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Journal of Water
Journal of Water publishes peer-reviewed research on water as a physical, chemical, biological and social system — hydrology and watersheds, water quality and treatment, aquatic and estuarine ecosystems, water resources, infrastructure and management, and the terms on which water is supplied and used.
Registers of water research
Editorial illustration: high storage above a valley, and the braided channel below it.
Catchment
What the land delivers
Rainfall, runoff and land use over the area that drains to a point — and the quality that the drainage carries with it.
Storage
What is held and re-timed
Reservoirs, wetlands and aquifers change not only how much water is available but when it arrives.
Downstream
What reaches the reach below
Released flow set against the demand it has to meet: irrigation, ecology and the communities along the channel. A study may sit in any one of these registers, or follow water between them.
Prince Antwi-Agyei, Bernard Otchere, Saeed Ibn Idris Kofi Yeboah, Judith Odoi
Research Article · 15 December 2025
The published record
Water studied at several scales
Work in this journal runs from the quality of a single borehole to the operation of a reservoir and the hydrology of a region. The records below are drawn from the journal’s own archive and show that range in use.
Reservoir operation
Fuad Abdurazak, Dereje Adeba
Research Article · 18 October 2023
Wetlands and land use
Impact of Agricultural Land Use Practices on Water Quality in Lubigi Wetland
Christine Atugonza, Doreen Mbabazize, Brian Zebosi, Daniel Iku Abuni, Sylvia Nyamaizi
Research Article · 28 July 2025
Regional groundwater
Groundwater in Southwestern Algeria: An Essential Heritage and Keys to Development
MERZOUGUI Touhami, Cherif Rezzoug, et Remini Boualem
Research Article · 9 September 2023
Rainfall and river levels
Climate Change Reduces Darling River Water Levels by Decreasing Eastern Australian Rainfall
Milton S. Speer, Lance M. Leslie
Short Communication · 26 September 2024
Treatment plant performance
Majeb Alotaibi, Faris Munshi, Ashraf Refaat, Mohamed El Said, Mohd Nasir
Research Article · 25 October 2023
Editorial accountability
Who decides, and on what
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review.
Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal.
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Where to send a manuscript
- Primary route ManuscriptZone
- Alternative route Simple manuscript submission form
- Assisted route Editorial email — [email protected]
Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.