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Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in the Water Environment Under Contemporary Global Changes
edited by , , Kelly Kirsten and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3227 | Submission Open
Keywords: legacy contaminants; emerging contaminants; PFAS; microplastics; water quality; detection; environmental modeling; global change; risk assessment; remediation technologies; climate impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
New Technologies for Hydrological Forecasting and Modeling submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2783 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological modeling and foorecasting; machine learning in hydrology; real-time forecasting; remote sensing applications; uncertainty analysis; hydrological extreme events; artificial intelligence in hydrology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Water Reuse and Land Management: Strategies, Policies, and Integrated Land-Use Approaches
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2029 | Submission Open
Keywords: water reuse; land management; integrated land-use planning; sustainable agriculture; urban water applications; water reuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Review Papers of Urban Water Management 2026
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1960 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water infrastructure; urban water supply; urban drainage; urban catchment hydrology and modeling; sponge cities; stormwater management; rainwater harvesting; green roofs; permeable pavement systems; urban water contamination; effects of urbanization; sustainable development; wastewater; urban wastewater reuse; flood risk management; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Innovative Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Sludge Valorization Towards a Circular Economy
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1894 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable wastewater treatment; sewage sludge valorization; resource recovery; circular economy; green chemistry; nutrients circulation; advanced pretreatment technology; low-carbon technologies; life-cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Research on Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse
edited by and Sara Sáez-Orviz
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1723 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; physicochemical treatment; biological treatment; terciary treatment; odour control; waste management; pollutant removal; municipal wastewater; industrial wastewater; agricultural wastewater; resource recovery; water reuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advanced Biotechnologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, 3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1209 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotechnologies for water treatment; biotechnologies for wastewater treatment; advanced water treatment; advanced wastewater treatment; nutrient recovery from wastewater; energy recovery from wastewater; emerging contaminants in water and wastewater treatment; industrial waste treatment; municipal wastewater treatment; water reuse; water treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Biochar-Driven Nutrient Circularity in Wastewater: From Reactivity to Agronomic Reuse submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 648 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; biomass; biochar; modification; deep characterization; nutrient recovery; static and dynamic conditions; nutrient slow-release; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Urban Water Pricing Balancing Financial Viability and Social Fairness
edited by , and Evangelos Keramaris
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 505 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water services pricing; resilience; social fairness; economic depression; equitable access
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Advances in Water, Wastewater, and Waste Infrastructure Technologies: Selected Papers from the 2026 Conference submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 493 | Submission Open
Keywords: water treatment; wastewater treatment; waste management; water infrastructure; environmental engineering; mem-brane processes; resource recovery; circular economy; water quality; sustainable technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Membrane and Other Innovative Technologies for Water Purification: Design, Development, and Application, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open
Keywords: membranes; water and wastewater treatment; filtration; adsorption; new material synthesis and characterization; activated carbon; aluminosilicates
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Bioremediation and Resource Recovery from Wastes and Wastewater: Advanced Materials and Hybrid Treatment Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioremediation; waste and wastewater treatment; bio-based materials; advanced functional materials; hybrid remediation systems; environmental sustainability; emerging contaminants; heavy metal removal; organic pollutant removal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Next-Generation Biological Processes in Wastewater Treatment submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological wastewater treatment; emerging contaminants removal; membrane bioreactors (MBR); aerobic granular sludge; nature-based solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Global Climate Change and Its Interaction with Vegetation, Soil, and Water Resources
edited by Ming Zhao, Jinting Huang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecohydrology; vegetation dynamics; soil biogeochemistry; water resources; climate extremes; land-use/cover change; monitoring and modeling; sustainable management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Modelling Tools for Water Quality Assessment: Watershed Processes Modelling, Machine Learning, and Management Frameworks
edited by and Ioannis Kyriakides
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; watershed modeling; water quality assessment; spatial analysis; coastal and marine envi-ronments; eutrophication; water resources management; satellite and in situ data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Bio-Indicators in Aquatic Ecosystems: Monitoring, Assessment, Restoration and Conservation
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: bio-indicators; aquatic ecosystems; water quality; climate change; freshwater monitoring; paleolimnology; bio-diversity; ecosystem assessment; environmental monitoring; ecological indicators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Feature Papers of Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart water– energy– food– environment management; smart water grids; water– energy– food– environment sectors sustainability; digital water; renewable solution; safety and control solutions; sustainable development goals; droughts and floods adaptation; smart water– energy– food solutions; new technologies; smart sensors; digital twin; energy transition; hidden hydropower; crop production; food processing; flood control; energy storage; renewables’ integration; flexible and sustainable networks; hydraulics and hydrodynamics analyses; security; scalability; and performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Water Environment Pollution and Control, 5th Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: dissolved organic matter; water pollution; nitrogen and phosphorus; heavy metals; toxicity; microbial; nanomaterials; lake eutrophication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Advanced Oxidation Processes for Emerging Organic Pollutants Removal
edited by Yuxuan He and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open
Keywords: photo-activated persulfate/peroxymonosulfate systems; photocatalysis for pollutant degradation; Fenton/Fenton-like processes; novel catalyst design and interfacial engineering for AOPs; insights into radical and non-radical pathways; reactive species identification and transformation product analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Optimization–Simulation Modeling of Sustainable Water Resource, 2nd Edition
edited by Zhaocai Wang
submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1501 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources management; sustainable development of water resources; optimization models; simulation modeling; water planning; water scheduling; water allocation; water environment management; disaster management; decision support systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Advances in Groundwater Resource Development: Innovative Methods and Technologies, 2nd Edition
edited by , Zhen Wang and
submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater pollution; anthropogenic activities; heavy metals; natural organic matter; sediment characteristics; sediment– groundwater interaction; sediment geochemistry; sediment-bound contaminants; groundwater– surface water interaction; regional water environment evolution; source apportionment; numerical simulation; machine learning; groundwater pollution remediation; health risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Simulation
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil water movement; infiltration simulation; infiltration model development; precision irrigation; unsaturated flow; soil hydraulic properties; new water-saving irrigation technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Reservoir Control Operation and Water Resources Management, 3rd Edition
edited by Yuxue Guo, and Hao Chen
submission deadline 12 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: water; food; and energy; reservoir operation; water resources management; changing environment; uncertainty; risk; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1019 | Submission Open
Keywords: water governance; climate change; water resources; water policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Advancements in Remote Sensing and UAV Technologies for Water Management in Climate-Smart Agriculture Systems
edited by , , and Selvarajah Thuseethan
submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4202 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; climate-smart agriculture; water management; digital twins; sustainable farming; agricultural water use efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Mine Water Treatment, Utilization and Storage Technology
edited by Xiaojun Wang, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3394 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-salinity wastewater; mine water treatment; mine water utilization; resource reuse; geological storage technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
AI-Driven Pathways for Sustainable Water Management: Innovation, Governance, and Resilience
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 703 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; sustainable water management; water resilience; water resource allocation; water pollution control; climate adaptation; flood and drought management; smart irrigation; digital twins; decision-support systems; water– energy– food nexus; data-driven water sustainability; intelligent water infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Microbiomics in Wastewater Remediation and Biomedical Applications
edited by and Dan Song
submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbiomics; wastewater treatment; biomedical applications; microbial communities; therapeutic targets; cancer microbiome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Study of the Hydraulics of Pump Stations and Hydropower Stations
edited by Xiaolong Fu
submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydropower station; pump station; pumped-storage power station; hydraulic instability and pressure fluctuation; transient flow and water hammer; multi-phase flow and cavitation; vibration induced by flow and flow– structure interaction; energy conversion and loss mechanisms; multi-objective optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Linking Land and Water: Dissolved Organic Matter Characterization, Dynamics and Biogeochemical Cycling in a Changing World submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open
Keywords: dissolved organic matter; riparian zone; fluorescence; ultra-high resolution spectrometry; vadose zone; water quality; watershed management; dissolved nutrients
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Long-Term Coastal Evolution and Morphodynamics: Ecosystem Protection and Coastal Safety, 2nd Edition
edited by Fu Wang, Fengling Yu, Yan Li and Xiaohe Lai
submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal evolution; transgression; Holocene sea-level change; coastal wetland; shoreline change; ecosystem protection; coastal safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Innovative Technologies for Urban Water Treatment submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water sources; water treatment; water reuse; combined sewer overflows; greywater; nature-based solutions; advanced oxidation processes; micropollutants; contaminants of emerging concern; antimicrobial resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advanced Engineered Technologies for Water Remediation
edited by and R. M. Oshani Nayanathara
submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced water treatment; ion exchange; membrane separation; biochar; wetlands; PFAS; microplastics; heavy metals; pesticides; nanocomposites; emerging contaminants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
The Simulation and Optimization of Hydraulic Performance in Hydropower and Pumped Storage Power Plants
edited by , Sheng Chen and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydraulic transient; water hammer; design optimization; numerical simulation; stability; control strategy; regulation quality; hydraulic vibration; hydro-mechanical-electrical coupling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Mixtures of Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: From Mechanisms to Bioaccumulation and One Health Implications submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; pollutant mixtures; aquatic ecotoxicology; mixture toxicity; bioaccumulation; environmental risk assessment; One Health; aquatic ecosystems; adverse outcome pathways (AOPs)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Research on Carbon and Nutrient Biogeochemistry in Aquatic Ecosystems
edited by Kun Sun and Junjie Jia
submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic ecosystem; inland water; carbon cycle; carbon budget; carbon metabolism; biogeochemistry; ecohydrology; greenhouse gas emission
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Low-Carbon Technologies and Digital Solutions for Wastewater Treatment
edited by and Alice Boarino
submission deadline 21 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8390 | 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)
Microbiomes and Pollutant Biotransformation at Critical Nodes of the Urban Water Cycle: Implications for Ecological Safety and Human Health
edited by Xiwei He and Depeng Wang
submission deadline 25 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water cycle; water microbiome; microbial community; pollutant biotransformation; emerging contaminants; drinking water; wastewater treatment; degradation bacteria; antibiotic resistance genes; ecological safety; human health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Advanced Wastewater Treatment, Resource Recovery and Pollutant Risk Control
edited by Shoujun Yuan
submission deadline 25 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; resource recovery; toxic compounds; pollutant risk control; water reuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Sustainable Urban Water Management: The Role of Nature-Based Solutions, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 79 | 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)
Extreme Climate and Precipitation Variability: Advanced Modeling Approaches and Predictions
edited by , and Linyong Wei
submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open
Keywords: flood; mechanisms of extreme precipitation change; drought– flood abrupt alternation; compound meteorological and hydrological events; satellite precipitation monitoring; precipitation fusion                    
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Water Management and Uses: Comprehensive Analysis of Landscape, Heritage and Environment submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1630 | 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)
Aquaculture Productivity and Environmental Sustainability, 2nd Edition
edited by Changwei Li, and Gang Liu
submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 24 | 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)
Freshwater Ecology and Sustainable Watershed Management
edited by Dharmendra Kumar Meena, and Mohammad Reza Ghomi
submission deadline 5 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable water management; wastewater treatment; water reuse technologies; AI water monitoring; climate-resilient infrastructure; nature-based solutions; groundwater recharge; remote sensing water; IoT water resources; flood management; drought mitigation; circular water economy; membrane bioreactors; nanotechnology water; predictive water modeling; urban water security; catchment restoration; water quality assessment; resource optimization; environmental water policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Spatial Linkages Between Geographical Environments and Health Indicators: From Water Quality Parameters to Regional Health Status
edited by
submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4996 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental health biomarkers; spatial heterogeneity; regional health disparities; pollutant transport and transformation; health risk assessment; environmental medicine interdisciplinarity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Soil Erosion and Carbon Cycling in Watershed
edited by Jianye Ma, and Yaotao Xu
submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; carbon cycling; soil and water conservation; carbon sink; ecohydrology; climate change; vegetation restoration; soil quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Advances in Ecohydrology in Arid Inland River Basins, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2525 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change and water cycle; ecohydrological processes; efficient utilization of water resources; ecohydrological modeling; ecological and hydrological coupling; ecological pattern; ecological water requirement; arid inland river basin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Improving Urban Water Security with Modern Analytics: Advancing Water Systems Performance and Longevity
edited by , and Barbara J. Lence
submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 36 | 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)
Artificial Intelligence in Reservoir Operation for Flood Control
edited by , and Giha Lee
submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 73 | 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)
Hydrological Impacts on Geological Hazards: Mechanisms, Modeling, and Early Warning
edited by Wei Shao, and
submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 554 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrology– geohazard interactions; rainfall-induced landslides; pore water pressure; permafrost degradation; hydro-mechanical coupling; early warning; data assimilation; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
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