Innovative Treatment Technologies for Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management

The contamination of water sources resulting from industrialization and urbanization presents a significant challenge for ensuring access to clean and safe water. The tightening of international and national effluent standards has added pressure on the water industry to adopt effective treatment techniques that can remove a broad range of contaminants from water sources. Besides, wastewater reuse is a promising solution to address water scarcity, but it also presents challenges for drinking water and agricultural purposes, such as the presence of pathogens and contaminants, social barriers, and the potential contamination of soil and crops. In this Research Topic, we aim to explore these challenges and share effective strategies and policies for managing water and wastewater resources, including treatment techniques and reuse practices.
Through this Research Topic, we would like to improve our understanding of various treatment methods in removing contaminants from water bodies. Remarkably, some treatment methods consume high amounts of energy or produce the secondary pollution or sludge. The goal is to get an overview of which factors improve the treatment process with lower energy consumption and lower production of sludge. In this context, we are eager to learn how to employ different treatment process can affect water quality.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
Water and wastewater treatment technologies;
Recovery of resources from wastewater;
Wastewater reusing;
Sludge reduction;
Fate and removal of emerging contaminants;
Biological treatment methods;
Physicochemical treatment method;