Water

Urban Drainage Systems and Stormwater Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2122 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban drainage systems; urban flooding; low-impact development (LID); sponge city; urban rainwater collection; urban resilience

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

Looking into the Future of Smart Water Management by Artificial Intelligence (AI)

edited by

Jafar Jafari-Asl

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1909 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart water management; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; digital twins; water infrastruc-ture resilience; predictive analytics; intelligent monitoring; optimization methods; climate‑adaptive water systems

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

Water Resources and Environment

edited by

Chih-Huang Weng

and Wentao Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1809 | 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)

Aquatic Chemodynamics of Environmental Inorganic Pollutants: Transformation and Transfer Within and Across Various Environmental Compartments

edited by

Hong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1513 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic chemodynamics; emission; global biogeochemical cycle; heavy metals; lakes; oceans; photochemical; toxin/toxic; source/sink; water/air exchange; water/sediment exchange

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

Water as a Strategic Resource—the Resilience of Water and Wastewater Systems Under Crisis Conditions and the Implementation of EU Directives

edited by Izabela Zimoch and

Iwona Kłosok-Bazan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1357 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk management; drinking water and wastewater quality; energy-water nexus; smart water networks and technology; microcontaminants removal

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

Water Pollution Assessment, Control, and Resource Recovery

edited by

Aleksandra Drizo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1295 | Submission Open

Keywords: water pollution assessment; pollution control technologies; wastewater treatment; nutrient recovery; emerging contaminants; sustainable water management

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

ANAMMOX Based Technology for Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater: Linking Microbial Interactions, Ecological Mechanisms, and Engineering Optimization, 2nd Edition

edited by

Cancan Jiang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1207 | Submission Open

Keywords: anammox; partial nitrification; microbial interactions; greenhouse gas; quorum sensing; bacterial community; carbon neutrality

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

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

edited by

Huiping Zeng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1136 | Submission Open

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

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

Advancement of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jiangyong Hu

,

Say Leong Ong

and

Wenjun Sun

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 997 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation process; organics removal; transformation products; toxicity evaluation; pre- and post-process; water and wastewater treatment; water reuse; cost-effectiveness analysis; policy and management

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

Stormwater Management in Sponge Cities, 2nd Edition

edited by

Cristina Matos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 838 | Submission Open

Keywords: NbS; rainwater and stormwater management; stormwater quality; runoff reduction

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

Multicriteria Analysis and Decision-Making in Water Resources Management

edited by

Michael P. Strager

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; GIS; decision science; policy and planning; restoration; conservation

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Water Management: Methods, Practices, and Challenges

edited by

Ze Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 743 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water resources; artificial intelligence; water demand; big data; features

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

Advanced Wastewater Treatment for Sustainable Pollution Control

edited by Chunyan Yang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 512 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water pollution control; advanced oxidation processes; membrane technology; resource recovery; emerging contaminants

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

Energy Recovery and Clean Water: Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessments—2nd Edition

edited by

Navneet Kumar

and

Bernhard Tischbein

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 501 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– energy nexus; energy policy; water governance; water quality; groundwater and matter flow modelling; groundwater irrigation; solar powered pumps; wastewater treatment; water– energy– food nexus; water distribution systems; GIS and Remote Sensing; Artificial Intelligence; climate change

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

Freshwater Fish Conservation and Management: Current Status and Future Prospects

edited by

Zeb Hogan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater fish conservation; inland fishery management; migratory fishes; riverine ecosystem health; freshwater biodiversity; endangered species; anthropogenic threats to freshwater fishes; innovative monitoring methods and conservation solutions

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

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

edited by

Rita Esuru Okoroafor

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 356 | 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)

Innovations in Integrated Surface and Groundwater Model Development and Socio-Environmental Applications

edited by Nigel W. T. Quinn

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: decision support; model integration; artificial intelligence/machine learning; water resources; water quality; socio-environmental applications

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

Advanced Methods in Geomorphic Analysis and Flood-Prone Landscape Dynamics

edited by

Salvatore Ivo Giano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 317 | 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)

Water Governance Under Climate Change: The Roles of Economic Efficiency and Environmental Justice

edited by

Marianne Kjellén

, Bapon Fakhruddin and Rosa Maria Formiga-Johnsson

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and climate governance; water allocation and use efficiency; water security; climate risk; environmental justice and inequalities; development cooperation; climate financing; water security; climate resilience

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

Numerical Modelling in Coastal, Hydrological and Hydraulic Engineering

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: water systems modelling; numerical simulation; hydrology and hydraulics; coastal and river engineering; sediment and morphology; water– environment interactions; modelling and experimentation; water resources and management

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

Advanced Analysis of Organic Pollutants: Integrated Strategies for Soil, Water and Agri-Food Matrices

edited by

Christina Nannou

and

Vasiliki Boti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic pollutants; soil; water qualty; food safety; high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS); target and non-target analysis; suspect screening; sample preparation; quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC); One Health approach

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

Integrating Membrane and Multielectrochemical Technologies for Water Purification

edited by Dachao Lin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: multielectro-integrated membrane separation; electro-functionalzied material; electrochemical mechanism; scale-up of electro-membrane hybrid systems; water purification

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

Advance in Groundwater in Arid Areas, 2nd Edition

edited by Yudong Lu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; arid areas; surface water-groundwater hydrological interaction; groundwater circulation and evolution; changing environment; groundwater hydroecology; groundwater management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Innovative Modeling of Water Systems: Integrating AI, Digital Twins, and Observations

edited by

Hamed Azimi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: iceberg modeling; artificial intelligence; digital twins; water system modeling; data assimilation; hydrological observations

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

Sediment Dynamics and Geomorphic Evolution in River and Coastal Areas

edited by

Serafeim E. Poulos

and

Aikaterini Karditsa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: suspended sediment; bed load; river banks and levees; river deltas; inner shelf; coastline evolution; coastal erosion; shores/beaches; coastal landforms

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

Development and Evaluation of Water Purification Technologies

edited by

Arif Reza

and

Soomin Shim

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); membrane filtration; electrochemical treatment; emerging contaminants; nanotechnology; life cycle assessment (LCA); pilot-scale implementation; sustainable water treatment

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

Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Coastal Management

edited by

Claudia Cherubini

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 484 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea level rise; flooding; saltwater intrusion; artificial intelligence; numerical simulations; managed aquifer recharge

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

Water Treatment Technology for Emerging Contaminants, 3rd Edition

edited by

Wenjie Zhang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; water treatment technologies; innovation and development; water environment; research and applications; artificial intelligence; data-driven solutions

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

Advanced Oxidation and Applied Chemistry for Water Disinfection

edited by Lu Peng and

Qiqi Wan

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation processes; water disinfection; applied chemistry; catalytic oxidation; reactive oxygen species; disinfection by-products

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

Reactive Species and Chemical Transformation in Water Treatment Systems

edited by

Junyuan Guo

and Jie Yang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation processes; reactive species; transformation chemistry; reaction mechanisms; catalyst screening; degradation pathways; artificial intelligence; machine learning

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

Coastal and Marine Governance and Protection, 2nd Edition

edited by

Camilo M. Botero

,

Celene B. Milanes

and Daniel O. Suman

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5341 | 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)

Wetland Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Qi Huang

and Tianxiang Wang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4081 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; monitoring and assessment; aquatic ecosystems; model; sustainability; machine learning

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

Advancements in Remote Sensing Techniques for Wetland Hydrology and Ecosystem Monitoring

edited by

Rana Waqar Aslam

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland hydrology; remote sensing applications; sar and optical integration; wetland inundation mapping; ecosystem monitoring; hydroperiod analysis; multi-source data fusion; machine learning for wetlands; climate change impacts; wetland conservation

Electrochemical and Bioelectrochemical Technologies for Sustainable Water Treatment

edited by Yuanfeng Liu and

Andrea G. Capodaglio

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical advanced oxidation process; bioelectrochemical system; electrocoagulation/electroflotation; resources recovery; electrochemical sensing monitoring; system scale-up research

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

Water Supply System Reliability, Resilience, Safety and Risk Modelling & Assessment, 4th Edition

edited by

Katarzyna Pietrucha-Urbanik

and

Janusz Rak

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced metering infrastructure (AMI); artificial intelligence (AI); asset management; contamination; crisis management; cyber– physical security; cybersecurity; data-driven decision-making; digital twin; district metered areas (DMAs); drinking water safety management; early warning systems (EWSs); emerging contaminants; emergency water supply; failure risk analysis; hazard identification; IoT; leakage detection; machine learning; neural networks; non-revenue water (NRW); OT security; operational intelligence; optimal network design; PFAS; prediction models; predictive maintenance; pressure management; rehabilitation of water distribution networks; remote sensing; resilience; reliability-based risk assessment; risk analysis; risk assessment methodology; risk and vulnerability assessment; risk matrix; robotics; satellite leak detection; SCADA; smart metering; water safety plans; water demand modeling; water distribution networks; water losses; water network failure analysis; water quality; water quality monitoring; water treatment; water– energy nexus

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

The Oxidation and Disinfection Processes in Water Treatment

edited by Yuanyuan Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: disinfection; disinfection by-products; advanced oxidation technology; advanced restoration technology; microbial inactivation

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

Protection and Restoration of Lake and Water Reservoir

edited by Xiaoxiao Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7821 | Submission Open

Keywords: riparian restoration; water quality; nutrient cycling; sediment management; freshwater ecosystems; climate change; sustainable management; ecological resilience

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

Isotope Hydrology: Tracing Water’s Journey and Water–Rock Interactions in a Changing World

edited by

Tianming Huang

,

Buli Cui

, Xianjun Xie, Zhongyin Cai, Jinlong Zhou and

Zhonghe Pang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7486 | Submission Open

Keywords: isotope hydrology; water– rock– gas interaction; surface water– groundwater interaction; groundwater recharge; fate of nutrients (S-N-C-P); groundwater age dating; water contamination tracing; water quality; atmospheric water cycle; paleoclimate; geothermal resources; CCUS (carbon capture; utilization; and storage)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Emerging Contaminants in Natural and Engineered Water Environments: Environmental Behavior, Ecological Effects and Control Strategies, 2nd Edition

edited by

Fanhao Song

, Xiaodong Li and

Qiuheng Zhu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6234 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; environmental behavior; ecotoxicology; ecological engineering; environmental remediation; treatment technologies; environmental microorganisms; natural processes; risk assessment

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

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 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4119 | 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)

Intelligent Water Networks: Advanced Sensing, Real-Time Analytics, and Adaptive Management for Future Water Challenges

edited by

Sohail Iqbal

and

Manousos Valyrakis

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3233 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent water systems; advanced sensors; real-time analytics; machine learning; digital twins; edge computing; adaptive management; IoT; water quality monitoring; predictive modeling

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

The Development and Application of Membrane and Hybrid Technology in the Treatment of Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Linyan Yang

and

Miao Tian

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3166 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; emerging pollutants; membrane process; hybrid processes; membrane fabrication; fouling control; process modeling; resource recovery; rejection mechanism; matrix effect

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

Biological Nitrogen Removal in the Multi-Omics Era: Coupling Anammox with Microbial-Mineral Synergy

edited by Zhaoming Zheng,

Xiaoxia Wang

and

Yuanyuan Miao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2948 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable nitrogen removal processes; anaerobic ammonium oxidation; aerobic granular sludge; microbial& ndash; mineral interactions; multi-omics microbial analysis; bioengineering in wastewater treatment; nitrogen biogeo-chemical cycle; detection and removal of emerging pollutants; water quality assurance technologies; resource re-covery from wastewater

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

River Channel Hydraulics, Fluvial Dynamics and Re-Opening Floodplains

edited by

Jaromír Říha

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2893 | Submission Open

Keywords: open channel flow; sediment transport; numerical and experimental modelling; reopening floodplains

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

Emerging Contaminants in Water Environments: Occurrence, Analysis and Ecotoxicity

edited by

Chong Chen

,

Limin Ma

and

Jing Hu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2416 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial– temporal distribution; target analysis; suspect screening; non-target analysis; environmental impact; ecological risk; ecotoxicology mechanism

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

Hydrodynamics in Pumping and Hydropower Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ling Zhou

and

Wencheng Guo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1861 | Submission Open

Keywords: pumps; turbines; hydropower; numerical simulation; experiments; vibration; hydraulic forces; hydraulic transient; stability; control strategy

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

Advanced Data Analytics for Water Quality and Public Health

edited by

Jianyong Wu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1723 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; GIS; remote sensing; water quality; emerging contaminants; public health

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

Advanced Research on Marine Geology and Sedimentology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhuangcai Tian

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1388 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment; suspension; transport; bottom boundary layer; nepheloid layer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Quality Monitoring, 2nd Edition

edited by

Tianhong Li

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1358 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality monitoring; artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; precise regulation; intelligent recognition; predictive warning; real-time monitoring; model optimization

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

Coastal Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration

edited by Ettore Nepote and

Martina Canessa

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1115 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; restoration; coastal zones; protected habitats; conservation measures

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

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