Water

Design and Management of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Jafari-Asl Jafar

and

Helena M. Ramos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1706 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; optimization; machine learning; transient flows; uncertainty quantification

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

Fostering Desertification Control for Sustainable Development: Soil and Water Conservation Perspectives

edited by Zeeshan Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1380 | Submission Open

Keywords: desertification; climate change; vegetation restoration; food security; soil erosion; sustainable livelihood; water harvesting

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

Impact of Climate and Socio-Economics on Irrigation Water Management and Agricultural Water Productivity: 2nd Edition

edited by

Chenglong Zhang

and

Xiaojie Li

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1321 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation water supply; irrigation water demand; irrigation water management; agricultural water productivity; crop water consumption; irrigation water prediction and simulation; climate change; socio-economic conditions

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

Advanced Biotechnologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yung-Tse Hung

,

Tsuyoshi Imai

,

Rehab O. Abdel Rahman

,

Issam A. Al-Khatib

and

Qaisar Mahmood

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1073 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnologies for water treatment; biotechnologies for wastewater treatment; advanced water treatment; advanced wastewater treatment; nutrient recovery from wastewater; energy recovery from wastewater; emerging contaminants in water and wastewater treatment; industrial waste treatment; municipal wastewater treatment; water reuse; water treatment

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

Climate Change and Hydrological Processes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alina Barbulescu

,

Romulus Costache

and

Cristian Ștefan Dumitriu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 870 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change scenarios; extreme events; risk assessment; multivariate analysis; artificial intelligence models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Soil and Groundwater Quality and Resources Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Wanjun Jiang

,

Yizhi Sheng

and Hairu Mao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 493 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiple contaminants; source apportionment; migration– transformation; ecological health risks; soil– groundwater system

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

Metal Elements and Wastewater Treatment: Adsorption, Catalysis and Oxidation

edited by

Baocheng Huang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 468 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal material; wastewater remediation; catalytic oxidation; adsorption; risk assessment

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

Monitoring, Restoration and Protection in Wetland Ecosystems

edited by

Md Khurshid Alam Bhuiyan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 463 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue carbon ecosystems; coastal wetlands; wetland monitoring; climate resilience; extreme weather; nature-based solutions; carbon sequestration; bioengineering and restoration; community-led conservation; carbon credit mechanisms

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

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

edited by

Dan Chen

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 392 | 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)

Application of Environmental Microbiology in Water Treatment

edited by

Swarna Kanchan

and

Minu Kesheri

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 295 | 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 Technologies in Agricultural Water-Saving Irrigation

edited by

Wene Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water-saving irrigation; smart irrigation; precision agriculture; IoT applications; water– energy– food nexus; non-conventional water resources; climate change adaptation; sustainable water management

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

Climate–Water Effects in Agriculture: Adaptation and Mitigation Approaches

edited by

Nektarios N. Kourgialas

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and water resource management; geoinformatics in soil and water resource management; precision agriculture and irrigation technologies; smart water supply systems; climate and agricultural adaptive practices; droughts; floods and water/soil erosion for rural areas; water quality improvement; water and soil pollution; unconventional water sources and desalination; agricultural water– energy– food nexus

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

Water Environment Pollution and Control, 4th Edition

edited by

Weiying Feng

,

Fang Yang

and

Jing Liu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: dissolved organic matter; water pollution; nitrogen and phosphorus; heavy metals; toxicity; microbial; nanomaterials; lake eutrophication

(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 2025 | Viewed by 97 | 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)

Recent Advances in Membrane Technology for Water Treatment

edited by

Weiying Li

and Dawei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafiltration; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis; forward osmosis; thin-film nanocomposite membrane; membrane fouling mitigation; membrane fouling model; membrane fabrication techniques; gravity driven membrane; separation process; 3D printing in membrane technology; electrospinning for membrane production; hybrid membrane systems; emerging contaminant removal; energy-efficient membrane processes; sustainable water treatment solutions

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

Environmental Behavior and Prevention Strategies of Toxic Chemicals in Farmland Soil Within River Basins

edited by

Qing Luo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: farmland soil; pollution characteristics; source apportionment; risk assessment; toxic chemicals; emerging contam-inants; heavy metal; persistent organic pollutants

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

Advances in Hydro-Thermal–Mechanical Coupling Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Linjian Ma

and Yun Wu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydro-thermal– mechanical coupling; rock mechanics; cold regions; underground engineering; deterioration and deg-radation; grouting; constitutive model; geological stability; fatigue and creep; disaster prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Contaminant Transport in Porous Media: Mechanisms, Remediation, and Numerical Simulation

edited by

Ming Wu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater contamination; emerging contaminants; transport; remediation; numerical simulation; adsorption

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

Advanced Research on Digital Twins in Hydro Systems

edited by Jürgen Stamm and

Dongkyun Kim

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin technology; hydrological modeling; flood risk assessment; smart water management; urban flood miti-gation; real-time monitoring; integrated water systems; predictive analytics for water systems; sustainable hydro-power operations; climate resilience in hydro systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advanced Hydrogel for Water Treatment (2nd Edition)

edited by

Chun Zhao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogel; desalination; atmospheric condensation; heavy metal ions; organics removal; water treatment

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

The Observation and Modeling of Evapotranspiration

edited by

Xin Pan

,

Jiaxin Jin

and Lisheng Song

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: evapotranspiration; observations; modelling; transpiration; validation

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

Advances in Electrochemical Detection for Environmental and Water Quality Assessment

edited by

Sakthivel Kumaravel

,

Annalakshmi Muthaiah

and Thangaraj S.T. Balamurugan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal detection; water contaminants; real-time monitoring; electrochemical detection of pathogens; environmental monitoring; water quality assessment; point-of-care diagnostics

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

Disaster Analysis and Prevention of Dam and Slope Engineering

edited by

Yuke Wang

and Xiang Yu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic structure; geotechnical engineering; safety evaluation; numerical simulation; fine analysis; dynamic response; soft foundation; mechanical characteristics; damage behavior; treatment measure

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

Advanced Materials for the Catalytic Removal of Emerging Pollutants from Water

edited by

Martina Kocijan

,

Ivna Kavre Piltaver

and Robert Peter

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation technologies; green and sustainable catalysis; heterojunction; structure modification; structure characterization; visible light application; degradation mechanism investigation; environmental application; technology scale-up

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

Evaluation and Applications of Hydrologic Modeling in Catchment

edited by Shuci Liu and Qing Cao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrologic modeling; catchment hydrology; rainfall runoff modeling; water quality modeling; climate change impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Risk Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystem Health

edited by

Yingchen Bai

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; ecological risk; ecological assessment; ecosystem health; water quality criteria

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

Spatial Analysis of Flooding Phenomena: Challenges and Case Studies

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón

submission deadline 21 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 594 | Submission Open

Keywords: flooding derivatives; flooding analysis; flooding effects; flooding vulnerability; flood model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Analysis of Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change

edited by

Xiaosheng Qin

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9370 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme precipitation; climate change; downscaling; compound events; hydrological impact

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Water Resources Systems

edited by

Avi Ostfeld

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9294 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources systems; artificial intelligence; modeling; optimization; water distribution systems

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

Methods and Tools for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management

edited by Hui Yang, Manoj K. Shukla and

Yusen Yuan

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6397 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop water relations; water productivity; deficit/salinity irrigation; conservation agriculture; regional water management

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

Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Soil and Water Environment

edited by

Paula Alvarenga

and

Patrícia Palma

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5269 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceuticals; nanomaterials; personal care products; hormones; flame retardants; plasticizers; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); microplastics; abiotic compartments

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

Application of Biotechnology in Water Treatment and Specific Treatments for Water Reuse

edited by

Sopheak Net

and Baghdad Ouddane

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4025 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; water treatment; secondary treatment; organic micropollutant; metallic trace element; activated sludge; biological treatment; nature-based solutions; constructed wetlands and biofiltration systems

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

Remote Sensing in Coastal Water Environment Monitoring

edited by

Peng Li

,

Fengqin Yan

and Xiuling Zuo

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2316 | 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 Geospatial Information Systems and Technologies in Water Resources Management

edited by

Muhammad Tauhidur Rahman

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2114 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality monitoring; watershed management; urban water management; water resources management; geospatial information systems (GIS); remote sensing; climate change and water resources

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

Constructed Wetland Systems for Wastewater Treatment and Water Remediation

edited by Haiming Wu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1920 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetland; domestic and municipal wastewater; micro-polluted water; emerging pollutants; water reuse; global climate change; carbon sink function; biogeochemical processes; selection of plants and substrates; ecosystem services; microbial communities; operation and management

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

Ecological Wastewater Treatment and Resource Utilization

edited by

Chunzhen Fan

and Jingke Song

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1262 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological wastewater treatment; resource utilization; plant restoration; microorganism transformation; adsorption

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

Innovative Approaches in Flood Forecasting and Modeling for Risk Mitigation

edited by Daniela Gogoase Nistoran

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1206 | 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)

Aquatic Microplastic Pollution: Occurrence and Removal

edited by

Lixin Zhu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 586 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastic pollution; environmental fate; removal technologies; wastewater treatment; biodegradation; risk assessment; mitigation strategies; plastic waste management; polymer degradation; policy and regulation

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

The Biogeochemical Behavior and Innovative Remediation of Contaminants

edited by Zhuozhi Ouyang and Yanjun Liu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants; biogeochemical behavior; functional materials; remediation; risk assessment; ecosystems

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

Flood Risk Identification and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Juan Chen

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood; flood management; flood control operation; risk identification; risk assessment; risk management; uncertainty

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Application of Various Hydrological Modeling Techniques and Methods in River Basin Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Ankur Srivastava,

Venkataramana Sridhar

and

Nikul Kumari

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater; hydrological model; machine learning; streamflow; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; remote sensing; land use/land cover change; drought; flood; crop water requirement; irrigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Water Quality Monitoring and Prediction Using New Sensors, Machine Learning and Big Data

edited by Yong Jie Wong

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality monitoring; prediction technologies; advanced sensors; machine learning; big data analytics; remote sensing; Internet of Things (IoT); environmental monitoring; water resource management

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

Sustainable Water and Sanitation Governance: Aligning Policies, Institutions and Regulation

edited by

Francisco Silva Pinto

,

Rui Cunha Marques

and

Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDG 6; water governance; PIR framework; enabling environment; policy implementation; institutional settings; water services regulation; sustainable water management

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

Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling

edited by Xingyuan Chen

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater hydrology; flow and reactive transport; numerical modeling; machine learning; disturbance impacts; surface water and groundwater interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Microbial Technology Applied in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Qian Lu

and Limin Yang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater; microorganism; metabolism; biotechnology; biomass valorization; agriculture; aquaculture; industry

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

Flow Dynamics and Sediment Transport in Rivers and Coasts

edited by

Jueyi Sui

,

Wenxin Huai

and Jun Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 967 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-hydraulics; fluvial hydraulics; local scour; riverbed deformation; sediment transport; turbulence; wave dynamics

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

Advances in Hydroinformatics and Geo/Statistics for Modelling and Risk Assessment of Water Systems

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood modelling; river hydraulic; geometric uncertainty of flood models; water sustainability; advances in forest restoration; nature-based solutions; advanves on time series analysis; advances of geostatistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Advanced Adsorbent-Based Technologies for Efficient Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Yicheng Yang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 60 | 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)

Soil Erosion Measurement Techniques and Field Experiments, 2nd Edition

edited by

Vito Ferro

and

Alessio Nicosia

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7318 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; sediment yield; erosion plot; basin; interrill erosion; rill erosion; gully erosion

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

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 2025 | Viewed by 543 | 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)

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