Advances and Innovations in Technologies for Treatment and Toxicity Assessment of Conventional and Emerging Contaminant in Industrial Wastewater
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2026) | Viewed by 4421
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging pollutants; antibiotics; microplastics; treatment; risk; industrial parks
Interests: water emerging contaminants control; biological nitrogen removal; biofilm; heavy metal control and recovery; advanced oxidation process
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industrial wastewater contains large amounts of toxic and harmful substances. If not effectively treated, it will pose a serious threat to the water environment and human health. Therefore, countries around the world are highly concerned about the treatment of industrial water pollution. Overall, industrial wastewater faces issues of the coexistence of conventional and emerging contaminants, high toxicity, salinity, difficult-to-degrade organic pollutants, and heavy metal pollution. These pose great challenges for pollution removal, wastewater reuse, and reducing greenhouse gas carbon emissions. Therefore, it is particularly important to research new biochemical and physicochemical treatments for industrial wastewater. At the same time, conducting environmental and human health risk assessments before and after industrial wastewater treatment is also crucial for the regeneration and utilization of wastewater. Especially in recent years, new technologies such as machine learning, intelligent regulation, molecular computing, and Life Cycle Assessment have been developed.
This Special Issue aims to investigate the advances and innovations in technologies for the treatment and toxicity assessment of conventional and emerging contaminants in industrial wastewater. Researchers are encouraged to establish a strict research protocol to contribute to this field. Research topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The treatment of conventional and emerging contaminants in industrial wastewater;
- The toxicity and risk assessment of industrial wastewater before and after treatment.
Dr. Yongkui Yang
Dr. Yingxin Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- industrial wastewater treatment
- wastewater reuse
- conventional and emerging contaminants
- toxicity and risk assessment
- AI
- intelligent control
- LCA
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