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Advances in Biological Technologies for Drinking and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Alejandro Gonzalez-Martinez

Barbara Muñoz-Palazon

and Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1852 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater biological treatment; drinking water treatment; anaerobic reactor systems; aerobic reactor technologies; environmental biotechnology; groundwater treatment; membrane-based bioreactors; granular biomass processes; microbial communities in water and wastewater treatment

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

Stormwater Management in Sponge Cities

edited by

Cristina Matos

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7371 | Submission Open

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

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

Applications of Microalgae and Macroalgae in Water Treatment

edited by

Changliang Nie

and

Chenxi Mi

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4150 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; wastewater treatment; biomass

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

The Role of Vegetation in Freshwater Ecology

edited by

Josef Křeček

Moshe Gophen

and

Hans Schreier

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3670 | Submission Open

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

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

Hydroclimate Extremes: Causes, Impacts, and Mitigation Plans

edited by

Masoud Irannezhad

and

Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3639 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; compound weather/climate events; hydroclimate extremes (e.g.; drought; flood; and heatwave); land cover-land use alterations; mitigation strategies; nature-based solutions; sustainability risks

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

Impact of Microplastics on Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by

Jian Liu

and Changchao Li

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2959 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; aquatic ecosystems; plastisphere; microplastome; ecosystem function; risk assessment

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

Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources: New Developments, Challenges and Untapped Potentials

edited by Claudia Cherubini

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2395 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; groundwater management; groundwater heads; contaminant transport; saltwater intrusion; optimization of monitoring networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

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

edited by Susana P. Boeykens,

Oz Sahin

, José María Ponce-Ortega,

Maria Vicidomini

and

Md Mortula

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 412 | 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

Flood Risk Assessment on Reservoirs

edited by Gang Wang and

Huiliang Wang

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood forecasting; flood warning; comprehensive evaluation model; assessment index system; reservoirs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Assessment of Water Use in Livestock Production Systems and Supply Chains

edited by

Katrin Drastig

and

András Székács

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22161 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock water use; water productivity; water consumption; water withdrawal; water scarcity impact; water footprint analysis

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

Urban Stormwater Control, Utilization, and Treatment

edited by

Jun Wang

Shouhong Zhang

and

Anita Raimondi

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13224 | Submission Open

Keywords: stormwater control; low-impact development; numerical simulation; analytical probabilistic approach; stormwater treatment; rainwater harvesting; SWMM; sponge city; stormwater quality; urban flooding

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

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Water Risks, the 2nd Edition

edited by

Haibo Yang

Zheng Duan

, Fei Chen and Zhiwei Li

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10890 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water resource management; drought; flood; remote sensing

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

Urban Stormwater Harvesting, and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

edited by

Dharmappa Hagare

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7494 | Submission Open

Keywords: stormwater; wastewater; harvesting; treatment; reuse; nutrients; circular economy; recycle; economics; policy; urban; water balance

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

Emerging Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater: Recent Tendencies, Treatment Options and Perspectives

edited by

Anna Wołowicz

and

Monika Wawrzkiewicz

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4357 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging micropollutants (heavy metals; dyes; surfactants; pharmaceuticals; pesticides; hormones; organic compounds; detergents etc.); advanced water treatment; membrane processes; advanced oxidation processes; pollution control; wastewater treatment; removal strategies; adsorption; health risk

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

Soil Erosion Measurement Techniques and Field Experiments, 2nd Edition

edited by

Vito Ferro

and

Alessio Nicosia

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4356 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; sediment yield; erosion plot; basin; interrill erosion; rill erosion; gully erosion

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

Application of Digital Twins and Artificial Intelligence Technology in Watershed Flood Disaster Warning and Control

edited by Jun Guo and Yi Liu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4352 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence technology; extreme rainfall prediction; hydrological forecasting; meteorology-hydrology-hydraulics coupling; watershed flood risk warning; digital twin technology; flood dynamic deduction

(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

edited by

Ana-Maria Ciobotaru

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4282 | 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)

Managing Water Resources Sustainably

edited by

Mariacrocetta Sambito

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4015 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; water quality sensors; monitoring; optimal positioning; source detection; contamination; illegit discharge

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

Stable Isotopes as Groundwater Discharge Tracers: Recent Developments

edited by

Jorge Jódar Bermúdez

and Albert Soler

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3417 | Submission Open

Keywords: stable isotope; environmental tracer; fractionation; recharge; transit time; groundwater origin; anthropogenic impact; denitrification; sulphate reduction; salinisation; contamination; remediation; pollutant sources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Freshwater Species: Status, Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Dariusz Halabowski

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3208 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater species; monitoring and ssessment; conservation; biodiversity; pollution assessment; anthropogenic impact; species indicator; invasive species; environmental emergency; management

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

Water Pollution Monitoring, Modelling and Management

edited by

Rongkui Su

and

Yiting Luo

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3043 | Submission Open

Keywords: water pollution; monitoring technology; intelligent warning; water quality model; artificial intelligence; pollution prevention and control; water resource management; wastewater resource utilization

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

Urban Sewer Systems: Monitoring, Modeling and Management

edited by

Jiuling Li

and

Keshab Sharma

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2850 | Submission Open

Keywords: sewer; hydraulics; modeling; process optimization; real-time control; sewer management; monitoring

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

Advances in Membrane Technologies and Strategies for Water Treatment and Water Reuse

edited by Weibin Cai and

Yuanhui Tang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2310 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane separation; membrane distillation; ion exchange membrane; desalination; wastewater treatment; zero-liquid discharge

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

Innovative Nanomaterials and Surfaces for Water Treatment

edited by

Chiara Lo Porto

and

Vincenza Armenise

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2304 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; surfaces; photocatalysis; pollutant degradation; heavy metal removal; adsorbers; membranes

(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

Abdeltif Amrane

and

Jie Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2302 | 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)

Non-Point Source Pollution and Water Resource Protection

edited by Xia Shen

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1853 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; drivers; critical source areas; best management practices; model optimisation; water resource protection

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

Membrane Technology for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Jinlong Wang

, Han Zhang and

Daliang Xu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1758 | 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)

Groundwater Thermal Monitoring and Modeling

edited by Chuanqing Zhu,

Jie Li

and Yonghui Huang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1471 | 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)

Application of Numerical Modeling in Estuarine and Coastal Dynamics

edited by Hongyi Zhao,

Xiaoli Liu

and

Jianfeng Zhu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1025 | 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)

Advances in Management and Optimization of Urban Water Networks

edited by

Mohsen Hajibabaei

Robert Sitzenfrei

, Mohsen Shahandashti and Milad Latifi

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 862 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution; urban drainage; stormwater networks; sewer networks; optimization; resilience; sustainable management; water quality; critical infrastructure; technological innovations

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

Sustainable Transformation of Aquaculture in Marine Environments

edited by

John A. Theodorou

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open

Keywords: LCA; marine aquaculture; low trophic; IMTA; fish; invertabrates; ecosystem services; carbon footprint; risk management; blue transformation; green deal

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

Radionuclide Removal from Contaminated Water: Strategies and Challenges

edited by Hanyu Wu and Jingjing Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 474 | Submission Open

Keywords: radionuclide decontamination; water contamination; radioactive pollution control; radionuclide removal and recovery; risk assessment; fate and transport; remediation strategies; aquatic environment; sustainable strategies; resource utilization

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

The Blue Economy: Enhancing Marine Economic Security for Sustainable Development

edited by

Shuhong Wang

and Ye-Cheng Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue economy; marine economic security; ocean governance; fisheries; marine transportation; coastal development; marine biodiversity; ocean health

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

Advances in Research on Membrane Filtration Technology in Water Treatment

edited by Danyal Rehman

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; membrane filtration; novel membranes; membrane separations; computational modelling; sustainable purification

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

Advances in Hydrodynamics and Its Interaction with Large-Scale Offshore Structures

edited by

Qinghe Fang

, Azhen Kang and Xiaodong Bai

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore structures; hydrodynamic loads; coastal bridges; offshore photovoltaics; offshore wind turbines; fluid– structure interaction; structural safety

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

Connecting the Effectiveness of Surface Water Control Measures to Worldwide Regulatory Requirements

edited by

Min-cheng Tu

and

Hong-Yuan Huo

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: low impact development (LID); best management practice (BMP); stormwater control measures (SCM); water quality; regulation

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

Geophysical Methods for Earth Critical Zone Observations

edited by

Lorenzo De Carlo

Mohammad Farzamian

and

Fernando Monteiro Santos

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth critical zone; geophysics; modeling; interdisciplinary approach

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

Applications of Catalytic Ozonation in Wastewater Treatment

edited by Lei Yuan, Pengwei Yan and Jimin Shen

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation technology; ozone; catalytic ozonation; water purification; organic pollutants; reaction mechanisms; catalysts; water quality improvement

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

Soil and Water Contaminants: Challenging Threats to Ecosystems and Agriculture

edited by

Kashif Akhtar

and

Haiyan Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: contaminants; heavy metals; GHG emission; nutrient and energy recovery; biofertilizer; fate; remediation

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

Microplastic Pollution and Ecotoxicology in Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by Sherif Ismail and Mohamed Mohsen

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastic contamination; aquatic pollution; ecotoxicology; marine ecosystems; freshwater ecosystems; wastewater treatment; toxicity of microplastics; microplastic fate and transport; environmental impact of microplastics; microplastic bioaccumulation; interaction of microplastics and pollutants; plastic degradation in water

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

Machine Learning Models for Flood Hazard Assessment

edited by

Álvaro Sordo-Ward

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligent; flood hazard; flood forecasting; flood warning; flood risk; models; real time; monitoring systems; climate change; new sensors; mitigation strategies

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

Advances in Water and Stormwater Networks: Modelling and Pollutant Degradation

edited by

Cong Li

Kejia Zhang

and

Jiajia Fan

submission deadline 23 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7024 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water contamination; disinfection byproducts; advanced oxidation; bioremediation; network leakage simulation; urban hydrology and modeling

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

Implementation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Marine Ecosystem Management, 3rd Edition

edited by

Genuario Belmonte

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4607 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; marine biodiversity; marine environment management; mesophotic environment; carbon sink; fishery and marine food; new marine based tourism; climate history; marine litter

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

Slope Stability Analyses and Landslide Risk Assessment Under Hydrodynamic Action

edited by

Zheng-Yi Feng

Cheng-Yu Ku

and

Frank Tsai

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2475 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide; debris flow; river bank erosion and protection; slope stability; landslide risk assessment; groundwater seepage; landslide mitigation; water erosion; sediment transport

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

Advanced Technology for Desalination and Water Purification, 2nd Edition

edited by

Vasileios Bartzis

and

Ioannis Sarris

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1652 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric field; ion drift; desalination; water purification; heavy metals; low-cost purification; ecosystem services; water quality; solar distiller

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

Theory and Technology of Water-Induced Geological Disaster Prevention and Water Resource Utilization in Mines

edited by Helong Gu,

Fan Feng

and Yuan Zhao

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 958 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-induced geological disasters; utilization of water resources; mine water treatment; fundamental mechanics theory of water-bearing coal rocks; surrounding rock water disasters; loess collapsibility; soil liquefaction

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

Innovative Approaches in Flood Forecasting and Modeling for Risk Mitigation

edited by Daniela Gogoase Nistoran

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 810 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological and hydraulic models; data driven models; flood mapping; urban floods; climate change; remote sensing; flood forecasting; flood risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Treatment and Resource Utilization of Urban Sewage Sludge

edited by

Jiangwei Li

, Yan Li and Xiaoyong Yang

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 750 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sewage sludge; treatment technologies; resource utilization; environmental impact; anaerobic digestion; composting; incineration; land application; circular economy; sustainable management

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

Dispersion in Rivers, Estuaries and Costal Zones

edited by

Piotr Zima

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 647 | Submission Open

Keywords: dispersion; parameters of dispersion; rivers; estuaries; costal zones

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

Impact of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems

edited by

Md Khurshid Alam Bhuiyan

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 510 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; global change; marine pollution; fisheries and food security

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

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