Soil/Sediment Remediation and Wastewater Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

The continuous discharge of hazardous substances (e.g., organic contaminants, inorganic nutrients, and potentially toxic elements) into the soil/sediment system through wastewater and other routes has led to harmful effects on the environment and human health. Several strategies were proposed to deal with this issue, but novel options beyond traditional approaches are needed to unlock the full potential of these waste streams while ensuring environmental protection.

This Topic, entitled “Soil/Sediment Remediation and Wastewater Treatment”, promotes novel environmental science and technology works, mainly including soil/sediment remediation and wastewater treatment methods. With this Topic, original research and review articles, case and technical reports, and short communications are considered for publication. Investigation themes may be related, but are not limited to:

• Emerging pollutants (e.g., microplastics, antibiotics, herbicides);
• Bioremediation, phytoremediation, bioaugmentation and biostimulation;
• Advanced oxidation processes for soil/sediment treatment;
• Sustainable adsorbents (e.g., biochar) aimed at pollutant removal;
• Biosorption and biocoagulation;
• Thermal remediation;
• Physico-chemical techniques for resource recovery from wastewater;
• Nutrient recovery from wastewater;
• Phosphorus removal and recovery (e.g., chemical precipitation, PAO);
• Biological treatments for wastewater (e.g., biological nutrients removal);
• Innovative system for wastewater treatment (e.g., membrane-based systems);
• Renewable energy from sludge (e.g., biomethane, biohydrogen, syngas);
• Pretreatment methods for the improvement of biogas potential;
• Anaerobic fermentation modeling;
• Digestate treatment (e.g., removal of nitrogen, sanitization).

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Francesco Bianco
Dr. Silvio Matassa
Dr. Armando Oliva
Topic Editors