Emerging Pollutants and Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

Anthropogenic activities and industrialisation makes the treatment of water pollution very fundamental in environmental sustainability. In fact, emerging contaminants (ECs), such as pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, pesticides, oil emulsion, phenols, and dye, are highly recalcitrant pollutants which undermine the efficacy of conventional treatment technologies. Consequently, advancing technologies to monitor and mitigate ECs is highly advantageous as they pose a great threat to human health and the environment. Herein, the reclamation of wastewater for reuse can be a viable route to water sustainability. Generally, to meet stringent wastewater discharge specifications, significant efforts made in addressing and managing waste and water pollution still encounter difficulty. This warrants an urgent demand for developing robust technologies and the concept of treating wastewater towards a circular economy.

Therefore, this Special Issue will present new ideas and experimental results in the field of water and wastewater treatment technologies and other related disciplines. Areas relevant to bioenergy and wastewater management may be included, as they are not limited to kinetics and the process optimisation of anaerobic digestion, advanced oxidation, bioremediation, adsorption, coagulation, nanotechnology, bioprocessing, bioengineering, life cycle assessment, and environmental protection solutions.

Dr. Emmanuel Kweinor Tetteh
Prof. Dr. Sudesh Rathilal
Prof. Dr. Isaac Dennis Amoah
Guest Editors

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