Fwd: Water, Volume 18, Issue 11 (June-1 2026) Table of Contents

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Stretching Water Availability: Hydrosolidarity in Drought-Prone Regions Water, Volume 18, Issue 11 (June-1 2026) Table of Contents Highlights Read our recent reviews collection here. Read our Editor's Choice Articles here, which have been selected based on recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI journals from around the world. Read our Most Cited & Viewed papers here. Cover Story Article: Stretching Water Availability: Hydrosolidarity in Drought-Prone Regions Fajr Fradi, Letícia de Freitas Vieira, Rafaela da Silva Alves, Samiramisthaís Souza Linhares, Alexandre Cunha Costa and Eduardo Sávio Passos Rodrigues Martins Water 2026, 18(11), 1332; DOI: 10.3390/w18111332 Sections Water and One Health Water-Energy Nexus New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences Hydrogeology Soil and Water Water and Climate Change Hydrology Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Water Quality and Contamination Urban Water Management Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems Oceans and Coastal Zones Water Erosion and Sediment Transport Water Use and Scarcity Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture General Special Issues Open for Submissions Upcoming Conferences Recent Special Issue Reprints Water and One Health Review: Water Pollution and Its Impact on the Cardiovascular System in the Context of Current Data on These Pollutants in Poland and Uzbekistan—Preliminary Reports Janusz Sielski, Małgorzata A. Jóźwiak, Marek Jóźwiak, Rashid Kulmatov, Zafarjon Jabbarov, Atabek Alimov, Ulugbek Mirkhodjaev and Karol Kaziród-Wolski Water 2026, 18(11), 1299; DOI: 10.3390/w18111299 Article: Composition, Labelling Accuracy, and Potential Dietary Contribution of Bottled Drinking Water Sold in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Lamya Almejrad, Saad Alotaibi, Turki Alajyan and Frank Lippert Water 2026, 18(11), 1325; DOI: 10.3390/w18111325 Editorial: Wastewater Treatment and Public Health Surveillance: Advances and Challenges in the One-Health Era José Gonçalves and Israel Diaz Water 2026, 18(11), 1336; DOI: 10.3390/w18111336 Water-Energy Nexus Review: Water Footprint of Waste-to-Hydrogen Production in the GCC: A Comparative Pathway Analysis and Governance Framework Sharif H. Zein Water 2026, 18(11), 1320; DOI: 10.3390/w18111320 Article: Decoupling Energy Expansion from Water Constraints: Spatiotemporal Evolution and Mechanisms of the Energy–Water Nexus in Northwest China Na Lu, Junfeng Yuan and Chi-Wei Su Water 2026, 18(11), 1276; DOI: 10.3390/w18111276 Article: Scale Measurement of Agricultural Water Transfer from the Perspective of Food Security: Evidence from the Wei River Basin in Henan Province Jiahao Li, Xiruo Wang, Shuchang Gu and Lina Zhang Water 2026, 18(11), 1287; DOI: 10.3390/w18111287 Article: Methodological Framework for Tidal Energy Assessment in Low-Energy Tropical Estuaries: An ADCP-Calibrated Hydrodynamic and Techno-Economic Approach Walter Luna Rivera, Vladimir Sousa Santos, Milen Balbis Morejón and Enrique C. Quispe Water 2026, 18(11), 1370; DOI: 10.3390/w18111370 New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences Article: CSPP-RNN: A Precipitation Nowcasting Approach That Couples Similar Precipitation Processes with Sequence-to-Sequence RNNs Jiachang Tian, Chunxiao Zhang, Yuxuan Wang and Zuhao Zhang Water 2026, 18(11), 1261; DOI: 10.3390/w18111261 Article: Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment of Inflow Rivers on a Central Island of Lake Taihu Using UAV Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Yong Yan, Ying Wang, Cheng Yu and Wei Zhao Water 2026, 18(11), 1318; DOI: 10.3390/w18111318 Article: Intelligent Safety Monitoring of Reservoir Slopes: A Multi-Point Deformation Prediction Approach Considering Spatiotemporal Lag Effects Jiachen Liang, Wenhan Cao, Tian Wang, Mengjing Huang, Binqing Wu and Chuan Lin Water 2026, 18(11), 1335; DOI: 10.3390/w18111335 Article: Precipitation Prediction and Factor Interpretation at Maqu Station in the Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Based on XGBoost-SHAP Dandan Zhao, Shaoqing Zhang, Guangjing Liu, Xiaole Pan, Tianyi Wang, Huiyu Ding, Wenjun Sang and Yongjing Ma Water 2026, 18(11), 1355; DOI: 10.3390/w18111355 Article: A Graph Attention-Enhanced Hybrid Deep Learning Model for Effluent Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus Prediction in Municipal WWTPs Jiaxun Cai, Shengli Du and Junfei Qiao Water 2026, 18(11), 1381; DOI: 10.3390/w18111381 Editorial: Machine Learning Applications in the Water Domain Yonggui Wang Water 2026, 18(11), 1351; DOI: 10.3390/w18111351 Technical Note: Limitations of a Low-Cost Camera System for Monitoring Streamflow in an Extremely Small Forested Headwater Stream Tyler Wong and Steve W. Lyon Water 2026, 18(11), 1380; DOI: 10.3390/w18111380 Hydrogeology Review: Stable Isotopes as Tracers of Sources and Migration of High-Fluoride Groundwater: A Review Zhuo Zhang, Zhen Wang and Narsimha Adimalla Water 2026, 18(11), 1269; DOI: 10.3390/w18111269 Article: Characterization of the Hyporheic Zone in the Lower Yellow River by Integrating Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Hydrological Monitoring Yajing Yan, Yuxiang Chen, Ying Li, Jiangfeng Wang, Yongshuai Yan and Guizhang Zhao Water 2026, 18(11), 1251; DOI: 10.3390/w18111251 Article: Groundwater Quality, Contamination, and Resource Potential for Pasture Livestock Watering in Arid Western Kazakhstan Timur Rakhimov, Sultan Tazhiyev, Valentina Rakhimova, Vladimir Smolyar, Aliya Toktar, Aigerim Akylbayeva, Makhabbat Abdizhalel and Darkhan Yerezhep Water 2026, 18(11), 1258; DOI: 10.3390/w18111258 Article: Hydrochemical Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Drinking Natural Mineral Water in Ningbo City Yuli Wang, Yi Wei, Shenglei Wang and Yusong Wang Water 2026, 18(11), 1280; DOI: 10.3390/w18111280 Article: Damaging Hydrogeological Events and Associated Rainfall Conditions Along the Ionian Coast of Calabria (Southern Italy) Graziella Emanuela Scarcella and Olga Petrucci Water 2026, 18(11), 1282; DOI: 10.3390/w18111282 Article: Hydrochemical Characteristics and Potash Formation Indications of Subsurface Brine in the Central Bachu Uplift, Tarim Basin Wenbin Hou, Xinzhong Zhan, Yu Zhou, Chenglin Liu, Junyang Li, Hao Lin, Fojun Yao and Songyuang Zhang Water 2026, 18(11), 1284; DOI: 10.3390/w18111284 Article: Integrated Assessment of Storm-Induced Seabed Morphodynamics and Liquefaction for Offshore Pipeline Burial Design in a Tropical Coastal Zone Honglin Niu, Chenghao Wang, Yabin Sun, Na Zhang and Zhangyi Zhao Water 2026, 18(11), 1291; DOI: 10.3390/w18111291 Article: Risk Assessment of Tunnel Water Inrush Based on Hybrid Optimisation Algorithms: A Case Study in Southwest China Yue Huang, Peiru Li, Sixie Fu, Lingtao Zeng, Hanying Su and Ruilang Cao Water 2026, 18(11), 1321; 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DOI: 10.3390/w18111378 Soil and Water Article: Using Sodium Humate and Desulfurization Gypsum to Improve Saline Water Irrigation for Better Soil Water Movement and Salt Balance in Saline-Alkali Soils Ying Deng, Qiuping Fu, Shudong Lin, Zhenghu Ma, Chuhan Wang, Hailiang Xu and Quanjiu Wang Water 2026, 18(11), 1253; DOI: 10.3390/w18111253 Article: Depth-Dependent Variations in Fragmentation and Shear Strength of Gravelly Soil Under Shallow Overburden and Groundwater Conditions Hang Gong, Hongbo Huang, Jin Ren, Guanzhong Wu, Ran Tang, Huajin Li, Jianhui Dong and Peng Feng Water 2026, 18(11), 1288; DOI: 10.3390/w18111288 Article: Laboratory Modeling of Soil Responses and Water Quality Changes Induced by Shallow Periodic Water Coverage Benjámin Pálffy, Karolina Solymos, István Fekete, László Makó, Gábor Gubucz, Balázs Turuczki and Károly Barta Water 2026, 18(11), 1302; DOI: 10.3390/w18111302 Article: A Soil Moisture Prediction Model Based on GCN-LSTM Network Incorporating Channel and Temporal Attention Jing Wang, Bojia Liu, Xiaohe Han, Yuheng Ji and Qingliang Li Water 2026, 18(11), 1308; 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