Water

Sources, Migration and Variation Characteristics of Pollutants in Aquatic Environments

edited by

and

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1723 | Submission Open

Keywords: karst aquifer vulnerability; pollution transport mechanisms; heavy metal contamination; integrated water management; climate change interactions

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

Advanced Fluid Mechanics in Hydraulic Engineering: Turbulence, Multiphase Flows, and Sediment Dynamics

edited by

Roberto Gaudio

and

Nadia Penna

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1615 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental fluid mechanics; sediment transport; local scour; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); turbulent jets; fluid-structure interaction; eco-hydraulics; multiphase flows

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

Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in Rivers, Lakes, Coasts and Estuaries

edited by

Zhi-jun Dai

and

Jie Wang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1511 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamics; sediment transport; geomorphic evolution; eco-hydrodynamic interaction; climate change; an-thropogenic perturbation; sustainable governance; fluvial-lacustrine-coastal-estuarine systems

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

Application of Biosensors in Water Quality and Aquatic Environment Monitoring

edited by

Jisui Tan

and Xu Zhu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1038 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; biosensor; emerging contaminants; portable device

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

Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality

edited by

Susanne Wuijts

, Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen,

Richard van Duijnen

, Björn Tetzlaff, Lærke Thorling and Frank Wendland

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 997 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and water quality; agricultural impacts; groundwater; surface waters; monitoring; modelling; management; implementation of measures; assessment of policies for water quality

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

Groundwater Dynamics and Modeling

edited by

Jacek Gurwin

and Krzysztof Dragon

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 856 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical groundwater modeling; regional groundwater systems; groundwater resources; water balance; recharge estimations; transport modelling; advanced monitoring systems; groundwater protection; mining hydrogeology; groundwater exploitation/pumping tests; geoinformatics tools in numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Optimizing Soil–Water Management for Enhanced Water Productivity and Irrigation Efficiency

edited by

Yue Li

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 772 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil– water management; water productivity; irrigation efficiency; rain-fed agriculture; irrigated agriculture; soil moisture; precision irrigation; water– fertilizer coupling

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

Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Optimization in Agroecosystems

edited by

Nawab Ali

and

Younsuk Dong

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 770 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; water use effeciency; irrigation effeciency; sensing technologies; smart irrigation; variable rate irrigation; irrigation schedulling; deficit irrigation; evapotranspiration; soil-plant-water relation; IoT in irrigation; decision tools; simulation modelling

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

Hydrological Hazards: Modelling, Monitoring, Management and Mitigation Measures

edited by

Lampros Vasiliades

,

Andreas Efstratiadis

and Ioannis Tsoukalas

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological hazards; floods; droughts; hydroinformatics; hydrological modelling; hydrodynamic modelling; flash floods; drought risk; spatiotemporal analysis; vulnerability mapping; climate change impacts; early warning systems (EWS); mitigation measures; nature-based solutions (NBS); resilience; water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Treatment and Management

edited by

Bilal Khan

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 459 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in water treatment; machine learning and water management; smart water treatment and desalination systems; treatment process optimization; predictive analysis and forecasting; intelligent sensing and IoT; autonomous water treatment and desalination systems; sustainable water technologies; data-driven decision support

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

Bridge Hydraulics: Current State of the Knowledge and Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Giuseppe Oliveto

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: bridge hydraulics; bridge scour; bridge embankment breaching; bridge scour countermeasures; bridge monitoring techniques; fluvial hydraulics; sediment transport

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

Aquatic Ecosystem Assessment: Zooplankton

edited by Anita Galir,

Aleksandar Ostojić

and

Dubravka Špoljarić Maronić

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 265 | 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)

Generative Water-Sensitive Spatial Configuration: AI-Driven Design, Modeling, and Adaptive Urban Hydrology

edited by

Mo Wang

and

Rana Muhammad Adnan Ikram

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative design; water-sensitive urban design; urban hydrology; blue– green infrastructure; artificial intelligence; nature-based solutions; stormwater management; spatial optimization; climate adaptation

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

Membrane Bioreactors and Algae–Bacteria Consortia: Mechanisms, Innovations and Applications in Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

edited by

Meijia Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane bioreactor; algae– bacteria consortia; wastewater treatment; resource recovery; membrane fouling

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

Cutting-Edge Separation Technologies for Water Reclamation and Reuse: Membranes, Nanomaterials, and Emerging Contaminant Control

edited by

Sunith Madduri

,

Raghava R. Kommalapati

and

Prashan M. Rodrigo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: forward osmosis; reverse osmosis; ultrafiltration; microfiltration; electrospun nanofiber membranes; membrane distillation; membrane surface modification; produced water treatment; PFAS detection and removal; nanomaterials for water purification; photocaatalysis; adsorption

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

Impacts of Human Activities and Engineering on Groundwater Hydrochemistry

edited by Xiaodong He

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater hydrochemistry; human activities; water quality; water– rock interactions; geochemical modeling; iso-topic tracing; deep hydrochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Multiphysics Processes and Modeling in Marine Geotechnics

edited by

Xiaoli Liu

,

Jianfeng Zhu

and Hongyi Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine geotechnics; coupled processes; multiphysics processes; fluid– structure– seabed interaction; carbon capture and storage; data-driven modeling; physics-informed neural networks; soil improvement; constitutive model

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

Ecotoxicological Effects of Microplastics on Aquatic Species

edited by

Long Kong

and

Chunzhen Fan

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecotoxicological effects; microplastics; aquatic species; aquatic environments

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

Risks of Hydrometeorological Extremes, 2nd Edition

edited by Oluwafemi E. Adeyeri and Kazeem Abiodun Ishola

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 176 | 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)

Effects of Biochar Additions on Soil Hydraulic Properties

edited by

Yang Chen

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; geotechnical engineering; soil hydraulic properties; permeability; unsaturated soils; soil– water characteristic curve; hydro-mechanical coupling; ground improvement

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

Research on Physiology and Ecology of Corals in Water Environments

edited by

Chieh-Yu Pan

and

De-Sing Ding

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; environmental change; marine and coral reef ecosystems; lakes; and aquaculture environments

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

Environmental Evolution of Coastal Zones and Its Effects

edited by

Daniele Trogu

and

Runxia Sun

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal evolution; sea-level change; coastal geomorphology; anthropogenic impacts; coastal ecosystems; sediment dynamics; climate change; coastal resilience; environmental monitoring; coastal management

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

Application of Smart Technologies in Integrated Water Quality Modeling, 2nd Edition

edited by Tianxiang Wang and

Haiyan Zhang

submission deadline 24 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3049 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental model; assessment method; statistic model; mechanism model; regional indicators; machine learning; water resource

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

Advanced Perspectives on the Water–Energy–Food Nexus

edited by Qiong Yue,

Guohua He

, Mengyang Wu and

Xinchun Cao

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10179 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– energy– food nexus; integrated management; cross-sectoral policy; climate resilience; cascading risk

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

Major Water Conservancy and Hydropower Project Hub Layout and Hydraulic Innovation Technology

edited by

Shiqiang Wu

,

Fangfang Wang

,

Ang Gao

and Shicheng Li

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8129 | Submission Open

Keywords: high dams; large reservoirs; engineering hydraulic safety; high-speed flow; safety assessments; new technologies; deep drainage; two-phase flow

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

Water Safety, Ecological Risk and Public Health

edited by Qiuda Zheng and

Peng Du

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7322 | 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)

Drought Evaluation Under Climate Change Condition

edited by Yanfeng Wu

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5034 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; drought evaluation; water resources management; agricultural impacts; ecosystem resilience; socio-economic consequences; remote sensing for drought; modeling drought; adaptation strategies; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Biogeochemical Processes, Ecological Impacts

edited by

Zhenjie Zhao

, Zengping Ning and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4214 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; heavy metals; PFAS; POPs; emerging pollutants; ecological risk assessment; water quality; redox processes

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

Coastal Flood Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Quan Van Dau

and

Xander Wang

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3739 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water security; hydrological modeling; coastal erosion; climate adaptation; compound flooding; sea level rise; extreme weather event

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

Advances in Water Cycle Management and Circular Economy

edited by

Alessandro Moretti

and

Matia Mainardis

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1337 | Submission Open

Keywords: fit-for-purpose water reuse; wastewater valorization; advanced and hybrid treatment technologies; AI-driven and real-time process controls; regulatory frameworks; multi-resource recovery facilities; climate-resilient water management; water reuse acceptance; innovative water strategies

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

Resilient Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agroecosystems

edited by

Eeswaran Rasu

and

Prakash Kumar Jha

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; seasonal climate forecasting and smart irrigation technologies; options for water-efficient rainfed agriculture; soil moisture sensors and IoT for decision support in irrigation; rainwater harvesting; reservoirs and tank management for agriculture in arid regions

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

Advancing Understanding of Extreme Precipitation in a Changing Climate: Processes, Predictability, and Risk

edited by Lei Yan

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1059 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme precipitation; risk analysis; nonstationarity; climate teleconnections; predictability

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

Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jianjun Ni

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 983 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart water; Internet of Things; machine learning; automation; robotics

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

The Application of Electrochemical Methods in Water Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Minhua Cui

and

Guoshuai Liu

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 954 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemistry; electrode; pollution; reaction process and mechanism; sensors; wastewater; water

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

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resources

edited by

Min-Cheng Tu

,

Hong-Yuan Huo

and

James Deemy

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 856 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; hydrology; satellite; drone; surface water; groundwater; cryosphere; flood; drought; rainfall-runoff; water quality; irrigation

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

Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Distribution and Effects

edited by

Chrysi Papadimitriou

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; marine pollution; ecotoxicology; environmental fate; trophic transfer

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

Hillslope Hydrology and Slope Stability: A Nature-Based Solution (NBS) Approach

edited by

Guillermo Tardio

and

Slobodan B. Mickovski

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide hazard; hillslope hydrology; slope stability; nature-based solutions; ecological engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Water Quality Studies: Assessing the Presence of Nutrients and Pollutants, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sara Lehmann-Konera

and Joanna Potapowicz

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: transboundary pollutants; persistent compounds; bioaccumulative chemicals; toxic contaminants; trace elements; major ions; organic compounds; catchment; freshwater; runoff and discharge; climate change impact

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

Impacts of Environmental Stressors on Benthic Community in Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by

Elisa Punzo

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 237 | 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)

Advanced Technology in Agricultural Water-Saving Irrigation

edited by Weihua Guo and Jintao Wang

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart irrigation; water-saving technology; precision irrigation; AI-driven models; sustainable agriculture

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

Advances in AI, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches for Water Resources Applications

edited by

Mario Maiolo

and

Guglielmo Federico Antonio Brunetti

submission deadline 26 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7797 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; numerical modelling; remote sensing; experimental hydraulics; nature-based solutions; coastal risk mitigation; water distribution systems; climate change adaptation; hydrology; water resource applications

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

Application of Nanomaterials in Soil and Aquatic Environment Remediation

edited by

Mohammadreza Khalaj

and

Mohammadreza Kamali

submission deadline 26 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2518 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable nanomaterials; wastewater treatment; soil remediation; degradation mechanisms; sustainability assessment; characterisation of NMs; adsorption; advanced oxidation process (AOPs); fate of NMs; photocatalyst

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

Wastewater Resourceization: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Water

edited by

Lei Qin

submission deadline 28 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2976 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation; nanomaterials; adsorption; membrane bioreactor; membrane fouling control; membrane modification; wastewater resource utilization; immobilized microorganisms/enzymes

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

Climate Change Adaptation in Water Resource Management

edited by

Athanasios Loukas

and

Aikaterini Lyra

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5345 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change adaptation; water resources management; policy and governance; hydrological modeling; groundwater; climate downscaling; integrated water resources management (IWRM); seawater intrusion; water quality; sustainable water systems; agricultural catchment; floods; droughts

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

Security and Management of Water and Renewable Energy

edited by

Gordon Huang

,

Yongping Li

and

Guangwei Huang

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3058 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated resource management; technological innovations; security risks and policy and governance; renewable energy and sustainable development; security of water and energy

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

Hydroclimate Risk Assessment and Management: Data, Models and Remote Sensing Approaches

edited by Md Shahid Latif,

Shaik Rehana

and

Fatih Tosunoğlu

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 908 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydroclimate risk and extremes; climate change; CMIP5/CMIP6 and regional projections; remote sensing; reanalysis and in situ observations; hydrological; hydraulic; groundwater and socio-hydrological modelling; floods; droughts; heatwaves; wildfires and compound events; downscaling; bias adjustment and data assimilation; machine learning; deep learning and hybrid modelling; multi-hazard impact modelling and climate services; water– energy– food– ecosystem nexus; adaptation; resilience and decision-support systems; AI applications in improving hydroclimato-logical forecasting; flood; drought; water quality assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems: Migration, Transformation, and Ecotoxicological Impacts

edited by

Lihui An

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 867 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxicological effects; behavior; exposure; ingestion; migration; transformation; molecular mechanism; freshwater; marine; estuary

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

Innovative Technologies for Comprehensive Management of Urban Water Pollution

edited by Yang Li

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 754 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water pollution; advanced wastewater treatment; monitoring systems; stormwater management; wetlands; resource recovery; emerging contaminants; decentralized systems; smart water governance

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

Advances in Rural and Agricultural Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Bassim Abbassi

and

Chris Kinsley

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: decentralized wastewater; onsite wastewater; biological treatment; physicochemical treatment; nutrient removal; agri-cultural wastewater; agricultural runoff

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

Micropollutants in Drinking Water: Occurrence, Risks, and Advanced Treatment Strategies

edited by

Savvina Psaltou

and

Evangelos Tziritis

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropollutants; emerging contaminants; water treatment technologies; drinking water quality; advanced oxidation; pharmaceuticals; microplastics; analytical monitoring; health risk

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

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