Removal of 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: closed (10 April 2024) | Viewed by 7222
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Interests: bioelectrochemical system; electroautotrophic microorganisms; biocathode sensor; sewage recycling; pollutant degradation
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, with the accelerated rate of industrialization, in particular the rapid development of heavy chemical industries, some emerging contaminants (ECs) such as endocrine disruptors (EDs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), brominated flame retardants (BFRs), and disinfection byproducts (DBPs) have been continuously detected in water. These are highly toxic and difficult to manage, with strong insidiousness, long persistence and levels of high hazard, contituting important threats to the safety of water quality. To ensure water quality, many countries and regions have implmented screened lists of critical control ECs to meet specific water quality requirements and to enhance the operability of water quality testing. Therefore, as water usage continues to increase and use continues to expand, there is an urgent need to develop targeted and realistic deep wastewater treatment technologies that target ECs removal. In particular, the development of new technologies for EC degradation with clear high risk not only has the potential to significantly improve the EC treatment efficiency, but also reduce the EC load in the receiving water body, avoiding secondary pollution and endangering ecological and environmental safety.
Therefore, we invite researchers in relevant areas to the results and contributions of your work on emerging pollutant removal to this Special Issue, helping to better ensure water safety. Potential contributions may include, but are not limited to:
- Processes for emerging pollutant removal
- Various technologies driving pollutant transfer and transformation
- Material and energy exchange during contaminant degradation
- Key factors and strategies for contaminant removal
- Technologies for material transformation and energy recovery of contaminants
Dr. Chengmei Liao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- emerging contaminants
- water safety
- removal technology
- pollutant degradation
- material transformation and energy recovery
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