Water

Integrated Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystems Nexus for Sustainable Water Management and Public Health: Conceptualization and Modelling

edited by Dimitrios Th Kofinas

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: WEFE nexus; sustainable water systems; integrated modeling; simulation; decision support; water governance; resource management; scenario analysis; climate resilience

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

Treatment Wetlands Applications in the Development Projects

edited by Marco A Belmont

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

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

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

Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Flow System of Groundwater in Volcanic Aquifers

edited by

Alemu Yenehun

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater flow; hydrogeochemistry; groundwater recharge; surface– groundwater interaction; water balance; aquifer recharge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Innovative Approaches in Flood Forecasting and Modeling for Risk Mitigation

edited by Daniela Gogoase Nistoran

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9376 | 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)

Water: Economic, Social and Environmental Analysis

edited by

Joaquin Melgarejo

and

Francisco De Borja Montaño Sanz

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4989 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; economic analysis; social equity; environmental sustainability; integrated approaches

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

China Water Forum, 4th Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4499 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and hydrological evolution; water resources evaluation; planning; and management; flood; drought and water security; human– water relationship and comprehensive control; ecohydrology and water environment protection; groundwater resources and environment; water information technology and digital twin basins; national water network and major water conservancy projects; water policy and water control strategy; “ carbon peak and neutrality” target and water resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advanced Treatment Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

edited by

Xiayuan Wu

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4406 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; advanced treatment technologies; adsorption methods; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); membrane filtration; hybrid treatment systems; bioremediation; sustainable water management; nanomaterials; water quality restoration

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

Adsorption Technologies in Wastewater Treatment Processes—2nd Edition

edited by

Qili Hu

and

Liting Hao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4331 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; modeling; optimization; novel materials; emerging contaminants; recovery

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

Groundwater Hydrology in Karst Media: Resources and Sustainability in Engineering

edited by Eugenio Sanz,

Juan Carlos Mosquera Feijoo

and

Ignacio Menéndez-Pidal

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4141 | Submission Open

Keywords: karst hydrology; water resources; karst springs; sustainability; engineering; research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management

edited by

Koichiro Kuraji

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3087 | Submission Open

Keywords: economics of watershed management; forest hydrology; natural disaster prevension; natural flood management; sustainable forest management; watershed management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in Ocean Engineering—Second Edition

edited by

Zhipeng Zang

and

Ming Zhao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3037 | Submission Open

Keywords: waves and tidal current; internal waves; submarine pipeline/cables; flow/wave– structure interactions; local scour/seabed evolution; renewable energy

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

Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Soil and Water

edited by

Changyin Zhu

,

Da Ouyang

and

Hui Wang

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1140 | 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)

Disaster Risks and Resilience in Water Conservancy Projects

edited by

Xin Zhao

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 837 | Submission Open

Keywords: water conservancy projects; disaster prevention; ice-related hazards; geological risks; hydro-meteorological events; operational failures; environmental impact; risk assessment and monitoring

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

Virtual Water Trade and Transboundary Water-Energy Security Frameworks

edited by Renhong Wu

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual water trade; transboundary water governance; energy– water nexus; sustainable development; environmental economics; water– energy– food nexus

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

Diatom Biodiversity and Their Adaptation to Environment Change

edited by Mateusz Rybak

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 131 | 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)

Changes in Hydrology and Rainfall–Runoff Processes at Watersheds

edited by

Grzegorz Janicki

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall– runoff processes; overland flow; slope hydrology; sheet flow; inter-rill and rill flow; episodic channel flow; flow regime; hydraulic geometry; watersheds; small catchment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

The Fate of Radionuclides in Water Bodies

edited by Žana Skuratovič

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental radioactivity; nuclear waste; water contamination; radionuclide transport; isotope monitoring

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

Water Governance and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariusz Adynkiewicz-Piragas

,

Leszek Kuchar

,

Alicja Edyta Krzemińska

and Anna Zaręba

submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 270 | 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)

Groundwater Resources: Their Protection, Restoration and Optimal Development

edited by

Konstantinos Katsifarakis

,

Dimitrios K. Karpouzos

and Yiannis Kontos

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1188 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial groundwater recharge; coastal aquifers; groundwater flow; groundwater pollution control; low-enthalpy geothermal energy; groundwater trading; transboundary aquifers; groundwater– surface water interaction; sustainable groundwater irrigation; groundwater vulnerability; historical groundwater development research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

The Occurrence, Fate and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater, 2nd Edition

edited by Changqing Zhu and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1017 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants ; wastewater ; monitoring ; management ; treatment technology

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

New Tools and Methods for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment

edited by

Leticia Baena-Ruiz

and

Samrit Luoma

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 409 | 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)

Geothermal Reservoir Modeling: Emerging Techniques, Practical Applications and Modeling Challenges

edited by

Rita Esuru Okoroafor

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: geothermal reservoir modeling; enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs); coupled process simulation; data-driven modeling; reservoir characterization; uncertainty quantification; model calibration; sustainable geothermal development; hybrid geothermal systems; subsurface energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advanced Methods in Geomorphic Analysis and Flood-Prone Landscape Dynamics

edited by

Salvatore Ivo Giano

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: methods in geomorphology; landscape susceptibility; risk mitigation; GIS application; engineering geology; natural processes vs. human activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Research on Soil Moisture and Irrigation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhe Gu

and

Jiang Li

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 94 | 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)

Sustainable Urban Water Management: The Role of Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Nitin Muttil

and

Upaka Rathnayake

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17302 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban water management; nature-based solutions; floods and droughts; water quality improvement; climate resilience; green infrastructure; environmental sustainability; coastal management; liveable cities; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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

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

edited by Yingying Huang, Chunhua Li and

Xuechu Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9369 | 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)

Research on Isotope Investigations in Groundwater Studies

edited by

Paula M. Carreira

and

José Manuel Marques

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1785 | Submission Open

Keywords: isotope hydrology; groundwater recharge; water– rock interactions; stable and radiogenic isotopes; contaminant source tracking; groundwater age dating; climate change and groundwater; surface water– groundwater interac-tions; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

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

edited by

Bingdang Wu

, Yonghai Gan and Jingjing Yang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1454 | Submission Open

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

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

Transport and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments

edited by

Nan Wei

,

Jenyuk Lohwacharin

and Chunpeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 1236 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; water pollution; advanced oxidation processes; membrane technologies; adsorption; environmental fate; ecotoxicology; microplastics; pharmaceuticals; pollutant removal technologies; water resource

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

New Advances in Membrane Separation Technology for Water Pollution Control and Membrane Fouling Mitigation

edited by

Zhonglong Yin

and

Weichen Lin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1091 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane separation; water pollution control; antifouling membrane; membrane cleaning; membrane fouling; self-cleaning membrane

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

Advances in Plastic’s (Eco)Toxicity Research in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments

edited by

Alla Khosrovyan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open

Keywords: fresh water; marine water; plant; animal; plastic; distribution; intake; (eco)toxicity; ecotoxicogenomics

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

Water Resources and Environment

edited by

Chih-Huang Weng

and Wentao Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 893 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; hydrology; aquatic ecosystems; drinking water; wastewater; ground water

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

Research and Application of Novel Adsorption and Catalytic Materials in Water Pollution Control

edited by

Huiping Zeng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 480 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; catalysis; wastewater; heavy metal; organic pollutants

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

Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements in Aquatic Environments

edited by Yaron Be'eri-Shlevin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogeochemical cycling; trace elements; aquatic systems; sediment– water interaction; water trace element pollution; micro-nutrients; heavy metals

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

Coastal Sediment Dynamics: Historical Development, Current Situation and Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhiming Chao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: coast dynamics; coast sediments; estuarine evolution; numerical simulation; coastal ecology

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

Landslide Geological Disaster Prevention and Geological Environment Protection

edited by Yiding Bao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide geological disaster; geological environment protection; failure mechanism; dynamic process; numerical simulation; risk assessment; disaster prevention and prediction; geotechnique

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Enhancing the Understanding of the Water Cycle and Climate Change Using Satellite Geodesy

edited by

Wenjie Yin

and

Litang Hu

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1424 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodesy and remote sensing; GRACE; flood and drought events; machine learning; human ac-tivities; eco-environmental changes

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

Isotopic Studies in Hydrogeology and Hydrology

edited by

Wei Chen

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrochemistry; geothermal water; origin of geothermal water; hydrogeochemical processes; monitoring of fractured rock aquifers

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

edited by

Chaminda Gallage

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 197 | 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)

Coastal and Marine Governance and Protection, 2nd Edition

edited by

Camilo M. Botero

,

Celene B. Milanes

and Daniel O. Suman

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1805 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal governance; citizen science; participatory management; blue economy; adaptive risk management

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

Revolutionizing Hydraulic Fracturing with Machine Learning and Data-Driven Approaches

edited by

Qinzhuo Liao

, Huiying Tang and Junchao Li

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1711 | 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)

The Observation and Modeling of Surface Hydrological Factors

edited by

Xin Pan

,

Jiaxin Jin

and Lisheng Song

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1427 | Submission Open

Keywords: observations; modeling; evapotranspiration; soil mositure; precipitation; surface water

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

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

edited by

Leszek Sobkowiak

and

Dariusz Wrzesiński

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 148 | 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)

Recent Advances in Flood Risk Assessment and Management

edited by Xiaolei Zhang and Xiao Liu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17868 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood risk assessment; hydraulic and hydrological modeling; climate change and flood frequency; flood risk mapping; flood protection infrastructure; early warning systems; socioeconomic impacts of flooding; community-based flood management; flood resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Remote Sensing in Coastal Water Environment Monitoring

edited by

Peng Li

,

Fengqin Yan

and Xiuling Zuo

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7801 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal remote sensing; coastal change detection; coastal subsidence; coastal flooding; coastal geomorphology; coastal wetlands; tidal flats; coastal environmental vulnerability; coastal processes and landforms; hyperspectral remote sensing; radar remote sensing; machine learning; data fusion; climate change; human activities

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

Application of Environmental Microbiology in Water Treatment

edited by

Swarna Kanchan

and

Minu Kesheri

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6350 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiology; water; wastewater; water treatment; microbiome; metagenomics; cyanobacteria; wastewater surveil-lance; multi-omics; bioinformatics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; nanoparticles; used water; public health; algal blooms; toxicity; heavy metal removal; microalgae; brown algae; algae

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

Advanced Design and Synthesis of Novel Photocatalyst Materials for Wastewater Remediation

edited by

Farzaneh Mahmoudi

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2449 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; composite material; photocatalyst; organic pollutants; wastewater treatment

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

Intelligent Water Management: Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Data Analytics, Predictive Modeling, and the Path to Sustainability

edited by

Hossein Bonakdari

and

Silvio José Gumiere

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2359 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); water quality monitoring; predictive modeling; flood forecasting; drought prediction; water resource management; big data analytics; climate resilience; sustainable water management; environmental science; hydrological modeling; machine learning; remote sensing; data-driven decision-making; smart water systems; water distribution optimization; AI-driven forecasting; ecosystem management; water conservation; water infrastructure management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Development of New Wastewater Treatments for the Efficient Removal of Micropollutants

edited by

Marta Otero

,

Olga Matos de Freitas

and

Sónia Figueiredo

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2235 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular management of water; ecotoxicity; emerging concern contaminants; environmental monitoring; life cycle assessment; quaternary treatments; reuse of treated wastewater; sustainable treatment processes

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

Interfacial Engineering Solutions for Enhanced Degradation of Toxic Contaminants in Water Systems

edited by

Dan Chen

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxic contaminants; interface engineering; contaminant sequestration; advanced oxidation processes; biofilm– electrode interfaces; catalytic activation kinetics; biocompatible materials; anti-fouling interfaces

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

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