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Retraction

RETRACTED: Yang et al. Biological Activated Carbon Filtration Controls Membrane Fouling and Reduces By-Products from Chemically Enhanced Backwashing During Ultrafiltration Treatment. Water 2023, 15, 3803

by
Yao Yang
1,
Shuai Zhang
1,
Guangfei Yang
2,
Haihui Li
2,
Jinjin Wang
1 and
Wenyan Li
1,2,*
1
Joint Institute for Environmental Research & Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
2
Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (South China), Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Water 2025, 17(15), 2169; https://doi.org/10.3390/w17152169
Submission received: 8 July 2025 / Accepted: 14 July 2025 / Published: 22 July 2025
Versions Notes
The journal retracts the article titled “Biological Activated Carbon Filtration Controls Membrane Fouling and Reduces By-Products from Chemically Enhanced Backwashing During Ultrafiltration Treatment” [1], cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding an overlap between this article [1] and an unpublished thesis, produced by a different author.
Adhering to our complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board, and this confirmed a significant overlap of text and data with the prior thesis, without appropriate acknowledgement or copyright permission. As a result, the Editorial Board, Editorial Office and authors have decided to retract this paper as per MDPI’s retraction policy (MDPI|Research and Publication Ethics; 27 May 2025).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Water.
The authors did not provide a comment on this decision.

Reference

  1. Yang, Y.; Zhang, S.; Yang, G.; Li, H.; Wang, J.; Li, W. RETRACTED: Biological Activated Carbon Filtration Controls Membrane Fouling and Reduces By-Products from Chemically Enhanced Backwashing During Ultrafiltration Treatment. Water 2023, 15, 3803. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Yang, Y.; Zhang, S.; Yang, G.; Li, H.; Wang, J.; Li, W. RETRACTED: Yang et al. Biological Activated Carbon Filtration Controls Membrane Fouling and Reduces By-Products from Chemically Enhanced Backwashing During Ultrafiltration Treatment. Water 2023, 15, 3803. Water 2025, 17, 2169. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17152169

AMA Style

Yang Y, Zhang S, Yang G, Li H, Wang J, Li W. RETRACTED: Yang et al. Biological Activated Carbon Filtration Controls Membrane Fouling and Reduces By-Products from Chemically Enhanced Backwashing During Ultrafiltration Treatment. Water 2023, 15, 3803. Water. 2025; 17(15):2169. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17152169

Chicago/Turabian Style

Yang, Yao, Shuai Zhang, Guangfei Yang, Haihui Li, Jinjin Wang, and Wenyan Li. 2025. "RETRACTED: Yang et al. Biological Activated Carbon Filtration Controls Membrane Fouling and Reduces By-Products from Chemically Enhanced Backwashing During Ultrafiltration Treatment. Water 2023, 15, 3803" Water 17, no. 15: 2169. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17152169

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Yang, Y., Zhang, S., Yang, G., Li, H., Wang, J., & Li, W. (2025). RETRACTED: Yang et al. Biological Activated Carbon Filtration Controls Membrane Fouling and Reduces By-Products from Chemically Enhanced Backwashing During Ultrafiltration Treatment. Water 2023, 15, 3803. Water, 17(15), 2169. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17152169

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