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Application of Bioremediation in Groundwater and Soil Pollution

edited by Aizhong Ding and

Dayi Zhang

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioremediation; enhanced bioremediation; natural attenuation; natural source zone depletion; green and sustainable remediation; mechanisms of microbial detoxification; soil pollutants; groundwater pollutants

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

Application of Machine Learning in Hydrogeology

edited by Giha Lee and

Xuan-Hien Le

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; flood forecasting; precipitation bias correction; hydrological modeling; radar rainfall estimation; morphological and hydrological changes; sediment transport; remote sensing; data assimilation; deep learning; ensemble methods; uncertainty quantification

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

The New Nexus: The Interconnection of Climate Change, Source Water Protection, and Public Health

edited by

Carolyn Rodak

, Shannon Roback and Richard Weisman

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water quality; disinfection byproducts; drinking water; public health; source water protection; water infracture

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

Coastal and Marine Governance and Protection

edited by

Celene B. Milanes

Camilo M. Botero

and Daniel O. Suman

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20344 | Submission Open

Keywords: governability and governance; community engagement; Anthropocene era; coastal cities; integrated coastal zone management

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

Urban Flood Frequency Analysis and Risk Assessment

edited by

Khaled Haddad

and

Ataur Rahman

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 7541 | 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)

Hydrodynamics in Pressurized Pipe Systems

edited by

Kamil Urbanowicz

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7497 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamics; hydraulics; pressurized water pipelines; transient flow; unsteady flow

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

Microplastics in Water Environments: Sources, Transport and Degradation

edited by

Sabina Ziembowicz

and

Małgorzata Kida

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2151 | 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)

New Methods and Technologies of Urban Flood Forecasting, Risk Assessment and Response

edited by Ganggang Zuo and Jiancang Xie

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1794 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban flood; flood forecasting; risk assessment; artificial intelligence; flood response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advances in Research on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water

edited by Lin Guo

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

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

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

Water Pollutants and Human Health: Challenges and Perspectives

edited by Simon Jackson and

João Brandão

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

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

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

Remote Sensing Application in Support of Water-Soil-Plant Relationships

edited by Genghong Wu and Yi Zeng

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water– soil– plant relationships; soil moisture; vegetation monitoring; hydrological modeling; precision agriculture; uavs; satellite imagery; climate change; data fusion

(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 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 169 | 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)

Application of Membrane-Based Technology in Water Treatment

edited by

Xiaobin Tang

and

Binghan Xie

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8099 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and wastewater treatment-based membrane technology; engineering application-based membrane technology; membrane bioreactor; membrane fouling; membrane material preparation

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

Watershed Hydrology and Management under Changing Climate

edited by Hongbo Zhang

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5234 | Submission Open

Keywords: cliamte change; hydrology modeling and forecasting; hydrological connectivity; groundwater– surface water interaction; ecohydrology; socio-hydrology; digital watershed; environmental flow; drought and flood risk management; integrated water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Effect of Human Activities on Marine Ecosystems

edited by Xiyang Zhang and Xian Sun

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2392 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine ecosystems; human activities; biodiversity; pollution; overfishing; protection; restoration; marine protected areas; management strategies

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

Modeling and Monitoring Water Quality Management in Support of Public Health

edited by

Jianyong Wu

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1904 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; GIS; remote sensing; GeoAI; emerging contaminants; public health

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

Advances in Hydraulic and Water Resources Research (3rd Edition)

edited by

Majid Mohammadian

Xiaohui Yan

and

Hossein Kheirkhah Gildeh

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1753 | Submission Open

Keywords: modeling; lab studies; field studies; coastal engineering; river engineering; lakes

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

Comprehensive Evaluation of the Interplay Between Meteorological, Hydrological and Agricultural Droughts Under the Influence of Changing Climate

edited by

Khalil Ur Rahman

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; drought propagation; drought mitigation; drought impact assessment; climate change; extreme events; remote sensing; spatial and temporal assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Biohydrogen Production from Wastewater

edited by

Abdeslam-Hassen Meniai

and Juan Ramón Portela Miguelez

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; industrial wastewater; hydrogen energy; energy efficiency

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

Water-Related Geoenvironmental Issues, 2nd Edition

edited by

Echuan Yan

Ming Zhang

and

Jingsen Cai

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6004 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological disaster; remediation of soil contamination; groundwater contamination; slope stability; underground water-sealed cavern; hydrological processes; sampling approaches; mechanisms; heterogeneity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Aquatic Environment and Ecosystems

edited by

Shuisen Chen

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5501 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem; environmental factors; eutrophication; plankton; pollution; human activities; aquatic environments; response; remote sensing

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

Study on Environmental Hydrology and Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Basins, Estuaries and Offshore

edited by

Biyun Guo

and

Chunyan Li

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 682 | Submission Open

Keywords: water environment; coastal estuary; hydrodynamic; mathematical model

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

Utilization of China Meteorological Assimilation Driving Datasets for the SWAT Model Long Series (CMADS-L) in East Asia

edited by

Xianyong Meng

, Hao Wang, Chengbin Chu and Wei Ding

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open

Keywords: CMADS-L; East Asia; SWAT model; hydrological modeling; water resource management; non-point source pollution; climate change impacts; water hazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Novel Perspective for Interactions between Water and the Geology Using GRACE and Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Karem Abdelmohsen

and

Lóránt Földváry

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 22115 | Submission Open

Keywords: geology; hydrogeology; GRACE; remote sensing; hydrological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

The Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

edited by Changqing Zhu and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10090 | Submission Open

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

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

Risks of Hydrometeorological Extremes

edited by

Oluwafemi Adeyeri

and Kazeem Abiodun Ishola

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8625 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrometeorological extremes and impacts; climate change; flood risk assessment; drought mitigation; extreme weather events; hydrological modelling; climate models and projections; climate resilience; forecasting techniques including the use of artificial intelligence; risk management; adaptive strategies

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

Innovative Trends to Reshape the Water Science, Technology and Engineering

edited by

Helena M. Ramos

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4959 | Submission Open

Keywords: river; dam and reservoir conservation; hydrodynamics; hydraulic transients; hydropower; pumped storage; energy-water nexus; energy and water efficiency; estuaries; coasts and ports management; urban water; water systems; smart water grids; numerical and experimental methods; data analyses in water science; digital twin in water science; IoT in water science; machine learning in water science; AI in water science; water resources management; floods and risk mitigation

Using Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural Water Cycle Assessment

edited by

Ze Liu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4360 | Submission Open

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

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

Hydrological Modeling and Assessment of Meteorological and Geological Hazards

edited by

Aidi Huo

Pingping Luo

and

Chunli Zheng

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3509 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; meteorological and geological disaster; risk assessment; hydrological simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Global Perspective on Hydrology and Water Resources Management in Complex Urban Areas

edited by Jingyuan Xue, Liuyue He and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2793 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources management; climate change resilience; water quality control; integrated water resource planning; non-point source pollution; flood risk assessment and mitigation; drought risk assessment and mitigation; urban– rural transitional areas; coastal regoins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Slope Stability Analyses and Risk Assessment for Rainfall-Induced Landslides

edited by

Qihang Li

Xiaoshuang Li

and Jiang Song

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2633 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; rainfall infiltration; slope stability; physical model experiment; numerical modelling; machine learning; advanced algorithms; failure mechanism; mitigation measures; monitoring and early warning

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

Advanced Numerical Approaches for Multiphase and Cavitating Flows

edited by Linmin Li

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2200 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flow; cavitation; numerical simulation; Eulerian– Lagrangian approach; computational fluid dynamics

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

Wastewater Treatment by Membrane

edited by

Xi Zhang

and Te Tu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2161 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; emerging contaminants; advanced wastewater treatment; catalyst; pollutant removal; membrane technology; efficient resource recovery

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

Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects

edited by

Nelson Carriço

and Maria Do Céu Almeida

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2068 | 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)

Analysis of Coastal Sediment

edited by Benjun Ma and Shiguo Wu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2064 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal sediments; sediment acoustics; sediment burial of small targets; coastal sedimentary dynamics

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

Novel Methods in Wastewater and Stormwater Treatment

edited by

Dorota Olejnik

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1933 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; stormwater harvesting; stormwater treatment processes; heavy metals; pollutants and contaminants; toxicity; sustainability; smart cities; constructed wetlands; managing urban stormwater; pollutant load

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

Evapotranspiration and Plant Water Stress Measurements as the Driving Standard for Agricultural Irrigation

edited by

Teresa Afonso do Paço

Maria Isabel Freire Ribeiro Ferreira

and

Joao Rolim Lopes

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1875 | Submission Open

Keywords: evapotranspiration; irrigation scheduling; deficit irrigation; water stress indicators; ground truth data

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

Hydrological and Water Resource Responses to Climate Change and Anthropogenic Interferences

edited by

Song Song

, Yuefeng Wang, Chaogui Lei and Yu Xu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1804 | Submission Open

Keywords: impact of climate change; anthropogenic interference; hydrological processes; water resource management; sustainable water strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Applications of Advanced Oxidation Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Xuetong Yang

, Rui Zhang and Yang Hu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1648 | Submission Open

Keywords: persistent (micro)pollutants; PFAS; wastewater treatment; ozonation; environmental sustainability; water quality; life cycle assessment

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

The Impact of Human Activities on Groundwater Resources in Arid and Semi-arid Regions

edited by

Zaiyong Zhang

, Yuli Wang and Yue Liang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1339 | Submission Open

Keywords: human activities; groundwater; arid and semi-arid regions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Machine Learning in Water Distribution Systems and Sewage Systems

edited by Jacek Piekarski and

Jacek Dawidowicz

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 966 | 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)

Protection and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems

edited by

Ivana Buj

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 931 | 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)

Marine Biodiversity and Its Relationship with Climate/Environment

edited by

Francesco Rendina

and Valentina Perricone

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 840 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biodiversity; marine ecosystems; climate change; ocean acidification; global warming; species adaptation; habitat shift; ecosystem services; environmental impacts; marine conservation; sustainable management

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

Urban Water Resources: Sustainable Management and Policy Needs

edited by

Gui Jin

, Jun Yang and

Hongwei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban; water resource; resources management; public policy; program evaluation

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

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 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 468 | 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)

Sustainable Water Management in Agricultural Irrigation

edited by Dat Q Tran

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigated agriculture; cropping patterns; irrigation technologies; managed aquifer recharge (MAR); re-claimed/treated water; water– energy– food nexus; transboundary conflict and cooperation; water institutions

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

Studies on Toxic Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems

edited by Zongming Ren and

Chunlei Xia

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 346 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic toxicology; online monitoring technology; individual responses; toxic effects; water pollution; biodiversity; ecosystems

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

Perspectives on Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies

edited by Yuan Yan and Han Wang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater sustainability resource recovery system optimization biosolids and biogas management techno-economic analysis (TEA) life cycle assessment nitrogen removal integrated wastewater treatment systems

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

Insights on the Water–Energy–Food Nexus and Sustainable Development

edited by Riza Radmehr

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sustainability; food production; water management; energy security; machine learning; waste management; remote sensing analysis

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