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Urban Drainage Systems and Stormwater Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yongwei Gong

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban drainage systems; urban flooding; low-impact development (LID); sponge city; urban rainwater collection; urban resilience

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

Urban Hydrological Resilience: Innovations in Hazard Mitigation and Management

edited by

Weiwei Shao

and Xin Su

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban hydrological resilience; hazard mitigation and management; flood and drought risk; nature-based solutions; smart and digital water systems; climate change adaptation; integrated water resources management; resilient urban infrastructure

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

The Interrelationship Between Climate Change, Human Activities and Hydrological Processes, 4th Edition

edited by

Qianfeng Wang

Haijun Deng

and

Jinshi Jian

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrological processes; water resources; vegetation; soil; rock; drought; heatwaves; mutual effects

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

Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Flow System of Groundwater in Volcanic Aquifers

edited by

Alemu Yenehun

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Treatment Wetlands Applications in the Development Projects

edited by Marco A Belmont

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

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

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

Integrated Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystems Nexus for Sustainable Water Management and Public Health: Conceptualization and Modelling

edited by Dimitrios Th Kofinas

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

Keywords: WEFE nexus; sustainable water systems; integrated modeling; simulation; decision support; water governance; resource management; scenario analysis; climate resilience

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

Solid Waste Management and Its Impacts on Groundwater Quality

edited by

Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri

and

María-Elena Rodrigo-Clavero

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste management; groundwater contamination; leachate migration; numerical modeling; pollution mitigation techniques

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

Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management

edited by

Koichiro Kuraji

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2374 | Submission Open

Keywords: economics of watershed management; forest hydrology; natural disaster prevension; natural flood management; sustainable forest management; watershed management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water: Economic, Social and Environmental Analysis

edited by

Joaquin Melgarejo

and

Francisco De Borja Montaño Sanz

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2260 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; economic analysis; social equity; environmental sustainability; integrated approaches

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

Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in Ocean Engineering—Second Edition

edited by

Zhipeng Zang

and

Ming Zhao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1349 | Submission Open

Keywords: waves and tidal current; internal waves; submarine pipeline/cables; flow/wave– structure interactions; local scour/seabed evolution; renewable energy

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

Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment Processes—2nd Edition

edited by

Qili Hu

and

Liting Hao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 824 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; modeling; optimization; novel materials; emerging contaminants; recovery

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

Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Soil and Water

edited by

Changyin Zhu

Da Ouyang

and

Hui Wang

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 469 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; micropollutants; soil pollution; water pollution; contaminant remediation; source identifi-cation; fate; and transport; degradation and by-products; numerical modelling

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

China Water Forum, 4th Edition

edited by

, Dunxian She,

and

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and hydrological evolution; water resources evaluation; planning; and management; flood; drought and water security; human– water relationship and comprehensive control; ecohydrology and water environment protection; groundwater resources and environment; water information technology and digital twin basins; national water network and major water conservancy projects; water policy and water control strategy; “ carbon peak and neutrality” target and water resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Disaster Risks and Resilience in Water Conservancy Projects

edited by

Xin Zhao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: water conservancy projects; disaster prevention; ice-related hazards; geological risks; hydro-meteorological events; operational failures; environmental impact; risk assessment and monitoring

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

Diatom Biodiversity and Their Adaptation to Environment Change

edited by Mateusz Rybak

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: diatoms; ecology; antropocene; human impact; diversity; taxonomy; freshwater; marine; coastal habitats; environmental adaptations; environmental changes; paleoecology

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

Changes in Hydrology and Rainfall–Runoff Processes at Watersheds

edited by

Grzegorz Janicki

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall– runoff processes; overland flow; slope hydrology; sheet flow; inter-rill and rill flow; episodic channel flow; flow regime; hydraulic geometry; watersheds; small catchment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Virtual Water Trade and Transboundary Water-Energy Security Frameworks

edited by Renhong Wu

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual water trade; transboundary water governance; energy– water nexus; sustainable development; environmental economics; water– energy– food nexus

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

The Fate of Radionuclides in Water Bodies

edited by Žana Skuratovič

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental radioactivity; nuclear waste; water contamination; radionuclide transport; isotope monitoring

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

Water Governance and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariusz Adynkiewicz-Piragas

Leszek Kuchar

Alicja Edyta Krzemińska

and Anna Zaręba

submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; sustainable water resources management; water governance and policies; climate change; climate change adaptation; water resources monitoring; stakeholder engagement; decision support systems; water-related tourism; blue-green infrastructure; aquatic ecosystem restoration; urban water planning; transboundary water management; water– energy– food nexus

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

The Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater, 2nd Edition

edited by Changqing Zhu and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants ; wastewater ; monitoring ; management ; treatment technology

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

New Tools and Methods for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment

edited by

Leticia Baena-Ruiz

and

Samrit Luoma

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater contamination; groundwater vulnerability; climate change; groundwater vulnerability validation; artificial intelligence; GIS models; aquifer characterization; risk mitigation; pollution prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Groundwater Resources: Their Protection, Restoration and Optimal Development

edited by

Konstantinos Katsifarakis

Dimitrios K. Karpouzos

and Yiannis Kontos

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial groundwater recharge; coastal aquifers; groundwater flow; groundwater pollution control; low-enthalpy geothermal energy; groundwater trading; transboundary aquifers; groundwater– surface water interaction; sustainable groundwater irrigation; groundwater vulnerability; historical groundwater development research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advanced Methods in Geomorphic Analysis and Flood-Prone Landscape Dynamics

edited by

Salvatore Ivo Giano

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: methods in geomorphology; landscape susceptibility; risk mitigation; GIS application; engineering geology; natural processes vs. human activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Geothermal Reservoir Modeling: Emerging Techniques, Practical Applications and Modeling Challenges

edited by

Rita Esuru Okoroafor

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: geothermal reservoir modeling; enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs); coupled process simulation; data-driven modeling; reservoir characterization; uncertainty quantification; model calibration; sustainable geothermal development; hybrid geothermal systems; subsurface energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Research on Soil Moisture and Irrigation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhe Gu

and

Jiang Li

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture sensing; soil moisture prediction; irrigation scheduling modelling; temporal– spatial resolution; irrigation control; irrigation system

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

Sustainable Urban Water Management: The Role of Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Nitin Muttil

and

Upaka Rathnayake

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8563 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban water management; nature-based solutions; floods and droughts; water quality improvement; climate resilience; green infrastructure; environmental sustainability; coastal management; liveable cities; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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

NBS for Watershed Management: From Ecological Health Assessment to Ecosystem Restoration

edited by Yingying Huang, Chunhua Li and

Xuechu Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4886 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; nature-based solutions; ecological health assessment; nonpoint source pollution control; ecosystem restoration

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

Transport and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments

edited by

Nan Wei

Jenyuk Lohwacharin

and Chunpeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 1057 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; water pollution; advanced oxidation processes; membrane technologies; adsorption; environmental fate; ecotoxicology; microplastics; pharmaceuticals; pollutant removal technologies; water resource

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

Advances in Plastic’s (Eco)Toxicity Research in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments

edited by

Alla Khosrovyan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 630 | Submission Open

Keywords: fresh water; marine water; plant; animal; plastic; distribution; intake; (eco)toxicity; ecotoxicogenomics

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

New Advances in Membrane Separation Technology for Water Pollution Control and Membrane Fouling Mitigation

edited by

Zhonglong Yin

and Weichen Lin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 548 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane separation; water pollution control; antifouling membrane; membrane cleaning; membrane fouling; self-cleaning membrane

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

Water Resources and Environment

edited by

Chih-Huang Weng

and Wentao Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; hydrology; aquatic ecosystems; drinking water; wastewater; ground water

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

Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements in Aquatic Environments

edited by Yaron Be'eri-Shlevin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeochemical cycling; trace elements; aquatic systems; sediment– water interaction; water trace element pollution; micro-nutrients; heavy metals

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

Urban Water Pollution Control: Theory and Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Bingdang Wu

, Yonghai Gan and Jingjing Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropollutants; urban water; remediation; low-impact development; sponge city; constructed wetland

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

Landslide Geological Disaster Prevention and Geological Environment Protection

edited by Yiding Bao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide geological disaster; geological environment protection; failure mechanism; dynamic process; numerical simulation; risk assessment; disaster prevention and prediction; geotechnique

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Research and Application of Novel Adsorption and Catalytic Materials in Water Pollution Control

edited by

Huiping Zeng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; catalysis; wastewater; heavy metal; organic pollutants

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

Coastal Sediment Dynamics: Historical Development, Current Situation and Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhiming Chao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: coast dynamics; coast sediments; estuarine evolution; numerical simulation; coastal ecology

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

Enhancing the Understanding of the Water Cycle and Climate Change Using Satellite Geodesy

edited by

Wenjie Yin

and

Litang Hu

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 920 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodesy and remote sensing; GRACE; flood and drought events; machine learning; human ac-tivities; eco-environmental changes

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

Isotopic Studies in Hydrogeology and Hydrology

edited by

Wei Chen

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrochemistry; geothermal water; origin of geothermal water; hydrogeochemical processes; monitoring of fractured rock aquifers

Landslide and Slope Stability Risk Assessment: Study of Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslide

edited by

Chaminda Gallage

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall-induced shallow landslides; slope stability; landslide risk assessment; triggering mechanisms; numerical modelling; remote sensing and monitoring; early warning systems; climate change impacts; hazard mitigation; geotechnical engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Coastal and Marine Governance and Protection, 2nd Edition

edited by

Camilo M. Botero

Celene B. Milanes

and Daniel O. Suman

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal governance; citizen science; participatory management; blue economy; adaptive risk management

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

Isotopic and Geochemical Approaches for Groundwater Assessment and Management

edited by

Neeraj Pant

and

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 599 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeochemcial investigations; groundwater contaminations; isotope hydrology; groundwater evolution; social hydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Research Progress in Ancient and Modern Water Supply and Distribution Systems for Urban, Agricultural and Hydropower Use

edited by

Charles R. Ortloff

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

Keywords: advanced water engineering analysis; computational fluid dynamics; hydropower; water supply and distribution systems; archaeology; water engineering history; urban and agriculture water supply distribution

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

Groundwater Quality, Hydrochemical Assessment and Water–Gas–Rock Interaction processes

edited by

Francesco Rufino

and

Dario Tedesco

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater quality; isotope geochemistry; gas– water– rock interaction processes; geochemical modeling; groundwater pollution; monitoring systems

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

Sediment Pollution: Methods, Processes and Remediation Technologies

edited by

Xiaofei Tan

Ming Kong

and

Zhe Wang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment; eutrophication; contaminant characterization; biogeochemical processes; risk assessment; phosphorus; heavy metal; emerging contaminants; in situ and ex situ remediation; artificial intelligence; data-driven sediment management

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

River Channel Hydraulics, Fluvial Dynamics and Re-Opening Floodplains

edited by

Jaromír Říha

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: open channel flow; sediment transport; numerical and experimental modelling; reopening floodplains

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

Advanced Research on Marine Geology and Sedimentology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhuangcai Tian

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment; suspension; transport; bottom boundary layer; nepheloid layer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Water Management and Water-Saving Irrigation in Agricultural Areas

edited by

Muhammad Abrar Faiz

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management; water-saving irrigation; precision agriculture; remote sensing and IoT; climate change adaptation; water– energy– food nexus

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

Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments: Occurrence, Analysis and Ecotoxicity

edited by

Chong Chen

Limin Ma

and

Jing Hu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial– temporal distribution; target analysis; suspect screening; non-target analysis; environmental impact; ecological risk; ecotoxicology mechanism

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

The Development and Application of Membrane and Hybrid Technology in the Treatment of Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Linyan Yang

and

Miao Tian

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; emerging pollutants; membrane process; hybrid processes; membrane fabrication; fouling control; process modeling; resource recovery; rejection mechanism; matrix effect

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

Functional Materials for Water Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Xiaoyuan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional materials; water treatment; wastewater reuse; desalination; advanced oxidation processes

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

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