Research on Advanced Biotechnologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

The MDPI journal Water is developing a Special Issue dedicated to recent advances in biotechnology related to water and wastewater treatment. The large-scale commercialization of biotechnology began more than four decades ago with an emphasis on basic research and biomedical applications. Since then, the use of biotechnology has spread into several fields ranging from criminology to food science. This Special Issue of Water will include manuscripts from the public, private and academic sectors on a variety of topics. The themes to be addressed include the following:

• Microbial source tracking of pathogens in watersheds and water treatment systems;
• Bio-based sensors for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of macro and trace contaminants;
• Bioelectrochemically enhanced wetland treatment ;
• Optimization of methane production based on digester microbial community analysis and population adjustment;
• Algal-/microbial-based systems for heavy-metal removal from industrial wastewater;
• Integrated biological systems for wastewater treatment and carbon sequestration;
• The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the optimization of microbial-based water/wastewater treatment systems.

Water and wastewater treatment processes deal with millions to billions of liters per day. They need to be cost-effective, reliable and continuous. This Special Issue of Water will provide summaries of proven and emerging technologies that may soon become accepted and standard methods in the water and wastewater industries.

Dr. Christopher E. Mason
Dr. Stephen Lyon
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Water is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• next generation sequencing (NGS) microbial community analysis
• bio-sensors
• algae biotechnology
• wetlands treatment
• membrane bioreactors
• pathogen source tracking
• biodegradation
• trace/persistent contaminants
• groundwater remediation
• soil aquifer treatment
• methane digesters