Water

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources

edited by

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submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water supply; urban drainage; sustainable urban water management strategies; sponge cities; stormwater harvesting; rainwater use in buildings; green roofs; permeable pavement systems to filter stormwater; urban water contamination; effects of urbanisation; sustainable development; urban wastewater reuse; flood risk management; water resources; climate change

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

Water Resources Allocation, Planning, and Regulation for Sustainable Management

edited by Carina Almeida

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 29 | 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)

Stormwater Management in Sponge Cities

edited by

Cristina Matos

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11711 | Submission Open

Keywords: NbS; rainwater and stormwater management; stormwater quality; runoff reduction

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

Advanced Oxidation and Photocatalytic Approaches for Efficient Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water Treatment

edited by Liping Wang and Changyu Lu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3132 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation process; photocatalytic semiconductors; organic pollutants; water treatment

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

Microplastics in Water Environments: Sources, Transport and Degradation

edited by

Sabina Ziembowicz

and

Małgorzata Kida

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2953 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics pollution in water environments; point and nonpoint sources of microplastics; environmental distribution; fate; and transport of microplastics; definition of microplastics and international regulations; health effects of microplastic exposures; transformation of microplastics in the aquatic environment; abiotic and biotic aging of microplastics; methods for the analysis of microplastics in the water environment; technologies for removal of microplastics; scientific perspective on microplastics in nature and society

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

Advancing Applications in Hydrogeochemical Processes in Groundwater Systems

edited by

Jason Polk

and Nenad Marić

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2408 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater systems; hydrogeochemical processes; hydrochemistry; isotopic and geochemical tracing; emerging contaminants and water quality concerns; karst hydrology; predictive modeling; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water Pollutants and Human Health: Challenges and Perspectives

edited by Simon Jackson and

João Brandão

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1469 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers; endotoxin; fungal contaminants; AMR genes; antimicrobials; microplastics; emerging pathogens

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

Sustainable Development of Water, Energy and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2024)

edited by

Susana P. Boeykens

,

Oz Sahin

, José María Ponce-Ortega,

Maria Vicidomini

and

Md Mortula

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1402 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; sustainability comparisons and measurements; green economy and better governance; climate resilient water systems; environmental policy and management; transformative water governance; water and wastewater treatment; water– energy nexus; energy and water efficiency; water demand management; water systems in rural; regional; and island communities

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

Recent Advances in Photocatalysis in Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Monica Brienza

and

Laura Scrano

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1299 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; wastewater reuse; decentralized treatment; low-cost water treatment; AOPs; adsorption; water scarcity; agricultural irrigation; process optimization; sustainable water management

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

Water-Induced Geo-Disaster Reduction in the Context of Climate Change: Hydrology, Management Strategies, and Ecological Geological Engineering

edited by

Chang Zhou

and

Massimiliano Bordoni

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1089 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-induced geo-disaster; water burst; hydrological cycle processes; soil and water conservation; monitoring systems; numerical simulation; ecological restoration; resilience strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Research on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water

edited by Lin Guo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 956 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; soil; water; labortory studies; field applications

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

Numerical and Experimental Methods, Data Analyses, Digital Twin, IoT Machine Learning and AI in Water Sciences

edited by

Junye Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water quality; biodiversity; modelling; simulation; integration; monitoring; data analyses; digital twin; IoT machine learning and AI

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

Modelling, Monitoring and Assessment of Soil Hydrology and Ecological Processes

edited by

Lei Han

and Ming Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; spatial analysis and modeling; soil moisture; vegetation ecology; multiple scale; climate change; land use

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

Application of Smart Technologies in Integrated Water Quality Modeling, 2nd Edition

edited by Tianxiang Wang and

Haiyan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental model; assessment method; statistic model; mechanism model; regional indicators; machine learning; water resource

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

Biochar’s Role in Water-Stable Soils and Remediation

edited by

Mohammad Ghorbani

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; soil hydraulic properties; water retention; infiltration; soil– water interactions; soil amendment; soil water holding capacity; hydrological modeling; climate resilience; sustainable land management

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

Advances in Research on Hydrology and Water Resources

edited by

Md Jahangir Alam

,

Monzur Imteaz

and

Faisal Anwar

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 39 | 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)

Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Optimization in Agroecosystems

edited by

Nawab Ali

and

Younsuk Dong

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; water use effeciency; irrigation effeciency; sensing technologies; smart irrigation; variable rate irrigation; irrigation schedulling; deficit irrigation; evapotranspiration; soil-plant-water relation; IoT in irrigation; decision tools; simulation modelling

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

Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Qiao Wang

, Huarui Li and Jialin Jia

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation technologies; water treatment; pollutant removal; catalyst design; oxidation mechanisms

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

Bridge Hydraulics: Current State of the Knowledge and Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Giuseppe Oliveto

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: bridge hydraulics; bridge scour; bridge embankment breaching; bridge scour countermeasures; bridge monitoring techniques; fluvial hydraulics; sediment transport

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

Extreme Hydrological Events Under Climate Change

edited by

Diana Šarauskienė

and

Darius Jakimavičius

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 26 | 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)

Microplastics and Microfiber Pollution in Aquatic Environments

edited by Adriano Fiorucci and

Valentina Balestra

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; microfibres; water pollution; water quality; waste water; water ecosystems

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

Ecological Influence Assessment on the Occurrence and Control of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Aquatic Habitats

edited by

Jieming Li

and

Peng Xiao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: harmful cyanobacterial bloom; occurrence; control; cyanotoxin; ecological consequence; biogeochemical process

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

Rural Wastewater Treatment by Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Rui Zhang

and

Xuetong Yang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural wastewater treatment; water reuse; nature-based solutions; life cycle assessment; techno-economic analysis; resource recovery; sustainability

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

Coastal Flood Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Quan Van Dau

and

Xander Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water security; hydrological modeling; coastal erosion; climate adaptation; compound flooding; sea level rise; extreme weather event

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

Drought Risk Assessment and Human Vulnerability in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition

edited by

João Filipe Santos

and

Miguel Potes

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 18 | 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)

Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nelson Carriço

and Maria do Céu Almeida

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 9 | 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)

Innovative Technologies for Comprehensive Management of Urban Water Pollution

edited by Yang Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water pollution; advanced wastewater treatment; monitoring systems; stormwater management; wetlands; resource recovery; emerging contaminants; decentralized systems; smart water governance

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

Low-Carbon Technologies and Digital Solutions for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Tao Zhang

and Alice Boarino

submission deadline 21 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2727 | 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)

Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Addressing Critical Challenges Related to Water Resources

edited by

Abdeltif Amrane

and

Jie Zhang

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4085 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; water management; contaminants; artificial intelligence; deep learning applications; predictive modeling

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

Aquaculture Productivity and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Changwei Li,

Wenchang Liu

and Gang Liu

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4000 | Submission Open

Keywords: recirculating aquaculture systems; aquaculture engineering; wastewater treatment; environmental sustainability; precise farming management; smart aquaculture

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

Basin Non-Point Source Pollution

edited by

Lei Chen

, Qiuliang Lei and Cheng Sun

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3976 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; watershed model; best management practices; watershed management; agricultural management

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

Protection and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems

edited by

Ivana Buj

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1417 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation activities; ecological restoration; ecological state; extinction risk; freshwater environments; protection of biodiversity; threats to freshwater environments

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

River Science: Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Anthropocene, 2nd Edition

edited by

Martin Schletterer

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1229 | Submission Open

Keywords: river science; monitoring; multiple stressors; hydrobiology; hydromorphology; river restoration; habitat modeling

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

Snow and Glacier Hydrology in Changing Climate and Urbanisation

edited by Mohd Soheb

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: glaciers; snowmelt; hydrology; runoff; water management; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Resilient Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agroecosystems

edited by

Eeswaran Rasu

and

Prakash Kumar Jha

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; seasonal climate forecasting and smart irrigation technologies; options for water-efficient rainfed agriculture; soil moisture sensors and IoT for decision support in irrigation; rainwater harvesting; reservoirs and tank management for agriculture in arid regions

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

Hydrogeology of the Mining Area

edited by

Abdelkabir Maqsoud

and

Ana Teresa Luís

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeological characterization; hydrogeological modeling; dewatering; open pit; deep mining; hydrochemistry; backfill; environmental impact; mine site reclamation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jianjun Ni

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart water; Internet of Things; machine learning; automation; robotics

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

Machine Learning in Water Distribution Systems and Sewage Systems

edited by Jacek Piekarski and

Jacek Dawidowicz

submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1400 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; sewage systems; stormwater systems; hydraulic simulations; artificial intelligence models; machine learning; deep learning models; evolutionary computation; fuzzy inference

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

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

edited by

Mario Maiolo

and

Guglielmo Federico Antonio Brunetti

submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 30 | 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)

Using Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural Water Cycle Assessment

edited by

Ze Liu

submission deadline 27 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5020 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water resources; machine learning; water demand; big data; features

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

Wastewater Resourceization: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Water

edited by

Lei Qin

submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 9 | 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)

Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Gender, Community-Based Approaches, and Local Governance in Mitigating Water-Related Hazards

edited by

Ashfaq Ahmad Shah

and Wahid Ullah

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3478 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusive disaster risk reduction; community resilience and vulnerability; local governance and disaster risk reduction; community-based disaster risk management; socio-economic impacts of water hazards; nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; water hazards and social inequalities; gender based violence in response to water hazards

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

Climate Change Adaptation in Water Resource Management

edited by

Athanasios Loukas

and

Aikaterini Lyra

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change adaptation; water resources management; policy and governance; hydrological modeling; groundwater; climate downscaling; integrated water resources management (IWRM); seawater intrusion; water quality; sustainable water systems; agricultural catchment; floods; droughts

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

Hydrogeophysical Methods and Hydrogeological Models

edited by Quan Liu and

Rui Hu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeophysics; groundwater modeling; aquifer characterization; uncertainty analysis; machine learning methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Hydrogeology

edited by

Heng Lu

,

Xiaoai Dai

and Lei Ma

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 102 | 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)

Security and Management of Water and Renewable Energy

edited by

Gordon Huang

,

Yongping Li

and

Guangwei Huang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 93 | 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)

Water Management and Uses: Comprehensive Analysis of Landscape, Heritage and Environment

edited by

Patricia Fernández-Aracil

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; environmental impacts; resilience; landscape; heritage; socioeconomic analysis; legal assessment; policymaking; nature-based solutions

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

Sustainable Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Organic Contaminants in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments

edited by Elżbieta Sobiecka,

Anna Gronba-Chyła

and Dorota Mańkowska

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodegradation and bioremediation; biological treatment of aquatic and terrestrial environments; persistent organic pollutants; toxic organic compounds; organic industrial and municipal waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Advancing Hydro-Environmental Research and Practice: Integrating Ecohydrology, Remote Sensing and Hydroinformatics

edited by

Manousos Valyrakis

,

Gudrun Hillebrand

and

Rui M. L. Ferreira

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic measurements; ecohydrology; remote sensing; hydroinformatics; sediment transport; laser doppler velocimetry; acoustic methods; lidar technology; predictive modeling; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Recent Advances in Hydraulic Machinery and Its Application in Marine Engineering

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6917 | Submission Open

Keywords: design method; optimizing strategy; flow characteristics; transient process; cavitation; erosion; numerical method; tidal energy; wave energy; marine hydrokinetics; environmentally friendly

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

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