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Ship and Ocean Engineering
edited by and
submission deadline 23 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3403 | Submission Open
Keywords: fixed and floating offshore wind turbines; cables and mooring; wave loads; wind loads
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Aquaculture Productivity and Environmental Sustainability
edited by Changwei Li, and Gang Liu
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10322 | Submission Open
Keywords: recirculating aquaculture systems; aquaculture engineering; wastewater treatment; environmental sustainability; precise farming management; smart aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Basin Non-Point Source Pollution
edited by , Qiuliang Lei and Cheng Sun
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6634 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-point source pollution; watershed model; best management practices; watershed management; agricultural management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management Derived from Water for Environmental/Human Health submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6172 | Submission Open
Keywords: water and human development; water pollution; risk assessment; environmental health risks; human health risks; hazard identification; dose– response assessment; exposure assessment; risk characterization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Addressing Critical Challenges Related to Water Resources
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5677 | Submission Open
Keywords: water treatment; water management; contaminants; artificial intelligence; deep learning applications; predictive modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Applications of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Technologies in Soil Moisture Monitoring submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3786 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil moisture inversion; mulit-source remote sensing technologies; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Protection and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2971 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation activities; ecological restoration; ecological state; extinction risk; freshwater environments; protection of biodiversity; threats to freshwater environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
River Science: Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Anthropocene, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1584 | Submission Open
Keywords: river science; monitoring; multiple stressors; hydrobiology; hydromorphology; river restoration; habitat modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Snow and Glacier Hydrology in Changing Climate and Urbanisation
edited by Mohd Soheb
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 535 | Submission Open
Keywords: glaciers; snowmelt; hydrology; runoff; water management; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Hydrogeology of the Mining Area submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogeological characterization; hydrogeological modeling; dewatering; open pit; deep mining; hydrochemistry; backfill; environmental impact; mine site reclamation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Resilient Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agroecosystems submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural water management; seasonal climate forecasting and smart irrigation technologies; options for water-efficient rainfed agriculture; soil moisture sensors and IoT for decision support in irrigation; rainwater harvesting; reservoirs and tank management for agriculture in arid regions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Management, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart water; Internet of Things; machine learning; automation; robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Machine Learning in Water Distribution Systems and Sewage Systems
edited by Jacek Piekarski and
submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2087 | Submission Open
Keywords: water distribution systems; sewage systems; stormwater systems; hydraulic simulations; artificial intelligence models; machine learning; deep learning models; evolutionary computation; fuzzy inference
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Advances in AI, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches for Water Resources Applications submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1057 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; numerical modelling; remote sensing; experimental hydraulics; nature-based solutions; coastal risk mitigation; water distribution systems; climate change adaptation; hydrology; water resource applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Using Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural Water Cycle Assessment
edited by
submission deadline 27 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6560 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural water resources; machine learning; water demand; big data; features
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Wastewater Resourceization: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Water
edited by
submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 992 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation; nanomaterials; adsorption; membrane bioreactor; membrane fouling control; membrane modification; wastewater resource utilization; immobilized microorganisms/enzymes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
edited by Hui Zhang and Dan Zhong
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 23491 | Submission Open
Keywords: water distribution system; drinking water; water quality; monitoring; water quality indicator; water quality analysis; pollutant; risk assessment; water quality management; modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Gender, Community-Based Approaches, and Local Governance in Mitigating Water-Related Hazards
edited by and Wahid Ullah
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8796 | Submission Open
Keywords: inclusive disaster risk reduction; community resilience and vulnerability; local governance and disaster risk reduction; community-based disaster risk management; socio-economic impacts of water hazards; nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; water hazards and social inequalities; gender based violence in response to water hazards
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Effects of Hydrology on Soil Erosion and Soil Water Conservation
edited by Yifan Dong, and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4098 | Submission Open
Keywords: water erosion; splash erosion; rainfall; overland flow; concentrated flow; jet flow; infiltration; subsurface flow; modeling; soil conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Study of Hydrological Mechanisms: Floods and Landslides
edited by Prabin Kayastha
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3581 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydology; landslides; floods; numerical model; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Hydrogeology
edited by , and Lei Ma
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1979 | Submission Open
Keywords: GIS and remote sensing; hydrology and hydrogeology; hydrological modeling and simulation; water resource management; flood and drought monitoring; climate change impact analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Sources, Transport, and Fate of Contaminants in Waters and Sediment
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1642 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality; sediment and sediment contamination; pollutant transport and transport models; aquatic ecosystems; sediment-water exchange and interactions; toxicity; water-sediment exchange
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Application of Machine Learning in Hydrological Monitoring
edited by and Zhouyayan Li
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1544 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; hydrological monitoring; AI-driven models; data augmentation; flood forecasting; water quality analysis; decision support systems; streamflow prediction; data retrieval techniques; large language models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Security and Management of Water and Renewable Energy submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1359 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated resource management; technological innovations; security risks and policy and governance; renewable energy and sustainable development; security of water and energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Climate Change Adaptation in Water Resource Management submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 979 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change adaptation; water resources management; policy and governance; hydrological modeling; groundwater; climate downscaling; integrated water resources management (IWRM); seawater intrusion; water quality; sustainable water systems; agricultural catchment; floods; droughts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Hydrogeophysical Methods and Hydrogeological Models
edited by Quan Liu and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 750 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogeophysics; groundwater modeling; aquifer characterization; uncertainty analysis; machine learning methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Advancing Hydro-Environmental Research and Practice: Integrating Ecohydrology, Remote Sensing and Hydroinformatics submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 567 | 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)
Impacts of Contaminants on Aquatic Ecosystems and Strategies for Water Quality Improvement
edited by , and Taotao Lu
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open
Keywords: contaminant behavior; water quality assessment; aquatic ecosystem stability; remediation technologies; sus-tainable water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Management and Uses: Comprehensive Analysis of Landscape, Heritage and Environment submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources management; environmental impacts; resilience; landscape; heritage; socioeconomic analysis; legal assessment; policymaking; nature-based solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Sustainable Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Organic Contaminants in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments
edited by Elżbieta Sobiecka, and Dorota Mańkowska
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodegradation and bioremediation; biological treatment of aquatic and terrestrial environments; persistent organic pollutants; toxic organic compounds; organic industrial and municipal waste
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Reservoir Control Operation and Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition
edited by Yuxue Guo, and Hao Chen
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 15831 | Submission Open
Keywords: water; food; and energy; reservoir operation; water resources management; changing environment; uncertainty; risk; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
ANAMMOX Based Technology for Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater
edited by Cancan Jiang
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11255 | Submission Open
Keywords: anammox; partial nitrification; greenhouse gas; quorum sensing; bacterial community
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Recent Advances in Hydraulic Machinery and Its Application in Marine Engineering submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10510 | Submission Open
Keywords: design method; optimizing strategy; flow characteristics; transient process; cavitation; erosion; numerical method; tidal energy; wave energy; marine hydrokinetics; environmentally friendly
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Groundwater Quality and Human Health Risk, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10252 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater geochemistry; groundwater contamination; groundwater composition and human health risk; groundwater quality; inorganic compounds; organic compounds; trace elements; arsenic; antimony; chromium; microbes; radionuclides; groundwater protection and preservation; groundwater remediation; groundwater treatment technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Advances in the Treatment of Refractory Organic Wastewater
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1839 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption; Fenton-like catalyst; physical fields enhancement; electro-assissted treatment; nutrients; microplastic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
The Innovations in Anaerobic Digestion Technology
edited by Xiang Cheng and Yin Xu
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 593 | Submission Open
Keywords: process enhancement; hybrid configuration; pre- and post-treatment; co-digestion; biogas upgrading; resource recovery; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Working Across Borders to Address Water Scarcity
edited by and Rosario Sanchez
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 557 | Submission Open
Keywords: transboundary water management; water scarcity; water sharing; water storage; policy and governance in water-scarce regions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Advances in the Treatment of Micropollutants and Microplastics: From Laboratory Studies to Machine Learning
edited by Mingizem Gashaw Seid
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxydation processes; electrochemistry; environmental pollution; degradation mechanisms; persistent micropollutants; perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); pharmaceuticals; photocatalysis; peroxide chemistry; sustainable biochar; UV-based degradation; wastewater
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
The Application of Electrochemical Methods in Water Treatment, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemistry; electrode; pollution; reaction process and mechanism; sensors; wastewater; water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Eco-Engineered Solutions for Industrial Wastewater
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open
Keywords: constructed wetlands; industrial wastewater; nature-based solutions; sustainable substrates; tidal flow systems; dye and surfactant removal; microbial ecology; eco-engineering; low-cost materials; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Climate and Water: Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Processes and Water Resources, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; hydrological cycle; climate-related hydrological processes; distributed model; statistical analysis; water resource and its utilization; future scenario simulation; remote sensing application; GIS application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality
edited by , Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen, , Björn Tetzlaff, Lærke Thorling and Frank Wendland
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use and water quality; agricultural impacts; groundwater; surface waters; monitoring; modelling; management; implementation of measures; assessment of policies for water quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Sources, Migration and Variation Characteristics of Pollutants in Aquatic Environments
edited by and
submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: karst aquifer vulnerability; pollution transport mechanisms; heavy metal contamination; integrated water management; climate change interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Microalgae Control and Utilization: Challenges and Perspectives submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10330 | Submission Open
Keywords: microalgae; cultivation of microalgae; phytoremediation; wastewaters; algal bloom; microalgal toxins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Water Treatment Technology for Emerging Contaminants, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9787 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging pollutants; water treatment technologies; innovation and development; water environment; research and applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Crop Evapotranspiration, Crop Irrigation and Water Savings submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4583 | Submission Open
Keywords: the use of FAO crop coefficients and transpiration coefficients; evapotranspiration; aerodynamic and bulk canopy resistance; evapotranspiration; irrigation scheduling and water saving; tree evapotranspiration; traditional and under-utilized vegetable crops; remote sensing and irrigation scheduling; crop management for controlling ET and yield; precision irrigation; irrigation scheduling using crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height; use of model tools
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Novel Advanced Oxidation Technology for Water Treatment
edited by Pengwei Yan, Lei Yuan and Jimin Shen
submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open
Keywords: UV; oxidants; water purification; reactive oxygen species; underlying mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Emerging Issues in Urban Wastewater Treatment Following EU’s Wastewater Treatment Directive Recast submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 785 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban wastewater treatment; sanitation in small communities; nutrients and emerging pollutants treatment; water reuse and recycle; energy and resources recovery: energy neutrality and audits in WWTPs; sewage and effluents monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Ecohydraulics and Fish Behavior Simulation
edited by
submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Application of Isotope Geochemistry in Hydrological Research
edited by and Petra Žvab Rožič
submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological and hydrogeological research; isotope geochemistry; satable and radiogenic isotopes conceptual models; hydrogeological assessment; water resource management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
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