Innovative Approaches to the Treatment of Contaminants in Soil and Water
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 226
Special Issue Editors
Interests: inorganic pollutants; AOPs; electrocoagulation; stabilization/solidification
Interests: AOPs; ZVI-based water treatments; chemometrics; chemical kinetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing diversity of consumer goods continues to increase the variety and complexity of contaminants released into the environment. Beyond traditional substances of concern (e.g., heavy metals, nutrients, pathogenic microorganisms), emerging pollutants (e.g., PFAS, microplastics, endocrine disruptors) and elements subjected to stricter regulatory limits (e.g., arsenic, vanadium) pose new challenges for soil and water quality. Addressing these issues requires advances in available treatment technologies that improve system efficiency by reducing chemical and energy consumption, enabling water reuse, and/or minimizing residual waste.
This Special Issue invites original research articles and reviews on innovative methods as well as new approaches or improvements to established processes for the removal of organic, inorganic, and/or microbiological pollutants from soil and water from a holistic perspective, considering the impacts of both pollutants and treatment processes. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Improvements in coagulation–flocculation and electrocoagulation methods;
- New waste-derived adsorbents (biochar and others);
- Filtration and membrane technologies;
- Advanced oxidation and reduction processes;
- Biological and hybrid treatment;
- In situ remediation strategies and field-scale applications.
Contributions emphasizing resource efficiency, sustainability, reusability, and integrative approaches to meeting regulatory and environmental goals are particularly welcome.
Dr. Jorge M. Meichtry
Prof. Dr. Fernando S. García Einschlag
Prof. Dr. Christophe Colbeau-Justin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- contaminated soil
- water pollutants
- physical-chemical treatments
- biological treatments
- integrated processes
- safe disposal
- water reuse
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