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Reactions of Hydrogen with Inorganic and Organic Molecules in Aqueous Media

edited by

Ignat Ignatov

, Yordan G. Marinov and

Teodora Todorova

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 622 | Submission Open

Keywords: inorganic and organic substrates; hydrogen reactions; catalysis (homogeneous and heterogeneous); green chemistry; hydrogen activation; origin of life; sustainable chemistry; environmental catalysis; renewable energy; redox processes; biocatalysis; electrocatalysis; prebiotic chemistry

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

Advances in Hydrochemistry and Hydrogeology

edited by Shouchuan Zhang,

Shen Qu

and

Xiaoliang Sun

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; hydrochemistry; isotope; numerical modeling; machine learning; thermal water

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Remote Sensing for Aquatic Environments: Applications, Innovations, and Future Perspectives

edited by

Hui Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; aquatic environments; water quality monitoring; chlorophyll-a; harmful algal blooms; optical complexity; algorithm development

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

Integrating Membrane and Multielectrochemical Technologies for Water Purification

edited by Dachao Lin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: multielectro-integrated membrane separation; electro-functionalzied material; electrochemical mechanism; scale-up of electro-membrane hybrid systems; water purification

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

Agentic AI for Intelligent Water Resources Management: From Hydrological Forecasting to Autonomous Decision Support

edited by

Vahdettin Demir

and

Osman Orhan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: agentic AI; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; hydrological forecasting; water resources management; autonomous decision support; intelligent water systems; digital twins; large language models; AI agents; flood forecasting; drought prediction; climate change; sustainable water management; hydrological modeling; reinforcement learning; explainable AI

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

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Groundwater Assessment and Sustainable Management

edited by

Hanxiang Xiong

Xu Guo

and Chuanming Ma

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; machine learning; artificial intelligence; causal machine learning; groundwater quality; ground-water forecasting; groundwater storage; explainable AI; physics-informed learning; uncertainty analysis; sustainable groundwater management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Water and Wastewater Quality Analysis and Treatment Technologies

edited by

Muhammad Zeeshan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; advanced oxidation processes; adsorption; membrane filtration; resource recovery; sustainable water treatment; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); microplastics; water reuse

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

Intelligent Sensing Methods and Safety Monitoring Theories in Water Engineering

edited by

Chunhui Ma

Lin Cheng

and

Jie Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: water engineering safety; hydraulic engineering; hydraulic structure safety; water quality safety; safety monitoring; satellite remote sensing; intelligent sensing; monitoring data analysis; artificial intelligence; risk assessment

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

Advances in Dam Engineering Innovations in Safety Monitoring and Sustainable Reinforcement Technologies

edited by

Binghan Xue

Yantao Zhu

and

Manjun Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk analysis and management; seismic safety assessment; AI-based intelligent sensing; safety monitoring; remediation and reinforcement materials; sustainable dam construction

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

Biodiversity Indicators in Lakes: Integrating Paleolimnological, Contemporary and Future Insights

edited by Yafei Zou,

Shengrui Zhang

and Yuan Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; lakes; diatoms; pollen; cladocerans; microfossils; global change; paleolimnology; limnology; ecosystem function; climate change; ecological response; water quality; taxonomy; barcoding and genomics

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

Ecohydrology and Water Quality in Urban Catchments

edited by Shiyong Tao and

Jing Xu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; hydrological processes; water quality dynamics; surface water; groundwater; heavy metals; dissolved organic matter; emerging contaminants; ecological restoration; sustainable management

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

Microalgae-Based Remediation and Resource Recovery in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Xueting Song

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; microalgae; resource recovery; high-value bioproducts; physiological regulation

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

Advanced Oxidation and Applied Chemistry for Water Disinfection

edited by Lu Peng and

Qiqi Wan

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation processes; water disinfection; applied chemistry; catalytic oxidation; reactive oxygen species; disinfection by-products

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

Sustainable Water Management in Agricultural Irrigation, 2nd Edition

edited by Dat Q Tran

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigated agriculture; cropping patterns; irrigation technologies; managed aquifer recharge (MAR); re-claimed/treated water; water–energy–food nexus; transboundary conflict and cooperation; water institutions

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

Fluid Dynamics of Reversible Pump Turbines: Advances and Challenges

edited by Lianchen Xu, Fangfang Zhang and

Yuan Zheng

submission deadline 18 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: reversible pump turbine; pumped-storage hydropower; internal flow dynamics; hydraulic instability; transient processes; pressure pulsation; cavitation; energy dissipation; fluid–structure interaction; intelligent operation

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

Assessment and Management of Soil Salinity: Methods and Technologies

edited by

George Kargas

and

Paraskevi Londra

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2131 | 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)

Advancement of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jiangyong Hu

Say Leong Ong

and

Wenjun Sun

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1258 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation process; organics removal; transformation products; toxicity evaluation; pre- and post-process; water and wastewater treatment; water reuse; cost-effectiveness analysis; policy and management

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

Innovations in Integrated Aquaculture and Aquaponics

edited by Aya S. Hussain and

Abhinav Choudhury

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 705 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated aquaculture; aquaponics; nutrient recycling; sustainable food systems; recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS); circular bioeconomy; water use efficiency; climate smart aquaculture

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

Removal of Organic Pollutants from Water and Wastewater: Biomass-Using Processes

edited by

Wioletta Przystaś

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 474 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass-based treatment; persistent organic pollutants; biological wastewater treatment; adsorption on biomass; biochar; biodegradation and biotransformation; hybrid treatment systems; biomass valorization; sustainable water purification

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

Advances in Drinking Water Treatment: Coagulation, Flocculants, and Membrane Separation

edited by

Shuang Zhao

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: drinking water treatment; coagulation; flocculant; membrane separation; membrane fouling

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

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Sustainable Water Systems and Water Resource Management

edited by Yunyi Zhu, Ze Jiang and Boyan Xu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; sustainable water systems; water resource management; water process modeling; water treatment infrastructure; water distribution systems; hydroclimate extreme forecasting; digital twins; digital water and wastewater

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

Algae-Based Technology for Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by Mengqi Zheng and

Binghan Xie

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 58 | 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)

Water Use Efficiency Under Climate Change and Its Spatiotemporal Evolution

edited by

Xuepeng Zhang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: water use efficiency; spatio-temporal dynamics; climate change; attribution analysis; artificial intelligence; ecohydrological modeling; agricultural water management

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

Water, Hazards, Risks and Social Inequality

edited by Dorceta Taylor

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollution; contamination; climate; extreme weather; flooding; drought; shortage; industrial; access; affordability; community engagement; vulnerability; resilience

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

Vadose Zone Hydrology in a Changing Environment

edited by Ce Zheng and

Yunfei Chen

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: vadose zone hydrology; soil water and vapor transport; coupled water–heat–solute processes; freeze–thaw hydrology; preferential flow; soil–vegetation feedbacks; groundwater recharge; dryland ecohydrology; numerical modeling; water security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Evapotranspiration Estimation and Its Applications to Agricultural Water Management and Ecosystem Sustainability

edited by Jingyuan Xue and Xingwang Wang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: actual evapotranspiration estimation; multi-source remote sensing; agricultural water management; precision irrigation scheduling; drought monitoring and risk assessment; ecosystem sustainability; data assimilation and machine learning; water–heat–carbon coupling; crop water productivity

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

Innovations in Water, Soil and Agricultural Sciences for Sustainable Agroecosystems

edited by

Kashif Akhtar

and Enguang Nie

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management and water use efficiency; precision agriculture and artificial intelligence; soil and water remediation; environmental contamination; nutrient cycling and soil fertility; food security and sustainable development

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

Organic Contamination and Ecological Security of Freshwater Ecosystems

edited by Srimanti Duttagupta

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic contaminants; freshwater ecosystems; ecological security; emerging contaminants; contaminant fate and transport; non-targeted analysis; ecotoxicology; mixture toxicity; ecological risk assessment; water remediation

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

Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Hydrogeology

edited by

Heng Lu

Xiaoai Dai

and Lei Ma

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7810 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS and remote sensing; hydrology and hydrogeology; hydrological modeling and simulation; water resource management; flood and drought monitoring; climate change impact analysis

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

Innovations in Water Sciences for Managing Water-Related Risks and Vulnerable Water Systems

edited by

Athanasios Loukas

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology; climate change; groundwater; surface water; water resources quality; urban and agricultural water systems; water resources management; policy and governance; extreme hydrometeorological events; ecosystems conservancy; wastewater treatment and reuse

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

Aquaculture Tailwater Treatment: Theoretical Foundations and Applied Techniques

edited by

Dapeng Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6586 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture effluent; tailwater treatment technology; aquatic environmental protection; nitrogen and phosphorus removal; waste resource utilization; environmental microbiology; intelligent equipment; sustainable aquaculture

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

Water and Environment for Sustainability

edited by

Fang Yenn Teo

, Selvam Sivathass Bannir and

Anurita Selvarajoo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3214 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology and water resources; rivers, lakes, estuaries, and seas; extreme events and climate change; water supply and wastewater treatment; environmental pollution and protection; sustainable technology and engineering; sustainable development goals; sustainable environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Multiphase Flow in Hydraulic and Marine Engineering

edited by Wei Liu,

Ling Zhou

and

Yuquan Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1778 | 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)

Effect of Biological Invasion on Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by Jay Stauffer

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 958 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic biodiversity; invasive species; biological invasions; ecosystem functioning; anthropogenic impacts; marine environment

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

Marine Ecosystems Under Multiple Stressors: Climate Change and Other Anthropogenic Pressures

edited by

Md Khurshid Alam Bhuiyan

and Md Masum Billah

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 458 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem functioning; ecological resilience; ocean acidification; marine heatwaves; marine pollution; fossil-fuel-related activities; ecological thresholds; coastal and transitional ecosystems; cumulative impacts; ecosystem restoration

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

Socio-Hydrology and Water Resource Management

edited by Baodeng Hou and

Huanyu Chang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: socio-hydrology; water resource management; human‑water coupled systems; adaptive governance; water policy; system dynamics; climate adaptation; water equity; stakeholder engagement; behavioural hydrology

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

Water–Food Nexus: Integrating Plant Physiology, Water Resource Management, and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Zeeshan Ahmed

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop resilience; food security; plant–water relations; physiological adaptation; precision irrigation; sustainable agriculture; water management

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

Environmental Behavior, Ecological Effects and Health Risks of Pollutants in Aquatic Ecosystems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qiuheng Zhu

and Meiling Xu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

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

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

Groundwater Hydrology in Karst Media: Resources and Sustainability in Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by Eugenio Sanz,

Juan Carlos Mosquera Feijoo

and

Ignacio Menéndez-Pidal

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: karst hydrology; water resources; karst springs; sustainability; engineering research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Developments and Future Perspectives of Membrane Processes in Water Recovery Systems

edited by

Ewa Dacewicz

and Ewa Łobos-Moysa

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane techniques; water recovery; water reuse; wastewater treatment; membrane fouling; sustainable water management

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

Water–Soil–Plant–Microbe Interactions in Sustainable Crop Disease Management

edited by

Misbah Naz

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open

Keywords: waterborne plant pathogens; soilborne plant diseases; plant–microbe interactions; soil health; rhizosphere microbiome; biological control; crop disease management; sustainable agriculture

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

Water Governance Under Climate Change: The Roles of Economic Efficiency and Environmental Justice

edited by

Marianne Kjellén

, Bapon Fakhruddin and Rosa Maria Formiga-Johnsson

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1220 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and climate governance; water allocation and use efficiency; water security; climate risk; environmental justice and inequalities; development cooperation; climate financing; water security; climate resilience

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

Machine Learning Applications in the Water Domain, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yonggui Wang

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 900 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource; machine learning (ML); neural network; hydrological phenomena; water quality; time series prediction; water body identification; classification; comparative analysis; interpretability of ML

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

Advances in Soil Moisture Measurement and Modeling

edited by Sujeong Lim,

Massimiliano Bordoni

and

Valerio Vivaldi

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; land surface modeling; remote sensing; land–atmosphere interaction; data assimilation; uncertainty quantification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Transient Flow Analysis and Optimization of Water Supply Mains and Distribution Systems

edited by Bongseog Jung and Gholamreza (Bahman) Naser

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic transients; water distribution systems; surge analysis and protection; operational optimization; digital twins; pressure management; real-time monitoring and control; system resilience

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