Dear Colleagues,

The availability of drinking water has become a global problem due to sudden climate change and the continuous growth of water demand that is not balanced by adequate recharging. Furthermore, more and more often, water sources suffer a deterioration in their quality due to the indiscriminate discharge of wastewater without adequate treatment. Another important and emerging issue is the removal of newly identified contaminants identified in waterways (e.g., disinfection by-products, pharmaceutical compounds, microplastic and different ions originating from electronics products), which often end up in landfills, thus, contaminating land, water and air.

In this global situation, solutions, such as water transfer or dam construction, are not enough to meet the growing demand for water and the decreasing supply. A possible route to more sustainable freshwater production is offered by Membrane Engineering. In fact, it is well-recognized that membrane processes efficiently accomplish the selective separation of specific components and provide reliable options for a sustainable wastewater treatment. Membrane operations provide unprecedented opportunities for improving water quality at a high recovery factor, approaching the concept of “zero-liquid-discharge” and “low energy consumption”.

Original research and review papers are welcome and topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Innovative membranes and membrane operations for seawater and wastewater treatment;
• New membrane materials and advanced membrane-characterization tools;
• Modelling and simulations of membrane transport and membrane-based processes;
• Exergy analysis and economic evaluation of membrane processes.

Prof. Dr. Enrico Drioli
Prof. Dr. Francesca Macedonio
Dr. Francesca Alessandro
Guest Editors

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• organic and inorganic compounds
• innovative membrane materials
• advanced membrane processes
• modeling and simulation
• energy and exergy analyses
• techinc and economic evaluations