Water

Groundwater Quality and Human Health Risk, 2nd Edition

edited by

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9851 | 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)

Advances in the Treatment of Refractory Organic Wastewater

edited by

Nannan Wang

and

Xuejiao Ma

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1705 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption; Fenton-like catalyst; physical fields enhancement; electro-assissted treatment; nutrients; microplastic

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

Working Across Borders to Address Water Scarcity

edited by

Sharon B. Megdal

and Rosario Sanchez

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 539 | Submission Open

Keywords: transboundary water management; water scarcity; water sharing; water storage; policy and governance in water-scarce regions

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

The Innovations in Anaerobic Digestion Technology

edited by Xiang Cheng and Yin Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open

Keywords: process enhancement; hybrid configuration; pre- and post-treatment; co-digestion; biogas upgrading; resource recovery; circular economy

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

Advances in the Treatment of Micropollutants and Microplastics: From Laboratory Studies to Machine Learning

edited by Mingizem Gashaw Seid

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxydation processes; electrochemistry; environmental pollution; degradation mechanisms; persistent micropollutants; perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); pharmaceuticals; photocatalysis; peroxide chemistry; sustainable biochar; UV-based degradation; wastewater

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

The Application of Electrochemical Methods in Water Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Minhua Cui

and

Guoshuai Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemistry; electrode; pollution; reaction process and mechanism; sensors; wastewater; water

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

Eco-Engineered Solutions for Industrial Wastewater

edited by

Luciana Pereira

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: constructed wetlands; industrial wastewater; nature-based solutions; sustainable substrates; tidal flow systems; dye and surfactant removal; microbial ecology; eco-engineering; low-cost materials; circular economy

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

Climate and Water: Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Processes and Water Resources, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhongsheng Chen

and

Jianhua Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrological cycle; climate-related hydrological processes; distributed model; statistical analysis; water resource and its utilization; future scenario simulation; remote sensing application; GIS application

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

Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality

edited by

Susanne Wuijts

, Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen,

Richard van Duijnen

, Björn Tetzlaff, Lærke Thorling and Frank Wendland

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and water quality; agricultural impacts; groundwater; surface waters; monitoring; modelling; management; implementation of measures; assessment of policies for water quality

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

Sources, Migration and Variation Characteristics of Pollutants in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Zuobing Liang

and

Jie Zeng

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: karst aquifer vulnerability; pollution transport mechanisms; heavy metal contamination; integrated water management; climate change interactions

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

Microalgae Control and Utilization: Challenges and Perspectives

edited by

Costanza Baldisserotto

and

Tania Mazzuca Sobczuk

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10094 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; cultivation of microalgae; phytoremediation; wastewaters; algal bloom; microalgal toxins

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

Water Treatment Technology for Emerging Contaminants, 2nd Edition

edited by

Wenjie Zhang

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9345 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; water treatment technologies; innovation and development; water environment; research and applications

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

Crop Evapotranspiration, Crop Irrigation and Water Savings

edited by

Luis Santos Pereira

and

Paula Paredes

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4419 | 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)

Novel Advanced Oxidation Technology for Water Treatment

edited by Pengwei Yan, Lei Yuan and Jimin Shen

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1195 | Submission Open

Keywords: UV; oxidants; water purification; reactive oxygen species; underlying mechanism

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

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 732 | 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)

Ecohydraulics and Fish Behavior Simulation

edited by

Tiegang Zheng

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

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

Application of Isotope Geochemistry in Hydrological Research

edited by

Tamara Marković

and Petra Žvab Rožič

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 135 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9785 | 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 9102 | 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 in Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Achisa Cleophas Mecha

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8020 | 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 3060 | 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 1717 | 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 93 | 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 13390 | 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)

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 20 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7465 | 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)

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 7090 | 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)

Advances in Extreme Hydrological Events Modeling

edited by Majid Mirzaei

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6240 | 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)

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 5640 | Submission Open

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

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

Regional Geomorphological Characteristics and Sedimentary Processes

edited by

Aqsa Anees

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5347 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomorphology and sediment transport; deposition and erosion; geomorphological features; reservoir sedimenta-tion; climate change impacts; fluvial dynamics; hydrodynamic conditions; paleoenvironmental reconstructions; GIS applications; sedimentary records; geological modeling; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Erosion and Sediment Transport)

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 5031 | 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)

Climate Change Impacts on Land Surface, Hydrological Processes and Water Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Chuanzhe Li

and

Xuchun Ye

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3514 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; land use/land cover change; hydrologic and ecologic modeling; hydrometeorology; ecohydrology; hydrological processes; water management

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

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 3468 | 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 2150 | 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 1804 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeology; mining engineering; hydrochemical processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

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

edited by

Suqing Wu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1365 | Submission Open

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

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

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 1074 | 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)

Wetland Conservation and Ecological Restoration, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qing Wang

,

Tian Xie

and

Jiakai Liu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 742 | 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)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 667 | 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)

Water Resource Management: Watershed and Groundwater Pollution

edited by Claus Kohfahl

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 523 | Submission Open

Keywords: watershed management; groundwater pollution; hydrological modeling; water quality; artificial recharge (MAR); surface-groundwater interactions; climate change adaptation; water resource sustainability; Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

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

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 421 | 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 324 | 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 221 | 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)

New Challenges in Control and Monitoring of Aquatic Invasive Species

edited by Lorenzo Vilizzi and

Angela Boggero

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 160 | 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)

Agricultural Water Management—Coupling Hydrological and Crop Models

edited by

Yunfei Wang

and Danyang Yu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 139 | 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)

From Rainfall to Aquatic Ecosystems: Hydrological Processes and Environmental Effects

edited by

Jie Zeng

and

Guilin Han

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 137 | 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)

Optimal Design of Water Distribution Systems

edited by

Dariusz Kowalski

and

Paweł Suchorab

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 128 | 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)

Climate, Water, and Soil, 2nd Edition

edited by

Vasileios Tzanakakis

and

Andreas N. Angelakis

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 115 | 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)

Resilience and Risk Management in Urban Water Systems

edited by

Bryan Karney

and Ahmad Malekpour

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 106 | 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)

Applications of Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Coastal Process Modelling

edited by Pavitra Kumar

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 103 | 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 93 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

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