Advanced Microbial Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water and wastewater treatment; extracellular polymeric substances; mathematical modeling; membrane/biofilm technology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: surface water and groundwater treatment; extracellular polymeric substances; ultrasonic technology for algal control; bio-filtration and constructed wetland technology for the removal of conventional and emerging contaminants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advanced microbial technologies involving natural/functional microbes play imperative roles in water purification and have exhibited great potential and practicability in water and wastewater treatment. Over the past decade, research focused on exploring and improving microbes and treatment systems has surged, driven by the increasing demand for water quality and stringent discharge limits imposed by legislation, the detection of emerging contaminants posing risks to human health and water ecological environment, and interest in reusing treated water across various applications. Now, a low-carbon economy and sustainable development should also be key goals for water purification, which should move beyond merely removing pollutants to recovering valuable substances of economic interest.
This Special Issue invites the submission of original research papers or review papers covering the latest findings and progress in this field, and we welcome contributions that report on advanced microbial technology for various applications including wastewater treatment, drinking water treatment, industrial wastewater treatment, treated water reuse, and others. Papers related to the application of microbes in water purification, the improvement of microbial treatment systems, the development of mathematical modeling in microbial technology, and the recovery of substances from water and wastewater—particularly carbon, nutrients, and critical and precious metals—are highly encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Yun Zhou
Dr. Yangrui Huang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water
- wastewater
- drinking water
- microbes
- conventional contaminants
- emerging contaminants
- pollutant removal
- resource recovery
- low carbon
- mathematical modeling
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