Removal and Degradation of POPs from Wastewater
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 4411
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Interests: environmental engineering; biotechnology; circular economy; water and wastewater treatment; organic micropollutants in the environment; fates of micropollutants in water and wastewater processes; green deal strategies
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Dear Colleagues,
Taking into account the increase of POP (EDCs, emerging contaminants, etc.) concentrations in the environment, further extensions to scientific analysis are necessary. In this area, investigations into the identification and determination of the scale of the environmental hazard are required. It is also important to develop efficient methods for the elimination of these compounds from wastewater and for the preservation of surface waters, ground waters, and aquatic organisms from contaminants.
The literary data show the necessity of applying additional wastewater treatment processes, such as advanced oxidation or/and membrane methods. In processes such as adsorption, coagulation, or membrane processes, the removal of pollutants takes place, whereas during advanced oxidation methods chemical and photochemical processes result in the degradation of organic compounds. At present, special attention is being paid to the development of novel adsorbents, coagulants, and membranes made of materials with higher efficiency, retention ability, resistant to fouling, and with the ability to regenerate. Moreover, studies tend to develop technological parameters of processes carried out in integrated systems consisting of a few unit processes characterized by the higher efficiency.
Prof. Dr. Maria Włodarczyk-Makuła
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Keywords
- endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs)
- pharmaceutics
- personal care products (PCPs)
- flame retardants (FRs)
- pesticides
- polychlorinated dibenzodioxins/furans (PCDDs/PCDFs)
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
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