Water

Innovative Adsorption Technologies for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 395 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; wastewater treatment; adsorption modelling; micropollutants; innovative adsorbents; activated carbon; biochar; nanomaterials; MOFs; waste valorization

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

Energy Efficiency and Hydraulic Performance in Water Systems

edited by

Elena Gómez

and

Elvira Estruch Juan

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency in water systems; hydraulic performance optimization; water distribution network energy recovery; pumping systems and variable speed drives; smart control and monitoring; energy-aware system design; pump-as-turbine (PAT) performance

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

Geochemistry and Reservoir Management

edited by

Khosro Jarrahian

and

Mahdi Kalantari-Meybodi

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: geochemistry; hydro-thermo-mechanical proccesses; fluid flow in porous media; thermodynamics; fluid–rock interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Slope and Tunnel Instability Under Climate and Engineering Stresses: Landslides, Debris Flows and Water Conservation

edited by

Shunchao Qi

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides and debris flows; engineered slopes (waste dumps, subgrades, high fills, dam slopes); tunnels (portal slopes, drainage effects, spoil areas); major engineering projects; climate change (extreme rainfall, permafrost thaw); cold high‑altitude regions; practical engineering case studies; numerical modeling (FEM, DEM, SPH, etc.); soil and water conservation; hydrological drivers of slope instability

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

Mine Water Utilization and Sustainable Management

edited by Neil Burnside and Ian Molnar

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine water; hydrogeology; geothermal; acid mine drainage; thermal energy storage; geochemistry; subsurface transport; contaminant fate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Microbial Community Dynamics and Functional Characteristics in Aquatic Environments

edited by Shuzhen Li

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial community; functional characteristics; aquatic ecosystems; meta-omics; biogeochemical cycles; envi-ronmental microbiology; ecosystem functioning; microbial diversity and distribution; host–microbiome inter-actions

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

Biological Wastewater Treatment for Resource Recovery

edited by

Francisco Javier Rubio-Rincón

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable sanitation; resource recovery; circular citywide inclusive sanitation; circular bioeconomy

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

Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Hydrological Research

edited by

Haibo Wang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water resources; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; hydrology modeling; drought monitoring; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Novel Methods in Wastewater and Stormwater Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dorota Olejnik

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; stormwater management; stormwater harvesting; emerging contaminants; microplastics; pollutant transport; surface runoff modeling; nature based solutions; circular economy; resource and nutrient recovery; water reuse; advanced oxidation processes; climate change adaptation; artificial intelligence; smart cities

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

River Hydraulics and Ecological Management Under Climate Change

edited by

Alban Kuriqi

and

Paweł Tomczyk

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; river hydraulics; ecohydraulics; river ecology; hydrological extremes; environmental flows; sediment transport; river morphology; hydraulic modeling; river basin management

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

Water Management and Geohazard Mitigation in a Changing Climate

edited by

Laszlo Podolszki

,

Igor Karlović

and Kosta Urumović

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18692 | 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

edited by

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,

, Dunxian She,

,

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submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15590 | 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

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9523 | 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

Jian Hu

,

Guilin Han

and Qian Zhang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9189 | 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

Chaofeng Zeng

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6889 | 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

Nuria Boluda Botella

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3408 | 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

Qing Luo

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3042 | 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

Wene Wang

and

Xiaotao Hu

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1769 | 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,

Xuwang Zhang

and

Qiao Ma

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 989 | 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

edited by

Roberto Rodríguez-Pacheco

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 971 | 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,

Jingqing Gao

and Jimin Shen

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 842 | 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

Robert Patrick

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 798 | 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

Zheng Lu

,

Xiang Li

and Yongkai An

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 692 | 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

Weihua Zhao

, Xiao Ma and

Bo Wang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 555 | 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 190 | 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

Kyle Maurice Woosnam

and Kristin E. Gibson

submission deadline 27 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11608 | 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

Alla Khosrovyan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12657 | 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

Ran Mao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8493 | 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

edited by

Jūratė Kriaučiūnienė

and

Serhii Nazarenko

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4379 | 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

Konstantinos Katsifarakis

,

Dimitrios K. Karpouzos

and Yiannis Kontos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3799 | 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

Haibo Yang

, Fei Chen, Fei Wang,

Yuyan Zhou

and

Xiaosong Shu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3326 | 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

Jia Wang

and Yi Ji

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3307 | 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

edited by

Yesen Liu

,

Yueqin Zhu

and

Yaohuan Huang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2825 | 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

edited by

Gonzalo Astray

and

Diego Fernández-Nóvoa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2671 | 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

Hongqiang Dou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 701 | 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)

Innovative Approaches to Freshwater Restoration and Management

edited by

Katarzyna Kowalczewska-Madura

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 358 | 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,

Cheng Li

and

Xiaoqi Luo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 228 | 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)

Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Watersheds: Advances, Challenges, and Integrated Approaches

edited by Yuhan Shen

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 206 | 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)

Urban Stormwater Management with Blue–Green Infrastructure

edited by

Shiqi Zhou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 189 | 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)

Impact of Protective Forests on Runoff Genesis in Mountain Catchments

edited by

Josef Křeček

and

Moshe Gophen

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 188 | 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)

Optimal Design of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Dariusz Kowalski

and

Paweł Suchorab

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4110 | 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

edited by

Alina Bărbulescu

and

Cristian Ștefan Dumitriu

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2789 | 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

Charles R. Ortloff

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1611 | 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

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1280 | 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 966 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | 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

Chuan Lin

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 576 | 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

Lixin Zhu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11421 | 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

Dezhao Liu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8097 | 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

Zheng Li

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3549 | 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)

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