Water Treatment Technology Based on Chemical Processing
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editor
Interests: adsorption; advanced oxidation processes; environmental electrochemistry; life cycle assessment; materials for water remediation and waste valorization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ensuring access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right and a critical global priority, as emphasized by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6). Rapid industrialization, population growth, and climate change have intensified the pressure on water resources, leading to the widespread presence of emerging pollutants in surface and groundwater ecosystems. Traditional treatment methods are ineffective in removing emegiing contaminants such as heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, endocrine-disrupting compounds, and microplastics. In this context, chemical treatment technologies offer powerful and versatile tools for advanced water treatment, achieving high removal efficiencies while also enabling the design of more sustainable and sustainable water management systems.
This Special Issue, titled "Water Treatment Technology Based on Chemical Processing", seeks high-quality original research and review articles that address recent advances, innovations, and applications of chemical-based technologies for water and wastewater treatment from an ecological perspective. The aim is to promote scientific contributions that support progress towards global water security, environmental protection, and sustainable development.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced oxidation processes (e.g., Fenton, ozone, photocatalysis).
- Adsorbents and ion exchange materials with chemical functionalization.
- Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water treatment.
- Nanomaterials and catalysts for water purification.
- Hybrid systems combining chemical, physical, and biological processes.
- Kinetics, mechanisms, and modeling of chemical reactions in water treatment.
- Life cycle assessment and environmental impact of chemical technologies.
- Pilot-scale and full-scale implementations of chemical treatment systems.
Dr. Ana I. Zárate-Guzmán
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- advanced oxidation processes (AOPs)
- chemical water treatment
- adsorption and ion exchange
- electrochemical processes
- photocatalysis
- nanomaterials and catalysts
- hybrid treatment systems
- reaction kinetics and modeling
- life cycle assessment (LSA)
- emergent pollutants
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