Water

Decision-Making Theory and Methodology for Water, Energy and Food Security, 3rd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 21 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4548 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-energy-food nexus resource management; water resource management; water risk analysis; safety; multi-criteria analysis; group decision making

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

Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and the Circular Economy, 3rd Edition

edited by

Tao Zhang

submission deadline 21 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; wastewater treatment; circular economy; resource recovery; sludge valorization; greenhouse gas mitigation; bioenergy production; nutrient recycling; biochar and hydrochar; life-cycle assessment

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

Research on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

edited by

Helena Veríssimo

submission deadline 22 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine and coastal ecosystems; marine biodiversity; climate change; ecosystem restoration and conservation; marine pollution; blue carbon; marine protected areas; monitoring and assessment tools; ecosystem-based management; socio-ecological systems

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

Evaluation and Monitoring of Hydrogeological Hazards in Underground Engineering

edited by Zhiqiang Li

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4977 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanisms of water-related hazards; advanced geological prediction; prediction and risk evaluation; monitoring methods; intelligent early-warning systems; hydro-geo-mechanical coupling; sustainable approaches for water-related hazards; control and treatment of water-related hazards; modeling and simulation of hydrogeological processes; case studies obout water-related hazards; large tunnels in mountainous areas; tunnels on high-speed rail lines below the water table; tunnels beneath the seabed; large caverns for fluid storage or power generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

AI-Driven Multi-Process Synergy in Watershed Systems: Intelligent Diagnosis for River–Lake Ecology

edited by

Jinge Ma

,

Junfeng Xiong

and

Changchun Huang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1219 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; river–lake ecology; intelligent diagnosis; water quality prediction; ecological restoration; watershed systems; multi-process coupling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Temporal and Spatial Evolution Characteristics of Drought Under Climate Change

edited by Fei Wang and

Kai Feng

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1028 | Submission Open

Keywords: droughts indicators; drought propagation; spatiotemporal evolution; remote sensing; drought mitigation strategies

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

"Watershed–Urban" Flooding and Waterlogging Disasters, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jinjun Zhou

,

Zhuoran Luo

and Shengwei Pei

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 810 | Submission Open

Keywords: river basin flood; urban hydrology; urban flood; urban waterlogging; low-impact development; sponge city; urban stormwater management; urban flood damage; flood hazard risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Air–Snow/Ice–Water Heat and Mass Exchanges and Their Ecological Contributions

edited by

Zhijun Li

, Weiping Li,

Fang Li

, Zhichao Wang and

Zhengyong Zhang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 722 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow; sea ice; river ice; water under ice; snow/ice/water behavior in low temperature; ice engineering; observations and investigations; water environment and ecology in open and ice-covered conditions; mathematical method; numerical modeling; physical modeling; data analysis; machine learning

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

Techniques for Coastal Aquifer Management and Seawater Intrusion Characterization

edited by

Alex Sendros

,

Albert Casas Ponsati

and

María del Carmen Cabrera Santana

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 688 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; groundwater modelling; coastal aquifers; saltwater intrusion; hydrogeophysics; managed aquifer recharge; aquifer vulnerability; groundwater resources; hydrogeochemistry; groundwater quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advanced Numerical Modeling and Resilience Assessment of Hydraulic Structures

edited by

Tongchun Li

,

Chaoning Lin

and

Huijun Qi

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 630 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical modeling; resilience assessment; hydraulic structures; multi-hazard analysis; coupled simulation; digital twin; uncertainty quantification; lifecycle performance; climate adaptation; structural safety

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

Removal of Pollutants from Soil and Water

edited by

Nana Wang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutant migration and transformation; soil and water remediation; adsorption and environmental interfaces; environmental bioprocesses; membrane bioreactors; anammox and nitrogen removal; sustainable remediation technologies

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

Soil and Water Pollution: Prevention and Control Measures

edited by

Xiaofeng Liu

and

Xin Xu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; waste recycling; groundwater; adsorption; biochar; environmental pollution; heavy metal pollution

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

Prevention and Control of Water and Mud Inrush Disasters in Deep Underground Engineering

edited by Yun Wu and Zhen Huang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground engineering; water inrush and mud inrush; field monitoring; hydro-thermal–mechanical coupling; geological disaster prevention; physical and numerical models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in AI, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches for Water Resources Applications

edited by

Mario Maiolo

and

Guglielmo Federico Antonio Brunetti

submission deadline 27 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10803 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; numerical modelling; remote sensing; experimental hydraulics; nature-based solutions; coastal risk mitigation; water distribution systems; climate change adaptation; hydrology; water resource applications

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

Wastewater Resourceization: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Water

edited by

Lei Qin

submission deadline 28 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3465 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation; nanomaterials; adsorption; membrane bioreactor; membrane fouling control; membrane modification; wastewater resource utilization; immobilized microorganisms/enzymes

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

Advanced Research in Non-Point Source Pollution of Watersheds

edited by

Feng Liu

, Tao Wang, Yan Xu and Cen Meng

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10816 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; landscape patterns; ecological treatments; pollutant removal and resource recovery; emerging contaminants; agriculture green development; watershed intelligent management

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

Sustainable Water Resources Management in a Changing Environment

edited by

Sergio Cappucci

, Emiliana Valentini and

Andrea Petroselli

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7267 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomatics; GIS and remote sensing applications; water and landscape management; the management of natural resources (soil, water, sediment) from dams, channels and river banks; water–climate interactions; earth surface processes, coastal erosion and river drainage networks; landslides and flooding; natural hazards; wetland reclamation; “Ecologically sustainable” water and wastewater treatment and management

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

Water Resources Allocation, Planning, and Regulation for Sustainable Management

edited by

Carina Almeida

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3971 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; water allocation; planning and regulation; climate change adaptation; integrated approaches; water governance; sustainability

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

Water Quality Management in Aquaculture Systems

edited by Changwei Li,

Wenchang Liu

and Gang Liu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1236 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture water quality; recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS); biofloc technology; integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA); real-time water quality monitoring; nature-based water treatment; constructed wetlands and biofiltration

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

Advanced Smart Sensors and Technologies for Real-Time Monitoring of Water Quality in the Environments

edited by

Tsung-Ting Shih

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 662 | Submission Open

Keywords: water; quality monitoring; real-time; real samples; sensors; microfluidic chips; portable devices; system integration

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

Aquaculture, Fisheries, Ecology and Environment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ta-Jen Chu

,

Tian-Sheng Chen

, Liangmin Huang and

Chun-Han Shih

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture innovation; aquaculture systems and environments; biology for aquaculture; aquatic genetics and breeding; coastal cage farms; aquatic animal nutrition and feed; resource assessment and sustainable management; smart aquaculture; smart fisheries; sustainable water environment

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

Recent Advances in Maritime Energy Systems

edited by

Ying Cui

and

Zhen Liu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: development and utilization of marine renewable energy; computational fluid dynamics and numerical simulation; oscillating water column wave energy converter; air turbine; hydrofoil; vertical-axis turbine

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

Regional Weather-Driven Disasters: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Societal Resilience

edited by

Vinay Kumar

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: disaster risk reduction; climate resilience; socioeconomic vulnerability; extreme weather impacts; early warning systems; cascading hazards; adaptive capacity; hydrometeorological hazards; community resilience; vulnerability assessment

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

Landslide on Hydrological Response

edited by Lei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8428 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-induced landslide; landslide stability; deformation mechanism; landslide susceptibility mapping; multi-fields monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Hydrology and Hydrodynamics Characteristics in Coastal Area

edited by

Nizar Abcha

and Nicolas Lecoq

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6135 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal hydrodynamics; hydrologic modeling; storm surge and tidal dynamics; sediment transport; monitoring; remote sensing in coastal environments; watershed–coastal interface

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

Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in the Water Environment Under Contemporary Global Changes

edited by

Abdul Qadeer

,

Xia Jiang

, Kelly Kirsten and

Qinghuan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4897 | Submission Open

Keywords: legacy contaminants; emerging contaminants; PFAS; microplastics; water quality; detection; environmental modeling; global change; risk assessment; remediation technologies; climate impacts

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Resources System, 2nd Edition

edited by

Avi Ostfeld

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4380 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources systems; artificial intelligence; modeling; optimization; water distribution systems

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

Extreme Hydrological Events Under Climate Change

edited by

Diana Šarauskienė

and

Darius Jakimavičius

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4335 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme hydrological phenomena; floods; droughts; hydrological variability; river runoff; hydrological cycle; water resources; mitigation strategies

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

Security and Management of Water and Renewable Energy

edited by

Gordon Huang

,

Yongping Li

and

Guangwei Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4312 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated resource management; technological innovations; security risks and policy and governance; renewable energy and sustainable development; security of water and energy

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

Research on Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse

edited by

Manuel Toledo Padrón

and Sara Sáez-Orviz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3935 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; physicochemical treatment; biological treatment; terciary treatment; odour control; waste management; pollutant removal; municipal wastewater; industrial wastewater; agricultural wastewater; resource recovery; water reuse

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

Hydroclimatic Changes in the Cold Regions

edited by Alexander Shiklomanov, Vladimir Alexeev and Hotaek Park

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3929 | Submission Open

Keywords: Arctic climate change; permafrost changes and feedback; snow and permafrost hydrology; ecohydrology of cold regions; hydrological processes in cold regions; river biogeochemistry in cold regions; Arctic water cycle; hydroclimatology of cold regions; hydrological modelling

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

Research on Microplastic Pollution in Water Environment

edited by

Aravin Prince Periyasamy

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3894 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; aquatic pollution; water contimination; marine microplastics; biodiversity; microplastic detec-tion; nano-microplastics; policy and regulation on microplastics; bioaccumulation; human health

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

Review Papers of Urban Water Management 2026

edited by

Enedir Ghisi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3518 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water infrastructure; urban water supply; urban drainage; urban catchment hydrology and modeling; sponge cities; stormwater management; rainwater harvesting; green roofs; permeable pavement systems; urban water contamination; effects of urbanization; sustainable development; wastewater; urban wastewater reuse; flood risk management; climate change

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

New Technologies for Hydrological Forecasting and Modeling

edited by

Iwona Kuptel-Markiewicz

,

Agnieszka Rutkowska

and

Katarzyna Baran-Gurgul

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3483 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling and foorecasting; machine learning in hydrology; real-time forecasting; remote sensing applications; uncertainty analysis; hydrological extreme events; artificial intelligence in hydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water Reuse and Land Management: Strategies, Policies, and Integrated Land-Use Approaches

edited by

Sonja Bauer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2596 | Submission Open

Keywords: water reuse; land management; integrated land-use planning; sustainable agriculture; urban water applications; water reuse

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

Advanced Biotechnologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, 3rd Edition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2334 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnologies for water treatment; biotechnologies for wastewater treatment; advanced water treatment; advanced wastewater treatment; nutrient recovery from wastewater; energy recovery from wastewater; emerging contaminants in water and wastewater treatment; industrial waste treatment; municipal wastewater treatment; water reuse; water treatment

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

Innovative Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Valorization Towards a Circular Economy

edited by

Hu Zhao

and

Yun Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2259 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable wastewater treatment; sewage sludge valorization; resource recovery; circular economy; green chemistry; nutrients circulation; advanced pretreatment technology; low-carbon technologies; life-cycle assessment

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

Analysis of Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xiaosheng Qin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1586 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme precipitation; climate change; downscaling; compound events; hydrological impact

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

Research on Watershed Ecological Restoration and Water Pollution Control

edited by

Lingwei Kong

, Cheng Shen and

Xiaoyue Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1348 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed ecological restoration; water pollution control; novel materials; emerging contaminants; greenhouse gas emissions; sustainability; ecological engineering; resource recovery; intelligent watershed management systems

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

Bio-Indicators in Aquatic Ecosystems: Monitoring, Assessment, Restoration and Conservation

edited by

Davide Taurozzi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1348 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-indicators; aquatic ecosystems; water quality; climate change; freshwater monitoring; paleolimnology; bio-diversity; ecosystem assessment; environmental monitoring; ecological indicators

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

Bioremediation and Resource Recovery from Wastes and Wastewater: Advanced Materials and Hybrid Treatment Technologies

edited by

Fida Hussain

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1146 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioremediation; waste and wastewater treatment; bio-based materials; advanced functional materials; hybrid remediation systems; environmental sustainability; emerging contaminants; heavy metal removal; organic pollutant removal

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

Biochar-Driven Nutrient Circularity in Wastewater: From Reactivity to Agronomic Reuse

edited by

Salah Jellali

and

Mejdi Jeguirim

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1037 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; biomass; biochar; modification; deep characterization; nutrient recovery; static and dynamic conditions; nutrient slow-release; circular economy

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

Advances in Water, Wastewater, and Waste Infrastructure Technologies: Selected Papers from the 2026 Conference

edited by

Agnieszka Urbanowska

and

Aleksandra Klimonda

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 989 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; wastewater treatment; waste management; water infrastructure; environmental engineering; mem-brane processes; resource recovery; circular economy; water quality; sustainable technologies

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

Water Environment Pollution and Control, 5th Edition

edited by

Weiying Feng

,

Fang Yang

and

Jing Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open

Keywords: dissolved organic matter; water pollution; nitrogen and phosphorus; heavy metals; toxicity; microbial; nanomaterials; lake eutrophication

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

Membrane and Other Innovative Technologies for Water Purification: Design, Development, and Application, 2nd Edition

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 713 | Submission Open

Keywords: membranes; water and wastewater treatment; filtration; adsorption; new material synthesis and characterization; activated carbon; aluminosilicates

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

AI (Gen) and Machine Learning Applications in the Water and Wastewater Sector

edited by Taher Abunama

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 614 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI (Gen); ML; LLM; digital twins; wastewater treatment; drinking water treatment; process control and optimisation; hybrid modelling; water quality prediction; anomaly detection and fault diagnosis; energy and emissions reduction

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

Urban Water Pricing Balancing Financial Viability and Social Fairness

edited by

Vasilis Kanakoudis

,

Francesco De Paola

and Evangelos Keramaris

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 614 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water services pricing; resilience; social fairness; economic depression; equitable access

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

Research on Emerging Pollutants in Aquatic Systems

edited by

Víctor Matamoros

and Monica Escolà

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic ecosystems; pharmaceuticals; PFAS; microplastics; nature-based solutions; water treatment; ecotoxicology; risk assessment; environmental monitoring; pollutant fate and transport

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

Next-Generation Biological Processes in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Maria Cristina Collivignarelli

,

Alessandro Abbà

and

Stefano Bellazzi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological wastewater treatment; emerging contaminants removal; membrane bioreactors (MBR); aerobic granular sludge; nature-based solutions

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

Feature Papers of Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Helena M. Ramos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart water–energy–food–environment management; smart water grids; water–energy–food–environment sectors sustainability; digital water; renewable solution; safety and control solutions; sustainable development goals; droughts and floods adaptation; smart water–energy–food solutions; new technologies; smart sensors; digital twin; energy transition; hidden hydropower; crop production; food processing; flood control; energy storage; renewables’ integration; flexible and sustainable networks; hydraulics and hydrodynamics analyses; security, scalability, and performance

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

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