Water

Water Management and Water-Saving Irrigation in Agricultural Areas

edited by

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1398 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management; water-saving irrigation; precision agriculture; remote sensing and IoT; climate change adaptation; water–energy–food nexus

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

Water and Resource-Efficient Strategies for Sustainable Crop Production

edited by

Patrícia Palma

and

Alexandra Tomaz

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1307 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-use efficiency; resource efficiency; sustainable agriculture; irrigation management; nutrient management; soil health; climate-resilient farming; agricultural innovation

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

Integrating AI and Remote Sensing for Ecohydrological Monitoring and Prediction

edited by

Dongying Zhang

and Wen Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1087 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; water quality monitoring; remote sensing; GIS; environmental modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Application of Geophysical Techniques in Hydrogeological Research

edited by Péter Szücs and

Musaab A. A. Mohammed

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 996 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeophysics; geophysical methods; environmental geophysics; geophysical inversion; data-driven approaches; aquifer characterization; groundwater exploration; subsurface imaging; groundwater monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Elemental and Isotopic Geochemistry Tracing of Aquatic Pollutants: Source Apportionment and Ecological Health Risk

edited by

Hao Jiang

,

Jie Zeng

and

Guilin Han

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 902 | Submission Open

Keywords: isotope geochemistry; source apportionment; aquatic pollution; trace metals; ecological risk assessment

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

Operation and Intelligent Fault Diagnosis of Hydropower Units Under New Power Systems

edited by

Xueli An

and

Wenlong Fu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 878 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydropower units; operation technology; new power systems; sediment wear; cavitation; numerical simulation; machine learning; intelligent monitoring; hydraulic machinery

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

Integration of Computational Toxicology and Data Science: A New Generation of Metal Water Quality Benchmark Prediction Models

edited by Yunsong Mu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 742 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal water quality criteria; bioavailability; biotic ligand model; machine learning; toxicokinet-ic-toxicodynamic modeling; species sensitivity distribution; regulatory ecotoxicology

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

New Techniques for Hydrologic Modelling and Forecasting

edited by

Ningpeng Dong

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 579 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; machine learning; flood forecasting; data assimilation; remote sensing; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Application of Hydrological Modelling to Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Doosun Kang

,

Fatemeh Ghobadi

and

Amir Saman Tayerani Charmchi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 577 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Early Warning System Toolboxes for Early Detection of Emerging Contaminants in Water

edited by

Javad Mottaghipisheh

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 494 | Submission Open

Keywords: early warning systems; contaminants of emerging concern; temporal monitoring; time-trend analysis; aquatic environments; effect-directed analysis; hyphenated mass spectrometry; effect-based monitoring; targeted/suspect/non-target screening; computational frameworks; exposure–hazard prioritization; data-driven prioritization

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

Geophysical Methods for Landslide Monitoring and Hydrogeophysical Applications

edited by

Sebastian Uhlemann

and

Agnese Innocenti

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 437 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide monitoring; hydrogeophysics; geophysical methods; slope stability; time-lapse geophysics; soil moisture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Functional Materials for Water Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Xiaoyuan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 393 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional materials; water treatment; wastewater reuse; desalination; advanced oxidation processes

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

Wastewater Treatment to Resource Recovery: Emerging Technologies for Circular and Sustainable Water Systems

edited by

Vinh Ya

and

Mameda Naresh

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced treatment processes; bioenergy from wastewater; circular economy; resource recovery; wastewater treatment; water reclamation and reuse; nutrient recovery

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

Atmospheric Water Harvesting

edited by

Mehrzad Arjmandi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric water harvesting; fog harvesting; dew collection; water adsorption; water vapor dewing; water vapor refrigeration; thermoelectric cooling; sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting; hygroscopic materials; water–energy nexus

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

Emerging Contaminants in Estuarine and Coastal Environments: Dynamics and Impacts

edited by

Wei Lin

and

Zihao Wu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; estuarine and coastal environments; contaminant dynamics; ecological effects; environmental monitoring; microplastics; POPs; antibiotics

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

Biogeochemical and Hydrological Processes in Permafrost Regions

edited by

Wenxin Zhang

,

Xiao Tan

and Nitin Chaudhary

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: permafrost hydrology; active layer dynamics; permafrost hydrological monitoring; biogeochemical cycling; car-bon and nutrient fluxes; surface water–groundwater interactions; thermokarst processes; cold‑region water-sheds; water quality in permafrost regions; hydrological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Cryosphere Changes and Their Impacts on Water Systems and Society

edited by

Chunlan Li

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryosphere change; hydrology; water resources; climate change; glacier retreat; permafrost degradation; snow cover change; cryosphere hazards; mountain regions; water security; cryosphere education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Regional Geomorphological Characteristics and Sedimentary Processes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Aqsa Anees

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomorphology and sediment transport; deposition and erosion; geomorphological features; reservoir sedimenta-tion; climate change impacts; fluvial dynamics; hydrodynamic conditions; paleoenvironmental reconstructions; GIS applications; sedimentary records; geological modeling; environmental management

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

Advancing Water Resource Recovery Hubs Through Biopolymers

edited by

Antonio Mineo

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

Keywords: advanced wastewater treatment; biopolymers; extracellular polymeric substances; polyhydroxyalkanoate; sludge valorization; water resource recovery

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

AI-Guided Experimental Water Science: From Materials to Processes

edited by

Irina Fierascu

and

Rodica Mihaela Frîncu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; experimental water science; water/wastewater treatment processes; materials design; hybrid modeling; emerging contaminants; resource recovery; data-driven experimentation

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

Drawbacks, Limitations, Solutions and Perspectives of Water Reuse

edited by

Riccardo Boiocchi

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8181 | Submission Open

Keywords: water reuse; wastewater; rainwater; stormwater; resource recovery; circular economy; modelling for water reuse; control for water reuse; policy; legislation; health risk; environmental protection; treatment for water reuse; water cycle

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

Water-Triggered Geo-Hazards in Underground and Geotechnical Engineering: Mechanisms, Early Warning and Sustainable Mitigation

edited by Helong Gu, Yuan Zhao and Yong Zheng

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4528 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-triggered geo-hazards; tunnel water inrush; disaster formation mechanisms of water; rainfall infiltration; hydrological geological hazards; freeze–thaw cycles; seawater intrusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Amir Gholipour

and

Rita Fragoso

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4251 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetlands; wastewater treatment; nature-based solutions; sludge management; worm-assisted sludge treatment; micropollutants; biodegradation; PFAS removal; nutrient removal; struvite precipitation; phosphorus recovery; agro-food waste valorization; anaerobic digestion and co-digestion; biomethane production; circular economy; hybrid treatment systems; water reuse; environmental biotechnology; environmental engineering; wetland modeling; molecular ecology; microbial communities; plant-microbe interactions; urban water management; climate resilience; water–energy–food nexus

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

Adsorption Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Marija Stjepanović

and

Natalija Velić

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3773 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; sustainable water treatment; novel adsorbents; removal of contaminants (heavy metals, nutrients, emerging pollutants); resource recovery; membrane filtration; advanced oxidation; biological treatment

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

Transport and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments

edited by

Nan Wei

,

Jenyuk Lohwacharin

and Chunpeng Zhang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2851 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; water pollution; advanced oxidation processes; membrane technologies; adsorption; environmental fate; ecotoxicology; microplastics; pharmaceuticals; pollutant removal technologies; water resource

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

Changes in Hydrology and Rainfall–Runoff Processes at Watersheds

edited by

Grzegorz Janicki

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1569 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall–runoff processes; overland flow; slope hydrology; sheet flow; inter-rill and rill flow; episodic channel flow; flow regime; hydraulic geometry; watersheds; small catchment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Geotechnic and Geostructure Modelling for Landslides: Prediction and Control, 2nd Edition

edited by Xiaoshuang Li and

Qihang Li

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 983 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Ecohydrology in the Context of Climate Change: Strategies for Management, Monitoring, and Modeling, 2nd Edition

edited by

Carmen Maftei

and

Ashok Vaseashta

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 876 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; hydrological cycle; ecosystems services; drought and floods; soil erosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Advanced Adsorption Technologies for the Removal of Organic Microcontaminants from Water and Wastewater

edited by

Érika Sousa

and

Vania Calisto

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 600 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; organic micropollutants; emerging contaminants; pharmaceuticals; PFAS; endocrine disruptors; advanced adsorbents; regeneration; sustainable water treatment

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

Modeling and Observations of Cold Regions Hydrosystems and Their Evolution Under Climate Change

edited by

Oleg S. Pokrovsky

and

Liudmila S. Shirokova

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold regions; high latitudes; high altitudes; biogeochemistry; hydrology; rivers; lakes; soil water; groundwater; floodplain; discharge; hydrochemistry; carbon; greenhouse gases; nutrients; trace metal; colloids

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

Soil Erosion Measurement Techniques and Field Experiments, 3rd Edition

edited by

Vito Ferro

and

Alessio Nicosia

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; sediment yield; erosion plot; basin; interrill erosion; rill erosion; gully erosion

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

Phytoplankton Ecological Interactions in Lake Ecosystems

edited by

Anna Kozak

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotic indicators; cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs); invasive species phytoplankton diversity; planktonic food webs; phytoplankton functional groups; phytoplankton–zooplankton; interactions; lake restoration; water quality assessment

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

Challenges and Solutions to Water Access in a Changing World

edited by

Elizabeth A. Mack

,

Edward Helderop

and Erin Bunting

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: access; affordability; water rates; water use; infrastructure; solutions; drinking water; wastewater; utilities

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

Advances in Mine Water Science, Technology, and Policy

edited by

Chengkai Qu

submission deadline 27 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1082 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine wastewater; heavy metals; sulfate pollution; geochemical processes; contaminant transport; ecological risk assessment; human health risk; multi-contaminant interactions; wastewater treatment technologies; numerical modeling; prediction and assessment; sustainable remediation strategies

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

Urban Flood Risk Assessment and Management

edited by

Matjaž Mikoš

and Damir Bekić

submission deadline 28 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2966 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban flooding; flood risk assessment; integrated flood risk management; drainage system; low-impact development; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; surface water; ground water; rainfall–runoff mod-eling; spatial planning; stakeholder engagement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advanced Adsorbent-Based Technologies for Efficient Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Yicheng Yang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11655 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption-based technologies; adsorbents; wastewater treatment; nanomaterials; emerging contaminants; regeneration and reusability

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

The Future of Desalination: Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Solutions Through Membrane Innovation

edited by

José M. Gozálvez-Zafrilla

and

Salvador C. Cardona

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3116 | Submission Open

Keywords: desalination sustainability; membrane innovation; reverse osmosis (RO); nanofiltration (NF); membrane distillation (MD); forward osmosis (FO); electrodyalisis; hybrid desalination processes; renewable energy integration; brine management and resource recovery; water–energy nexus; process optimization; process integration; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; artificial intelligence (AI) in desalination; techno-economic and life cycle assessment

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

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

edited by

Thomas Missimer

and

Nicolò Colombani

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2837 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Hydrochemical Dynamics and Environmental Impacts of Mining on Water Quality

edited by

Qiqing Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1880 | Submission Open

Keywords: resource extraction; geochemical modeling; water–rock interaction; mining-induced hydrochemical dynamics; water quality; environmental protection; impact of mining on aquifers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

New Tools and Methods for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment

edited by

Leticia Baena-Ruiz

and

Samrit Luoma

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1876 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater contamination; groundwater vulnerability; climate change; groundwater vulnerability validation; artificial intelligence; GIS models; aquifer characterization; risk mitigation; pollution prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Data-Driven Optimization of Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Harvesting Applications

edited by Mingizem Gashaw Seid

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1727 | Submission Open

Keywords: persulfate; radical oxidation; heterogeneous activation; persistent micropollutants; catalyst design; advanced oxidation processes; polyfluoroalkyl substances

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

Advances in Water and Stormwater Networks: Modelling and Pollutant Degradation, 3rd Edition

edited by

Cong Li

, Yuqiong Gao and Yunshu Zhang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1590 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water contamination; disinfection byproducts; advanced oxidation; bioremediation; network leakage simu-lation; urban hydrology and modeling

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Pollution-Driven, Persistent, and Emerging Threats to Urban Surface Water Quality

edited by

Reynaldo Patiño

and

Yonghong Bi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1531 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban surface waters; eutrophication; harmful algal blooms; waterborne pathogens; emerging contaminants; ecosystem services

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions for Hydrogeological Challenges

edited by

Francesco Maria De Filippi

,

Davide Fronzi

and

Alessandro Galdelli

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1431 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Geospatial Relationships Between Water Quality and Human Health Outcomes in a Changing Climate

edited by

Eleanor Rogan

,

Alan Kolok

and

Naveen Joseph

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1073 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; climate change; GeoHealth; cancer incidence; extreme weather; spatial analysi

Machine Learning Approaches to Quantify Hydrological Changes

edited by

Majid Mohammadian

, Mercedeh Tahery Firoozkoohi and

Mohsen Nasseri

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 988 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological cycle quantification; machine learning; artificial intelligence; data-driven hydrology; smart water systems; real-time monitoring; water resources management; climate change adaptation

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

AI-Empowered Landslide Susceptibility Assessment with Soil–Water Interactions

edited by

Huajin Li

and

Yusen He

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 781 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide susceptibility mapping; soil–water interaction; deep learning; rainfall-induced landslides; physically based modeling; explainable AI (XAI); remote sensing big data; dynamic risk assessment

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

Volcanic Lake Hydrology Under the Influence of Climatic Change

edited by

Kazuhisa A. Chikita

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanic lake; acidity; hydrothermal heat; geothermal heat; groundwater flow system; water circulation; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Innovative Approaches in Flood Forecasting and Modeling for Risk Mitigation, 2nd Edition

edited by Daniela Gogoase Nistoran

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological and hydraulic models; data driven models; flood mapping; urban floods; climate change; remote sensing; flood forecasting; flood risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water Treatment Technology and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Yulin Tang

, Dongsheng Wang and

Yajun Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: drinking water treatment; wastewater treatment; artificial intelligence

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

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