Sustainable Solutions for Wastewater Treatment and Recycling
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 587
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Interests: wastewater treatment; water pollutants adsorption; design of food and chemical engineering processes; mathematical modeling and optimization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As human activities, industrialization, pick-up speed, and water contamination with a whole panoply of persistent compounds (e.g., pharmaceuticals, dyes, pesticides, heavy metals, etc.) are becoming a foremost concern. Even at a reduced concentration, due to their severe toxicity to biological amplification and accumulation, these contaminants are considered serious hazards. Prevalent methods for eliminating pollutants from water continue to require excessive energy and chemical consumption, simultaneously leading to secondary contamination, while the treatment often remains incomplete. Many environmental scientists are now primarily focused on making wastewater management both safe and effective in order to successfully treat and recycle the wastewater, mitigate the harmful effects of water pollutants, and assist in preserving freshwater resources.
This Special Issue aims to make available the opportunity to share the most recent investigations and results from the field of safe and effective wastewater management. Outcomes successfully applicable to the treatment and recycling of wastewater, mitigating the harmful effects of water pollutants and preserving freshwater resources, are expected.
We kindly invite willing authors to submit research articles, reviews, case studies, etc., with ground-breaking approaches focusing on (but not limited to) the following areas:
- industrial waste recycling in view of the use of wastewater treatment;
- preparation of cutting-edge materials and their application for water decontamination;
- development of new and affordable technologies capable of removing water pollutants;
- implementation of eco-friendly practices and methodologies in wastewater depollution;
- design, optimization, and evaluation of sustainable wastewater treatment processes.
Contributions that are innovative and respectful of the environmental paradigm, particularly those highlighting chemical, biological, or physical processes (advanced oxidation processes, ozonation, electrochemical methods, coagulation, flocculation, adsorption, bioremediation, etc.), are also welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Cristina-Gabriela Grigoraș
Dr. Andrei Ionut Simion
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging persistent water pollutants
- wastewater decontamination
- sustainable water management
- industrial waste revalorization
- added value products
- process optimization
- sustainable environmental applications
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