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Water Resource Simulation and Optimal Allocation: Theory, Methods and Applications submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: simulation; optimization methods; hybrid simulation– optimisation; multi-objective optimisation; irrigation; hy-dropower; floods; water quality; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); heuristics optimization; un-certainty characterization; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Water-Soil-Vegetation Interactions in Changing Climate
edited by Mingjie Shi
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: water– soil– vegetation nexus; carbon and water cycles; global environmental change; ecosystem resilience; sustainable management strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Rethinking Wastewater: Microbial Solutions for a Sustainable Future submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater valorization; environmental biotechnology; activated sludge processes; microbial stress response; resource recovery; omics technologies; dissolved organic matter; circular bioeconomy; micropollutant degradation; metabolic modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Geotechnical and Underground Engineering Problems Caused by Water Action
edited by Yonggang Zhang, Cheng Lyu and
submission deadline 24 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9916 | Submission Open
Keywords: water– soil coupling; tunnel water inflow; rock seepage; wading slope; hydraulic coupling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Optimisation of Water Distribution System Design and Operation Under Uncertainty submission deadline 24 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: water distribution systems; uncertainty analysis; hydraulic and water quality modeling under uncertainty; optimization under uncertainty; stochastic and robust optimization; adaptive operational control; decision support systems under uncertainty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Advances in Hydrodynamics for Pumping Systems: Modeling, Optimization, and Applications
edited by , , and Yandong Gu
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3473 | Submission Open
Keywords: pumping systems; hydrodynamics; multiphase flow; cavitation  ; computational fluid dynamics (CFD)  ; energy efficiency  ; turbulence modeling  ; design optimization; transient flow; renewable energy integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Hydrodynamics Science Experiments and Simulations, 2nd Edition
edited by , Yandong Gu, and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3420 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrodynamic experiment; hydrodynamic simulation; hydraulic machinery; multiphase flow; hydro energy technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Effects of Vegetation on Open Channel Flow and Sediment Transport
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1674 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic vegetation; sediment transport; vegetation– flow– sediment interaction; turbulence; eco-hydraulics; open channel flow; river morphology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Optimal Operation of Pumped Storage Hydropower Units and Renewable Energy
edited by Hao Zhang and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1064 | Submission Open
Keywords: pumped storage hydropower units; renewable energy; hybrid energy system flexibility; multi-objective dynamic scheduling; low-carbon dispatch strategies; AI-driven hydropower forecasting; transient process control; hydro-meteorological uncertainty management; energy storage synergy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Watershed Ecohydrology and Water Quality Modeling
edited by Tao Huang
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 657 | Submission Open
Keywords: watershed; ecohydrology; hydrologic modeling; water quality; contaminants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Water Management and Geohazard Mitigation in a Changing Climate
edited by , and Kosta Urumović
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 482 | Submission Open
Keywords: water managment; geohazards; mitigation; climate changes; sustainable development; groundwater; monitoring; mapping; modeling; risk assessment; multihazard analyses; vulnerability reduction; practical application; predictive analyses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Advanced Technologies for Water Erosion Mapping and Environmental Change Detection
edited by
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open
Keywords: water erosion; land degradation; environmental change detection; soil erosion mapping; digital elevation models (DEMs); gully erosion; sediment transport; erosion modelling; LiDAR and UAV photogrammetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)
Optimal Management and Hydrological Simulation of Water and Soil Resources Under Climate Change
edited by Chongfeng Ren, and Xiao Liu
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources’ management; water resources’ carrying capacity; agricultural water productivi-ty; uncertainty; hydrological modeling; soil infiltration simulation; decision support system; machine learning; flash flood disaster assessment; flood risk management; drought assessment; extreme weather
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Energy Use Assessment and Management in Wastewater Systems
edited by and Maria do Céu Almeida
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon footprint reduction in wastewater systems; energy efficiency; energy monitoring and optimization; energy recovery; renewable energy; sustainable wastewater management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Microplastics in Water and Wastewater submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic environment; bioplastics; ecotoxicity; groundwater; microplastics; drinking water; removal efficiency; sludge; surface water; wastewater
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Groundwater Flow and Transport Modeling in Aquifer Systems: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open
Keywords: modeling; borehole tests; laboratory tests; tracer tests; aquifer remediation; aquifer characterization; vertical circula-tion wells; geothermal resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Monitoring and Assessment of Pollutants in Coastal Waters, Sediments, and Biota, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open
Keywords: monitoring; assessment; pollutants; coastal water; marine sediments; marine organism; marine environment; food webs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Recent Advances in Maritime Energy Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: development and utilization of marine renewable energy; computational fluid dynamics and numerical simulation; oscillating water column wave energy converter; air turbine; hydrofoil; vertical-axis turbine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Application of Nanomaterials in Soil and Aquatic Environment Remediation submission deadline 26 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable nanomaterials; wastewater treatment; soil remediation; degradation mechanisms; sustainability assessment; characterisation of NMs; adsorption; advanced oxidation process (AOPs); fate of NMs; photocatalyst
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Social, Cultural, and Economic Factors Directly and Indirectly Influencing Water Resources and Conservation Outcomes
edited by and Kristin E. Gibson
submission deadline 27 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1228 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resource communication; environmental education; water conservation behavior; social evaluation methods; watershed management; behavioral modification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Use and Scarcity)
Environmental Behavior, Ecological Effects and Health Risks of Pollutants in Aquatic Ecosystems
edited by and Meiling Xu
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12331 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental pollutants; aquatic organisms; environmental behavior; water ecological effects; health risks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Approaches to Water-induced Landslide Hazard Risk Forecasting and Assessment
edited by Junrong Zhang, , and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10060 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; geomechanics; physical modelling; numerical modelling; slope stability; landslide susceptibility mapping; displacement prediction; landslide mitigation; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Advance in Groundwater in Arid Areas
edited by Yudong Lu
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6176 | Submission Open
Keywords: arid and semi-arid regions; groundwater; groundwater-surface water interaction; groundwater numerical modeling; policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Modeling of Flood Hazard and Assessment of Inundation Impacts, Vulnerability and Risk in Coastal Areas submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5247 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal flooding; coastal inundation; compound flooding; coastal flood risk; storm surge; climate change impacts; operational forecasting of floods; early warning systems; sea level rise; wave-induced flooding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Geotechnics and Geostructures Modelling for Hydrodynamic-Driven Landslides: Prediction and Control
edited by Qinwen Tan, and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2818 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydraulic process; landslide evolution; slope stability; geostructures modelling; seepage force; landslide mitigation and control; geotechnics; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Causes and Reconstruction of Catastrophic Flash Flood Disasters: Investigation, Analysis, Modelling and Risk Management, 2nd Edition
edited by and Meihong Ma
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 716 | Submission Open
Keywords: catastrophic flash floods; climate changes; extreme precipitation; underlying conditions; human activities; hydrological and hydro-meteorological modelling; soil erosion; water-sediment process; mechanism of flash flood disaster; risk assessment and management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Water Risks, 3rd Edition
edited by , Fei Chen, Fei Wang, and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; water resource management; drought; flood; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Carbon Storage in Lake Sediments Under Climate Change submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon cycle; drought; lake; dam reservoir; carbon stocks; humus substances; fulvid and humic acids; sediments; indicators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Ecohydrological Processes, Environmental Effects, and Integrated Regulation of Wetland Ecosystems, 3rd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 20 articles | Viewed by 20025 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecohydrological processes; environmental effects; ecological risks; biogeochemical processes; pollution; restoration; regulation; climate change; ecological service functions; wetland ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
The Impact of Climate Change and Land Use on Water Resources—an Issue of Environmental Global Safety submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14490 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; environmental safety; impact of climate change; management of water resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Advance in Hydrology and Hydraulics of the River System Research 2025
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8923 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydraulics; hydrology; river system; flow dynamics; numerical and physical modeling; hydrotechnics; geomorphologic; sediment transport; climate changes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Mathematical, Physical, Chemical, and Biological Methods for Ice and Water Problems
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6963 | Submission Open
Keywords: lake ice; river ice; sea ice; ice engineering; observations and investigations; water environment; ecology; mathematical method; numerical modeling; physical modeling; chemical analysis; biological analysis; data analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
New Perspectives for Water Quality and Wastewater Remediation: Advanced Oxidation Processes and Toxicity Assessments submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6689 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; water purification; water quality; water safety; emerging conataminants; water remediation; AOPs; transformation products; toxicity assessments; environmental risk; environmental safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Urban Water Systems: Challenges in Current Environment
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4714 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water system; wastewater and stormwater systems; centralised systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Advances in Hydrogeological Investigations: Field Monitoring, GIS, AI, Remote Sensing, Geophysical Techniques, and Hydrochemical Analysis submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3554 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; geophysical methods; geographical information system (GIS); joint interpretation; hydrogeophysical investigations; groundwater investigation; groundwater monitoring; groundwater assessment; groundwater sustainability; aquifer characterization; sustainable water management; groundwater quality; groundwater contamination; groundwater– surface water interaction; groundwater resources; advanced groundwater modeling; investigation of aquifer heterogeneities; regional and transboundary groundwater
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Groundwater Hydrology in Karst Media: Resources and Sustainability in Engineering submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2711 | Submission Open
Keywords: karst hydrology; water resources; karst springs; sustainability; engineering; research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Advanced Research in Non-Point Source Pollution of Watersheds
edited by , Tao Wang, Yan Xu and Cen Meng
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2482 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-point source pollution; landscape patterns; ecological treatments; pollutant removal and resource recovery; emerging contaminants; agriculture green development; watershed intelligent management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water-Related Disasters in Adaptation to Climate Change
edited by Mikio Ishiwatari and Akhilesh Surjan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1835 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change adaptation; mobilizing climate change finance; flood protection; transdisciplinary approach; pub-lic– private-partnership; community-based disaster risk reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Advances in Swimming Pool Hygiene Safety and Spa Research
edited by Athena Mavridou, Georgia Mandilara and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1655 | Submission Open
Keywords: swimming pools; hygiene safety; water microbiology; water chemistry; disinfection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Biogeochemical Processes in Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs of Urban Environments
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1645 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban lakes and ponds; lake biogeochemistry; lake carbon; nutrients; and toxic elements; sustainable urban lake management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Climate Change Uncertainties in Integrated Water Resources Management
edited by Thomas Ramsey and Liang Yuan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1490 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; integrated water resources management (IWRM); transboundary rivers; uncertainty; sustainability; water conflict
(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 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1070 | 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)
Remote Sensing Application in Support of Water-Soil-Plant Relationships
edited by Genghong Wu and Yi Zeng
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; water– soil– plant relationships; soil moisture; vegetation monitoring; hydrological modeling; precision agriculture; uavs; satellite imagery; climate change; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Numerical Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport
edited by , and Hongjie Wen
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 889 | 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)
Landslide on Hydrological Response
edited by Lei Zhang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 855 | Submission Open
Keywords: water-induced landslide; landslide stability; deformation mechanism; landslide susceptibility mapping; multi-fields monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Extreme Rainfall and Hydrological Extremes: Monitoring and Prediction Using Machine Learning and Physical Modeling
edited by and Zhaoqiang Zhou
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 742 | Submission Open
Keywords: extreme rainfall; prediction; hydrology; remote sensing; early warning; climate change; machine learning; disaster risk; data assimilation; flood forecasting
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Next-Generation Iceberg Behavior Modeling: Integrating Machine Learning, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Environmental Dynamics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open
Keywords: iceberg modeling; machine learning; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); ocean– ice interactions; climate impact on icebergs; remote sensing; Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Comprehensive Evaluation of the Interplay Between Meteorological, Hydrological and Agricultural Droughts Under the Influence of Changing Climate
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open
Keywords: drought; drought propagation; drought mitigation; drought impact assessment; climate change; extreme events; remote sensing; spatial and temporal assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Review Papers of Urban Water Management 2025
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water infrastructure; urban water supply; urban drainage; urban catchment hydrology and modeling; sponge cities; stormwater management; rainwater harvesting; green roofs; permeable pavement systems; urban water contamination; effects of urbanization; sustainable development; wastewater; urban wastewater reuse; flood risk management; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
Research Progress on the Utilization of Energy Substances in Sludge from Urban Sewage Treatment Plants submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: sewage sludge; energy recovery; anaerobic digestion; pyrolysis; gasification; biogas production; urban waste management; bio-oil; syngas; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
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