Recent Advances in Monitoring, Modeling and Treatment of Water and Wastewater

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, environmental matters, especially water pollutants, have become a critical issue for human beings. Pollutants such as organic dyes, pesticide contaminations, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, and hazardous refractory contaminants are more likely to enter the environment and can influence water resources as well as ecosystems. Therefore, the monitoring, estimation, modeling, and treatment of water pollutants have attracted scholars in different fields. As one of the major environmental issues, water pollutants require special attention as drinkable water resources are limited, and providing clean water for drinking and the food industry has a direct influence on the national safety of each country. To have better treatment of water and wastewater, the monitoring and modeling of different contaminants are crucial. The monitoring of hazardous compounds is a good way to detect and treat water pollutants. This issue has long been a major challenge among researchers. Various analysis methods, such as chromatography, spectroscopy, and electrochemical sensors have long been used for this purpose. Recent advances in remote sensing technology (multispectral and hyperspectral) provide a major source of data that can be used for monitoring and modeling water contaminants. However, the estimation of different pollutants from space is a challenging task. Moreover, machine learning models have shown their feasibility in modeling and predicting different pollutants. Therefore, a combination of machine learning techniques and big data collected by different sensors provides a magnificent chance to monitor and model water and wastewater pollutants. On the other hand, water treatment for the removal and reduction of water and wastewater contaminants is essential. There are various kinds of water contaminants, including chemical and physical contaminants, radiological and biological pollutants, and organic and inorganic contaminants. Therefore, water purification plays a crucial role in the degradation and elimination of contaminants from water resources, wastewater, sewage, etc. There are many technologies that can be used toward this purpose, such as electric flotation, filtration, reverse osmosis, biological treatment, air flotation, membrane bioreactors, chemical coagulation, chemical precipitation, gravity separation, adsorption with activated carbon, and the use of nanoparticles for water purification. The current Special Issue aims to attract recent advanced findings for the monitoring, modeling, and treatment of various hazardous pollutants and contaminants in water and wastewater resources, which are the keys to the development of scientific prevention strategies aiming to save our environment. Scientists, researchers, academics, and professional engineers are encouraged to submit their hot and new high-quality works on the matter. We welcome the submission of research manuscripts, review papers, theoretical studies, and short communications that scientifically include new strategies and perspectives discussion.

As Guest Editor, I invite you to contribute your work to this Special Issue of Sustainability titled “Recent advances in Monitoring, Modeling and Treatment of Water and Wastewater”.

Original research papers and focused reviews are invited for possible publication in this Special Issue.

I hope that this invitation receives your favorable consideration. Should you have any questions, suggestions, or recommendations, please feel free to contact me.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,

Dr. Akbar Hojatti-Najafabadi
Prof. Dr. Peizhong Feng
Dr. Mojtaba Mansoorianfar
Dr. Hamed Karimian
Guest Editors

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• water contaminants
• nanotechnology
• monitoring
• sensors
• degradation
• water treatment
• wastewater treatment
• remote sensing
• machine learning