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Freshwater Quality Challenges in Southern Europe under an Increasingly Warmer and Drier Climate Scenario submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2028 | Submission Open
Keywords: drought; water quality; surface freshwaters; groundwater; water and society
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Exotic Species in Aquatic Environments
edited by and Marc Terradas Fernández
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1591 | Submission Open
Keywords: exotic; alien; or non-indigenous species (NIS); invasive species; ecological impacts; biodiversity; introduction pathways; invasion mechanisms; prevention and control; management strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Advances in Water–Energy–Carbon–Economy–Health Relationships
edited by , Chengming Li and Xu Peng
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1243 | Submission Open
Keywords: water– energy– carbon– economy– health relationships; system analysis; water resources; energy demand; carbon emissions; economy development; human health; nexus and sustainable devleopment; coordianted management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)
Removal of Heavy Metals and Other Pollutants from Aqueous Solutions
edited by , Mohammed J.K. Bashir and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 703 | Submission Open
Keywords: treatment of water and wastewater; removal of heavy metals; removal of inorganic contaminants; removal of organic contaminants; advanced oxidation processes (aops); bioremediation; adsorption process; anammox; microalgae-based systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Addressing Critical Challenges Related to Water Resources
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 631 | 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)
The Impact of Climate Change and Land Use on Water Resources—an Issue of Environmental Global Safety submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; environmental safety; impact of climate change; management of water resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Aquatic Microplastics Pollution Prevention and Management Measures
edited by and Zhenling Li
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; bioaccumulation; biotoxicity; pollution prevention; management measures; aquatic ecosystems; ecological impacts; human health; technological interventions; policy frameworks; interdisciplinary collaboration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Wave–Structure Interaction: Research, Modeling and Future Application
edited by Chen Hao, and Yong Zhao
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: wave– structure interaction; ocean engineering; coastal engineering; wave overtopping; breaking wave; CFD; BEM; marine renewable energy; offshore aquaculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Research Progress on Water Quality and Sediment Quality
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: water quality; sediment quality; toxic pollutants; analytical methods; occurrence/fate; pollution indicators; green chemistry; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Evaluation of Microbiological Indicators for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open
Keywords: antibiotic resistance; bacteria; drinking water; fungi; health risks; irrigation; microbiological contamination; protozoa; treatment plants; viruses; wastewater treatment; water pollution; water reuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
New Insights into Sea Level Dynamics and Coastal Erosion
edited by and Richard Hale
submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal erosion; sea-level rise; coastal morphodynamics; coastal geomorphology; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
The Application of Electrochemical Methods in Water Treatment
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14251 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemistry; electrode; pollution; reaction process and mechanism; sensors; wastewater; water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Water Quality Monitoring and Public Health submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3820 | Submission Open
Keywords: monitoring of water quality; monitoring of wastewater quality; pollutants occurrence; water pollution; heavy metal pollution; nutrients pollution; emerging contaminants; microbiology contamination; environmental health; biomonitoring of water quality; public health; surface water quality; groundwaters quality; bottled water quality; swimming pool water quality; sea water quality; irrigation water quality; process water quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Improved Anaerobic Digestion of Sludge Biosolids for Energy and Nutrient Recovery submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3528 | Submission Open
Keywords: biogas valorization; digestate treatment and stabilization; resource recovery from organic wastes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Removal Strategies for Organic Pollutants in Aquatic Environment
edited by , and Iqra Nabi
submission deadline 10 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 943 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; remediation techniques; organic pollutants; aquatic environment; water purification; environmental pollution; advanced oxidation processes; bioremediation; adsorption; photodegradation; chemical degradation; membrane filtration; activated carbon; polymers degradation; nanotechnology in water treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Innovating Water Treatment with AI, IoT, and Machine Learning: A Focus on Membrane Distillation submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2785 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane distillation; water treatment; AI (artificial intelligence); IoT (internet of things); machine learning; smart water systems; membrane materials; fouling resistance; sensors; process optimization; predictive maintenance; sustainable water treatment; life cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Measurements and Modeling in Soil Erosion: State of the Art
edited by and Ronald L Bingner
submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil loss; sediment redistribution; sediment movement; field-scale experiments; watershed; wind erosion; water erosion; erosion processes; erosion databases; modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Drought Monitoring and Risk Assessment
edited by and Xuejun Zhang
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 15 articles | Viewed by 14856 | Submission Open
Keywords: drought monitoring; risk assessment; climate change adaptation; drought mitigation strategies; remote sensing; water resource management; vulnerability and resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)
Socio-Economics of Water Resources Management
edited by Qingming Wang, Yong Zhao, Bing Zhang and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 9608 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources management; water resources and socio-economics; water rights transaction; social water cycle; water use efficiency; water resources and big data; water-saving potential; input-output analysis; water resources cge model; carbon-water relationship; ecological water supplement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Restoration Methods and Planning Techniques for River Ecology
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3435 | Submission Open
Keywords: river restoration; rewilding; ecological restoration; hydrological process; evaluation criteria; biological system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Research on Soil and Water Conservation and Vegetation Restoration
edited by and Yu Liu
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1312 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; watershed management; ecological restoration; soil and water practices; soil quality; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)
Innovative Nanomaterials and Surfaces for Water Treatment submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1058 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; surfaces; photocatalysis; pollutant degradation; heavy metal removal; adsorbers; membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Application of Electrochemical Treatment in Water Purification
edited by Can Wang and Xin Zhao
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 911 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; drinking water treatment; emerging contaminants; electrochemical disinfection; electrochemical oxidation; electrochemical reduction; electro-Fenton; interface; electrode materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Water Governance: Current Status and Future Trends
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 642 | Submission Open
Keywords: water; wastewater; governance; environmental justice; water management; water planning; watersheds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
New Application of Isotopes in Hydrology and Hydrogeology
edited by Umayadoss Saravana Kumar
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open
Keywords: source moisture; surface water groundwater interaction; contamination; water chemistry; groundwater flow; rockwater interaction; groundwater residence time
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Water, Geohazards, and Artificial Intelligence, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 398 | 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)
A Novel Strategy for Coastal Management under Climate Change
edited by , and Theodora Paramana
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart adaptation; innovative tools and technologies; climate resilient zones; systemic planning; coastal zone policy; adaptive strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Membrane Technology for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment
edited by , Han Zhang and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane separation; membrane distillation; ion exchange membrane; desalination; wastewater treatment; crystallization; zero-liquid discharge
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Opportunities and Challenges in Biological Water Treatment
edited by Zedong Lu, and Xiaoyan Fan
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological water treatment; nutrient and energy recovery; biological nutrient removal; microbial community; keystone taxa; multi-omics; biofiltration; activated sludge; membrane bioreactors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
The Threat of Emerging Pollutants to Aquatic Environments
edited by , Xiao Tan and Changsheng Peng
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging pollutants; microplastics (MPs); nanoplastics (NPs); poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); water environment; ecology; treatment technologies; adsorption; bioremediation; advance oxidation treatment; photodegradation; catalytic materials; membrane-based materials; material fabrication and characterization; metal– organic frameworks; biochar-based materials; modeling and simulation; economic analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Application of Numerical Modeling in Estuarine and Coastal Dynamics
edited by Hongyi Zhao, and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal modeling; ocean hydrodynamics model; shelf sea hydrodynamics model; local scour and protection; fluid– soil– structure interaction; solute transport in marine sediments; neural network models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Hydraulic Engineering and Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Flows
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiphase flow and transport; compositional modeling; higher-order numerical methods; mixed finite element methods; hydraulic engineering
Biology and Ecology of Zooplankton: Latest Advances and Prospects, 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: zooplankton; environmental changes; climatic changes; catchment processes; pollution; food webs; invasive species
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Advances in Remote Sensing Estimation of Evapotranspiration in Dryland Regions
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: evapotranspiration partitioning; remote sensing; drylands; ecological water requirements; water use efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Sustainable Water Treatment and Contaminants Control: Technologies and Strategies
edited by
submission deadline 21 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1555 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; sustainability; water reuse; resource recovery; consumption reduction; green materials; green technologies and processes; applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Water Remediation and Quality Assessment Using Electrochemical Technologies
edited by , Sakthivel Kumaravel and Thangaraj S.T. Balamurugan
submission deadline 22 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: water remediation; water pollution; electrochemical water testing; nanomaterials for water remediation; water pollution; water degradation; electrochemical sensors for water pollution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Source, Occurrence, Pathway, and Fate of Heavy Metals in the Water Environment submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11287 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metal; contaminant; fate; remediation; biogeochemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)
Emerging Challenges in Ocean Engineering and Environmental Effects submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9789 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal engineering; offshore engineering; deep-sea engineering; polar engineering; extreme marine environments and their impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)
Water Engineering Safety and Management
edited by Qiubing Ren, Shaowei Wang, Xudong Chen and
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5939 | Submission Open
Keywords: water engineering; safety management; optimization design; intelligent construction; operation and maintenance; health diagnosis; risk assessment; numerical simulation; soft computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Hydraulic Engineering and Ecohydrology
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4480 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecohydrological processes and mechanisms; environmental water requirements; environmental impact assessment; ecohydrological simulation; ecological regulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Impacts of Environmental Change and Human Activities on Aquatic Ecosystems
edited by , and Qian Zhang
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4181 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; migration and transformation; source identification; risk assessment; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
The Management of Eutrophication, Harmful Algal Bloom and Ecological Health in Freshwater Ecosystems
edited by , Min-Ho Jang and
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3453 | Submission Open
Keywords: eutrophication; harmful algal blooms; algal dynamics; cyanobacteria and other phytoplankton; toxins and off-flavor materials; ecosystem health and indicators; climate change and land use; freshwater ecosystems and watershed management; conservation and restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)
Applications of Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Water Resources Management
edited by , Jiwan Lee and Seungsoo Lee
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2723 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; droughts; evapotranspiration; floods; forecasting; hydrological drought indices; machine learning; modelling; real-time forecasting; remote sensing; soil moisture; sustainable water resources; urban inundation; watershed management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)
Ecological Hydraulic Engineering and River Restoration
edited by Jinyong Zhao
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1503 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecohydrology processes; river and lake ecological restoration; spatial heterogeneity of river and lake morphology; connectivity of river and lake; river habitat
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
Harmonizing Urban Resilience: Exploring the Potential of Nature-Based Solutions in Mitigating Urban Flooding submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1251 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban flooding; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; sustainable cities; ecosystem services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
Physical–Chemical Wastewater Treatment Technologies
edited by and María Dolores Saquete
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 813 | Submission Open
Keywords: micropollutants; emerging pollutants; persistent organic pollutants; advanced wastewater technologies; sewage sludge pollution; physical– chemical treatments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
Groundwater Thermal Monitoring and Modeling
edited by Chuanqing Zhu, and Yonghui Huang
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater; thermal monitoring; modeling; rock thermal conductivity; geothermal field distribution; paleo-geothermal; environmental impact
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Mine Water Safety and Environment, 2nd Edition
edited by , , and Li Zhang
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open
Keywords: mine water hazard prevention; mine water pollution prevention; mine water injection and storage; water-preserved coal mining; abandoned mine water; geo-evolution of mine water; mine water utilization; modeling of groundwater in mining areas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)
Interactions between the Microbial Community and Organic Matter in Aquatic Environments
edited by Minmin Pan, Song Wang and Jingjing Du
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 482 | Submission Open
Keywords: watershed environmental microbiology; dissolved organic matter; biogeochemical cycling; microbial toxicology; interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)
Management of Solid Waste and Landfill Leachate
edited by , José-Esteban Capilla-Romá and
submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open
Keywords: landfill management; leachate modelling; treatment technologies; environmental risks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
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