Emerging Technologies for Treating Emerging Contaminants in Water/Wastewater
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 3830
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Water/wastewater treatment; separation processes; ionic liquids; fuel treatment; renewable energy
Interests: environmental chemistry; stem education; teacher training; disinfection byproducts; water and wastewater treatment; Water Quality; fate and transport in water; drinking water toxicity; Environmental Analysis; environmental monitoring
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In our fast-paced world, the use of synthetic chemicals is on the rise for producing a wide range of products including agricultural, medicinal, personal care, and household products. Consequently, we have become accustomed to encountering these synthetic chemical-based products in our daily lives because of their availability and affordability. These chemicals typically end up in environmental water sources through industrial and/or municipal wastewater effluent discharges. Among the wide range of aqueous contaminants, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and emerging contaminants pose serious challenges to global water quality. Conventional wastewater treatment plants were not designed to remove emerging contaminants. Subsequently, they end up in environmental waterways. POPs and emerging contaminants in water can seriously affect the health of both human and aquatic organisms. Examples of POPs and emerging contaminants include pesticides, antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and dioxins.
Research is being carried out for the removal of these contaminants using advanced treatment methods such as membrane filtration, modified adsorbents, advanced oxidation processes, membrane bioreactor, and unconventional biological (e.g., algal and enzymatic) treatment methods. For this Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, manuscripts (research, reviews, short communications) are solicited that report the current contamination of POPs and emerging contaminants in water/wastewater, and bench- and pilot-scale studies indicating the effectiveness of emerging treatment technologies for removing these contaminants.
Dr. Tauqeer Abbas
Dr. Erica J. Marti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Water/wastewater contamination
- Persistent organic pollutants
- Emerging contaminants
- Modified adsorbents (modified activated carbon and mesoporous silica, biochar, polymer-based adsorbents, and ion-exchange resins, nanomaterials, and supported ionic liquids)
- Membrane filtration
- Advanced oxidation processes (UV-based processes, chemical oxidation processes, Fenton and photo-Fenton processes, photocatalytic redox processes, and sonolysis)
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