Water

Advances and Challenges in the Lake, River, and Sea Ice Sciences and Engineering

edited by

Zhijun Li

, Weiping Li,

Fang Li

, Zhichao Wang and

Zhengyong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5930 | Submission Open

Keywords: lake ice; river ice; sea ice; ice engineering; observations and investigations; water environment; ecology; mathematical method; numerical modeling; physical modeling; data analysis; machine learning

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

Sustainable Groundwater Management and Mitigation of Land Subsidence: Evaluating Environmental Impacts and Resilience Strategies

edited by Shih-Jung Wang and Wei-Chia Hung

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3344 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquifer recharge strategies; resilience in groundwater systems; land use change and subsidence; hydrogeological risk assessment; ecohydrology and environmental impact; adaptive water management; remote sensing in groundwater monitoring; groundwater quality degradation; integrated water resource management; hydrogeological simulation models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Research Status of Operation and Management of Hydropower Station, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dong Liu

and Yanhe Xu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2302 | Submission Open

Keywords: conventional hydropower stations; cascade hydropower stations; pumped storage power stations; nonlinear modelling; combined operation; optimal control; multienergy systems; stability analysis; new power systems; performance evaluation; fault diagnosis; trend prediction and early warning; renewable energy; artificial intelligence; optimization algorithms

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

Advancing Hydro-Environmental Research and Practice: Integrating Ecohydrology, Remote Sensing and Hydroinformatics

edited by

Manousos Valyrakis

,

Gudrun Hillebrand

and

Rui M. L. Ferreira

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2060 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic measurements; ecohydrology; remote sensing; hydroinformatics; sediment transport; laser doppler velocimetry; acoustic methods; lidar technology; predictive modeling; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Eco-Engineered Solutions for Industrial Wastewater

edited by

Luciana Pereira

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1977 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetlands; industrial wastewater; nature-based solutions; sustainable substrates; tidal flow systems; dye and surfactant removal; microbial ecology; eco-engineering; low-cost materials; circular economy

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

Water and Environment for Sustainability

edited by

Fang Yenn Teo

, Selvam Sivathass Bannir and

Anurita Selvarajoo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1717 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology and water resources; rivers; lakes; estuaries; and seas; extreme events and climate change; water supply and wastewater treatment; environmental pollution and protection; sustainable technology and engineering; sustainable development goals; sustainable environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Resources System, 2nd Edition

edited by

Avi Ostfeld

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1568 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources systems; artificial intelligence; modeling; optimization; water distribution systems

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

Emerging Contaminants in the Water Environment

edited by

Qi Zhou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1236 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; antibiotic resistance genes; PFAS biodegradation; metabolic trade-offs; heavy metal biotransformation; synthetic microbial consortia; multi-omics integration; engineered microbiome

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

The Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Toward Integrated Solutions for Sustainability

edited by

Lijuan Huo

,

Chenglong Zhang

and

Gaiqiang Yang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– energy– food (WEF) nexus; sustainable development; integrated resource governance; cross-sectoral coordination; resource security; climate resilience; ecological equilibrium; machine learning; decision support system

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

Anaerobic Processes in Wastewater Treatment: Current Limitations and Future Challenges

edited by

Jialing Tang

and

Shah Faisal

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 501 | Submission Open

Keywords: anaerobic digestion; digestate reuse and nutrient recovery; anaerobic membrane bioreactor; green energy; waste treatment; anaerobic process; fermentation

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

Development and Application of Global Hydrological Models

edited by Wei Qi,

Pan Yang

,

Yanhu He

and Tianyuan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: global hydrological models (GHMs); flood risk; terrestrial water cycle; large-scale hydrology; water resources assessment; climate change impacts; human– water interactions; earth system modeling; hydrological extremes; global water scarcity; model development and validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Circular Ecohydrology for Mediterranean Coastal Systems: Nature-Based Solutions, Waste Valorization and Ecosystem Restoration

edited by

Didier Orange

, Oula Amrouni and

Gil Mahé

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; transitional waters; circular economy; waste valorization; nature-based solutions; mediterranean semi-arid regions; saltwater intrusion; emerging contaminants; nutrient recovery; bioindicators; ecosystem restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Water Balance Changes in Regional Aquifer System Due to Coal Seam Gas Development

edited by

Chen Guo

,

Reza Taherdangkoo

and Zheng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal seam gas (CSG) development; regional aquifer system; groundwater balance; inter-aquifer connectivity; hydrochemistry evolution; numerical groundwater modeling; environmental impact assessment

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

Fluid Mechanics in Ocean Engineering: Modeling and Simulation

edited by Muhammad Hameed

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 231 | 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)

Groundwater Hydrochemistry in Mining Environments

edited by Pu Liu, Bo Li and

Zhimin Xu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: acid mine drainage (AMD); heavy metal; hydrogeochemistry; mine closure; microbial hydrogeochemistry; multi-tracer isotopes; kinetics of sulfide mineral oxidation; reactive transport modeling; emerging contaminants; mineral recycling; machine learning technology; contamination treatment technology; coupled modeling of groundwater processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

The Sources, Biological Factors and Migration Mechanisms of Metals and Metalloids in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Lía Celina Méndez-Rodríguez

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: trace elements; pollution; metal bioavailability; health risk; climate change; marine currents; mineral deposits ecotoxicology

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

Hydrothermal Biomass Processing for Energy and Water Recovery

edited by Yong Wei Tiong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); hydrothermal carbonization (HTC); wet biomass conversion; bio-oil and hydrochar production; aqueous phase valorisation; reactor design and process optimization; water and nutrient recovery; techno-economic analysis (TEA); life-cycle assessment (LCA); circular bioeconomy; waste-to-energy and waste-to-resource

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

Advances in Hydrology and Hydraulics: Integrating Aquatic Biota and River Ecosystem Processes

edited by

Karol Plesiński

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1279 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulics; hydrology; river system; aquatic organisms; ecosystem processes; numerical and physical modeling; hydrotechnics; geomorphologic; sediment transport; climate changes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Biochar-Based Systems for Agricultural Water Management

edited by Hongxu Zhou, Wei Zheng and

Rabin Bhattarai

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1937 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; biochar systems; nutrient recovery; pollutant removal; nonpoint source pollution; sustainable farming; water use efficiency; circular bioeconomy; soil and water quality; integrated water management

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

Recent Advances in Water Sciences Under a Variable and Changing Environment

edited by

Athanasios Loukas

and

Pantelis Sidiropoulos

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1381 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology; climate change; groundwater; surface water; water resources quality; urban and agricultural water systems; water resources management; policy and governance; extreme hydrometeorological events; ecosystems conservancy; glacier hydrology; wastewater treatment and reuse

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

Epidemiology and Public Health Issues Related to Waters

edited by

Vincenzo Romano Spica

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and disease; water and risk; epidemiological methods; public health

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

Agricultural Water Management—Coupling Hydrological and Crop Models

edited by

Yunfei Wang

and Danyang Yu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 979 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-hydrological modeling; crop modeling; model coupling; soil– plant– atmosphere continuum; agricultural water management; root growth and water uptake; soil moisture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Algae-Based Technology for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Binghan Xie

and Mengqi Zheng

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12914 | Submission Open

Keywords: algae; unbalanced nutrient; emerging contaminants; refractory organics; metal ions; resource recovery

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

Sustainable Water Management in Agricultural Irrigation

edited by Dat Q Tran

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9069 | 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)

Innovations in Hydrology: Streamflow and Flood Prediction

edited by Zhaocai Wang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5909 | Submission Open

Keywords: streamflow prediction; flood prediction; physical hydrological models; machine learning; deep learning; uncertainty quantification; flood risk assessment; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Sustainable Water Treatment Systems: Green Infrastructure and Bioremediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Suqing Wu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4354 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; sustainable; green; ecological restoration; bioremediation

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

Ecohydraulics and Fish Behavior Simulation

edited by

Tiegang Zheng

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3890 | Submission Open

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

Wetland Conservation and Ecological Restoration, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qing Wang

,

Tian Xie

and

Jiakai Liu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2213 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrological processes; environmental effects; ecological risks; biogeochemical processes; pollution; regulation; climate change; ecological functions; wetland ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Marine Plastic Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Umberto Andriolo

and

Laura Corbari

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2119 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine litter; microplastics; macroplastics; plastic pollution; marine ecosystems; monitoring techniques; hydrodynamic models; environmental impact; socio-economic impact; remote sensing

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

Application of Isotope Geochemistry in Hydrological Research

edited by

Tamara Marković

and Petra Žvab Rožič

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2063 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological and hydrogeological research; isotope geochemistry; satable and radiogenic isotopes conceptual models; hydrogeological assessment; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Intelligent Regulation and Adaptive Management of Complex River Basin Systems

edited by Yu Zhang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1621 | Submission Open

Keywords: river basin socio-hydrological system; extreme hydrological events and non-stationarity (extreme rainstorms/droughts); three-waters coupling (water resources– environment– ecology); intelligent adaptive management; reservoir– lake– river system; digital twin and AI technologies; climate-adaptive water resource allocation

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

Science and Technology for Water Purification, 3rd Edition

edited by Yuanfeng Qi,

Ling Wang

, Kai He and

Fenglong Fan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1484 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling and resource; pollutant removal; byproduct remedy; functional materials; processing models; reactors; wastewater engineering; identification and analysis

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

Smart Design and Management of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Xiao Zhou

and

Shipeng Chu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1359 | 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)

Hydrogeomorphic Hazards: Modeling, Mapping, and Mitigation of Rainfall-Triggered Landslides

edited by

Taorui Zeng

,

Gianfranco Nicodemo

and Zhilu Chang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1123 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall-triggered landslides; hydrogeomorphic hazards; landslide modeling; hazard mapping; risk mitigation; remote sensing; GIS; early warning systems; climate change impacts; slope stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Hydraulic Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Digital Twin Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by

, Hao Gu,

,

,

, Yating Hu and

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 867 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; digital twin technology; safety monitoring; hydraulic engineering; data preprocessing; knowledge graphs

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

Integrated Watershed Pollution Control: From Source Tracing to Systematic Management

edited by Haiqing Liao

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 695 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed pollution; pollution source; pollution control technologies; pollutant migration and transformation

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

Fate, Behavior, and Remediation Technologies for Heavy Metals in Water

edited by Li Ye and Ye Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; evironmental behavior; speciation; remediation technologies; functional materials; interdisciplinary approaches

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

Impact Mechanisms and Regulation Technologies of Hydraulic Engineering on Aquatic Environments

edited by

Jingqiao Mao

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic engineering; ecohydraulics; eco-hydrological mechanisms; hydraulic regulation; reservoir ecological operation

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

Optimization of Reservoir Operations

edited by

Hu Hu

,

Zhe Yang

and Ziyu Ding

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-objective optimization; stochastic optimization; adaptive operation; hydro– wind– photovoltaic comple-mentary operation; ecological operation; deep learning; multi-criteria decision-making; risk analysis

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

Biofilm Technologies for Circular and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

edited by

Asma Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 352 | 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)

Coastal Reservoirs as Nature-Based Solutions for Urbanization, Water Security, and Coastal Flood Mitigation

edited by Shuqing Yang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal urbanization; water security; coastal reservoirs; rising sea levels; climate change; SDG 6; coastal flood mitigation; nature-based solutions

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

Recycled Water for Enhancing Food Security Under a Changing Climate

edited by

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled water; wastewater; treatment; emerging pollutants; plant uptake; bioaccumulation; technology; climate resilience; climate change; economics; environmental impacts

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

Treatment Wetlands Applications in the Development Projects

edited by Marco A Belmont

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

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

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

Hydrology and Hydrochemistry in Cold and Arid Regions

edited by Wenhao Ren and

Wengang Qu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 259 | 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 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 244 | 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)

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

edited by

Zhigang Zhang

,

Guanghua He

and Zhengxiao Luan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 232 | 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)

Wastewater Treatment and Ecological Restoration Technologies

edited by Nan Lu and Jiunian Guan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 218 | 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)

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 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 215 | 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