Cutting-Edge Separation Technologies for Water Reclamation and Reuse: Membranes, Nanomaterials, and Emerging Contaminant Control

Dear Colleagues,

Water scarcity, intensifying industrial activity, and the growing complexity of wastewater streams have created an urgent need for sustainable water-reclamation technologies. This Special Issue, titled “Cutting-Edge Separation Technologies for Water Reclamation and Reuse: Membranes, Nanomaterials, and Emerging Contaminant Control”, aims to bring together innovative research and advanced engineering approaches that address the global challenge of securing high-quality water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and environmental use. Emphasis is placed on membrane-based separations, including forward osmosis, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, and membrane distillation, which continue to evolve into highly efficient, energy-conscious platforms for treating diverse contaminated waters such as produced water, brines, and PFAS-impacted effluents.

The Special Issue also welcomes contributions on electrospun nanofiber membranes, nanomaterial-enabled purification strategies, surface modification techniques to enhance antifouling and selectivity, and emerging hybrid systems integrating sensing, adsorption, catalysis, or electrochemical processes. Research that advances PFAS detection and removal, membrane durability, pilot-scale demonstrations, techno-economic analysis, and life cycle sustainability assessments is highly encouraged.

Through this collection, we aim to highlight cutting-edge materials, novel system configurations, and transformative treatment concepts that can significantly improve the reliability and circularity of water reuse systems worldwide. We encourage scholars, industry practitioners, and interdisciplinary teams to contribute original research articles, reviews, and short communications that advance the science and practice of water reclamation.

Dr. Sunith Madduri
Prof. Dr. Raghava R. Kommalapati
Dr. Prashan M. Rodrigo
Guest Editors

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