We are pleased to invite you to read the selected highly cited papers published in 2023 in Water (ISSN: 2073-4441). The paper list is as follows.

1. “A Review of Hydrodynamic and Machine Learning Approaches for Flood Inundation Modeling”
by Fazlul Karim, Mohammed Ali Armin, David Ahmedt-Aristizabal, Lachlan Tychsen-Smith and Lars Petersson
Water 2023, 15(3), 566; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15030566
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/3/566

2. “Application of Machine Learning in Water Resources Management: A Systematic Literature Review”
by Fatemeh Ghobadi and Doosun Kang
Water 2023, 15(4), 620; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040620
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/4/620

3. “Full-Scale Sewage Sludge Reduction Technologies: A Review with a Focus on Energy Consumption”
by Roberta Ferrentino, Michela Langone, Luca Fiori and Gianni Andreottola
Water 2023, 15(4), 615; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040615
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/4/615

4. “Maximizing Water Use Efficiency in Rice Farming: A Comprehensive Review of Innovative Irrigation Management Technologies”
by Maduri Mallareddy, Ramasamy Thirumalaikumar, Padmaanaban Balasubramanian, Ramapuram Naseeruddin, Narayanaswamy Nithya, Arulanandam Mariadoss, Narayanasamy Eazhilkrishna, Anil Kumar Choudhary, Murugesan Deiveegan, Elangovan Subramanian et al.
Water 2023, 15(10), 1802; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15101802
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/10/1802

5. “Impact of Antibiotic Pollution on the Bacterial Population within Surface Water with Special Focus on Mountain Rivers”
by Klaudia Kulik, Anna Lenart-Boroń and Kinga Wyrzykowska
Water 2023, 15(5), 975; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15050975
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/5/975

6. “A Stacking Ensemble Model of Various Machine Learning Models for Daily Runoff Forecasting”
by Mingshen Lu, Qinyao Hou, Shujing Qin, Lihao Zhou, Dong Hua, Xiaoxia Wang and Lei Cheng
Water 2023, 15(7), 1265; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15071265
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/7/1265

7. “The Bacterial Degradation of Lignin—A Review”
by Dijana Grgas, Matea Rukavina, Drago Bešlo, Tea Štefanac, Vlado Crnek, Tanja Šikić, Mirna Habuda-Stanić and Tibela Landeka Dragičević
Water 2023, 15(7), 1272; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15071272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/7/1272

8. “Examining Current and Future Applications of Electrocoagulation in Wastewater Treatment”
by Yi Mao, Yaqian Zhao and Sarah Cotterill
Water 2023, 15(8), 1455; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15081455
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/8/1455

9. “A Review of the Application of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) in Karst Watersheds”
by Ibrahim Al Khoury, Laurie Boithias and David Labat
Water 2023, 15(5), 954; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15050954
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/5/954

10. “Biorefinery of Sewage Sludge: Overview of Possible Value-Added Products and Applicable Process Technologies”
by Andrea G. Capodaglio
Water 2023, 15(6), 1195; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15061195
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1195