Micropollutants in Drinking Water Occurrence, Risks and Advanced Treatment Strategies
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editors
Interests: micropollutants; advanced oxidation processes; ozonation; adsorption; wastewater treatment
Interests: hydrogeochemistry; hydrogeology; water resources management; groundwater salinization; environmental monitoring
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue addresses the critical challenge of micropollutants and emerging contaminants in global drinking water supplies, spanning from pharmaceuticals and pesticides to microplastics. These substances, often undetected by conventional methods, necessitate sophiticated analytical monitoring to assess their occurrence, concentration, and transformation, and their persistence and potential bioactivity threatens the quality of drinking water and poses potential long-term health risks, even at trace concentrations. Effective mitigation requires a multi-faceted approach, beginning with robust analytical monitoring to understant their occurrence and fate. Consequently, for this Special Issue, we seeks to compile cutting-edge research on the complete pathway from detection to mitigation, and we welcome contributions on novel monitoring techniques, as well as fate and transport studies. A core focus is the development, optimization, and application of innovative water treatment technologies designed specifically for contaminant removal including, but not limited to, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), advanced adsorption, membrane technologies, catalytic degradation, and hybrid systems. Studies on transformation products, life-cycle assessments, and real-world case studies from pilot to full scale are also encouranged. The goal is to foster inderdisciplinary dialogue and sustainable engineerig solutions to ensure the safety and resilence of driknking water supplies against this complex landscape.
Dr. Savvina Psaltou
Dr. Evangelos Tziritis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- micropollutants
- emerging contaminants
- water treatment technologies
- drinking water quality
- advanced oxidation
- pharmaceuticals
- microplastics, analytical monitoring
- health risk
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