Sustainable Water Treatment and Contaminants Control: Technologies and Strategies

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".

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Interests: water and wastewater treatment; AOPs; biological processes; membrane processes; resource recovery for circular economy and carbon neutrality; metallic catalysts and materials; micro-electrolysis
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Dear Colleagues,

The goal of wastewater treatment systems has extended from contaminant removal to improving sustainability. It includes technology and strategy innovations to improve resource recovery and reduce consumption during wastewater treatment. Resource recovery involves effluent reuse, energy recovery, nutrient recovery and recovering pollutants such as metals and organics. Resource consumption reduction includes the improvement of treatment capability with effective energy and chemical usage. The Special Issue on “Sustainable Water Treatment and Contaminants Control: Technologies and Strategies” of the journal Water explores the barriers and opportunities of sustainable wastewater treatment and aims to bring ideas to academia and industry fields for sustainable wastewater treatment.

It welcomes Original Research, Reviews, Mini Reviews and Perspectives on the innovations in technologies and strategies for sustainable water treatment and contaminants control. The themes include, but are not limited to:

  • Use of green materials, e.g., catalysts and adsorbents for sustainable wastewater treatment.
  • Green technologies and processes for wastewater treatment.
  • Sustainable solutions for various challenges in water treatment and management.
  • Case studies on applications of innovations in sustainabile wastewater treatment.
  • Resource, e.g., nutrients, energy and metals, recovery processes from wastewater.

Prof. Dr. Shihai Deng
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Keywords

  • wastewater treatment
  • sustainability
  • water reuse
  • resource recovery
  • consumption reduction
  • green materials
  • green technologies and processes
  • applications

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Evaluating the Influence of Reverse Osmosis on Lakes Using Water Quality Indices: A Case Study in Saudi Arabia
by Mohammed T. Aljassim, Abdulaziz A. AlMulla, Mahmoud M. Berekaa and Abdulmalik S. Alsaif
Water 2024, 16(10), 1351; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16101351 - 10 May 2024
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A drastic level of resource degradation was revealed through a preliminary evaluation (completed in 2016) of water quality in a recreational lake in the second industrial city in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The primary signs were a foul smell, algal bloom, high turbidity, and [...] Read more.
A drastic level of resource degradation was revealed through a preliminary evaluation (completed in 2016) of water quality in a recreational lake in the second industrial city in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The primary signs were a foul smell, algal bloom, high turbidity, and lack of aquatic life. This study aims to evaluate the influence of reverse osmosis (RO) on lake water quality. The recreational lake consists of two connected lakes (Lakes 1 and 2), which receive treated effluent from an industrial wastewater treatment plant. Composite samples were collected from the lakes to analyze their physiochemical parameters. Descriptive analyses were performed, and two water quality indices were developed to observe the variations in water quality conditions between the two periods (2016 and 2021). The results indicated that the water parameters of total dissolved solids (TDS), sulphate (SO42−), biological oxygen demand (BOD), and dissolved oxygen (DO) in 2016 (3356, 4100, 516, and 1.32 mg/L, respectively) were significantly improved in 2021 (2502, 1.28, 9.39, and 7.79 mg/L, respectively). The results of the water quality index (WQI) and comprehensive pollution index (CPI) indicated that the water quality in Lake 1 was significantly enhanced in 2021 (WQI = 85, CPI = 1) in comparison with assessment data from 2016 (WQI = 962, CPI = 8). However, the data from Lake 2 revealed higher pollution levels in 2021 (WQI = 1722, CPI = 18) than those recorded in 2016 (WQI = 1508, CPI = 13). As indicated by the absence of bad smells, algal blooms, and restoration of aquatic life, the RO intervention successfully improved the water quality in Lake 1. The WQI and CPI were helpful tools for evaluating lake water quality. Full article
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