Advanced Water Treatment Strategies for the Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 May 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced water-treatment technologies; waste valorization; circular economy approaches; water reuse strategies; environmental catalysis
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Interests: ozonation; hydrogenation processes; integrated catalytic system; strcutured catalysts; advanced water treatment; catalyst design; pollutants abatement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water treatment has become one of the most pressing environmental and technological challenges worldwide. Population growth, the intensification of industrial/agricultural activities, and the widespread use of pharmaceuticals and chemicals have strongly contributed to the presence of a wide variety of organic and inorganic pollutants in water resources. Many of these contaminants (ofter reffered as emerging pollutants) are not effectively removed by conventional treatment methods, raising serious concerns for both public health and environmental sustainability. Despite the significant progresses in recent decades, there is still a lack of methodologies that can ensure the efficient degradation/conversion of such complex pollutants. Traditional processes frequently prove insufficient when dealing with persistent, toxic, and bioaccumulative compounds and, as a result, research efforts have increasingly turned to the development of advanced water-treatment solutions that are able to achieve more comprehensive and selective removal. In this context, the present Special Issue welcomes the submission of research papers focusing on the application of novel advanced water-treatment strategies that can address the current challenges associated with water contamination (with different classes of compounds), seeking potential solutions for problems that conventional technologies are still unable to overcome.
Dr. Cátia A.L. Graça
Dr. Ana Sofia Guedes Gorito dos Santos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging contaminants
- water purification
- wastewater treatment
- advanced water treatment
- innovative treatment methods
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