Water

Global Climate Change and Its Interaction with Vegetation, Soil, and Water Resources

edited by Ming Zhao, Jinting Huang and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; vegetation dynamics; soil biogeochemistry; water resources; climate extremes; land-use/cover change; monitoring and modeling; sustainable management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Modelling Tools for Water Quality Assessment: Watershed Processes Modelling, Machine Learning, and Management Frameworks

edited by

Ekaterini Hadjisolomou

and Ioannis Kyriakides

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; watershed modeling; water quality assessment; spatial analysis; coastal and marine envi-ronments; eutrophication; water resources management; satellite and in situ data

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

Advanced Oxidation Processes for Emerging Organic Pollutants Removal

edited by Yuxuan He and

Donghai Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: photo-activated persulfate/peroxymonosulfate systems; photocatalysis for pollutant degradation; Fenton/Fenton-like processes; novel catalyst design and interfacial engineering for AOPs; insights into radical and non-radical pathways; reactive species identification and transformation product analysis

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

Optimization–Simulation Modeling of Sustainable Water Resource, 2nd Edition

edited by Zhaocai Wang

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2766 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; sustainable development of water resources; optimization models; simulation modeling; water planning; water scheduling; water allocation; water environment management; disaster management; decision support systems

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

Advances in Groundwater Resource Development: Innovative Methods and Technologies, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhuo Zhang

, Zhen Wang and

Adimalla Narsimha

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 758 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater pollution; anthropogenic activities; heavy metals; natural organic matter; sediment characteristics; sediment–groundwater interaction; sediment geochemistry; sediment-bound contaminants; groundwater–surface water interaction; regional water environment evolution; source apportionment; numerical simulation; machine learning; groundwater pollution remediation; health risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Simulation

edited by

Yanwei Fan

and

Junsheng Lu

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil water movement; infiltration simulation; infiltration model development; precision irrigation; unsaturated flow; soil hydraulic properties; new water-saving irrigation technologies

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

Eco-Environmental Effects and Regulation Under the Water Control Project

edited by

Peipei Zhang

and

Jingqiao Mao

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulics and hydrodynamics; aquatic ecological simulation; eco-environmental effects; ecological regulation; water resources management

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

Reservoir Control Operation and Water Resources Management, 3rd Edition

edited by Yuxue Guo,

Jingkai Xie

and Hao Chen

submission deadline 12 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: water, food, and energy; reservoir operation; water resources management; changing environment; uncertainty; risk; artificial intelligence

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

Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance

edited by

Attila Kovacs

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2240 | Submission Open

Keywords: water governance; climate change; water resources; water policy

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

Ecological Protection and Restoration of Lakes: From Catchment Management to Ecosystem Recovery

edited by Haiqing Liao, Meng Zhang, Yuanyan Zhang and

Fang Yang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: river-connected lakes; ecological protection; ecological restoration; catchment management; ecosystem recovery; water quality; aquatic ecosystem; watershed governance

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

Hydrogeological Processes in Cold and Arid Regions

edited by Xiaobing Kang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface water-groundwater interactions; groundwater; health risk; climate change; water resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Research on Hydrology and Water Resources

edited by

Md Jahangir Alam

,

Monzur Imteaz

and

Faisal Anwar

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5070 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology; water resources; extreme climate; climate change; drought and floods; AI and machine learning in water management; low-flow simulation; enviromental pollution; cultural flows; river basin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advancements in Remote Sensing and UAV Technologies for Water Management in Climate-Smart Agriculture Systems

edited by

Muhammad Awais

,

Xander Wang

,

Wei Li

and Selvarajah Thuseethan

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4770 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; climate-smart agriculture; water management; digital twins; sustainable farming; agricultural water use efficiency

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

Mine Water Treatment, Utilization and Storage Technology

edited by Xiaojun Wang,

Xiang Li

and

Zhan Yang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4754 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-salinity wastewater; mine water treatment; mine water utilization; resource reuse; geological storage technology

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

Research Status of Operation and Management of Hydropower Station, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dong Liu

and Yanhe Xu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4503 | Submission Open

Keywords: conventional hydropower stations; cascade hydropower stations; pumped storage power stations; nonlinear modelling; combined operation; optimal control; multienergy systems; stability analysis; new power systems; performance evaluation; fault diagnosis; trend prediction and early warning; renewable energy; artificial intelligence; optimization algorithms

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

Big Data and Machine Learning for Hydrology Research: Methods, Applications and Future Directions

edited by

Epaminondas Sidiropoulos

and

Vantas Konstantinos

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3403 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning architectures; hydrological forecasting; large-sample hydrology studies; multi-source data fusion; big data; explainable AI; physics-informed machine learning; digital twins in water systems; uncertainty quantification

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

Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nelson Carriço

and

Maria do Céu Almeida

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3154 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water infrastructure; sustainable water management; urban drainage systems; resilient water systems; climate change adaptation; green infrastructure; smart water technologies; urban water governance; circular water economy

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

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

edited by

Roberto Gaudio

and

Nadia Penna

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3065 | 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)

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

edited by

Zhi-jun Dai

and

Jie Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2898 | 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)

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 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2553 | 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)

Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems: Migration, Transformation, and Ecotoxicological Impacts

edited by

Lihui An

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1935 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxicological effects; behavior; exposure; ingestion; migration; transformation; molecular mechanism; freshwater; marine; estuary

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

Advancing Understanding of Extreme Precipitation in a Changing Climate: Processes, Predictability, and Risk

edited by Lei Yan

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1904 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme precipitation; risk analysis; nonstationarity; climate teleconnections; predictability

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

Application of Biosensors in Water Quality and Aquatic Environment Monitoring

edited by

Jisui Tan

and Xu Zhu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1593 | 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)

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

edited by

Yue Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1480 | 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)

Groundwater Dynamics and Modeling

edited by

Jacek Gurwin

and Krzysztof Dragon

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1153 | 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)

Long-Term Coastal Evolution and Morphodynamics: Ecosystem Protection and Coastal Safety, 2nd Edition

edited by Fu Wang, Fengling Yu, Yan Li and Xiaohe Lai

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1044 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal evolution; transgression; Holocene sea-level change; coastal wetland; shoreline change; ecosystem protection; coastal safety

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

Hydrological Hazards: Modelling, Monitoring, Management and Mitigation Measures

edited by

Lampros Vasiliades

,

Andreas Efstratiadis

and Ioannis Tsoukalas

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 925 | 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)

AI-Driven Pathways for Sustainable Water Management: Innovation, Governance, and Resilience

edited by

Lan Mu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; sustainable water management; water resilience; water resource allocation; water pollution control; climate adaptation; flood and drought management; smart irrigation; digital twins; decision-support systems; water–energy–food nexus; data-driven water sustainability; intelligent water infrastructure

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

Structural Safety Evaluation and Fluid–Solid Interaction of Hydraulic and Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Jishuai Wang

,

Chengcheng Tao

and

Chaoning Lin

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 794 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic structure; geotechnical engineering; fluid–solid interaction; fluid–soil–structure interaction; soil–structure interaction; seepage behavior; static analysis; dynamic analysis; safety evaluation; computational fluid dynamics

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

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 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 667 | 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)

Innovative Technologies for Urban Water Treatment

edited by

Irene Salmerón

and

Yamini Mittal

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 601 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water sources; water treatment; water reuse; combined sewer overflows; greywater; nature-based solutions; advanced oxidation processes; micropollutants; contaminants of emerging concern; antimicrobial resistance

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

Coastal Reservoirs as Nature-Based Solutions for Urbanization, Water Security, and Coastal Flood Mitigation

edited by Shuqing Yang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 430 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal urbanization; water security; coastal reservoirs; rising sea levels; climate change; SDG 6; coastal flood mitigation; nature-based solutions

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

Circular Ecohydrology for Mediterranean Coastal Systems: Nature-Based Solutions, Waste Valorization and Ecosystem Restoration

edited by

Didier Orange

, Oula Amrouni and

Gil Mahé

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; transitional waters; circular economy; waste valorization; nature-based solutions; mediterranean semi-arid regions; saltwater intrusion; emerging contaminants; nutrient recovery; bioindicators; ecosystem restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Microbiomics in Wastewater Remediation and Biomedical Applications

edited by

Binghan Xie

and Dan Song

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiomics; wastewater treatment; biomedical applications; microbial communities; therapeutic targets; cancer microbiome

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

Salinization of Coastal Plains: Processes, Impacts and Management

edited by

Micòl Mastrocicco

and

Luigi Alessandrino

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal groundwater salinization; seawater intrusion; paleo salinization, groundwater vulnerability; agricultural leaching; climate change; hydroclimatic extreme events; water resources management; salinity-resilient agriculture; nature-based solutions; coastal groundwater-dependent ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Study of the Hydraulics of Pump Stations and Hydropower Stations

edited by Xiaolong Fu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydropower station; pump station; pumped-storage power station; hydraulic instability and pressure fluctuation; transient flow and water hammer; multi-phase flow and cavitation; vibration induced by flow and flow–structure interaction; energy conversion and loss mechanisms; multi-objective optimization

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

Integration of Remote Sensing and Hydrological Models for Improved Water Resource Assessment

edited by Yaw A. Twumasi and

Priscilla Mawuena Loh

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological processes; water quality; GIS; remote sensing; aquatic ecosystems

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

Mixtures of Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: From Mechanisms to Bioaccumulation and One Health Implications

edited by

Sandra Mariza Veiga Monteiro

,

Dércia Santos

and

Ana Catarina Gonçalves Luzio

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; pollutant mixtures; aquatic ecotoxicology; mixture toxicity; bioaccumulation; environmental risk assessment; One Health; aquatic ecosystems; adverse outcome pathways (AOPs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)

Advanced Engineered Technologies for Water Remediation

edited by

Rabia Amen

and R. M. Oshani Nayanathara

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced water treatment; ion exchange; membrane separation; biochar; wetlands; PFAS; microplastics; heavy metals; pesticides; nanocomposites; emerging contaminants

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

Evapotranspiration and Crop Irrigation

edited by

Hanaa M. Darouich

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: evapotranspiration: agricultural water management, sustainable irrigation management; irrigation scheduling; remote sensing applications; decision support systems; smart irrigation technologies; crop water requirements; climate-resilient agriculture

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

The Simulation and Optimization of Hydraulic Performance in Hydropower and Pumped Storage Power Plants

edited by

Yi Liu

, Sheng Chen and

Zhigao Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic transient; water hammer; design optimization; numerical simulation; stability; control strategy; regulation quality; hydraulic vibration; hydro-mechanical-electrical coupling

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

Linking Land and Water: Dissolved Organic Matter Characterization, Dynamics and Biogeochemical Cycling in a Changing World

edited by

Philipp Maurischat

and

Tobias Houska

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: dissolved organic matter; riparian zone; fluorescence; ultra-high resolution spectrometry; vadose zone; water quality; watershed management; dissolved nutrients

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

Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Melvin S. Samuel

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; digital twins; smart water and wastewater systems; resource recovery and circular economy; water reuse and sustainability; intelligent process monitoring and control

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

Research on Carbon and Nutrient Biogeochemistry in Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by Kun Sun and Junjie Jia

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystem; inland water; carbon cycle; carbon budget; carbon metabolism; biogeochemistry; ecohydrology; greenhouse gas emission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Catalytic Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Purification

edited by Shuan Liu and Bincheng Xu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation; water treatment; reactive oxygen species; pollution remediation

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

Low-Carbon Technologies and Digital Solutions for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Tao Zhang

and Alice Boarino

submission deadline 21 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9338 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon technologies; machine learning; artificial intelligence; wastewater treatment; circular economy; biomass; organic waste; nutrient recovery

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

Water Safety, Ecological Risk and Public Health

edited by Qiuda Zheng and

Peng Du

submission deadline 25 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8577 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers of public health; waterborne pathogens; wastewater-base epidemiology; water safety; ecological risk assessment; emerging contaminants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)

The Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Toward Integrated Solutions for Sustainability

edited by

Lijuan Huo

,

Chenglong Zhang

and

Gaiqiang Yang

submission deadline 25 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1720 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy–food (WEF) nexus; sustainable development; integrated resource governance; cross-sectoral coordination; resource security; climate resilience; ecological equilibrium; machine learning; decision support system

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

Hillslope Hydrology and Slope Stability: A Nature-Based Solution (NBS) Approach

edited by

Guillermo Tardio

and

Slobodan B. Mickovski

submission deadline 25 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1145 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide hazard; hillslope hydrology; slope stability; nature-based solutions; ecological engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Treatment and Management

edited by

Bilal Khan

submission deadline 25 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1050 | 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)

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