Removal of Emerging Pollutants, Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Water

Dear Colleagues,

Emerging pollutants are chemicals and compounds recently identified as dangerous to the environment and, consequently, to human health. Emerging pollutants include a variety of compounds, such as antibiotics, drugs, steroids, endocrine disruptors, hormones, industrial additives, microplastics, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and so on. Antibiotics are widespread in various environments due to their broad application and are recognized as one kind of emerging pollutant. Antibiotic resistance driven by persistent antibiotics in the environment has also become a growing concern.

Emerging pollutants, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have been frequently detected in different aquatic environments, posing a potential risk to the ecosystem and public health. Properly designed and operated water treatment processes can serve as effective final barriers for reducing the quantity of emerging pollutants/antibiotics/ARGs discharged into the environment. To control the propagation of antimicrobial resistance in the environment, it is essential to comprehensively understand the elimination and inactivation of emerging pollutants/antibiotics/ARGs by various water treatment processes.

This Special Issue, titled “Removal of Emerging Pollutants, Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Water”, aims to present novel and efficient removal technologies for emerging pollutants, antibiotics, or ARGs from wastewater or drinking water and to elucidate the potential mechanisms of various water treatment processes to help to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Contributions may focus on, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Physicochemical treatment of emerging pollutants/antibiotics/ARGs.
• Biological treatment of emerging pollutants/antibiotics/ARGs.
• Elimination mechanisms of emerging pollutants/antibiotics/ARGs.
• Development of antibiotic resistance genes in water treatment processes.

Dr. Yijing Shi
Dr. Yanyan Jia
Guest Editors

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