Advances in the Treatment of Refractory Organic Wastewater
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 264
Special Issue Editors
Interests: refactory organic wastewater; advanced oxidation processes; fenton-like catalyst; microwave enhancement; coal fly ash; adsorption; oxidation
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Interests: water/wastewater treatment; environmental electrochemistry; nitrogen removal; resource recovery; groundwater remediation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industrial production in human society has generated large amounts of refractory organic wastewater, such as pharmaceutical wastewater, printing and dyeing wastewater, coking wastewater, and mining wastewater. Due to the existence of various refractory and toxic organic pollutants, the discharge of these organic wastewaters has caused severe natural water pollution, threatening the safety of water resources worldwide. Therefore, effective organic wastewater treatment is the critical step to obtaining a clean water environment for human beings.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to promote the effective treatment of organic wastewater through various treatment methods. Specifically, it is interested in studies concerning the synthesis and application of adsorbents and heterogeneous Fenton-like catalysts, the enhancement of physical fields such as microwave and ultrasonic waves, the reuse of industrial solid waste in organic wastewater treatment, and electro-assisted advanced oxidation technologies.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome, especially studies focusing on the treatment of real organic wastewater. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Synthesis and application of adsorbent, Fenton-like, and electro catalysts;
- Removal of organic pollutants (including novel pollutants) by adsroption, Fenton-like, and electro-assissted processes;
- Application of physical field in the degradation of organic pollutants;
- Removal, recovery, and resource conversion of excess nutrients from water/wastewater;
- Transfer and environmental behavior of microplastics in soil groundwater.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Nannan Wang
Dr. Xuejiao Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adsorption
- Fenton-like catalyst
- physical fields enhancement
- electro-assissted treatment
- nutrients
- microplastic
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