendencies, Treatment Options and Perspectives

edited by

Anna Wołowicz

and

Monika Wawrzkiewicz

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13618 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging micropollutants (heavy metals; dyes; surfactants; pharmaceuticals; pesticides; hormones; organic compounds; detergents etc.); advanced water treatment; membrane processes; advanced oxidation processes; pollution control; wastewater treatment; removal strategies; adsorption; health risk

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

Advances in Diatom Research in Freshwater

edited by Sang-Deuk Lee and

Jihae Park

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7782 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced methodology; diatom application; diatom taxonomy; flora; freshwater ecology; water quality monitoring; new recorded species; novel species

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

Soil Erosion and Sedimentation by Water

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7728 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; sediment yield; soil conservation; erosion plot; basin; sheet erosion; channelized erosion; erosion risk mapping

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

Algae-Based Technology for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Binghan Xie

and Mengqi Zheng

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7643 | Submission Open

Keywords: algae; unbalanced nutrient; emerging contaminants; refractory organics; metal ions; resource recovery

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

Application of Hydrological Modelling to Water Resources Management

edited by

Doosun Kang

,

Amir Saman Tayerani Charmchi

and

Fatemeh Ghobadi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7419 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-change adaptation; climate-related disasters; decision support systems; digital twins; early warning systems; environmental uncertainties; hydrological modeling; integrated water resources management (IWRM); machine learning and deep learning; model-informed decision making; multi-criteria decision making; multi-objective opti-mization; optimal water allocation; probabilistic modeling; proactive management strategies; reinforcement learning; remote sensing and GIS applications; scheduling and planning; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); water– energy nexus; water supply and demand; water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Coastal Management and Nearshore Hydrodynamics, 2nd Edition

edited by Peng Hu and Weijie Liu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7249 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal management; nearshore hydrodynamics; climate change; coastal hazards; waves and current; policy and planning

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

Advances in Groundwater Resource Development: Innovative Methods and Technologies

edited by

Zhuo Zhang

and

Adimalla Narsimha

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6265 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater pollution; anthropogenic activities; heavy metal; microbial pollution; organic pollution; inorganic pollution; source apportionment; numerical simulation; machine learning; groundwater pollution remediation; health risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Sewage Disposal, Biological Processes and Resource Utilization of Sewage Sludge

edited by Jun Li and Yuhan Zhu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5550 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological treatment of wastewater; nitrogen and phosphorus removal; emerging pollutants; sludge treatment; resource recovery; sustainable development

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

Environmental Biotechnology Applied to Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes

edited by

Xiaohu Li

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5369 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; biotechnology; anaerobic digestion; aerobic digestion; biomembrane; activated sludge; bioelectrochemistry

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

Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology: Characteristics, Risks and Strategies

edited by

Kai Zhang

and Yaru Cao

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5154 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants; ecotoxicology; pollution remediation; environmental risk assessment; sustainable marine management

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

Application of Geospatial Information Systems and Technologies in Water Resources Management

edited by

Muhammad Tauhidur Rahman

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4220 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality monitoring; watershed management; urban water management; water resources management; geospatial information systems (GIS); remote sensing; climate change and water resources

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

Advances in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture: Practices, Ecosystems, and Socio-Economic Perspectives

edited by Tomasz Kajetan Czarkowski and

Krzysztof Kupren

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3726 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable fisheries and aquaculture; sustainable fisheries and aquaculture management; ecosystem impacts of fisheries; impacts of climate change; socio-economic dimension in sustainable fisheries and aquaculture

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

Recent Advances in Offshore Hydrodynamics

edited by

Chongwei Zhang

and Xuanlie Zhao

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3613 | Submission Open

Keywords: waves– structure interaction; offshore engineering; hydrodynamic analysis; ocean renewable energy; fixed and floating offshore wind turbines

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

Fostering Desertification Control for Sustainable Development: Soil and Water Conservation Perspectives

edited by Zeeshan Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3572 | Submission Open

Keywords: desertification; climate change; vegetation restoration; food security; soil erosion; sustainable livelihood; water harvesting

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

Contaminant Transport, Risk Assessment, and Ecological Impacts in Karst

edited by

Wei Liu

,

Wei Chen

and Matej Blatnik

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3456 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater and surface contamination; hydrological processes; contaminant transport; environmental risk evaluation; ecological impacts; karst systems

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

Impact of Climate and Socio-Economics on Irrigation Water Management and Agricultural Water Productivity: 2nd Edition

edited by

Chenglong Zhang

and

Xiaojie Li

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3365 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation water supply; irrigation water demand; irrigation water management; agricultural water productivity; crop water consumption; irrigation water prediction and simulation; climate change; socio-economic conditions

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

Policy Innovation and Integrated Governance for Sustainable Urban Water Management

edited by

Ziheng Shangguan

, Eleni Zafeiriou and

Mohd Yawar Ali Khan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3021 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water resource management; policy innovation; integrated governance; institutional design; water use efficiency; digital water governance; nature-based solutions

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

Yellow River Basin Management Under Pressure: Present State, Restoration and Protection, 4th Edition

edited by

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and Qingsong Wu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2126 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yellow River Basin; current state and challenges; human– water relationships; emerging pollutants; water security; high-quality development

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

Marine Plastic Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Umberto Andriolo

and

Laura Corbari

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1500 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine litter; microplastics; macroplastics; plastic pollution; marine ecosystems; monitoring techniques; hydrodynamic models; environmental impact; socio-economic impact; remote sensing

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

Climate Modeling and Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Cycle

edited by Yi Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1387 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate models; hydrological cycle; water resource management; extreme hydrological events; ecohydrological response; greenhouse gas emission scenarios (RCPs)

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

AI, Machine Learning and Digital Twin Applications in Water, 2nd Edition

edited by

Bithin Datta

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1214 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); digital twin; big data analytics; sensor networks; ensembles; decision models; smart sensors; digital platforms; surrogate models; water resource management; flood and drought forecasting; groundwater systems; surface water systems; contamination detection; linked simulation-optimization

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

Identification, Treatment and Risk Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Water Ecosystems

edited by Sai Xu and Yuxiang Zhu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 972 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; contamination control and treatment; water ecosystems; remediation; risk assessment

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

Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resource Management

edited by Xueying Li,

Amar Deep Tiwari

and

Liu Liu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information systems; water resource management; hydrological monitoring and modeling; climate change adaptation; flood risk; drought assessment; machine learning; hybrid models; geospatial analytics

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

Distribution and Toxicity of Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Sheng Liu

and

Kun Li

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic ecosystems; environmental behaviors; ecotoxicity; risk assessment; remediation technologies; analytical methods

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

Petroleum and Plastic Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Carlos Costa

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: petroleum biodegradation; plastic biodegradation; water pollution by petroleum; microplastics

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

Aquaculture Water Safety, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xingguo Liu

,

Jun Xie

and

Jie Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture; aquaculture engineering; water quality control; aquaculture wastewater treatment; green and low-carbon aquaculture

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

The Application of Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

edited by Martin J. Taylor and

Amthal Al-Gailani

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; wastewater treatment; heavy metal removal; organic pollutant adsorption; low-cost adsorbents; fixed-bed systems; regeneration; adsorption modelling; life cycle assessment (LCA); environmental sustainability

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “Managed Aquifer Recharge and Management”

edited by

Thomas Missimer

and

Nicolò Colombani

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: managed aquifer recharge; aquifer storage and recovery; artificial aquifer recharge; salinity barriers; water reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Emerging and Legacy Contaminants in Soil and Water Systems: Pathways, Monitoring, Characterization, and Treatment

edited by Jinsheng Huang,

Yuchuan Fan

and

Xi Zhang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; legacy contaminants; fate and transport; point and non-point sources; non-target screening; wastewater treatment; sorption; photocatalysis; nanomaterials; constructed wetlands; GIS; remote sensing; real-time monitoring

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

Advances in Electrochemical Detection for Environmental and Water Quality Assessment

edited by

Sakthivel Kumaravel

,

Annalakshmi Muthaiah

and Thangaraj S.T. Balamurugan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal detection; water contaminants; real-time monitoring; electrochemical detection of pathogens; environmental monitoring; water quality assessment; point-of-care diagnostics

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

Advances in Sediment Dynamics: Mechanisms, Modeling and Management in Transitional Environments

edited by

Maria Rita Maggi

,

Cosimo Peruzzi

,

Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama

and Marina Amadori

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment dynamics; transitional environments; hydrodynamics and morphodynamics; sediment transport modeling; field measurements; laboratory experiments; innovative monitoring techniques

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

The Interrelationship Between Climate Change, Human Activities and Hydrological Processes, 4th Edition

edited by

Qianfeng Wang

,

Haijun Deng

and

Jinshi Jian

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrological processes; water resources; vegetation; soil; rock; drought; heatwaves; mutual effects

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

Advances in Open-Channel Flow Hydrodynamics

edited by

Yeo Howe Lim

,

Reza Barati

and

Vida Atashi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: open‐channel flow; hydrodynamic structures; turbulence modeling; sediment scouring; flow– structure interaction; experimental and numerical modeling; ecohydraulics; remote sensing; data‐driven hydrodynamics

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

Coastal Ecology and Fisheries Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: estuaries ecology and management; wetlands protection and management; mangroves restoration and construction; fishery resource assessment; coastal fishery management; fishery management policy; coral ecology and protection; ecosystem services; coastal culture and aquaculture; marine farming and construction

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

Urban Drainage Systems and Stormwater Management, 2nd Edition

edited by