Water

Policy Innovation and Integrated Governance for Sustainable Urban Water Management

edited by

, Eleni Zafeiriou and

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11483 | 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)

Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in Ocean Engineering—Second Edition

edited by

Zhipeng Zang

and

Ming Zhao

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5485 | Submission Open

Keywords: waves and tidal current; internal waves; submarine pipeline/cables; flow/wave–structure interactions; local scour/seabed evolution; renewable energy

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

Advancements in Anaerobic Digestion and Sustainable Sludge Management

edited by

Weixin Zhao

, Lili Li and Rupeng Wang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 650 | Submission Open

Keywords: anaerobic digestion; sewage sludge management; resource recovery; waste-to-energy; methane production; cir-cular economy; sludge pretreatment; biosolids

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

Soil Erosion and Sedimentation by Water

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13703 | 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)

Water: Economic, Social and Environmental Analysis

edited by

Joaquín Melgarejo Moreno

and

Borja Montaño Sanz

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13274 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; economic analysis; social equity; environmental sustainability; integrated approaches

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

Advanced Treatment Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

edited by

Xiayuan Wu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8102 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; advanced treatment technologies; adsorption methods; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); membrane filtration; hybrid treatment systems; bioremediation; sustainable water management; nanomaterials; water quality restoration

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

New Technologies to Ensure Safe Drinking Water

edited by Yizhen Cheng,

Bin Liu

and Pengwei Yan

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7649 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; oxidation technology; coagulation; fouling behavior; environmental microbiology technology

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

Recent Advances in Offshore Hydrodynamics

edited by

Chongwei Zhang

and Xuanlie Zhao

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6747 | 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)

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

edited by Tomasz Kajetan Czarkowski and

Krzysztof Kupren

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6325 | 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)

Contaminant Transport, Risk Assessment, and Ecological Impacts in Karst

edited by

Wei Liu

,

Wei Chen

and Matej Blatnik

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5901 | 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)

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

edited by

Qianfeng Wang

,

Haijun Deng

and

Jinshi Jian

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5840 | 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)

Sustainable and Efficient Water Use in the Face of Climate Change

edited by

Yaosheng Wang

and

Haiyang Ma

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5174 | 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)

Advances in Open-Channel Flow Hydrodynamics

edited by

Yeo Howe Lim

,

Reza Barati

and

Vida Atashi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3175 | 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)

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 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2043 | 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)

Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Tools and Strategies for Resilient Growth

edited by

G.-Fivos Sargentis

,

Theano Iliopoulou

and

Levon Gevorkov

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2022 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy–food nexus; resource resilience; self-sufficiency; water reuse; wastewater reuse; renewable energy; circular economy; local food systems; resource recovery; historical examples of water-energy and food management

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

Water and Waste Management Strategies and Environmentally Sustainable Approaches

edited by

Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage

and

Chen Liu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1710 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated water and waste management; environmental sustainability; circular economy; urban environmental systems; nature-based solutions; community-based resource management; environmental policy and governance; smart technologies in resource management; artificial intelligence (AI); systems thinking, sustainable development goals (SDGs); resource efficiency; environmental engineering; sustainability science

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Inland and Coastal Water Monitoring

edited by

Ting On Chan

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1673 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; inland waters; coastal monitoring; water quality; coastal wetlands; machine learning

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

Advanced Hydrological Modeling for Extreme Events: Floods, Droughts, and Risk Assessment

edited by Muhammad Usman Liaqat and Stefania Camici

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1300 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; extreme events; flood simulation; drought prediction; rainfall–runoff models; non-stationarity; climate adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Distribution and Toxicity of Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Sheng Liu

and

Kun Li

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1186 | 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)

Coastal Ecology and Fisheries Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1127 | 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)

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 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 997 | 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)

Advances in Constructed Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration

edited by Xinyue Zhao,

Ning Hou

and

Lixin Li

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 993 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetlands; microbial community; wastewater treatment; biogeochemical cycle; environmental sustainability

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

Sustainable Management of Water Distribution Networks

edited by

Hyuk Jae Kwon

and

Do Guen Yoo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 890 | Submission Open

Keywords: leakage; water supply system; residual life; pipe aging; water quality; corrosion; smart maintenance; smart system design

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

Machine Learning Applications for Surface and Ground Water Resources Management

edited by

A T M Sakiur Rahman

,

Saddam Hussain

,

Muhammad Naveed Anjum

and

Mohammod Ali

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 633 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-water; decision support system; ML for water modeling; water recharge; water balance; water accouting; precision irrigation; transforming water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Scarcity)

Coastal Sediment Dynamics: Monitoring and Modeling for Resilient Shoreline Management

edited by Douglas A George

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 470 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal sediment dynamics; shoreline management; morphodynamic modeling; coastal resilience; remote sensing; sediment transport; adaptive management

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

Urban Hydrological Resilience: Innovations in Hazard Mitigation and Management

edited by

Weiwei Shao

and Xin Su

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban hydrological resilience; hazard mitigation and management; flood and drought risk; nature-based solutions; smart and digital water systems; climate change adaptation; integrated water resources management; resilient urban infrastructure

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

Integrated Approaches to Climate-Driven Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources Management

edited by

Massoud Behboudian

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate–hydrology interactions; water resources management; hydrological modeling; extreme events; adaptive governance; remote sensing in hydrology; sustainable water systems; machine learning applications; watershed resilience; socio-hydrological systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Solid Waste Management and Its Impacts on Groundwater Quality

edited by

Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri

and

María-Elena Rodrigo-Clavero

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste management; groundwater contamination; leachate migration; numerical modeling; pollution mitigation techniques

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

Emerging Organic Micropollutants in Aquatic Environments: Advanced Analytical Methods and Environmental Protection

edited by

Marta Oliveira Barbosa

and

Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging organic micropollutants; aquatic environments; high-resolution mass spectrometry; non-target screening; water quality monitoring; environmental risk assessment; analytical methods; environmental protection

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

Management and Assessment of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Under Climate Change

edited by Giovanna Grossi and

Matteo Balistrocchi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban drainage; climate non-stationarity; structural flood risk mitigation measures; non-structural flood risk mitigation measures; field and laboratory experiments; hydrologic–hydraulic modeling; stochastic modeling; long-term performance assessment; resilience assessment; uncertainty analysis

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

Disaster Analysis and Prevention of Dam and Slope Engineering

edited by

Yuke Wang

and Xiang Yu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8447 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic structure; geotechnical engineering; safety evaluation; numerical simulation; fine analysis; dynamic response; soft foundation; mechanical characteristics; damage behavior; treatment measure

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

Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Soil and Water

edited by

Changyin Zhu

,

Da Ouyang

and

Hui Wang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4629 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; micropollutants; soil pollution; water pollution; contaminant remediation; source identifi-cation, fate, and transport; degradation and by-products; numerical modelling

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

Water and Education: Teaching Sustainability, Managing Risks, and Shaping the Future

edited by

Álvaro-Francisco Morote

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4343 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); climate change and water; water resources and landscapes; end-purposes of water teaching; flood risk management; water conservation strategies; hydrological cycle education; community engagement in water sustainability; resilient water governance

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

Revolutionizing Hydraulic Fracturing with Machine Learning and Data-Driven Approaches

edited by

Qinzhuo Liao

, Huiying Tang and Junchao Li

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3531 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic fracturing; machine learning; data-driven; geomechanics; fluid flow; modeling and simulation; optimization

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

Diatom Biodiversity and Their Adaptation to Environment Change

edited by Mateusz Rybak

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2290 | Submission Open

Keywords: diatoms; ecology; antropocene; human impact; diversity; taxonomy; freshwater; marine; coastal habitats; environmental adaptations; environmental changes; paleoecology

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

Impact of Environmental Factors on Aquatic Ecosystem, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xuan Ban

,

Wenxian Guo

and Yicheng Fu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1510 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystem; habitat; environmental flows; ecohydrology; ecohydraulic

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

Petroleum and Plastic Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Carlos Costa

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1500 | Submission Open

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

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

Water-Related Disasters in Adaptations to Climate Change, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mikio Ishiwatari

and

Daisuke Sasaki

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1260 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change adaptation; mobilizing climate change finance; flood protection; transdisciplinary approach; public–private-partnership; community-based disaster risk reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Life Cycle Assessment and Water Footprint of Sustainable Construction Materials

edited by

Quddus Tushar

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: life cycle assessment (LCA); water footprint assessment (WFA); sensitivity analyses; emerging technologies; bio-based binders; supply chain; industrial byproducts; wastewater recycling

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

Management and Optimization of Water Distribution Networks

edited by

Javier Soriano Olivares

and

Roberto Del Teso

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: pressure management; leakage control; energy efficiency; pumping systems; infrastructure asset management; digital twins; resilience

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

Micropollutant Removal via Electricity-Driven Advanced Oxidation Processes

edited by

Changtao Chen

,

Xueyang Zhao

and

Rui Zhang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: electricity-driven advanced oxidation; micropollutant removal; electro-Fenton; plasma water treatment; wastewater remediation

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

Water Governance and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariusz Adynkiewicz-Piragas

,

Leszek Kuchar

,

Alicja Edyta Krzemińska

and Anna Zaręba

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3850 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; sustainable water resources management; water governance and policies; climate change; climate change adaptation; water resources monitoring; stakeholder engagement; decision support systems; water-related tourism; blue-green infrastructure; aquatic ecosystem restoration; urban water planning; transboundary water management; water–energy–food nexus

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

Research on Adsorption Technologies in Water Treatment

edited by

Wei Wei

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3773 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel adsorbent materials; adsorption mechanisms, kinetics, and isotherm modeling; adsorption of emergent contaminants; static and dynamic adsorption; selective adsorption for targeted pollutant removal; regeneration and reusability of adsorbents; integration with hybrid systems (e.g., membrane filtration, catalysis); pilot-scale applications and real-world case studies

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

Research on Soil Moisture and Irrigation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhe Gu

and

Jiang Li

submission deadline 29 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1870 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture sensing; soil moisture prediction; irrigation scheduling modelling; temporal–spatial resolution; irrigation control; irrigation system

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

Research on the Carbon Cycle in the Aquatic Environment

edited by

Yixuan Zhang

,

Ji Liu

and

Songjun Wu

submission deadline 29 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic carbon cycle; greenhouse gases; biogeochemistry; carbon sequestration; land-water interface; climate change; dissolved organic matter; water quality; isotopic tracing; carbon fluxes

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

Flood Risk Identification and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Juan Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10906 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood; flood management; flood control operation; risk identification; risk assessment; risk management; uncertainty

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

GIS Applications in Hydrology and Water Resources

edited by

Daniel P. Ames

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4511 | Submission Open

Keywords: geographic information systems (GIS); flood risk assessment ; groundwater potential mapping ; multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); remote sensing; machine learning; site suitability analysis; water quality index; erosion and sediment yield ; hydrological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Urban Drainage Systems and Stormwater Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yongwei Gong

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3316 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban drainage systems; urban flooding; low-impact development (LID); sponge city; urban rainwater collection; urban resilience

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

Looking into the Future of Smart Water Management by Artificial Intelligence (AI)

edited by

Jafar Jafari-Asl

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2973 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart water management; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; digital twins; water infrastruc-ture resilience; predictive analytics; intelligent monitoring; optimization methods; climate‑adaptive water systems

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

Water Resources and Environment

edited by

Chih-Huang Weng

and Wentao Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2601 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; hydrology; aquatic ecosystems; drinking water; wastewater; ground water

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

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