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Biofilm Technologies for Circular and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

edited by

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 915 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofilm-based processes; wastewater treatment; resource recovery; waste valorisation; circular bioeconomy; fungal and algal biofilms; biofilm reactor design and scale-up; biofilm modelling and control; extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); environmental biotechnology; aerobic granular sludge (AGS); moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBR); membrane biofilm reactors (MBfR); membrane aerated biofilm reactors (MABR); integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS); bioelectrochemical systems; microbial electrochemical technologies; membrane bioreactors (MBR); anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR); sequencing batch biofilm reactors; attached-growth systems; fixed-film bioreactors; biofilm photobioreactors; nitrogen removal via biofilm systems; partial nitritation/anammox (PN/A); biofilm resilience and stability; biofilm process optimisation; scale-up of biofilm systems; biofilm-mediated bioremediation

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

Coupling Analysis of Ecosystem Functions and Water Resources in a Changing Environment

edited by

Chuanfu Zang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 848 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; ecosystem services; climate change; water and ecosystem model; ecohydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Impacts of Environmental Stressors on Benthic Community in Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by

Elisa Punzo

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 773 | Submission Open

Keywords: benthic communities; environmental impact; climate change; anthropogenic pressures; benthic biodiversity; ecosystem functioning; marine ecosystems; freshwater ecosystems

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

Integrated Approaches to Water Resources and Environmental Management: Innovations in Simulation and Impact Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by Yuntao Wang and Xiaoli Zhang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 721 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; water environment assessment; hydrological modeling; simulation techniques; integrated approaches; climate change adaptation; decision support systems; stakeholder engagement

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

Improving Urban Water Security with Modern Analytics: Advancing Water Systems Performance and Longevity

edited by

Ed McBean

,

Bing Chen

and Barbara J. Lence

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 563 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; pipe rehabilitation; survival analysis; infrastructure; climate change; low impact development; management tool

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

Hydrology and Hydrochemistry in Cold and Arid Regions

edited by Wenhao Ren and

Wengang Qu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold and arid regions; hydrological cycle; hydrochemical evolution; hydrogeochemical processes; sustainable water management; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Smart Simulation and Monitoring of Water Distribution Networks

edited by Matteo Nicolini and Daniele Goi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: data driven modelling; real-time simulation; smart sensors; machine learning; genetic algorithms; artificial intelligence; deep learning; large language models; leakage control; predictive ability; IoT; quality; disinfection by-products

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

Advances in River Ecology Research

edited by

Xiongdong Zhou

and

Jia Jia

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: river ecology; freshwater biodiversity; river ecosystem health; community assembly; hydrological regulation; river connectivity; habitat restoration; environmental DNA; ecological risk assessment; climate change impacts

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

Wave-Driven Coastal Dynamics: Theory, Modeling, and Applications

edited by

Zhigang Zhang

,

Guanghua He

and Zhengxiao Luan

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal zones; wave-driven processes; modelling methods; wave energy utilization; coastline protection; wave manipulation; wave structure interaction; wave–current interaction; wave forecasting; experimental techniques; intelligent technology

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

Advances in Lake Sediment Pollution Control Technology

edited by

Xiang Chen

and

Yuanrong Zhu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: endogenous pollution control of sediment; resource utilization; in-situ remediation technology; physico-chemical-biological coupled system; redox control technology; pollutant release flux monitoring

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

Environmental Hydraulics of Open Channel Flows: Advanced Modelling and Artificial Intelligence Techniques

edited by

Beniamino Russo

,

Maria Teresa Yubero

and Enrique Bonet

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: open channel flow; artificial intelligence; water quality monitoring; contaminant detection; hydraulic and environmental control

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

Methods for Water Quality Analysis

edited by

Lázaro Adrián González Fernández

and

Juan Hidalgo

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: water; water quality; water monitoring; water treatment; water policies; water conservation

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

Wastewater Treatment and Ecological Restoration Technologies

edited by Nan Lu and Jiunian Guan

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; refractory pollutants; emerging pollutants; ecological restoration; combined technology; environmental impact; recycling; resource utilization; energy generation; low carbon

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

Monitoring the Risks and Toxicity of Pharmaceuticals in Aquatic Environments

edited by Md Abdul Goni

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceuticals; contaminants; monitoring; aqueous; risks; environment

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

Advanced Oxidation and Photocatalytic Approaches for Efficient Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by Liping Wang and Changyu Lu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

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

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

The Application of Advanced Iron-Based Materials in Water Pollution Control

edited by Cheng Cheng and

Wei Ren

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: iron-based materials; (electro)Fenton; iron oxides; zero-valent iron; single-atom iron catalysts; advanced oxdiation processes (AOPs); reductive dechlorination; metal encapuslation; pilot-scale; water treatment

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

Sustainable Biosorbents and Natural Coagulants for Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Ricardo M. Ferreira

and

Cidália Botelho

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable wastewater management; wastewater treatment; bio-based materials; biosorbents and biocoagulants; environmental engineering; circular bioeconomy; waste valorization; modified biochars; sustainable materials; industrial wastewater treatment

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

AI-Enabled Hydrological and Water Quality Modeling Under Climate Change

edited by

Chunhui Li

,

Xiong Zhou

and

Yurui Fan

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; hydrological modeling; water quality modeling; climate change adaptation; machine learning; deep learning; extreme hydrological events; data-driven modeling; integrated water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Use of Remote Sensing Technologies for Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Anuj Tiwari

and

Sujata Goswami

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); LiDAR hydrology; ground-based remote sensing; geospatial intelligence; hydrological modeling; flood and drought prediction; hazardous algal blooms (HABs); waterborne disease monitoring

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

The Theory and Technology of Agricultural Irrigation

edited by Hui Wang and

Wen’e Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural irrigation; water resources management; smart irrigation; precision agriculture; micro-irrigation; crop water productivity; irrigation scheduling; water-use efficiency; water scarcity

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

Coupled Processes in Freezing Saline Soils: Insights into Water, Heat, and Salt Dynamics

edited by

Jing Zhang

, Zhemin You and Yanhu Zhao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: saline soil; multi-field coupling; water–salt migration; salt–frost heave; numerical analysis; experimental study

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

Advanced Membrane and Algal-Based Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

edited by

Meijia Zhang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced membrane technology; algal-based system; algae–bacteria consortia; wastewater treatment; resource recovery; low-carbon water treatment; membrane fouling

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

Groundwater Disaster in Geotechnical and Underground Engineering: Mechanism, Monitoring and Prevention

edited by

Qing-Gao Feng

and

Ni Xie

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater disaster; water–rock/soil interaction; multi-field coupling; groundwater control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in the Aquatic Environment

edited by

Barbara Futa

and

Joanna Gmitrowicz-Iwan

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; water quality; biogeochemical cycles; carbon cycling; carbon sequestration; nutrient cycling; environmental sustainability

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

Recent Advances in the Composite Materials Engineering for Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies

edited by

Farzaneh Mahmoudi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite materials; water treatment; wastewater; organic pollutants; dyes; pharmaceuticals; forever chemicals; adsorption; photocatalyst

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

Advancing Source-to-Sink Understanding of Sediment and Water Dynamics in River Basin Systems to Climate Resilience

edited by Muhammad Usman

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment transport; water erosion; source-to-sink analysis; fluvial geomorphology; hydrogeochemistry; detrital provenance; climate change impacts; river basin management; nature-based solutions; GIS and remote sensing

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

Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for Hydrological Observation

edited by Yuanzhi Zhang,

Zhongfeng Qiu

and

Wenming Lin

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: global change; remote sensing; GIS; hydrological observation; water quality; river, lake and coastal waters; red and green tides; oil spill detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water Pollutants and Human Health: Challenges and Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by Simon Jackson and

João Brandão

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

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

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

Water–Energy Nexus for Sustainable Development

edited by Bo Xu,

Chengguo Su

and

Feilin Zhu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy nexus; sustainable development; climate change and resilience; water security; energy security; renewable energy transition; hydropower–solar–wind complementarity; integrated assessment and planning; cross-sectoral governance

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

Resilience and Risk Management in Urban Water Systems

edited by

Bryan Karney

and Ahmad Malekpour

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5859 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water resilience; risk assessment; integrated water management; infrastructure sustainability; climate adaptation; hydraulic systems; system modeling and simulation; water-energy nexus; green infrastructure; decision support systems

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

Smart Design and Management of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Xiao Zhou

and

Shipeng Chu

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2208 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; deep learning; leakage detection; hydraulic models; model calibration; resilience; digital twin

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

Soil Water Use and Irrigation Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Roman Rolbiecki

,

Stanisław Rolbiecki

and

Barbara Jagosz

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1950 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; crop water requirements; soil hydraulic properties; sustainable development of rural areas; soil fertility; drip irrigation; soil and water relationship; evapotranspiration; precision agriculture; irrigation and drainage systems

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

Advances in Biogeochemistry of Estuaries

edited by

Jianwei Xing

and Bin Yang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1852 | Submission Open

Keywords: river–sea continuum; eutrophication; heavy metals; organic matter; biomarker; anthropogenic activities; migration and transformation; degradation of organic pollutants; hypoxia; acidification

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

Aquatic Ecosystem Assessment: Zooplankton

edited by Anita Galir,

Aleksandar Ostojić

and

Dubravka Špoljarić Maronić

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 640 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental change; anthropogenic pollutants; physiology and reproduction; bioaccumulation; multiple-stressor interactions; ecosystem resilience

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

Research on Water Resources Affected by Acid Mine Drainage

edited by

Yanqing Ding

and Fawang Zhang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 429 | Submission Open

Keywords: acid mine drainage; water resource pollution; geochemical process; heavy metal contamination; aquatic ecological response; pollution monitoring; remediation technology; bioremediation; resource recovery; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Hydrodynamics for Pumping Systems: Modeling, Optimization, and Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qiaorui Si

,

Asad Ali

and

Yandong Gu

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: pumping systems; hydrodynamics; multiphase flow; cavitation; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); energy efficiency; turbulence modeling; design optimization; transient flow; renewable energy integration

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

Ecohydrological Modeling of Vegetation Dynamics Under Climate Change

edited by

Shouzhi Chen

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 364 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; vegetation dynamics; climate change; ecohydrological modeling; vegetation phenology; evapotran-spiration; extreme climate events; machine learning; model-data integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Fluid Mechanics in Ocean Engineering: Modeling and Simulation

edited by Muhammad Hameed

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean engineering; numerical simulation; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); hydrodynamic modeling; fluid–structure interaction; wave–current interaction; multiphase flow modeling; turbulence modeling; high-fidelity simulation; coastal and ocean processes; sediment transport; marine renewable energy; offshore structures; underwater vehicles; ocean environmental modeling

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

Hydrological Drought: Processes, Impacts, and Management in a Changing Environment

edited by

Kebing Chen

,

Sen Xu

and

Jiaqi Yao

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological drought; hydrological simulation; drought risk assessment; water resources management; changing environment; aquatic ecology; data-driven models; Yangtze River basin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Climate Change and Anthropogenically-Induced Impact on Hydrometeorological Extremes

edited by Pengcheng Xu and

Yuankun Wang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood; climate change; precipitation extremes; machine learning; hydrological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Recent Advances in Coastal Engineering and Wave–Structure Interaction Processes for Climate Change Adaptation

edited by

Harish Selvam

and

Mario López Gallego

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; nature-inclusive designs; marine renewable energy; ocean energy

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

Green Aquaculture Based on Water Resource Recycling

edited by

Xingguo Liu

and Yongxu Cheng

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture tail water; ecological engineering purification; resource utilization; green aquaculture; recirculating water system

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

Digital Innovations in Integrated Water Resources Management

edited by

Minxue He

and Zhi Ding

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 849 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; artificial intelligence and machine learning applications; digital twin and virtual water systems; large language models for decision support

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

Remote Sensing for Eco-Environmental Monitoring and Assessment in Agricultural Watersheds

edited by

Rituraj Shukla

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 761 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; wetlands; forest ecosystems; ecohydrology; climate change; land use and land cover; machine learning; hydrological modeling; environmental monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Machine Learning Applications for Hydrological Prediction, Watershed Processes and Sustainable Water Management

edited by Shan-e-hyder Soomro, Caihong Hu and Chengshuai Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; watershed management; rainfall–runoff simulation; water resource management; climate change impacts; flood risk assessment; machine learning in hydrology; eco-hydrological processes; watershed resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Artificial Intelligence in Reservoir Operation for Flood Control

edited by

Kyung Soo Jun

,

Yeonjoo Kim

and Giha Lee

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; reservoir operation; flood control; inflow forecasting; real-time decision making; digital twin; multi-objective optimization; water resources management

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

Antimicrobial Resistance in Water Systems

edited by Na Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance (AR); antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs); aquatic environments; wastewater treatment; water quality monitoring; risk assessment; one health

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

Advances in Sensing Methods and Monitoring Systems for Marine Environments

edited by Sheng Wu and Yanhui Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine sensing technologies; ocean monitoring systems; ocean remote sensing; underwater technologies; digital ocean; smart ocean; marine renewable energy; marine environmental perception; real-time observation

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

Resilient and Sustainable Water Management in Urban Public Green Spaces During Climate Change

edited by

Miklas Scholz

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue–green public space; climate change adaptation and mitigation; decision support system; ecosystem service provision; heat island reduction; integrated design solution; nature-based so-lution; permeable pavement system; resilient tree planting; sustainable storm water management

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

Nutrient and Pollutant Export from Agricultural Landscapes to Water Resources—Processes, Modelling and Mitigation Measures

edited by

Zhuoxin Chen

and Bo Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural non-point source pollution; nutrient export; sediment transport; water quality; hydrological connectivity; soil erosion; catchment modelling; snowmelt runoff; source apportionment; mitigation measures

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

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