Water

Water Safety, Ecological Risk and Public Health

edited by Qiuda Zheng and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2557 | Submission Open

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

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

Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Investigations of Aquifer Systems

edited by

Lahcen Zouhri

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1451 | Submission Open

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

(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 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1020 | 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)

Pollution Process and Microbial Responses in Aquatic Environment

edited by

Fei-Fei Che

and Wei Huang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | 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)

Application of Photocatalysis in Water and Wastewater Treatment: Advances and Perspectives

edited by Iqra Nabi and

Aziz Ur Rahim Bacha

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; water treatment; wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation processes; nanomaterials; visible-light photocatalysts; organic and inorganic pollutants removal; water pollution; photocatalytic reactor design; environmental applications

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

Hydrological Hazards: Monitoring, Forecasting and Risk Assessment

edited by

Ioana Popescu

and

Ana Maria Loghin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological hazards; flood forecasting; risk management; modelling; drought assessment; water resources; hydrological monitoring; precipitation; remote sensing and GIS analysis; climate change; geomorphology dynamics; hydroinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Recent Advances in Water Sciences Under a Variable and Changing Environment

edited by

Athanasios Loukas

and

Pantelis Sidiropoulos

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology; climate change; groundwater; surface water; water resources quality; urban and agricultural water systems; water resources management; policy and governance; extreme hydrometeorological events; ecosystems conservancy; glacier hydrology; wastewater treatment and reuse

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

Database Integration and Conceptual Frameworks in Hydrological Research

edited by Mahesh Lal Maskey and

Upaka Rathnayake

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed modeling; hydrology; urban water management; climate adaptation; AI-driven engineering solution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Research on Adsorption Technologies in Water Treatment

edited by

Wei Wei

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel adsorbent materials; adsorption mechanisms; kinetics; and isotherm modeling; adsorption of emergent contaminants; static and dynamic adsorption; selective adsorption for targeted pollutant removal; regeneration and reusability of adsorbents; integration with hybrid systems (e.g.; membrane filtration; catalysis); pilot-scale applications and real-world case studies

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

Urban Flood Frequency Analysis and Risk Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Khaled Haddad

and

Ataur Rahman

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood frequency analysis; Bayesian; regional flood frequency analysis; distributions; uncertainty; modelling; annual maximum data; peaks-over-threshold data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

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

edited by

Olcay Ünver

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 103 | 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)

Innovations in Irrigation: Modernizing Water Management for Efficiency and Sustainability

edited by

Attila Nagy

and Nikolett Éva Kiss

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 80 | 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 Bridge Scour Mechanics, Monitoring, Prediction, and Mitigation Across Hydraulic, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering

edited by

Jinzhao Li

and Yilin Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: bridge scour; sediment erosion; scour protection; flood resilience; CFD modeling; experimental hydraulics; AI-driven prediction; computer-vision measurement; coastal engineering; real-time monitoring

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

Water as a Strategic Resource—The Resilience of Water and Wastewater Systems Under Crisis Conditions and the Implementation of EU Directives

edited by

Iwona Kłosok-Bazan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative water treatment technologies; digitalisation and smart water networks; crisis resilience and risk adaptation; risk-based management and regulatory compliance; energy– water nexus and climate neutrality

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

Geotechnic and Geostructure Modelling for Landslides: Prediction and Control

edited by Xiaoshuang Li,

Chun Zhu

and

Qihang Li

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4944 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Hydraulic Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Lin Cheng

,

Chunhui Ma

and

Jie Yang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2466 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; hydraulic engineering; safety monitoring; mechanism and data fusion; numerical simu-lation

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

Flood and Storm-Induced Cascade Disasters: Effects, Risks, Resilience, and Adaptive Strategies

edited by

Michalis Diakakis

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2088 | Submission Open

Keywords: floods; storms; cascade disasters; cascade effects; domino effects; impacts

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

Applications of Stable Isotopes in Understanding Hydrological and Hydrochemical Processes

edited by

Chengcheng Xia

and

Ke Chen

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: stable isotopes; isotopic fractionation; isotope tracing; hydrochemistry; aquatic systems; water resources; water quality; evapotranspiration; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Assessment and Management of Soil Salinity: Methods and Technologies

edited by

George Kargas

and

Paraskevi Londra

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: salt accumulation and soil salinity assessment; methods of soil salinity determination; spatial and temporal distribution of salinity; irrigation with saline water; salinity control and salt leaching; drainage systems; effect of salts on hydraulic conductivity; mapping of soil salinity; remote sensing and soil salinity; geophysical instruments in soil salinity mapping; digital soil maps (DSMs) of ECe with machine learning (ML) technology; intelligent irrigation and leaching technology

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

Nature-Based Soil and Water Conservation for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

edited by

Michel Riksen

,

Coen J. Ritsema

and

Karrar Mahdi

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based soil and water conservation (NB-SWC); climate-smart agriculture (CSA); arid and semi-arid regions; planning and design of NB-SWC; NB-SWC suitability; water scarcity; water conservation; water economics; adoption of NB-SWC

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

Advances in Aquifer Systems Analysis: Flows, Interactions, Quality Status, and Remediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andrea Zanini

,

Fulvio Celico

and

Camilla Fagandini

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; numerical modelling; contaminant transport; groundwater remediation; multidisciplinary approach; water resources; climate change; aquifer recharge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions for Hydrogeological Challenges

edited by

Francesco Maria De Filippi

,

Davide Fronzi

and

Alessandro Galdelli

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 43 | 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)

Impact of Microplastic Pollution on Soil and Groundwater Environment

edited by

Qing Luo

, Ning Yang and

Liangshan Feng

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4838 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; soil pollution; groundwater contamination; environmental impact; ecotoxicology; plastic degradation; soil– groundwater interaction; pollution mitigation

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

Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment and Nutrient Removal

edited by Hong Wang,

Qiulai He

and Yingmu Wang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4703 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater biological treatment; nitrogen and phosphorus removal; anammox; aerobic granular sludge technology; biofilm technology; wastewater treatment plant upgrade

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

Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater: Multidisciplinary Approaches for a Complex Challenge

edited by

Andrea Zanini

,

Fulvio Celico

and

Laura Ducci

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminant; groundwater contamination; urban and suburban groundwater; natural attenuation; multidisciplinary approach

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

Aquatic Chemodynamics of Environmental Inorganic Pollutants: Transformation and Transfer Within and Across Various Environmental Compartments

edited by

Hong Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic chemodynamics; emission; global biogeochemical cycle; heavy metals; lakes; oceans; photochemical; toxin/toxic; source/sink; water/air exchange; water/sediment exchange

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

Emerging Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater: Recent Tendencies, Treatment Options and Perspectives

edited by

Anna Wołowicz

and

Monika Wawrzkiewicz

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9610 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging micropollutants (heavy metals; dyes; surfactants; pharmaceuticals; pesticides; hormones; organic compounds; detergents etc.); advanced water treatment; membrane processes; advanced oxidation processes; pollution control; wastewater treatment; removal strategies; adsorption; health risk

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

Coastal Management and Nearshore Hydrodynamics, 2nd Edition

edited by Peng Hu and Weijie Liu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4388 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal management; nearshore hydrodynamics; climate change; coastal hazards; waves and current; policy and planning

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

Soil Erosion and Sedimentation by Water

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3946 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; sediment yield; soil conservation; erosion plot; basin; sheet erosion; channelized erosion; erosion risk mapping

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

Algae-Based Technology for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Binghan Xie

and Mengqi Zheng

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3502 | 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)

Advances in Groundwater Resource Development: Innovative Methods and Technologies

edited by

Zhuo Zhang

and

Adimalla Narsimha

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2432 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater pollution; anthropogenic activities; heavy metal; microbial pollution; organic pollution; inorganic pollution; source apportionment; numerical simulation; machine learning; groundwater pollution remediation; health risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture: Practices, Ecosystems, and Socio-Economic Perspectives

edited by Tomasz Kajetan Czarkowski and

Krzysztof Kupren

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2232 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable fisheries and aquaculture; sustainable fisheries and aquaculture management; ecosystem impacts of fisheries; impacts of climate change; socio-economic dimension in sustainable fisheries and aquaculture

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

Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology: Characteristics, Risks and Strategies

edited by

Kai Zhang

and Yaru Cao

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1971 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants; ecotoxicology; pollution remediation; environmental risk assessment; sustainable marine management

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

Contaminant Transport, Risk Assessment, and Ecological Impacts in Karst

edited by

Wei Liu

,

Wei Chen

and Matej Blatnik

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1638 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater and surface contamination; hydrological processes; contaminant transport; environmental risk evaluation; ecological impacts; karst systems

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

Advances in Diatom Research in Freshwater

edited by Sang-Deuk Lee and

Jihae Park

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1317 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced methodology; diatom application; diatom taxonomy; flora; freshwater ecology; water quality monitoring; new recorded species; novel species

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

Climate Modeling and Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Cycle

edited by Yi Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate models; hydrological cycle; water resource management; extreme hydrological events; ecohydrological response; greenhouse gas emission scenarios (RCPs)

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

Marine Plastic Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Umberto Andriolo

and

Laura Corbari

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 471 | 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)

Yellow River Basin Management Under Pressure: Present State, Restoration and Protection, 4th Edition

edited by

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and Qingsong Wu

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

Keywords: Yellow River Basin; current state and challenges; human– water relationships; emerging pollutants; water security; high-quality development

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

Aquaculture Water Safety, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xingguo Liu

,

Jun Xie

and

Jie Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture; aquaculture engineering; water quality control; aquaculture wastewater treatment; green and low-carbon aquaculture

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

Petroleum and Plastic Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Carlos Costa

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: petroleum biodegradation; plastic biodegradation; water pollution by petroleum; microplastics

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

Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resource Management

edited by Xueying Li,

Amar Deep Tiwari

and

Liu Liu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information systems; water resource management; hydrological monitoring and modeling; climate change adaptation; flood risk; drought assessment; machine learning; hybrid models; geospatial analytics

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

Distribution and Toxicity of Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Sheng Liu

and

Kun Li

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic ecosystems; environmental behaviors; ecotoxicity; risk assessment; remediation technologies; analytical methods

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

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

edited by

Thomas Missimer

and

Nicolò Colombani

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 115 | 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)

The Application of Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

edited by Martin J. Taylor and

Amthal Al-Gailani

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; wastewater treatment; heavy metal removal; organic pollutant adsorption; low-cost adsorbents; fixed-bed systems; regeneration; adsorption modelling; life cycle assessment (LCA); environmental sustainability

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

Emerging and Legacy Contaminants in Soil and Water Systems: Pathways, Monitoring, Characterization, and Treatment

edited by Jinsheng Huang,

Yuchuan Fan

and

Xi Zhang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; legacy contaminants; fate and transport; point and non-point sources; non-target screening; wastewater treatment; sorption; photocatalysis; nanomaterials; constructed wetlands; GIS; remote sensing; real-time monitoring

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

Policy Innovation and Integrated Governance for Sustainable Urban Water Management

edited by

Ziheng Shangguan

, Eleni Zafeiriou and

Mohd Yawar Ali Khan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 91 | 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)

Coastal Ecology and Fisheries Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: estuaries ecology and management; wetlands protection and management; mangroves restoration and construction; fishery resource assessment; coastal fishery management; fishery management policy; coral ecology and protection; ecosystem services; coastal culture and aquaculture; marine farming and construction

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

Advances in Sediment Dynamics: Mechanisms, Modeling and Management in Transitional Environments

edited by

Maria Rita Maggi

,

Cosimo Peruzzi

,

Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama

and Marina Amadori

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment dynamics; transitional environments; hydrodynamics and morphodynamics; sediment transport modeling; field measurements; laboratory experiments; innovative monitoring techniques

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

Multicriteria Analysis and Decision-Making in Water Resources Management

edited by

Michael P. Strager

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; GIS; decision science; policy and planning; restoration; conservation

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

Integrated Approaches to Climate-Driven Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources Management

edited by

Massoud Behboudian

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate– hydrology interactions; water resources management; hydrological modeling; extreme events; adaptive governance; remote sensing in hydrology; sustainable water systems; machine learning applications; watershed resilience; socio-hydrological systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

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