Water

Agricultural Water Management—Coupling Hydrological and Crop Models

edited by

and Danyang Yu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1272

Keywords: eco-hydrological modeling; crop modeling; model coupling; soil–plant–atmosphere continuum; agricultural water management; root growth and water uptake; soil moisture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Algae-Based Technology for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Binghan Xie

and Mengqi Zheng

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15213 | 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)

Sustainable Water Management in Agricultural Irrigation

edited by Dat Q Tran

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10554 | 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)

Innovations in Hydrology: Streamflow and Flood Prediction

edited by Zhaocai Wang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6926 | Submission Open

Keywords: streamflow prediction; flood prediction; physical hydrological models; machine learning; deep learning; uncertainty quantification; flood risk assessment; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Sustainable Water Treatment Systems: Green Infrastructure and Bioremediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Suqing Wu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5157 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; sustainable; green; ecological restoration; bioremediation

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

Ecohydraulics and Fish Behavior Simulation

edited by

Tiegang Zheng

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4651 | Submission Open

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

Wetland Conservation and Ecological Restoration, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qing Wang

,

Tian Xie

and

Jiakai Liu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2593 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrological processes; environmental effects; ecological risks; biogeochemical processes; pollution; regulation; climate change; ecological functions; wetland ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Marine Plastic Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Umberto Andriolo

and

Laura Corbari

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2324 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine litter; microplastics; macroplastics; plastic pollution; marine ecosystems; monitoring techniques; hydrodynamic models; environmental impact; socio-economic impact; remote sensing

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

Hydrogeomorphic Hazards: Modeling, Mapping, and Mitigation of Rainfall-Triggered Landslides

edited by

Taorui Zeng

,

Gianfranco Nicodemo

and Zhilu Chang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1440 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall-triggered landslides; hydrogeomorphic hazards; landslide modeling; hazard mapping; risk mitigation; remote sensing; GIS; early warning systems; climate change impacts; slope stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Optimization of Reservoir Operations

edited by

Hu Hu

,

Zhe Yang

and Ziyu Ding

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1312 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-objective optimization; stochastic optimization; adaptive operation; hydro–wind–photovoltaic comple-mentary operation; ecological operation; deep learning; multi-criteria decision-making; risk analysis

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

Hydraulic Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Digital Twin Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by

, Hao Gu,

,

,

, Yating Hu and

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1095 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; digital twin technology; safety monitoring; hydraulic engineering; data preprocessing; knowledge graphs

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

Water-Related Landslide Hazard Process and Its Triggering Events—2nd Edition

edited by Wei Liu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide; rainfall infiltration; pore water pressure; liquid–solid multiphase flow; hydrology; numerical simu-lation; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Recycled Water for Enhancing Food Security Under a Changing Climate

edited by

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled water; wastewater; treatment; emerging pollutants; plant uptake; bioaccumulation; technology; climate resilience; climate change; economics; environmental impacts

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

Treatment Wetlands Applications in the Development Projects

edited by Marco A Belmont

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; constructed wetlands; water quality; stormwater

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

Advances in Biological Technologies for Drinking and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alejandro Gonzalez-Martinez

,

Barbara Muñoz-Palazon

and Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater biological treatment; drinking water treatment; anaerobic reactor systems; aerobic reactor technologies; environmental biotechnology; groundwater treatment; membrane-based bioreactors; granular biomass processes; microbial communities in water and wastewater treatment

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

Using Economics for Sustainability, Effective Management, and Conflict Resolution in Water

edited by Puiu Lucian Georgescu and

Valentin Marian Antohi

submission deadline 24 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 17949 | Submission Open

Keywords: water economics; sustainability; water resources governance; water use efficiency; nature-based solutions; blue and green infrastructures; climate change; innovative financing for water resources; transboundary cooperation; smart technologies; AI in water management

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

Water–Energy–Carbon Nexus: Towards Integrated Solutions for Sustainable Resource Management

edited by

Guozhu Mao

submission deadline 24 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy–carbon nexus; deep decarbonization pathways; sustainable water management; life cycle assessment (LCA); policy; AI

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

Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Hydrogeology

edited by

Heng Lu

,

Xiaoai Dai

and Lei Ma

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7352 | 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)

Advances in Watershed Hydrology: Integrating Process Understanding and Predictive Modeling

edited by

Gabriel Perez

and

Nicolás Velásquez

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5967 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed hydrology; hydrological modeling; uncertainty analysis; surface and subsurface processes; sediment transport; flood forecasting; machine learning in hydrology; hydrological signal analysis; model development and calibration; watershed-scale simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Sustainable Water and Sanitation Governance: Aligning Policies, Institutions and Regulation

edited by

Francisco Silva Pinto

,

Rui Cunha Marques

and

Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5070 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDG 6; water governance; PIR framework; enabling environment; policy implementation; institutional settings; water services regulation; sustainable water management

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

Biological and Ecological Protection in the Freshwater Ecosystems

edited by Weijing Kong,

Shuping Wang

and

Xiao-Long Lin

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2422 | Submission Open

Keywords: riparian; phytoplankton; zooplankton; macroinvertebrate; fish; macrophyte; habitat; riverscape; freshwater ecosystem assessment; freshwater ecosystem monitoring; protection of biodiversity; freshwater ecosystem conservation; anthropogeic disturbance; freshwater ecosystem services

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

Drought Risk and Human Vulnerability Under Climate Change: Assessment Frameworks for Water Security and SDGs

edited by

João Filipe Santos

and

Miguel Potes

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1175 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought risk assessment; climate change; human and environmental vulnerability; resilience building; IPCC scenarios

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

Advances in Hydrological, Hydraulic and Morphodynamic Modelling

edited by Sangaralingam Ahilan

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; hydraulic modelling; morphodynamic modelling; green infrastructure; integrated catchment management; stormwater management; GEV distribution; flood frequency analysis; cloud com-puting; sediment transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Applications of Microorganisms Supported on Biochar for Soil Water Quality

edited by

Muhammad Salam

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar–microbe composites; soil improvement; bioremediation; microbial immobilization; pollutant degradation; nutrient retention; eco-friendly strategy; agricultural sustainability; municipal waste and organic waste are the source of soil and water continents

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

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

edited by

Epaminondas Sidiropoulos

and

Vantas Konstantinos

submission deadline 27 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3264 | 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)

Advances in Water Management and Water Policy Research, 2nd Edition

edited by

Olcay Ünver

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3547 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated water resources management (IWRM); policy and governance; agenda-setting; public policy; maintenance and administration of water resource systems; WASH; water politics; hydro-diplomacy (water diplomacy); groundwater governance; international water law; national environmental law and regulations

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

Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

edited by Janay Sagin

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2401 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood-drought mitigation; hydrology; hydrogeology; sustainable development; nature based solutions; water purification; managed aquifer recharge (MAR)

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

Pollution Process and Microbial Responses in Aquatic Environment

edited by

Fei-Fei Che

and Wei Huang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6980 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic environment; nutrient; heavy mentals; antibiotics; pfass; migration and transformation; microbial community; influencing mechanism

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

Advancing Sustainable Hydrological Modelling and Smart Water Resource Management

edited by

Zengchuan Dong

, Wenzhuo Wang and Jitao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3694 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; sustainable hydrological modelling; smart water resource management; machine learning; model integration; real-time decision making; data-driven approaches; adaptive basin management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Management and Sustainable Control of Harmful Algal Blooms

edited by Ofir Tal and Yael Amitai

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1780 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyanoHABs; harmful algal blooms (HABs); modeling; causal inference; monitoring; ecological restoration; sus-tainable control; climate change; decision–support; remote sensing

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

The Impact of Climate Change and Land Use on Water Resources—an Issue of Environmental Global Safety, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ana-Maria Ciobotaru

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1500 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; environmental safety; impact of climate change; management of water resources

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

Effect of Biological Invasion on Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by Jay Stauffer

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 885 | 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)

Machine Learning Applications in the Water Domain, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yonggui Wang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 281 | 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)

Sustainable and Engineered Soil–Water Systems in a Changing Climate

edited by Ankit Garg,

Pei Tai

and Rui Chen

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil–water systems; climate adaptation; slope stability; failure mechanisms; geotechnical resilience; data-driven modeling

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

Aquaculture Tailwater Treatment: Theoretical Foundations and Applied Techniques

edited by

Dapeng Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5924 | 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)

Innovations in Irrigation: Modernizing Water Management for Efficiency and Sustainability

edited by

Attila Nagy

and Nikolett Éva Kiss

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4090 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; smart irrigation systems; water–food–energy nexus; IoT-based water monitoring; AI and decision support tools; indoor farming; water and energy efficiency; water reuse and circularity; sustainable water governance; climate-resilient irrigation systems

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

Advances in Fluid Machinery for Sustainable Water Systems: Design, Optimization, and Integration

edited by

Leilei Ji

,

Yang Yang

and

Like Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3411 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluid machinery; pumps; turbines; fluid dynamics; water management; energy efficiency; sustainability; modeling and simulation

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

Interfacial Engineering Solutions for Enhanced Degradation of Toxic Contaminants in Water Systems

edited by

Dan Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3252 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxic contaminants; interface engineering; contaminant sequestration; advanced oxidation processes; biofilm–electrode interfaces; catalytic activation kinetics; biocompatible materials; anti-fouling interfaces

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

Water and Wastewater Management in the Context of Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Carmen Teodosiu

and

Brindusa Sluser

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1888 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced wastewater treatment; water treatment; circular economy; innovative materials; innovative processes; urban water management; nutrient recovery; wastewater recycling and re-use; emerging pollutants

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

Water Resources, Economic Development and Environment Carrying Capacity, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yang Kong

, Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu and

Lina Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1392 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource management; environmental assessment; carrying capacity; industry development; economic growth

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

Advanced Electrocatalysts and Electrodes for Water Treatment and Resource-Positive Energy

edited by

André Torres-Pinto

and

Hanane Boumeriame

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1290 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrocatalysis; water purification; pollutant degradation; advanced oxidation processes (aops); energy recovery; sustainable water treatment

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

Biological Wastewater Treatment and Its Resource Recovery

edited by

Jesus Gonzalez-Lopez

and

Bárbara Muñoz Palazón

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1203 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable wastewater treatment; biofactories; circular economy; by-product from wastewaters; bioengineering

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

Approaches to Water-Induced Landslide Hazard Risk Forecasting and Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by Junrong Zhang,

Tao Wen

,

Faming Huang

and

Kun Fang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 762 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geomechanics; physical modelling; numerical modelling; slope stability; landslide susceptibility mapping; displacement prediction; landslide mitigation; artificial intelligence; hydro-mechanical coupling; disaster risk assessment; digital twin; climate change adaptation; IoT-based monitoring; hazard chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Application of Water Stable Isotopes in Hydrological Processes

edited by Shiyong Tao and

Jing Xu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: stable isotopes; isotopic tracing methods; isotopic monitoring; hydrological processes; surface water-groundwater interactions; isotopic hydrograph separations; soil water movement; plant water sources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Geochemistry and Removal of Heavy Metals and Other Pollutants in Water, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qiusheng Yuan

and

Xun Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: geochemistry; heavy metals; water pollution; remediation techniques; water treatment; environmental impact; ecosystem health

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

Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Investigations of Aquifer Systems

edited by

Lahcen Zouhri

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5310 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeophysical exploration; groundwater; hydrogeological modelling; aquifer; hydrochemical modelling

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

Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Flow System of Groundwater in Volcanic Aquifers

edited by

Alemu Yenehun

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2619 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater flow; hydrogeochemistry; groundwater recharge; surface–groundwater interaction; water balance; aquifer recharge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management of Water for Environmental/Human Health—2nd Edition

edited by

Cheng Yan

and

Annalaura Carducci

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1081 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and human development; water pollution; risk assessment; environmental health risks; human health risks; hazard identification; dose–response assessment; exposure assessment; risk characterization

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

Optimization and Decision Support for Water Systems: From Network Models to Operational Strategies

edited by

Sérgio Lousada

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 776 | Submission Open

Keywords: water systems optimization; decision support systems; water distribution networks; pump and valve scheduling; leakage detection and pressure management; multi-objective optimization; stochastic and robust optimization; real-time monitoring and control; asset management and rehabilitation planning; digital twins for water infrastructure

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

Policy Innovation and Integrated Governance for Sustainable Urban Water Management

edited by

Ziheng Shangguan

, Eleni Zafeiriou and

Mohd Yawar Ali Khan

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10792 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water resource management; policy innovation; integrated governance; institutional design; water use efficiency; digital water governance; nature-based solutions

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

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