About this Research Topic
The field of water and wastewater treatment is critical for ensuring that contaminated water is purified and made safe for reuse or recycling. The process of wastewater treatment involves removing toxins from water, making it environmentally safe and capable of being returned to the water cycle or repurposed through water reclamation. This reclamation process transforms contaminated water into clean, reusable water. Various types of wastewater, including municipal, industrial, agricultural, and leachate, can be treated depending on the facility's processes. Common treatment methods include phase separation, biological, and chemical processes, with sludge being a frequent by-product. Anaerobic treatment procedures can also generate biogas. Despite these advancements, there are still significant gaps in understanding the most effective and innovative treatment methods. Current research aims to address these gaps by developing improved treatment methods and predicting their future impacts. The need for new chemical treatment applications and methods is particularly pressing, given the evolving nature of contaminants and regulatory changes.
This research topic aims to enhance the understanding of innovative water and wastewater treatment methods. It seeks to help experts in the field develop and predict the nature, impact, and future effects of these methods. The collection aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of wastewater treatment processes worldwide, with a particular focus on chemical treatment applications and emerging contaminants. By addressing these objectives, the research will contribute to the development of more effective and sustainable wastewater treatment solutions.
To gather further insights into the boundaries of innovative and modern water and wastewater treatments, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Energy management techniques and life cost analysis of treatment plants concerning energy.
- Real-time control and optimization of integrated treatment plants.
- Optimization of resources and their recovery from waste treatment plants.
- Applications of solar power at wastewater treatment plants.
- Clean water and sanitation through affordable and clean energy.
- Chemical treatment methods for emerging contaminants.
- Electro-coagulation and its advancement with solar-assisted treatment.
- Recent developments in landfill leachate treatment.
This research topic aims to enhance the understanding of innovative water and wastewater treatment methods. It seeks to help experts in the field develop and predict the nature, impact, and future effects of these methods. The collection aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of wastewater treatment processes worldwide, with a particular focus on chemical treatment applications and emerging contaminants. By addressing these objectives, the research will contribute to the development of more effective and sustainable wastewater treatment solutions.
To gather further insights into the boundaries of innovative and modern water and wastewater treatments, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Energy management techniques and life cost analysis of treatment plants concerning energy.
- Real-time control and optimization of integrated treatment plants.
- Optimization of resources and their recovery from waste treatment plants.
- Applications of solar power at wastewater treatment plants.
- Clean water and sanitation through affordable and clean energy.
- Chemical treatment methods for emerging contaminants.
- Electro-coagulation and its advancement with solar-assisted treatment.
- Recent developments in landfill leachate treatment.
Keywords: water; wastewater treatment; hospital wastewater; pollutants; chemical methods; advanced treatment
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