Water

Crop Evapotranspiration, Crop Irrigation and Water Savings

edited by

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submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4008 | 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)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Emerging Issues in Urban Wastewater Treatment Following EU’s Wastewater Treatment Directive Recast

edited by

Andrea G. Capodaglio

and

Jiangyong Hu

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 125 | 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)

Application of Isotope Geochemistry in Hydrological Research

edited by

Tamara Marković

and Petra Žvab Rožič

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 92 | 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)

Use of Remote Sensing Technologies for Water Resources Management

edited by

Anuj Tiwari

and Anukesh Krishnan Kutty Ambika

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7977 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); LiDAR hydrology; ground-based remote sensing; geospatial intelligence; hydrological modeling; flood and drought prediction; hazardous algal blooms (HABs); waterborne disease monitoring

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

Water Supply System Reliability, Resilience, Safety and Risk Modelling & Assessment, 3rd Edition

edited by

Katarzyna Pietrucha-Urbanik

and

Janusz Rak

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7782 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial inteligence ; contamination ; crisis situation ; cybersecurity in water supply systems ; data-driven decision-making; digital twin ; diversification ; failure risk analysis ; hazard identification ; innovative methodologies ; IoT ; machine learning ; manage drinking water supply safety ; matrix ; neural networks ; optimal network design ; prediction models ; reliability-based risk assessment ; resilience ; risk analysis ; risk and vulnerability assessment ; risk assessment methodology ; safety ; smart metering ; techniques and technology for smart water systems ; the rehabilitation of water distribution networks ; the safety of water supply systems ; water demand modeling ; water distribution networks ; water– energy nexus ; water losses ; water network failure analysis ; water quality ; water quality monitoring ; water safety plans ; water supply systems ; water treatment

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

Advanced Technologies on Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Achisa Mecha Cleophas

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5048 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation processes; membrane separation; electrochemical processes; nanotechnology; desalination; water quality monitoring; water reuse

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

Major Water Conservancy and Hydropower Project Hub Layout and Hydraulic Innovation Technology

edited by

Shiqiang Wu

,

Fangfang Wang

,

Ang Gao

and Shicheng Li

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2485 | Submission Open

Keywords: high dams; large reservoirs; engineering hydraulic safety; high-speed flow; safety assessments; new technologies; deep drainage; two-phase flow

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

Water–Rock Interaction

edited by Teng Ma and

Liuzhu Chen

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1434 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– rock interaction; groundwater; aquifer; geochemistry of groundwater system; hydrochemistry; isotopes; eco-environmental effect; ecological health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

New Technologies to Ensure Safe Drinking Water

edited by Yizhen Cheng,

Bin Liu

and Pengwei Yan

submission deadline 17 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; oxidation technology; coagulation; fouling behavior; environmental microbiology technology

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

Water, Geohazards, and Artificial Intelligence, 2nd Edition

edited by

Reza Derakhshani

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11770 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; slope stability; artificial intelligence; experiments and models; natural hazards; porous media; geotechnical hazards; geomorphology and climate change; remote sensing and GIS analysis; morphotectonics; water basins; watershed morphometric indices; debris flow; water table; groundwater seepage; failure mechanism; hydrogeology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Wastewater Treatment and Public Health Surveillance: Advances and Challenges in the One Health Era

edited by

José Gonçalves

and Israel Diaz

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5967 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; one health; wastewater-based epidemiology; emerging pollutants; antimicrobial resistance; microplastics; environmental monitoring; biosensors

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

The Role of Vegetation in Freshwater Ecology

edited by

Josef Křeček

,

Moshe Gophen

and

Hans Schreier

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5377 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation; freshwater; ecology; catchment; climate change

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

Advances in Extreme Hydrological Events Modeling

edited by Majid Mirzaei

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4898 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme hydrological events; extreme precipitation; frequency analysis; drought; floods; climate change impacts; uncertainty analysis; data assimilation; hydrological modeling; machine learning; deep learning

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

Aquaculture, Fisheries, Ecology and Environment

edited by

Ta-Jen Chu

, Wen-Shu Huang and

Tian-Sheng Chen

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4179 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture innovation; aquaculture systems and environments; biology for aquaculture; aquatic genetics and breeding; coastal cage farms; aquatic animal nutrition and feed; resource assessment and sustainable management; smart aquaculture; smart fisheries; sustainable water environment

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

Freeze–Thaw Dynamics and Water Pathways: Vulnerability of Infrastructures and Disasters in Mines in Cold Regions

edited by

Hailiang Jia

, Long Jin and Fei Luo

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3051 | Submission Open

Keywords: freeze– thaw dynamics; hydrogeological processes; vulnerability and resilience; disease and disasters; mine water; destabilization; deterioration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Using Hydrological Modeling for Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Rainfall Signatures

edited by

Zhijia Li

and Junfu Gong

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1921 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; rainfall patterns; spatio-temporal analysis; data assimilation; uncertainty quantification; deep learning; urban hydrology; catchment hydrology; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Groundwater Evolution and Hydrochemical Processes in Mining Environments

edited by

Guang Li

,

Qinghai Deng

and

Jie Guo

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1433 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; mining engineering; hydrochemical processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Biochar-Based Systems for Agricultural Water Management

edited by Hongxu Zhou, Wei Zheng and

Rabin Bhattarai

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 939 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; biochar systems; nutrient recovery; pollutant removal; nonpoint source pollution; sustainable farming; water use efficiency; circular bioeconomy; soil and water quality; integrated water management

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

Sustainable Water Treatment Systems: Green Infrastructure and Bioremediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Suqing Wu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 670 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; sustainable; green; ecological restoration; bioremediation

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

Water Quality and Dynamics in Rivers and Lakes

edited by Zhi-Qiang Deng, Roohollah Noori and Saber Aradpour

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; hydrodynamics; inland waterbodies; hydraulic modeling; water quality modeling; pollutant fate

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

Vadose Zone Ecohydrology: Bridging Soil, Water, and Vegetation Dynamics

edited by Pedro Leite and

Qiuwen Zhou

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: root zone hydrology; ecohydrological feedbacks; soil– plant– atmosphere continuum; soil and rock water dynamics; infiltration and surface runoff; invasive species; isotopic analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Electrochemical Technology for Wastewater Treatment: Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Davide Clematis

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical advanced oxidation processes; electrode materials; wastewater treatment; sustainable solutions; water reuse; energy efficiency; process scale-up; reactor design; process modelling; systems integration

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

Agricultural Water Management—Coupling Hydrological and Crop Models

edited by

Yunfei Wang

and Danyang Yu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-hydrological modeling; crop modeling; model coupling; soil– plant– atmosphere continuum; agricultural water management; root growth and water uptake; soil moisture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

New Challenges in Control and Monitoring of Aquatic Invasive Species

edited by Lorenzo Vilizzi and

Angela Boggero

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity conservation; early detection and monitoring; risk assessment methods; ecosystem restoration; bio-control strategies; environmental policy and management

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

Optimal Design of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Dariusz Kowalski

and

Paweł Suchorab

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; optimization; optimal network design; hydraulic modelling; resilience; energy efficiency; cost-efficiency

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

Resilience and Risk Management in Urban Water Systems

edited by

Bryan Karney

and Ahmad Malekpour

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water resilience; risk assessment; integrated water management; infrastructure sustainability; climate adaptation; hydraulic systems; system modeling and simulation; water-energy nexus; green infrastructure; decision support systems

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

Application of Big Data and Machine Learning in Hydrological Forecasting and Water Resource Management

edited by

You-Gan Wang

and

Jing Xu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; machine learning; physics-informed machine learning; deep learning; hydrology; explainable AI; water resources; hydrological forecasting

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

Applications of Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Coastal Process Modelling

edited by Pavitra Kumar

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal dynamics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; coastal resilience; climate change

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

Research Progress of Groundwater Heat Pump Systems and Groundwater Resources Protection

edited by

Federico Vagnon

and

Martina Gizzi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: geothermal systems; geothermal exploration; groundwater heat pump systems; groundwater resources; aquifers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

From Rainfall to Aquatic Ecosystems: Hydrological Processes and Environmental Effects

edited by

Jie Zeng

and

Guilin Han

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainwater; surface/ground water; rainfall processes; water pollution; materials cycle; source iden-tification; industrial discharge; atmosphere– hydrosphere interactions; environmental isotopes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Wetland Conservation and Ecological Restoration, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qing Wang

,

Tian Xie

and

Jiakai Liu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrological processes; environmental effects; ecological risks; biogeochemical processes; pollution; regulation; climate change; ecological functions; wetland ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Climate, Water, and Soil, 2nd Edition

edited by

Vasileios Tzanakakis

and

Andreas N. Angelakis

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; climate variability; hydrological cycle; carbon and nitrogen cycles; GHG emissions; climate water and soil interactions; climate vs. ecosystem functioning and services; irrigation water quality; crop water requirements

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

Recycled Water for Enhancing Food Security Under a Changing Climate

edited by

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled water; wastewater; treatment; emerging pollutants; plant uptake; bioaccumulation; technology; climate resilience; climate change; economics; environmental impacts

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

Advances in Anaerobic Digestion for Sewage Sludge Treatment

edited by

Qizi Fu

and

Yanxin Wu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: anaerobic fermentation/digestion; sludge treatment; pre-treatment; biogas upgrading; digestate management; microbial community; energy and resource recovery; emerging contaminants

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

Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems and the Fate, Transport and Toxicity of Contaminants

edited by

Andrea Gaion

and

Marco Munari

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecotoxicology; marine ecosystems; climate change; ocean acidification; contaminants; toxicity; biological responses; bioaccumulation; bioconcentration; adaptative strategies

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

Management and Sustainable Control of Harmful Algal Blooms

edited by Ofir Tal and Yael Amitai

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyanoHABs; harmful algal blooms (HABs); modeling; causal inference; monitoring; ecological restoration; sus-tainable control; climate change; decision– support; remote sensing

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

Water Quality Analytics in the Digital Era: Methods, Models and Management

edited by

Irina Fierascu

and

Rodica Mihaela Frîncu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; pollutants; micropollutans; trend analysis; data analysis; machine learning; big data; water management

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

Hydrogeomorphic Hazards: Modeling, Mapping, and Mitigation of Rainfall-Triggered Landslides

edited by

Taorui Zeng

,

Gianfranco Nicodemo

and Zhilu Chang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: rainfall-triggered landslides; hydrogeomorphic hazards; landslide modeling; hazard mapping; risk mitigation; remote sensing; GIS; early warning systems; climate change impacts; slope stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Advances in Water and Stormwater Networks: Modelling and Pollutant Degradation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Cong Li

, Yuqiong Gao and Yunshu Zhang

submission deadline 23 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1174 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water contamination; disinfection byproducts; advanced oxidation; bioremediation; network leakage simulation; urban hydrology and modeling

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

Ecohydrology in the Context of Climate Change: Strategies for Management, Monitoring, and Modeling

edited by

Carmen Maftei

and

Ashok Vaseashta

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8224 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; hydrological cycle; ecosystems services; drought and floods; soil erosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Using Economics for Sustainability, Effective Management, and Conflict Resolution in Water

edited by Puiu Lucian Georgescu and

Valentin Marian Antohi

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6368 | Submission Open

Keywords: water economics; sustainability; water resources governance; water use efficiency; nature-based solutions; blue and green infrastructures; climate change; innovative financing for water resources; transboundary cooperation; smart technologies; AI in water management

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

Emerging Technologies for Nutrient Recovery and Wastewater Treatment

edited by Jagdeep Kumar Nayak and

Abdullah Al-Mamun

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2370 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient recovery; wastewater treatment; bioelectrochemical systems; membrane technology; resource recycling; circular economy; microbial fuel cells; sustainable water management; algae-based systems; constructed wetland techno-economic analysis

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

Freshwater Ecosystems—Biodiversity and Protection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Dubravka Čerba

,

Filip Stevic

and

Maja Raković

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2083 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater communities; α ; β ; γ diversity; biotic indicators; water quality assessment; anthropogenic influence; ecotoxicology; metacommunity; invasive species; non-wadeable rivers; conservation; barcoding

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

Innovations in Hydrology: Streamflow and Flood Prediction

edited by Zhaocai Wang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1972 | Submission Open

Keywords: streamflow prediction; flood prediction; physical hydrological models; machine learning; deep learning; uncertainty quantification; flood risk assessment; water resource management

(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 25 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1779 | 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)

Drought Evaluation Under Climate Change Condition

edited by Yanfeng Wu

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 922 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; drought evaluation; water resources management; agricultural impacts; ecosystem resilience; socio-economic consequences; remote sensing for drought; modeling drought; adaptation strategies; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Monitoring and Degradation of Drugs and Organic Pollutant in Wastewater

edited by

Sergio Santana Viera

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 683 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; persistent; mobile; and toxic compounds; high-resolution mass spectrometry; transformation products; extraction and preconcentration techniques

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

Intelligent Regulation and Adaptive Management of Complex River Basin Systems

edited by Yu Zhang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: river basin socio-hydrological system; extreme hydrological events and non-stationarity (extreme rainstorms/droughts); three-waters coupling (water resources– environment– ecology); intelligent adaptive management; reservoir– lake– river system; digital twin and AI technologies; climate-adaptive water resource allocation

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

Water Engineering Safety and Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Qiubing Ren, Shaowei Wang, Xudong Chen and

Siyu Chen

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: water engineering; safety management; optimization of design; intelligent construction; operation and maintenance; health diagnosis; risk assessment; numerical simulation; soft computing

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence Monitoring and Big Data Analysis in Marine Resource Management

edited by

Juying Wang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine environmental monitoring; modeling; AI applications; digital economy; marine ranching

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

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