New Technologies for Water Quality: Treatment and Monitoring
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 11
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims aims to cover all related aspects of new technologies for water quality, i.e., treatment, monitoring, their development, implementation, characterization, validation, application, etc. The growing presence of emerging contaminants that cannot be effectively removed using conventional treatment technologies and methods has created an urgent need for innovative solutions. Water quality treatment and monitoring technologies are based on advanced systems with purification and analytical capabilities that enable real-time assessment and improvement of water quality parameters, particularly for challenging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, microplastics, and endocrine disrupting compounds. Some of the most important emerging technologies are smart treatment systems, which are able to respond appropriately to water quality changes, such as autonomous treatment platforms or adaptive purification processes. On the other hand, the integration of nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and IoT connectivity into treatment and monitoring systems has broadened the range of possibilities to develop new functionalities, i.e., multi-parameter detection, advanced oxidation processes, enhanced filtration, and predictive analytics. These new technologies are being developed for many different applications to address the most critical needs in areas such as environmental protection, public health, industrial process control, and sustainable water management.
Topics of interest include the following:
- Advanced treatment technologies: membrane processes, advanced oxidation, and hybrid systems.
- Smart monitoring systems and IoT-enabled water quality networks.
- Real-time treatment control and continuous monitoring technologies: autonomous platforms, wireless sensor networks, and remote sensing.
- Novel detection methods and treatment techniques for emerging contaminants.
- Nanotechnology-based treatment and detection systems.
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in water treatment optimization.
- Portable and decentralized treatment and monitoring devices.
- Early warning systems and predictive treatment approaches.
- Validation and performance assessment methods for new treatment technologies.
- Integration of treatment and monitoring systems for comprehensive water management.
We look forward to your contribtuions.
Dr. Manolia Andredaki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water quality
- advanced treatment technologies
- real-time monitoring
- emerging contaminants
- smart sensors
- nanotechnology
- artificial intelligence
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