Advances in UV Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 3542
Special Issue Editor
Interests: advanced water and wastewater treatments; ozone and UV-based disinfection; sea water desalination; environmental redox processes; groundwater contamination
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of UV light for treating water and wastewater has exponentially increased over the past decade, especially in view of the recent global viral pandemic. UV light is highly effective in the disinfection of (water) pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and protozoa. In addition, UV can directly oxidize many harmful organic contaminants (e.g., NDMA), or indirectly oxidize such contaminants through the production of •OH radicals (UV-based advanced oxidation). Other advantages of UV-based technologies are their green chemical-free nature, the low interaction of emitted light with non-target water constituents and the potential use of sunlight as a UV source. The ever-growing interest in UV treatment leads to the development of new technologies, such as UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and other emerging UV sources. These, in turn, promote new UV applications, such as the disinfection of surfaces against coronavirus and the development of sustainable point-of-use UV-based systems for low-income communities.
This Special Issue will focus on the latest achievements and trends in UV water and wastewater treatment: New UV technologies, new UV applications, novel mechanistic understandings, inactivation/oxidation models and reactor/system design. We accept papers on both UV disinfection and oxidation, including UV-based advanced oxidation. Papers providing results from pilot- and full-scale systems are also accepted, as well as high-quality case studies with global interest.
Research articles, reviews, and short communications on all UV topics are welcomed.
Dr. Yaal Lester
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- UV disinfection
- UV water treatment
- UV oxidation
- advanced oxidation
- water pathogens
- water reuse
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