Cyanobacteria Harmful Bloom Remediation Enabling Eco-Technology for Water Reclamation

Dear Colleagues,

Toxin-producing harmful algal blooms (HABs) in freshwaters constitute a severe environmental problem. HABs are reported all over the world in many different ecosystems and are often associated with the proliferation of cyanobacteria species. Nonetheless, an increase of frequency and intensity of HABs has been observed, driven by the progressive degradation of the aquatic ecosystems and climate change.

HABs are posing serious constraints on the use of freshwater resources worldwide. The presence of cyanobacterial toxins in the water demands the application of expensive treatments to turn highly contaminated water into water for consumption. In this context, it is thus imperative to develop economic, sustainable, and effective technologies to remove this kind of contaminants and enable water reclamation for different purposes, namely, agriculture irrigation.

This Special Issue is devoted to novel (bio)remediation technologies for cleaning contaminated freshwaters affected by HABs based on their cost-effectiveness, environmental character, and technical applicability. Principles of design and operation of these technologies, their efficiency, and the fate of the biomass and toxins are of particular interest. This Special Issue aims at including both fundamental research carried out on nature-based solutions for cyanotoxins and harmful cyanobacteria but also applied research showing piloting and full-scale systems.

Dr. Marisa Almeida
Dr. Alexandre M. Campos
Dr. Pedro N. Carvalho
Prof. Dr. Laila Mandi
Guest Editors

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