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Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Soil-Water Systems
edited by , Yingqin Wu and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1934 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; soil; water; contaminant fate and transport; ecological risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Agricultural Water-Land-Plant System Engineering, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1194 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant– water– land nexus; agricultural production vulnerability; soil– water– salt– nutrient– heat– crop system modelling; comprehensive observation means; water-saving irrigation; climate change; smart irrigation; irrigation systems management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
AI-Driven Intelligence for Water Infrastructure Safety
edited by Qiubing Ren, and Lei She
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-driven intelligence; water infrastructure safety; structural health monitoring; machine/deep learning; digital twin; computer vision; large language model; risk assessment and early warning; physics-informed modeling; resilient water systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Water Economy, Environment and Sustainable Water Governance
edited by Renhong Wu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: virtual water trade; water economy; energy– water nexus; sustainable development; environmental economics; water policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Environmental Fate and Transport of Organic Pollutants in Water, 2nd Edition
edited by Tengyi Zhu, Haohan Yang and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic pollutants; environmental risk assessment; fate and transport; remediation and mitigation; heavy metals; bioremediation; anaerobic digestion; stormwater management; conventional and emerging contaminants; water environment simulation; ecological remediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Advanced Sensor Materials for Aquatic Contaminants Detection submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open
Keywords: aqueous sensor; advanced materials; water treatment; contaminants; new technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Microbial Consortia Assembly and Stability in Wastewater Treatment Systems Under Variable Conditions
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbial consortia; wastewater treatment; biofilms; granular sludge; algal– bacterial systems; environmental stress; process stability; anaerobic digestion; resource recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Landslide and Slope Stability Risk Assessment: Study of Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslide
edited by
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1224 | 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)
Global Challenges and Solutions for Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Environments
edited by Mohamed Hamdy Eid
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; water quality; environmental and health risk assessment; heavy metals; microplastics; water treatment; surface water and groundwater modeling; machine learning; hydrogeochemistry; transport modeling; remote sensing and GIS applications; drought; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources, 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water supply; urban drainage; sustainable urban water management strategies; sponge cities; stormwater harvesting; rainwater use in buildings; green roofs; permeable pavement systems to filter stormwater; urban water contamination; effects of urbanisation; sustainable development; urban wastewater reuse; flood risk management; water resources; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Watershed Hydrology and Management Under Changing Climate, 3rd Edition
edited by Hongbo Zhang and
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; hydrology modeling and forecasting; hydrological connectivity; groundwater– surface water interac-tion; ecohydrology; socio-hydrology; digital watershed; environmental flow; drought and flood risk management; integrated water resources management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Synergistic Management of Water, Fertilizer, and Salt in Arid Regions
edited by
submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2562 | Submission Open
Keywords: efficient utilization of water resources; water-fertilizer efficiency; water– salt regulation; water-saving irrigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Anaerobic Digestion and Biomass Utilization of Wastewater Treatment Systems submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 629 | Submission Open
Keywords: anaerobic digestion; wastewater treatment; biomass valorization; biogas production; resource recovery; circular economy; microbial community dynamics; process optimization; emerging contaminants; antibiotics and ARGs; microplastics; nutrient recovery; constructed wetlands; nature-based solutions; hybrid treatment systems; sustainable wastewater management; environmental biotechnology; process modeling and control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
The Impact of Climate Change on Water Erosion
edited by Hongliang Kang and Yibao Lou
submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 431 | Submission Open
Keywords: water erosion; climate change; extreme rainfall; runoff generation; sediment yield; soil and water conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)
Unsteady Flow Phenomena: Modeling, Testing, and Protective System Design submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open
Keywords: transient flow; unsteady flow; hydraulic transient; pressure surge; water hammer; mathematical modelling; numerical simulation; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); experimental analysis; laboratory testing; protection systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Water Quality Management for Sustainable Aquaculture: Integrating Multi-Omics, Digital Technologies, and Climate Resilience submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality management; sustainable aquaculture; recirculating aquaculture systems (RASs); biofloc technology; multi-omics integration; microbial community dynamics; nutrient cycling; harmful algal blooms; aquaculture wastewater treatment; climate change impacts; real-time water monitoring; biosensors in aquaculture; aquatic animal health; dissolved oxygen dynamics; ammonia and nitrogen management; eutrophication control; pathogen surveillance; aquaculture system resilience; water reuse and efficiency; precision aquaculture; digital technology; climate resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
Advanced Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 132 | 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)
Groundwater for Health and Well-Being submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8639 | Submission Open
Keywords: mineral-medicinal waters; natural mineral waters; thermal waters; balneotherapy; water quality; contaminants; anthropic ecosystem; climate change; energy efficiency; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Machine Learning Models for Hydrological Inference: A Case Study for Flood Events
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7499 | Submission Open
Keywords: development and optimization of machine learning models for flood prediction and early warning; multi-source data fusion and remote sensing applications in flood monitoring; hydrological response modeling under extreme rainfall conditions; interpretability; transferability; and uncertainty quantification of machine learning models; small-sample learning and transfer learning in data-scarce regions; hybrid modeling approaches that integrate physical-based and machine learning models; case studies and system-level applications of machine learning in real-world flood management contexts
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Groundwater Environmental Risk Perception
edited by Jin Wu, and Quanwei Song
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7193 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater environmental risk; groundwater pollution; advanced technologies; risk assessment model; risk perception; multivariate data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Numerical Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport
edited by , and Hongjie Wen
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6599 | Submission Open
Keywords: numerical modeling; hydrodynamics; sediment transport; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); multiphase flow; turbulence modeling; erosion and deposition; river morphology; coastal engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)
Application of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for Wastewater Treatment
edited by , and Zhihui Zhang
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6414 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); hybrid AOP technologies; wastewater treatment; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; Fenton reactions; ozonation; reactive oxygen species (ROS); emerging contaminants; contaminant degradation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Innovations in Water Resource Management: Integrating Advanced Analytics, AI, and System Modeling
edited by Saman Maroufpoor
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5446 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resource management; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data-driven modeling; hydrological forecasting; groundwater and surface water systems; climate change impacts; flood and drought forecasting; agricultural water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)
Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems: Monitoring and Conservation, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4422 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; rivers; lakes; wetlands; springs; streams; groundwater; ponds; macrophytes; macroinvertebrates; diatoms; algae
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Resilient Rivers: Integrating Nature-Based Solutions with Hydraulic Engineering
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4257 | Submission Open
Keywords: Nature-based Solutions (NbS); hydraulic engineering; eco-hydraulics; river resilience; flood mitigation; sediment transport; erosion control; green infrastructure; river restoration; hydrodynamic modeling; climate adaptation; water quality; ecosystem services; sustainable river management; river rewilding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)
Yellow River Basin Management Under Pressure: Present State, Restoration and Protection, 4th Edition
edited by , , , and Qingsong Wu
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4231 | Submission Open
Keywords: Yellow River Basin; current state and challenges; human– water relationships; emerging pollutants; water security; high-quality development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Mine Water Environment and Remediation
edited by , and Li Zhang
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2424 | Submission Open
Keywords: mine water environment; mine water quality; typical pollutants; treatment and utilization; pollution remediation; mine water reinjection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Advances in Control Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in Water
edited by and Dawei Zhang
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2213 | Submission Open
Keywords: Emerging Contaminants (ECs); water treatment technologies; Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs); adsorption materials; microplastics; PFAS; biological degradation; hybrid treatment systems; environmental risk assessment; sustainable water management; water quality; analytical methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Hydrogeology and Water Management in Ancient Hydraulic Systems submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2130 | Submission Open
Keywords: ancient aqueducts; hydrogeology; water management; water supply; climate change; Greek; Roman; Sumerian; Egyptians
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Climate Change Impacts on Landslide Activity submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1970 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; landslides; slope stability; hazard assessment; rainfall; temperature; permafrost; remote sensing; modeling; risk management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Novel Sorbents for Water Treatment submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1756 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel sorbent materials; sustainable sorbents; functionalized sorbents; composite sorbent materials; adsorption mechanisms; kinetics; and isotherm modeling; water treatment; emerging pollutants; heavy metal removal; organic pollutants removal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Advances in Water Resource Management and Planning submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1684 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resource management; digitalisation and smart water systems (IoT; AI; Big Data); hydrological and hydroclimatic modelling; GIS and remote sensing in water management; sustainable and resilient water systems (NbS; blue-green infrastructure); water management in cities and urban farms; water retention and recovery systems; adaptive water resource planning; integration of water; energy; and food; economic and financial instruments in water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Advanced Water Treatment Strategies for the Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants
edited by and Ana Sofia Guedes Gorito dos Santos
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1174 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; water purification; wastewater treatment; advanced water treatment; innovative treatment methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Pollution Mechanisms and Source Apportionment of Typical Pollutants in Aquatic Environments, 2nd Edition
edited by Qianqian Zhang
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 711 | Submission Open
Keywords: rivers; lakes and groundwater; water quality; hydrochemistry; pollution sources; sources analysis; assessment methods; isotope technology; machine learning; multivariate statistical techniques; models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Water Quality, Pathogens, and Public Health Risks
edited by Samendra P. Sherchan
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open
Keywords: waterborne diseases; emerging pathogens; water quality; water treatment; epidemiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)
Ecology and Management of Crayfish
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open
Keywords: anthropogenic disturbance; aquaculture; endangered species; environmental DNA; eradication; hydrological fragmentation; invasive species; monitoring; risk assessment; trophic niche
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Application of Machine Learning and Satellite Remote Sensing in Flood Risk Assessment submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open
Keywords: flood risk; flood mapping; remote sensing; machine learning algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Application of Adsorbent Materials for Efficient and Sustainable Water Treatment
edited by and Yongfeng Zhu
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorbent materials; water treatment; pollutant removal; nanomaterials; bio-based adsorbents; sustainable materials; adsorption mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Geochemistry and Reservoir Management submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: geochemistry; hydro-thermo-mechanical proccesses; fluid flow in porous media; thermodynamics; fluid– rock interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Energy Efficiency and Hydraulic Performance in Water Systems submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy efficiency in water systems; hydraulic performance optimization; water distribution network energy recovery; pumping systems and variable speed drives; smart control and monitoring; energy-aware system design; pump-as-turbine (PAT) performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Innovative Adsorption Technologies for Wastewater Treatment submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: adsorption; wastewater treatment; adsorption modelling; micropollutants; innovative adsorbents; activated carbon; biochar; nanomaterials; MOFs; waste valorization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Slope and Tunnel Instability Under Climate and Engineering Stresses: Landslides, Debris Flows and Water Conservation
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open
Keywords: landslides and debris flows; engineered slopes (waste dumps; subgrades; high fills; dam slopes); tunnels (portal slopes; drainage effects; spoil areas); major engineering projects; climate change (extreme rainfall; permafrost thaw); cold high‑altitude regions; practical engineering case studies; numerical modeling (FEM; DEM; SPH; etc.); soil and water conservation; hydrological drivers of slope instability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Hydrologically Induced Landslides: Mechanisms and Risk Assessment
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: landslides; hydrologically induced landslides; deformation mechanism; seepage evolution; monitoring and early warning; numerical modeling; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Complex Vegetated Flows in Riverine Open-Channel: Turbulence, Morphology, and Multi-Scale Particle Transport submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open
Keywords: open-channel vegetated flow; turbulence and mixing; sediment transport; microplastic transport; particle deposition and trapping; eco-hydraulics; vegetation density/porosity; riverine multi-phase transport; flow– vegetation– sediment interaction; flow– vegetation– plastic interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)
Water Remediation, Reuse, and Resource Recovery: Toward Circular Water Systems
edited by and Radha Rani
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: resource recovery; emerging contaminants; photocatalysis; bioremediation; circular bioeconomy; wastewater treatment; algal systems; advanced oxidation processes; sustainable water management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
River Dynamics: Flow and Sediment Transport
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: river dynamics; sediment transport; computational model; machine learning model; deep learning model
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Microbial Community Dynamics and Functional Characteristics in Aquatic Environments
edited by Shuzhen Li
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbial community; functional characteristics; aquatic ecosystems; meta-omics; biogeochemical cycles; envi-ronmental microbiology; ecosystem functioning; microbial diversity and distribution; host– microbiome inter-actions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Emerging Contaminant Control, and Sewage Sludge Valorization
edited by Jun Li and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel biological treatment processes; aerobic granular sludge; anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox); biofilm; emerging contaminants; sludge resource utilization; nitrogen and phosphorus removal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Hydrological Research
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; water resources; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; hydrology modeling; drought monitoring; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Mine Water Utilization and Sustainable Management
edited by Neil Burnside and Ian Molnar
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: mine water; hydrogeology; geothermal; acid mine drainage; thermal energy storage; geochemistry; subsurface transport; contaminant fate
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
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