Treatment of Emerging Contaminants in Sediments, Water, Wastewater, and Soils
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2022) | Viewed by 300
Special Issue Editors
Interests: waste water treatment; elimination of micropollutants; waste water epidemiology; separation of waste water and water reuse; technological adaptation and adoption related to climate change management; waste water nutrient extraction
Interests: water and health; waste water quality and effect-related test systems; water reuse; waste-water based epidemiology; environment; food and health; influence of environmental factors on the immune system and the development of allergies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An intact aquatic and ecological system is mandatory for human health and well-being. However, there is a huge and growing number of emerging contaminants posing a risk to our water resources and, hence, to the ecological system and our health.
Especially in the last three decades, the scientific community and many stakeholders in the water sector undertook substantial efforts to assess and manage the risks of emerging contaminants in the water cycle. Since then, a variety of removal and treatment technologies, especially for wastewater, have been proposed and have partially been implemented. However, with regard to close interrelationships between human health and intact ecological systems, there is still a need for more comprehensive and sustainable approaches. This means making use of more natural-based and innovative, green technologies for the treatment of waste water. Besides treatment from point sources like effluents of wastewater treatment plants, the contribution of non-point sources of pollution (diffuse sources) into river systems and into groundwater sources are of great importance, including the negative or positive effects of treating sediments and soil.
This Special Issue focuses on the current state of knowledge on sustainable and comprehensive approaches for the treatment of emerging contaminants in sediments, water, wastewater and soils, and on manuscripts dealing with interdisciplinary approaches to address current political concerns.
Prof. Dr. Silvio Beier
Prof. Dr. Claudia Klümper
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water and health
- micropollutants from waste water
- technologies for the treatment of river water and waste water
- new concepts in agricultural water management
- influence of water management on sustainable development goals
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