Advances in Control Technologies for Emerging Contaminants in Water
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 476
Special Issue Editors
Interests: membrane; filtering; drinking water treatment applications; tracing microbial contamination; water pollution prevention and control; microbial communities in distribution systems; microbial contamination; membrane fouling control technology; microorganisms stability; microbiological safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine-disrupting compounds, microplastics, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are being detected with increasing frequency and concentration in aquatic environments. Due to their potential ecological toxicity, bioaccumulation, and resistance to degradation, these substances pose severe challenges to drinking water safety, ecosystem health, and human well-being. Conventional water treatment processes often fall short when addressing these complex, low-concentration yet highly active pollutants. Therefore, developing efficient, sustainable, and economically feasible control technologies for ECs has become a cutting-edge research priority and an urgent demand in the fields of environmental science and engineering.
This Special Issue aims to gather the latest research findings and innovative advances from scholars worldwide on control technologies for emerging contaminants. We invite researchers to submit original research articles, review papers, and frontier technology reports, collectively exploring comprehensive solutions along the entire chain—from source reduction and process interruption to end-of-pipe treatment.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Detection, risk assessment, and policy management of ECs;
- Multi-technology-coupled processes;
- Green and sustainable technologies;
- Bioaugmentation and novel biological treatment approaches;
- Advanced adsorption and separation materials;
- Advanced oxidation/reduction technologies.
Prof. Dr. Weiying Li
Guest Editor
Dr. Dawei Zhang
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- Emerging Contaminants (ECs)
- water treatment technologies
- Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs)
- adsorption materials
- microplastics
- PFAS
- biological degradation
- hybrid treatment systems
- environmental risk assessment
- sustainable water management
- water quality
- analytical methods
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