Water

The Interrelationship Between Climate Change, Human Activities and Hydrological Processes, 4th Edition

edited by

Qianfeng Wang

,

Haijun Deng

and

Jinshi Jian

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4334 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrological processes; water resources; vegetation; soil; rock; drought; heatwaves; mutual effects

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

Advances in Open-Channel Flow Hydrodynamics

edited by

Yeo Howe Lim

,

Reza Barati

and

Vida Atashi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2020 | Submission Open

Keywords: open‐channel flow; hydrodynamic structures; turbulence modeling; sediment scouring; flow–structure interaction; experimental and numerical modeling; ecohydraulics; remote sensing; data‐driven hydrodynamics

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

Assessment and Management of Soil Salinity: Methods and Technologies

edited by

George Kargas

and

Paraskevi Londra

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1740 | Submission Open

Keywords: salt accumulation and soil salinity assessment; methods of soil salinity determination; spatial and temporal distribution of salinity; irrigation with saline water; salinity control and salt leaching; drainage systems; effect of salts on hydraulic conductivity; mapping of soil salinity; remote sensing and soil salinity; geophysical instruments in soil salinity mapping; digital soil maps (DSMs) of ECe with machine learning (ML) technology; intelligent irrigation and leaching technology

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

Emerging and Legacy Contaminants in Soil and Water Systems: Pathways, Monitoring, Characterization, and Treatment

edited by Jinsheng Huang,

Yuchuan Fan

and

Xi Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1657 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; legacy contaminants; fate and transport; point and non-point sources; non-target screening; wastewater treatment; sorption; photocatalysis; nanomaterials; constructed wetlands; GIS; remote sensing; real-time monitoring

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

Nature-Based Soil and Water Conservation for Climate-Resilient Agriculture

edited by

Michel Riksen

,

Coen J. Ritsema

and

Karrar Mahdi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1571 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based soil and water conservation (NB-SWC); climate-smart agriculture (CSA); arid and semi-arid regions; planning and design of NB-SWC; NB-SWC suitability; water scarcity; water conservation; water economics; adoption of NB-SWC

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

The Application of Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

edited by Martin J. Taylor and

Amthal Al-Gailani

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1505 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; wastewater treatment; heavy metal removal; organic pollutant adsorption; low-cost adsorbents; fixed-bed systems; regeneration; adsorption modelling; life cycle assessment (LCA); environmental sustainability

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

Water and Waste Management Strategies and Environmentally Sustainable Approaches

edited by

Premakumara Jagath Dickella Gamaralalage

and

Chen Liu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1326 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated water and waste management; environmental sustainability; circular economy; urban environmental systems; nature-based solutions; community-based resource management; environmental policy and governance; smart technologies in resource management; artificial intelligence (AI); systems thinking, sustainable development goals (SDGs); resource efficiency; environmental engineering; sustainability science

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

Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Tools and Strategies for Resilient Growth

edited by

G.-Fivos Sargentis

,

Theano Iliopoulou

and

Levon Gevorkov

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1324 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy–food nexus; resource resilience; self-sufficiency; water reuse; wastewater reuse; renewable energy; circular economy; local food systems; resource recovery; historical examples of water-energy and food management

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

Advances in Sustainable Water Resources Management and Water–Energy Nexus

edited by

Ya'nan Jiang

,

Xiongpeng Tang

, Chongxu Zhao and He Li

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1028 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy nexus; sustainable development; nexus modeling; resources management; sustainable and resilient solu-tions; many objective optimization; simulation and optimization of water–energy nexus

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

Distribution and Toxicity of Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Sheng Liu

and

Kun Li

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

Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic ecosystems; environmental behaviors; ecotoxicity; risk assessment; remediation technologies; analytical methods

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

Coastal Ecology and Fisheries Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 907 | Submission Open

Keywords: estuaries ecology and management; wetlands protection and management; mangroves restoration and construction; fishery resource assessment; coastal fishery management; fishery management policy; coral ecology and protection; ecosystem services; coastal culture and aquaculture; marine farming and construction

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

Advanced Hydrological Modeling for Extreme Events: Floods, Droughts, and Risk Assessment

edited by Muhammad Usman Liaqat and Stefania Camici

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 838 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; extreme events; flood simulation; drought prediction; rainfall–runoff models; non-stationarity; climate adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Aquaponics Systems: Present and Future Challenges

edited by

Nikolaos Vlahos

and

Panagiotis Berillis

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 703 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaponic system; ammonia mass balance; fish-plant growth performance; innovation; nutrient absorption; current and future challenges; cycle economy; foodprint; natural resource management; multitrophic aquaponic system

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

Advances in Constructed Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration

edited by Xinyue Zhao,

Ning Hou

and

Lixin Li

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 696 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetlands; microbial community; wastewater treatment; biogeochemical cycle; environmental sustainability

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

Advancing Water Resource Management with Smart Technologies

edited by

Sohaib Mustafa

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 594 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart water management; internet of things (IoT); artificial intelligence; machine learning; real-time monitoring; predictive analytics; water resource optimization; sustainable water systems; smart sensors; flood forecasting

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

Advances in Sediment Dynamics: Mechanisms, Modeling and Management in Transitional Environments

edited by

Maria Rita Maggi

,

Cosimo Peruzzi

,

Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama

and Marina Amadori

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment dynamics; transitional environments; hydrodynamics and morphodynamics; sediment transport modeling; field measurements; laboratory experiments; innovative monitoring techniques

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

Integrated Approaches to Climate-Driven Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources Management

edited by

Massoud Behboudian

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate–hydrology interactions; water resources management; hydrological modeling; extreme events; adaptive governance; remote sensing in hydrology; sustainable water systems; machine learning applications; watershed resilience; socio-hydrological systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Urban Hydrological Resilience: Innovations in Hazard Mitigation and Management

edited by

Weiwei Shao

and Xin Su

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban hydrological resilience; hazard mitigation and management; flood and drought risk; nature-based solutions; smart and digital water systems; climate change adaptation; integrated water resources management; resilient urban infrastructure

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

Solid Waste Management and Its Impacts on Groundwater Quality

edited by

Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri

and

María-Elena Rodrigo-Clavero

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste management; groundwater contamination; leachate migration; numerical modeling; pollution mitigation techniques

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

Emerging Pollutants in Aquatic Environments: Detection, Risks, and Management

edited by

Anna Gronba-Chyła

and Paweł Kwaśnicki

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; water quality; wastewater treatment; aquatic contaminants; environmental monitoring; circular economy

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

Photocatalytic Systems for Advanced Water Purification

edited by

Prisco Prete

and

Laura Clarizia

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; contaminants of emerging concern; advanced oxidation processes; solar radiation; wastewater treatment; LCA

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

Machine Learning Applications for Surface and Ground Water Resources Management

edited by

A T M Sakiur Rahman

,

Saddam Hussain

,

Muhammad Naveed Anjum

and

Mohammod Ali

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

Keywords: e-water; decision support system; ML for water modeling; water recharge; water balance; water accouting; precision irrigation; transforming water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Scarcity)

Coastal Sediment Dynamics: Monitoring and Modeling for Resilient Shoreline Management

edited by Douglas A George

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal sediment dynamics; shoreline management; morphodynamic modeling; coastal resilience; remote sensing; sediment transport; adaptive management

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

Computer Vision-Based Monitoring of Aquatic Ecosystems Across Marine and Freshwater Environments

edited by

Fan Zhao

and Jiaqi Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; aquatic ecosystem monitoring; underwater imagery; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); object detection and image segmentation; deep learning; multi-platform remote sensing; biodiversity and ecological assessment; sustainable water management

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

Emerging Organic Micropollutants in Aquatic Environments: Advanced Analytical Methods and Environmental Protection

edited by

Marta Oliveira Barbosa

and

Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging organic micropollutants; aquatic environments; high-resolution mass spectrometry; non-target screening; water quality monitoring; environmental risk assessment; analytical methods; environmental protection

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Inland and Coastal Water Monitoring

edited by

Ting On Chan

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

Keywords: remote sensing; inland waters; coastal monitoring; water quality; coastal wetlands; machine learning

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

Sustainable Management of Water Distribution Networks

edited by

Hyuk Jae Kwon

and

Do Guen Yoo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: leakage; water supply system; residual life; pipe aging; water quality; corrosion; smart maintenance; smart system design

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

Management and Assessment of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Under Climate Change

edited by Giovanna Grossi and

Matteo Balistrocchi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban drainage; climate non-stationarity; structural flood risk mitigation measures; non-structural flood risk mitigation measures; field and laboratory experiments; hydrologic–hydraulic modeling; stochastic modeling; long-term performance assessment; resilience assessment; uncertainty analysis

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

Biogeochemical Cycle of Organic Matter in Lakes and Its Environmental Effects

edited by Shasha Liu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic matter; water quality; aquatic environments; biogeochemical processes; environmental effects

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

Advances in Recording Environmental Changes in Lake Sediment Archives

edited by Chenglin Liu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: depositional environment; hydrological changes; lake water salination; lake water desalination; natural carbon sequestration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Disaster Analysis and Prevention of Dam and Slope Engineering

edited by

Yuke Wang

and Xiang Yu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7487 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic structure; geotechnical engineering; safety evaluation; numerical simulation; fine analysis; dynamic response; soft foundation; mechanical characteristics; damage behavior; treatment measure

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

Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Soil and Water

edited by

Changyin Zhu

,

Da Ouyang

and

Hui Wang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3951 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; micropollutants; soil pollution; water pollution; contaminant remediation; source identifi-cation, fate, and transport; degradation and by-products; numerical modelling

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

Urban Water Pollution Control: Theory and Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Bingdang Wu

, Yonghai Gan and Jingjing Yang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3848 | Submission Open

Keywords: micropollutants; urban water; remediation; low-impact development; sponge city; constructed wetland

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

Revolutionizing Hydraulic Fracturing with Machine Learning and Data-Driven Approaches

edited by

Qinzhuo Liao

, Huiying Tang and Junchao Li

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3236 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic fracturing; machine learning; data-driven; geomechanics; fluid flow; modeling and simulation; optimization

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

Water and Education: Teaching Sustainability, Managing Risks, and Shaping the Future

edited by

Álvaro-Francisco Morote

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2330 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); climate change and water; water resources and landscapes; end-purposes of water teaching; flood risk management; water conservation strategies; hydrological cycle education; community engagement in water sustainability; resilient water governance

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

Petroleum and Plastic Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Carlos Costa

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1246 | Submission Open

Keywords: petroleum biodegradation; plastic biodegradation; water pollution by petroleum; microplastics

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

Diatom Biodiversity and Their Adaptation to Environment Change

edited by Mateusz Rybak

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1108 | Submission Open

Keywords: diatoms; ecology; antropocene; human impact; diversity; taxonomy; freshwater; marine; coastal habitats; environmental adaptations; environmental changes; paleoecology

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

Impact of Environmental Factors on Aquatic Ecosystem, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xuan Ban

,

Wenxian Guo

and Yicheng Fu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 857 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystem; habitat; environmental flows; ecohydrology; ecohydraulic

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

Water-Related Disasters in Adaptations to Climate Change, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mikio Ishiwatari

and

Daisuke Sasaki

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change adaptation; mobilizing climate change finance; flood protection; transdisciplinary approach; public–private-partnership; community-based disaster risk reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Removal of Organic Pollutants from Water and Wastewater: Biomass-Using Processes

edited by

Wioletta Przystaś

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass-based treatment; persistent organic pollutants; biological wastewater treatment; adsorption on biomass; biochar; biodegradation and biotransformation; hybrid treatment systems; biomass valorization; sustainable water purification

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

Life Cycle Assessment and Water Footprint of Sustainable Construction Materials

edited by

Quddus Tushar

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open

Keywords: life cycle assessment (LCA); water footprint assessment (WFA); sensitivity analyses; emerging technologies; bio-based binders; supply chain; industrial byproducts; wastewater recycling

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

Management and Optimization of Water Distribution Networks

edited by

Javier Soriano Olivares

and

Roberto Del Teso

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: pressure management; leakage control; energy efficiency; pumping systems; infrastructure asset management; digital twins; resilience

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

Micropollutant Removal via Electricity-Driven Advanced Oxidation Processes

edited by

Changtao Chen

,

Xueyang Zhao

and

Rui Zhang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: electricity-driven advanced oxidation; micropollutant removal; electro-Fenton; plasma water treatment; wastewater remediation

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

Research on Adsorption Technologies in Water Treatment

edited by

Wei Wei

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3182 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel adsorbent materials; adsorption mechanisms, kinetics, and isotherm modeling; adsorption of emergent contaminants; static and dynamic adsorption; selective adsorption for targeted pollutant removal; regeneration and reusability of adsorbents; integration with hybrid systems (e.g., membrane filtration, catalysis); pilot-scale applications and real-world case studies

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

Water Governance and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariusz Adynkiewicz-Piragas

,

Leszek Kuchar

,

Alicja Edyta Krzemińska

and Anna Zaręba

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3050 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; sustainable water resources management; water governance and policies; climate change; climate change adaptation; water resources monitoring; stakeholder engagement; decision support systems; water-related tourism; blue-green infrastructure; aquatic ecosystem restoration; urban water planning; transboundary water management; water–energy–food nexus

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

Research on Soil Moisture and Irrigation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhe Gu

and

Jiang Li

submission deadline 29 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1117 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture sensing; soil moisture prediction; irrigation scheduling modelling; temporal–spatial resolution; irrigation control; irrigation system

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

Research on the Carbon Cycle in the Aquatic Environment

edited by

Yixuan Zhang

,

Ji Liu

and

Songjun Wu

submission deadline 29 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic carbon cycle; greenhouse gases; biogeochemistry; carbon sequestration; land-water interface; climate change; dissolved organic matter; water quality; isotopic tracing; carbon fluxes

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

AI, Machine Learning and Digital Twin Applications in Water, 2nd Edition

edited by

Bithin Datta

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8800 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); digital twin; big data analytics; sensor networks; ensembles; decision models; smart sensors; digital platforms; surrogate models; water resource management; flood and drought forecasting; groundwater systems; surface water systems; contamination detection; linked simulation-optimization

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

Flood Risk Identification and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Juan Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8411 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood; flood management; flood control operation; risk identification; risk assessment; risk management; uncertainty

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

GIS Applications in Hydrology and Water Resources

edited by

Daniel P. Ames

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2898 | Submission Open

Keywords: geographic information systems (GIS); flood risk assessment ; groundwater potential mapping ; multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); remote sensing; machine learning; site suitability analysis; water quality index; erosion and sediment yield ; hydrological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

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