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Water Quality, Wastewater Treatment and Water Recycling, 2nd Edition
edited by Memory Tekere
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality; emerging contaminants; treatment processes; water reuse; SDG6.3; waste effluent valorisation; innovations; advanced technology; pathogens; AI in wastewater issues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2272 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water supply; urban drainage; sustainable urban water management strategies; sponge cities; stormwater harvesting; rainwater use in buildings; green roofs; permeable pavement systems to filter stormwater; urban water contamination; effects of urbanisation; sustainable development; urban wastewater reuse; flood risk management; water resources; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Advances in Plateau Lake Water Quality and Eutrophication
edited by Zhenghui Fu and
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 483 | Submission Open
Keywords: simulation of watershed water environmental processes; environmental planning and management; eutrophication risk assessment and management; algal bloom warning and emergency response; multi-scale environmental risk zoning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Resources Allocation, Planning, and Regulation for Sustainable Management
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources management; water allocation; planning and regulation; climate change adaptation; integrated approaches; water governance; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Water Resources, Economic Development and Environment Carrying Capacity
edited by , Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11795 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resource management; environmental assessment; carrying capacity; industry development; economic growth
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Artificial Intelligence in Water Science: Opportunities, Prospects, and Concerns
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9516 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; emerging contaminant; wastewater treatment; groundwater; surface water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Long-Term Coastal Evolution and Morphodynamics: Ecosystem Protection and Coastal Safety
edited by Fu Wang, Fengling Yu, Yan Li and Xiaohe Lai
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8007 | 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)
Remote Sensing of Spatial-Temporal Variation in Surface Water
edited by , and Yongkai An
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3335 | Submission Open
Keywords: surface water; remote sensing; spatial-temporal dynamics; water cycle; data fusion; uncertainty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Agricultural Water and Land Resources Planning and Management: Challenges and Endeavors
edited by , Zhihui Tian and Lijie Shi
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3003 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; land resources; agricultural water use; water and land resource matching; agricultural water and land resource management; optimal allocation; climate change; sustainable management; resource carrying capacity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Application of Microbial Technology in Wastewater Treatment
edited by Xiwei He and Depeng Wang
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2414 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbial technology; wastewater treatment; high-risk pollutants; carbon neutrality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Research on River Environmental Flows and Habitat Restoration
edited by , and Yicheng Fu
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2274 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental flows; riverine habitat restoration; ecosystem integrity; water resource planning; ecological flow management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Stormwater Management in Sponge Cities
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17207 | Submission Open
Keywords: NbS; rainwater and stormwater management; stormwater quality; runoff reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Advanced Adsorption Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9852 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption; innovative materials; emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment; water treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
The Application of Novel Biotechnologies for Removal of Emerging Contaminants
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9846 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastic; antibiotics; heavily polluted wastewater; microorganisms communities; membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Hydraulic Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Digital Twin Technology
edited by Chenfei Shao, Hao Gu, , , Yating Hu and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9438 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; digital twin technology; safety monitoring; hydraulic engineering; safety monitoring data preprocessing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Advanced Oxidation and Photocatalytic Approaches for Efficient Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water Treatment
edited by Liping Wang and Changyu Lu
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7993 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation process; photocatalytic semiconductors; organic pollutants; water treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advancement of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse
edited by , , Yu-Jung Liu and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7636 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation process; organics removal; transformation products; toxicity evaluation; pre- and post-process; water and wastewater treatment; water reuse; cost-effectiveness analysis; policy and management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Constructed Wetlands and Emerging Pollutants
edited by , Cheng Shen and Ting Wei
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6654 | Submission Open
Keywords: constructed wetlands; emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Microplastics in Water Environments: Sources, Transport and Degradation submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6421 | 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)
Advancing Applications in Hydrogeochemical Processes in Groundwater Systems
edited by and Nenad Marić
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6058 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater systems; hydrogeochemical processes; hydrochemistry; isotopic and geochemical tracing; emerging contaminants and water quality concerns; karst hydrology; predictive modeling; water resource management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Water Pollutants and Human Health: Challenges and Perspectives
edited by Simon Jackson and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5634 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomarkers; endotoxin; fungal contaminants; AMR genes; antimicrobials; microplastics; emerging pathogens
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Sustainable Development of Water, Energy and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2024)
edited by , , José María Ponce-Ortega, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4141 | Submission Open
Keywords: water management; sustainability comparisons and measurements; green economy and better governance; climate resilient water systems; environmental policy and management; transformative water governance; water and wastewater treatment; water– energy nexus; energy and water efficiency; water demand management; water systems in rural; regional; and island communities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Soil Water Balance and Management: Recent Advances and Future Challenges
edited by Pei Tian, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3844 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; soil water management; soil and water conservation; water erosion processes; water and soil pollution control; non-point source pollution control; integrated water management; erosion modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application
edited by Xianghao Ren, Linan Xing and Jooil Park
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3820 | Submission Open
Keywords: water and wastewater treatment and reuse; membrane technologies; activated carbon; adsorption; chemical filtration; gas separation; energy storage and utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Water-Induced Geo-Disaster Reduction in the Context of Climate Change: Hydrology, Management Strategies, and Ecological Geological Engineering submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3464 | 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)
Intelligent Analysis, Monitoring and Assessment of Debris Flow
edited by Weijie Zhang
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2807 | Submission Open
Keywords: debris flow; water– soil coupling; artificial intelligence; numerical analysis; monitoring; risk evaluation; mitigation measure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Recent Advances in Photocatalysis in Water and Wastewater Treatment submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2724 | Submission Open
Keywords: photocatalysis; wastewater reuse; decentralized treatment; low-cost water treatment; AOPs; adsorption; water scarcity; agricultural irrigation; process optimization; sustainable water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Biodegradation Strategies for Sustainable Removal of Persistent Pollutants and Xenobiotics in Wastewater Treatment
edited by Mohd Faheem Khan
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2492 | Submission Open
Keywords: xenobiotics; emerging pollutants; PFAS; toxic heavy metals; biodegradation; biotransformation; catalysis; clean-up enzymes and their engineering and immobilization; biofilms; wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances in Research on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2396 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytoremediation; soil; water; labortory studies; field applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Extreme Hydrological Events Under Climate Change submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1937 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; extreme hydrological phenomena; floods; droughts; hydrological variability; river runoff; hydrological cycle; water resources; mitigation strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Advances and Innovations in Technologies for Treatment and Toxicity Assessment of Conventional and Emerging Contaminant in Industrial Wastewater
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1849 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; conventional and emerging contaminants; toxicity and risk assessment; AI; intelligent control; LCA
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Modelling, Monitoring and Assessment of Soil Hydrology and Ecological Processes
edited by and Ming Zhao
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1610 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; spatial analysis and modeling; soil moisture; vegetation ecology; multiple scale; climate change; land use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment
edited by , Huarui Li and Jialin Jia
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1529 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation technologies; water treatment; pollutant removal; catalyst design; oxidation mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Coastal Flood Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1427 | 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)
Advanced Chemical and Biological Technologies for Water Purification and Contaminant Degradation
edited by Zhanghao Chen and Longgang Chu
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1194 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation and reduction; photocatalysis and electrocatalysis; biotechnologies; radical chemistry; contaminant degradation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Numerical and Experimental Methods, Data Analyses, Digital Twin, IoT Machine Learning and AI in Water Sciences
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1160 | 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)
Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Biogeochemical Processes, Ecological Impacts
edited by , Zengping Ning and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 992 | 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)
Advances in Research on Hydrology and Water Resources submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrology; water resources; extreme climate; climate change; drought and floods; AI and machine learning in water management; low-flow simulation; enviromental pollution; cultural flows; river basin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Rural Wastewater Treatment by Nature-Based Solutions
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 537 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural wastewater treatment; water reuse; nature-based solutions; life cycle assessment; techno-economic analysis; resource recovery; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Application of Smart Technologies in Integrated Water Quality Modeling, 2nd Edition
edited by Tianxiang Wang and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 439 | 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)
Membrane Technologies for Biofouling Prevention in Water: Theory, Methods and Applications
edited by and Guillem Gilabert-Oriol
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 316 | Submission Open
Keywords: biofouling; fouling; organic fouling; reverse osmosis; membranes; nanofiltration; desalination; water treatment; wastewater; brackish water; seawater; bacteria; biofilms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition
edited by and Maria do Céu Almeida
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 269 | 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)
Microplastics and Microfiber Pollution in Aquatic Environments
edited by Adriano Fiorucci and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; microfibres; water pollution; water quality; waste water; water ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Optimization in Agroecosystems
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 212 | 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)
Biochar’s Role in Water-Stable Soils and Remediation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; soil hydraulic properties; water retention; infiltration; soil– water interactions; soil amendment; soil water holding capacity; hydrological modeling; climate resilience; sustainable land management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Bridge Hydraulics: Current State of the Knowledge and Perspectives, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 130 | 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)
Drought Risk Assessment and Human Vulnerability in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open
Keywords: drought risk assessment; climate change; human and environmental vulnerability; resilience building; IPCC scenarios
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Ecological Influence Assessment on the Occurrence and Control of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Aquatic Habitats
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open
Keywords: harmful cyanobacterial bloom; occurrence; control; cyanotoxin; ecological consequence; biogeochemical process
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Innovative Technologies for Comprehensive Management of Urban Water Pollution
edited by Yang Li
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 82 | 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)
Low-Carbon Technologies and Digital Solutions for Wastewater Treatment
edited by and Alice Boarino
submission deadline 21 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4521 | 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)
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