Water

Advanced Adsorbent-Based Technologies for Efficient Wastewater Treatment

edited by

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10952 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption-based technologies; adsorbents; wastewater treatment; nanomaterials; emerging contaminants; regeneration and reusability

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

The Future of Desalination: Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Solutions Through Membrane Innovation

edited by

José M. Gozálvez-Zafrilla

and

Salvador C. Cardona

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2980 | Submission Open

Keywords: desalination sustainability; membrane innovation; reverse osmosis (RO); nanofiltration (NF); membrane distillation (MD); forward osmosis (FO); electrodyalisis; hybrid desalination processes; renewable energy integration; brine management and resource recovery; water–energy nexus; process optimization; process integration; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; artificial intelligence (AI) in desalination; techno-economic and life cycle assessment

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “Managed Aquifer Recharge and Management”

edited by

Thomas Missimer

and

Nicolò Colombani

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2605 | Submission Open

Keywords: managed aquifer recharge; aquifer storage and recovery; artificial aquifer recharge; salinity barriers; water reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Hydrochemical Dynamics and Environmental Impacts of Mining on Water Quality

edited by

Qiqing Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1793 | Submission Open

Keywords: resource extraction; geochemical modeling; water–rock interaction; mining-induced hydrochemical dynamics; water quality; environmental protection; impact of mining on aquifers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

New Tools and Methods for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment

edited by

Leticia Baena-Ruiz

and

Samrit Luoma

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1755 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater contamination; groundwater vulnerability; climate change; groundwater vulnerability validation; artificial intelligence; GIS models; aquifer characterization; risk mitigation; pollution prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions for Hydrogeological Challenges

edited by

Francesco Maria De Filippi

,

Davide Fronzi

and

Alessandro Galdelli

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1331 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; springs; groundwater availability; wells; aquifer recharge; machine learning; artificial intelligence; neural networks; predictive modeling; intelligent systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Data-Driven Optimization of Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Harvesting Applications

edited by Mingizem Gashaw Seid

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1325 | Submission Open

Keywords: persulfate; radical oxidation; heterogeneous activation; persistent micropollutants; catalyst design; advanced oxidation processes; polyfluoroalkyl substances

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

Advances in Water and Stormwater Networks: Modelling and Pollutant Degradation, 3rd Edition

edited by

Cong Li

, Yuqiong Gao and Yunshu Zhang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1112 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water contamination; disinfection byproducts; advanced oxidation; bioremediation; network leakage simu-lation; urban hydrology and modeling

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

Geospatial Relationships Between Water Quality and Human Health Outcomes in a Changing Climate

edited by

Eleanor Rogan

,

Alan Kolok

and

Naveen Joseph

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1012 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; climate change; GeoHealth; cancer incidence; extreme weather; spatial analysi

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Pollution-Driven, Persistent, and Emerging Threats to Urban Surface Water Quality

edited by

Reynaldo Patiño

and

Yonghong Bi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1000 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban surface waters; eutrophication; harmful algal blooms; waterborne pathogens; emerging contaminants; ecosystem services

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

Machine Learning Approaches to Quantify Hydrological Changes

edited by

Majid Mohammadian

, Mercedeh Tahery Firoozkoohi and

Mohsen Nasseri

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 884 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological cycle quantification; machine learning; artificial intelligence; data-driven hydrology; smart water systems; real-time monitoring; water resources management; climate change adaptation

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

AI-Empowered Landslide Susceptibility Assessment with Soil–Water Interactions

edited by

Huajin Li

and

Yusen He

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide susceptibility mapping; soil–water interaction; deep learning; rainfall-induced landslides; physically based modeling; explainable AI (XAI); remote sensing big data; dynamic risk assessment

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

Water Treatment Technology and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Yulin Tang

, Dongsheng Wang and

Yajun Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: drinking water treatment; wastewater treatment; artificial intelligence

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

Innovative Approaches in Flood Forecasting and Modeling for Risk Mitigation, 2nd Edition

edited by Daniela Gogoase Nistoran

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological and hydraulic models; data driven models; flood mapping; urban floods; climate change; remote sensing; flood forecasting; flood risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows in Rivers

edited by

Hossein Kheirkhah Gildeh

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: river turbulence; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); RANS/LES modelling; sediment transport and morphodynamics; scour and hydraulic structures; free-surface flows; validation and uncertainty quantification; ecohydraulics and mixing/dispersion

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

Volcanic Lake Hydrology Under the Influence of Climatic Change

edited by

Kazuhisa A. Chikita

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanic lake; acidity; hydrothermal heat; geothermal heat; groundwater flow system; water circulation; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

NBS for Watershed Management: From Ecological Health Assessment to Ecosystem Restoration

edited by Yingying Huang, Chunhua Li and

Xuechu Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17999 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; nature-based solutions; ecological health assessment; nonpoint source pollution control; ecosystem restoration

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

Drinking Water Quality: Monitoring, Assessment and Management

edited by Stavroula Tsitsifli

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7230 | Submission Open

Keywords: drinking water quality; water monitoring technologies; smart sensors and real-time monitoring; emerging contaminants; microbial risk assessment; water treatment and purification; water safety planning; water source protection; climate change and water resources; public health and water management; integrated water resource management; water governance and policy; sustainable water supply water resilience

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

Water Quality Engineering and Wastewater Treatment, 4th Edition

edited by

Yung-Tse Hung

,

Tsuyoshi Imai

,

Rehab O. Abdel Rahman

,

Issam A. Al-Khatib

and

Qaisar Mahmood

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4495 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced wastewater technology; onsite wastewater treatment; natural wastewater treatment system; biological treatment; physicochemical treatment; tertiary treatment; water quality; sludge treatment and disposal; energy-efficient wastewater treatment; water reuse; resource recovery; municipal wastewater; industrial wastewater; nutrient removal

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

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources: Assessment and Modeling, 3rd Edition

edited by

Leszek Sobkowiak

and

Dariusz Wrzesiński

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4058 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water use; surface water; ground water; variability; projections of change; water regime; seasonality; changes in lake water resources; modeling changes

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

Water Resources and Environment Management in Watersheds with Intensive Human Activities

edited by

Chenning Deng

and

Yang Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3140 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water environment; sustainable management; human activities; influencing factors

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

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 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2760 | 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)

Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Soil-Water Systems

edited by

Yufeng Jiang

, Yingqin Wu and

Wei Chen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2656 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; soil; water; contaminant fate and transport; ecological risk assessment

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

Agricultural Water-Land-Plant System Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Haijun Liu

and

Haijun Yan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1567 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant–water–land nexus; agricultural production vulnerability; soil–water–salt–nutrient–heat–crop system modelling; comprehensive observation means; water-saving irrigation; climate change; smart irrigation; irrigation systems management

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

AI-Driven Intelligence for Water Infrastructure Safety

edited by Qiubing Ren,

Xiang Lu

and Lei She

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 603 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven intelligence; water infrastructure safety; structural health monitoring; machine/deep learning; digital twin; computer vision; large language model; risk assessment and early warning; physics-informed modeling; resilient water systems

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

Water Economy, Environment and Sustainable Water Governance

edited by Renhong Wu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual water trade; water economy; energy–water nexus; sustainable development; environmental economics; water policy

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

Environmental Fate and Transport of Organic Pollutants in Water, 2nd Edition

edited by Tengyi Zhu, Haohan Yang and

Yajun Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic pollutants; environmental risk assessment; fate and transport; remediation and mitigation; heavy metals; bioremediation; anaerobic digestion; stormwater management; conventional and emerging contaminants; water environment simulation; ecological remediation

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

Advanced Sensor Materials for Aquatic Contaminants Detection

edited by

Mohammad Boshir Ahmed

and

Volker Hessel

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open

Keywords: aqueous sensor; advanced materials; water treatment; contaminants; new technology

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

Microbial Consortia Assembly and Stability in Wastewater Treatment Systems Under Variable Conditions

edited by

Paulina Rusanowska

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial consortia; wastewater treatment; biofilms; granular sludge; algal–bacterial systems; environmental stress; process stability; anaerobic digestion; resource recovery

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

Landslide and Slope Stability Risk Assessment: Study of Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslide

edited by

Chaminda Gallage

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2628 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall-induced shallow landslides; slope stability; landslide risk assessment; triggering mechanisms; numerical modelling; remote sensing and monitoring; early warning systems; climate change impacts; hazard mitigation; geotechnical engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources, 2nd Edition

edited by

Enedir Ghisi

,

Ognjen Bonacci

and

Rafael J. Bergillos

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1014 | 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)

Global Challenges and Solutions for Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Environments

edited by Mohamed Hamdy Eid

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; water quality; environmental and health risk assessment; heavy metals; microplastics; water treatment; surface water and groundwater modeling; machine learning; hydrogeochemistry; transport modeling; remote sensing and GIS applications; drought; climate change

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

Watershed Hydrology and Management Under Changing Climate, 3rd Edition

edited by Hongbo Zhang and

Jie Yang

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Synergistic Management of Water, Fertilizer, and Salt in Arid Regions

edited by

Jihong Zhang

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3230 | Submission Open

Keywords: efficient utilization of water resources; water-fertilizer efficiency; water–salt regulation; water-saving irrigation

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

Water Quality Management for Sustainable Aquaculture: Integrating Multi-Omics, Digital Technologies, and Climate Resilience

edited by

Minu Kesheri

and

Swarna Kanchan

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1401 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality management; sustainable aquaculture; recirculating aquaculture systems (RASs); biofloc technology; multi-omics integration; microbial community dynamics; nutrient cycling; harmful algal blooms; aquaculture wastewater treatment; climate change impacts; real-time water monitoring; biosensors in aquaculture; aquatic animal health; dissolved oxygen dynamics; ammonia and nitrogen management; eutrophication control; pathogen surveillance; aquaculture system resilience; water reuse and efficiency; precision aquaculture; digital technology; climate resilience

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

Anaerobic Digestion and Biomass Utilization of Wastewater Treatment Systems

edited by

Mohamed S. Gaballah

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1015 | Submission Open

Keywords: anaerobic digestion; wastewater treatment; biomass valorization; biogas production; resource recovery; circular economy; microbial community dynamics; process optimization; emerging contaminants; antibiotics and ARGs; microplastics; nutrient recovery; constructed wetlands; nature-based solutions; hybrid treatment systems; sustainable wastewater management; environmental biotechnology; process modeling and control

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

Advanced Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Achisa Cleophas Mecha

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 826 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation processes; membrane separation; electrochemical processes; nanotechnology; desalination; water quality monitoring; water reuse

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

The Impact of Climate Change on Water Erosion

edited by Hongliang Kang and Yibao Lou

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 591 | Submission Open

Keywords: water erosion; climate change; extreme rainfall; runoff generation; sediment yield; soil and water conservation

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

Unsteady Flow Phenomena: Modeling, Testing, and Protective System Design

edited by

Vicente S. Fuertes-Miquel

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: transient flow; unsteady flow; hydraulic transient; pressure surge; water hammer; mathematical modelling; numerical simulation; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); experimental analysis; laboratory testing; protection systems

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

Groundwater for Health and Well-Being

edited by

Francisco Maraver Eyzaguirre

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11113 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral-medicinal waters; natural mineral waters; thermal waters; balneotherapy; water quality; contaminants; anthropic ecosystem; climate change; energy efficiency; artificial intelligence

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

Machine Learning Models for Hydrological Inference: A Case Study for Flood Events

edited by

Li Zhou

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8585 | Submission Open

Keywords: development and optimization of machine learning models for flood prediction and early warning; multi-source data fusion and remote sensing applications in flood monitoring; hydrological response modeling under extreme rainfall conditions; interpretability, transferability, and uncertainty quantification of machine learning models; small-sample learning and transfer learning in data-scarce regions; hybrid modeling approaches that integrate physical-based and machine learning models; case studies and system-level applications of machine learning in real-world flood management contexts

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

Innovations in Water Resource Management: Integrating Advanced Analytics, AI, and System Modeling

edited by Saman Maroufpoor

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8273 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource management; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data-driven modeling; hydrological forecasting; groundwater and surface water systems; climate change impacts; flood and drought forecasting; agricultural water management

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

Groundwater Environmental Risk Perception

edited by Jin Wu,

Jiao Li

and Quanwei Song

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7813 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater environmental risk; groundwater pollution; advanced technologies; risk assessment model; risk perception; multivariate data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Numerical Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport

edited by

Xin Chen

,

Huabin Shi

and Hongjie Wen

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7290 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical modeling; hydrodynamics; sediment transport; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); multiphase flow; turbulence modeling; erosion and deposition; river morphology; coastal engineering

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

Application of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Pengxiang Qiu

,

Shuai Zhang

and Zhihui Zhang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7083 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); hybrid AOP technologies; wastewater treatment; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; Fenton reactions; ozonation; reactive oxygen species (ROS); emerging contaminants; contaminant degradation

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

Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems: Monitoring and Conservation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Igor Zelnik

and

Mateja Germ

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6044 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; rivers; lakes; wetlands; springs; streams; groundwater; ponds; macrophytes; macroinvertebrates; diatoms; algae

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

Yellow River Basin Management Under Pressure: Present State, Restoration and Protection, 4th Edition

edited by

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,

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and Qingsong Wu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4760 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yellow River Basin; current state and challenges; human–water relationships; emerging pollutants; water security; high-quality development

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

Resilient Rivers: Integrating Nature-Based Solutions with Hydraulic Engineering

edited by

Su-Chin Chen

and

Kao-Hua Chang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4685 | Submission Open

Keywords: Nature-based Solutions (NbS); hydraulic engineering; eco-hydraulics; river resilience; flood mitigation; sediment transport; erosion control; green infrastructure; river restoration; hydrodynamic modeling; climate adaptation; water quality; ecosystem services; sustainable river management; river rewilding

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

Advances in Control Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in Water

edited by

Weiying Li

and Dawei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3078 | Submission Open

Keywords: Emerging Contaminants (ECs); water treatment technologies; Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs); adsorption materials; microplastics; PFAS; biological degradation; hybrid treatment systems; environmental risk assessment; sustainable water management; water quality; analytical methods

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