Water

Stormwater Management in Sponge Cities

edited by

Cristina Matos

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 19433 | Submission Open

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

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

Advanced Adsorption Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Daniela Fighir

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12170 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; innovative materials; emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment; water treatment

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

The Application of Novel Biotechnologies for Removal of Emerging Contaminants

edited by

Paulina Rusanowska

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11360 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastic; antibiotics; heavily polluted wastewater; microorganisms communities; membranes

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

Hydraulic Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Digital Twin Technology

edited by

, Hao Gu,

,

, Yating Hu and

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11144 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; digital twin technology; safety monitoring; hydraulic engineering; safety monitoring data preprocessing

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

Advanced Oxidation and Photocatalytic Approaches for Efficient Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water Treatment

edited by Liping Wang and Changyu Lu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9962 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation process; photocatalytic semiconductors; organic pollutants; water treatment

(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

edited by

Jiangyong Hu

,

Say-Leong Ong

, Yu-Jung Liu and

Wenjun Sun

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8953 | 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)

Constructed Wetlands and Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Yaqian Zhao

, Cheng Shen and Ting Wei

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8181 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetlands; emerging pollutants; wastewater treatment

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

Microplastics in Water Environments: Sources, Transport and Degradation

edited by

Sabina Ziembowicz

and

Małgorzata Kida

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7846 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics pollution in water environments; point and nonpoint sources of microplastics; environmental distribution; fate; and transport of microplastics; definition of microplastics and international regulations; health effects of microplastic exposures; transformation of microplastics in the aquatic environment; abiotic and biotic aging of microplastics; methods for the analysis of microplastics in the water environment; technologies for removal of microplastics; scientific perspective on microplastics in nature and society

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

Sustainable Development of Water, Energy and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2024-2025)

edited by

Susana P. Boeykens

,

Oz Sahin

, José María Ponce-Ortega,

Maria Vicidomini

and

Md Mortula

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5931 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; sustainability comparisons and measurements; green economy and better governance; climate resilient water systems; environmental policy and management; transformative water governance; water and wastewater treatment; water– energy nexus; energy and water efficiency; water demand management; water systems in rural; regional; and island communities

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

Soil Water Balance and Management: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by Pei Tian,

Hai Xiao

and

Wenzhao Guo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5307 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; soil water management; soil and water conservation; water erosion processes; water and soil pollution control; non-point source pollution control; integrated water management; erosion modeling

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

Water-Induced Geo-Disaster Reduction in the Context of Climate Change: Hydrology, Management Strategies, and Ecological Geological Engineering

edited by

Chang Zhou

and

Massimiliano Bordoni

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5024 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-induced geo-disaster; water burst; hydrological cycle processes; soil and water conservation; monitoring systems; numerical simulation; ecological restoration; resilience strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application

edited by Xianghao Ren, Linan Xing and Jooil Park

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4185 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and wastewater treatment and reuse; membrane technologies; activated carbon; adsorption; chemical filtration; gas separation; energy storage and utilization

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

Intelligent Analysis, Monitoring and Assessment of Debris Flow

edited by Weijie Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3746 | Submission Open

Keywords: debris flow; water– soil coupling; artificial intelligence; numerical analysis; monitoring; risk evaluation; mitigation measure

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

Advances in Research on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water

edited by

Lin Guo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2835 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; soil; water; labortory studies; field applications

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

Advances and Innovations in Technologies for Treatment and Toxicity Assessment of Conventional and Emerging Contaminant in Industrial Wastewater

edited by

Yongkui Yang

and

Yingxin Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2221 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; conventional and emerging contaminants; toxicity and risk assessment; AI; intelligent control; LCA

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

Modelling, Monitoring and Assessment of Soil Hydrology and Ecological Processes

edited by

Lei Han

and Ming Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2127 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; spatial analysis and modeling; soil moisture; vegetation ecology; multiple scale; climate change; land use

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

Numerical and Experimental Methods, Data Analyses, Digital Twin, IoT Machine Learning and AI in Water Sciences

edited by

Junye Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1558 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water quality; biodiversity; modelling; simulation; integration; monitoring; data analyses; digital twin; IoT machine learning and AI

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

Rural Wastewater Treatment by Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Rui Zhang

and

Xuetong Yang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural wastewater treatment; water reuse; nature-based solutions; life cycle assessment; techno-economic analysis; resource recovery; sustainability

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

Membrane Technologies for Biofouling Prevention in Water: Theory, Methods and Applications

edited by

Mònica Reig

and Guillem Gilabert-Oriol

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofouling; fouling; organic fouling; reverse osmosis; membranes; nanofiltration; desalination; water treatment; wastewater; brackish water; seawater; bacteria; biofilms

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

Biochar’s Role in Water-Stable Soils and Remediation

edited by

Mohammad Ghorbani

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; soil hydraulic properties; water retention; infiltration; soil– water interactions; soil amendment; soil water holding capacity; hydrological modeling; climate resilience; sustainable land management

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

Drought Risk Assessment and Human Vulnerability in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition

edited by

João Filipe Santos

and

Miguel Potes

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought risk assessment; climate change; human and environmental vulnerability; resilience building; IPCC scenarios

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

Ecological Influence Assessment on the Occurrence and Control of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Aquatic Habitats

edited by

Jieming Li

and

Peng Xiao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: harmful cyanobacterial bloom; occurrence; control; cyanotoxin; ecological consequence; biogeochemical process

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

Ship and Ocean Engineering

edited by

Yu Hu

and

Liang Sun

submission deadline 23 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4833 | Submission Open

Keywords: fixed and floating offshore wind turbines; cables and mooring; wave loads; wind loads

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

Aquaculture Productivity and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Changwei Li,

Wenchang Liu

and Gang Liu

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15566 | Submission Open

Keywords: recirculating aquaculture systems; aquaculture engineering; wastewater treatment; environmental sustainability; precise farming management; smart aquaculture

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

Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management Derived from Water for Environmental/Human Health

edited by

Cheng Yan

and

Annalaura Carducci

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9541 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and human development; water pollution; risk assessment; environmental health risks; human health risks; hazard identification; dose– response assessment; exposure assessment; risk characterization

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

Basin Non-Point Source Pollution

edited by

Lei Chen

, Qiuliang Lei and Cheng Sun

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8818 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; watershed model; best management practices; watershed management; agricultural management

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

Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Addressing Critical Challenges Related to Water Resources

edited by

Abdeltif Amrane

and

Jie Zhang

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6626 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; water management; contaminants; artificial intelligence; deep learning applications; predictive modeling

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

Applications of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Technologies in Soil Moisture Monitoring

edited by

Lingli Zhao

,

Hongtao Shi

and

Weidong Sun

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5353 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture inversion; mulit-source remote sensing technologies; data fusion

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

Protection and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems

edited by

Ivana Buj

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4788 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation activities; ecological restoration; ecological state; extinction risk; freshwater environments; protection of biodiversity; threats to freshwater environments

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

River Science: Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Anthropocene, 2nd Edition

edited by

Martin Schletterer

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1885 | Submission Open

Keywords: river science; monitoring; multiple stressors; hydrobiology; hydromorphology; river restoration; habitat modeling

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

Hydrogeology of the Mining Area

edited by

Abdelkabir Maqsoud

and

Ana Teresa Luís

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 996 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeological characterization; hydrogeological modeling; dewatering; open pit; deep mining; hydrochemistry; backfill; environmental impact; mine site reclamation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Snow and Glacier Hydrology in Changing Climate and Urbanisation

edited by Mohd Soheb

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 745 | Submission Open

Keywords: glaciers; snowmelt; hydrology; runoff; water management; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Resilient Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agroecosystems

edited by

Eeswaran Rasu

and

Prakash Kumar Jha

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; seasonal climate forecasting and smart irrigation technologies; options for water-efficient rainfed agriculture; soil moisture sensors and IoT for decision support in irrigation; rainwater harvesting; reservoirs and tank management for agriculture in arid regions

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

Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jianjun Ni

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart water; Internet of Things; machine learning; automation; robotics

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

Advances in AI, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches for Water Resources Applications

edited by

Mario Maiolo

and

Guglielmo Federico Antonio Brunetti

submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4069 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; numerical modelling; remote sensing; experimental hydraulics; nature-based solutions; coastal risk mitigation; water distribution systems; climate change adaptation; hydrology; water resource applications

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

Machine Learning in Water Distribution Systems and Sewage Systems

edited by Jacek Piekarski and

Jacek Dawidowicz

submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2642 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; sewage systems; stormwater systems; hydraulic simulations; artificial intelligence models; machine learning; deep learning models; evolutionary computation; fuzzy inference

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

Using Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural Water Cycle Assessment

edited by

Ze Liu

submission deadline 27 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7943 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water resources; machine learning; water demand; big data; features

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

Wastewater Resourceization: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Water

edited by

Lei Qin

submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1684 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation; nanomaterials; adsorption; membrane bioreactor; membrane fouling control; membrane modification; wastewater resource utilization; immobilized microorganisms/enzymes

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

Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems

edited by Hui Zhang and Dan Zhong

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 29582 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution system; drinking water; water quality; monitoring; water quality indicator; water quality analysis; pollutant; risk assessment; water quality management; modeling

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

Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Gender, Community-Based Approaches, and Local Governance in Mitigating Water-Related Hazards

edited by

Ashfaq Ahmad Shah

and Wahid Ullah

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11803 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusive disaster risk reduction; community resilience and vulnerability; local governance and disaster risk reduction; community-based disaster risk management; socio-economic impacts of water hazards; nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; water hazards and social inequalities; gender based violence in response to water hazards

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

Effects of Hydrology on Soil Erosion and Soil Water Conservation

edited by Yifan Dong,

Mingming Guo

and

Dan Yang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5072 | Submission Open

Keywords: water erosion; splash erosion; rainfall; overland flow; concentrated flow; jet flow; infiltration; subsurface flow; modeling; soil conservation

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

Study of Hydrological Mechanisms: Floods and Landslides

edited by Prabin Kayastha

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4469 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydology; landslides; floods; numerical model; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Hydrogeology

edited by

Heng Lu

,

Xiaoai Dai

and Lei Ma

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3044 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS and remote sensing; hydrology and hydrogeology; hydrological modeling and simulation; water resource management; flood and drought monitoring; climate change impact analysis

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

Sources, Transport, and Fate of Contaminants in Waters and Sediment

edited by

Feipeng Li

and

Chunzhao Chen

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2436 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; sediment and sediment contamination; pollutant transport and transport models; aquatic ecosystems; sediment-water exchange and interactions; toxicity; water-sediment exchange

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

Application of Machine Learning in Hydrological Monitoring

edited by

Yusuf Sermet

and Zhouyayan Li

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2222 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; hydrological monitoring; AI-driven models; data augmentation; flood forecasting; water quality analysis; decision support systems; streamflow prediction; data retrieval techniques; large language models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Impacts of Contaminants on Aquatic Ecosystems and Strategies for Water Quality Improvement

edited by

Zhiguo Yu

,

Sven Frei

and Taotao Lu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open

Keywords: contaminant behavior; water quality assessment; aquatic ecosystem stability; remediation technologies; sus-tainable water management

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

Reservoir Control Operation and Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Yuxue Guo,

Jingkai Xie

and Hao Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 13 articles | Viewed by 21366 | Submission Open

Keywords: water; food; and energy; reservoir operation; water resources management; changing environment; uncertainty; risk; artificial intelligence

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

ANAMMOX Based Technology for Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater

edited by Cancan Jiang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15168 | Submission Open

Keywords: anammox; partial nitrification; greenhouse gas; quorum sensing; bacterial community

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

Groundwater Quality and Human Health Risk, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dimitrios E. Alexakis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15015 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater geochemistry; groundwater contamination; groundwater composition and human health risk; groundwater quality; inorganic compounds; organic compounds; trace elements; arsenic; antimony; chromium; microbes; radionuclides; groundwater protection and preservation; groundwater remediation; groundwater treatment technologies

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

Recent Advances in Hydraulic Machinery and Its Application in Marine Engineering

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13957 | Submission Open

Keywords: design method; optimizing strategy; flow characteristics; transient process; cavitation; erosion; numerical method; tidal energy; wave energy; marine hydrokinetics; environmentally friendly

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

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