Physical–Chemical Wastewater Treatment Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

It is well known that wastewater contains organic and inorganic pollutants, and they may pose hazards to human health and ecosystems. The current action plans regarding the circular economy call for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to be turned into water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs). In this scenario, treatment activities are focused on improving water and sewage sludge quality for recovery opportunities and minimizing environmental damage. Physical–chemical treatments are particularly important to remove water-insoluble substances or colloids. This is achieved through the addition of coagulants and flocculants. Conventional processes are focused on macropollutants including suspended solids, organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and pathogens from wastewater; however, they are not designed to effectively remove micropollutants, such as recalcitrant pharmaceuticals. Finding the proper technology to remove these compounds is still challenging.

In this Special Issue, we invite submissions studying recent advances in the field of physical–chemical treatments for wastewater, including theoretical and experimental analyses, as well as comprehensive review papers. They will undoubtedly contribute to the knowledge and development of the technology. The following topics are proposed, although other related topics are also welcome:

• Development of new physical, chemical and hybrid treatments for wastewater containing micropollutants;
• Improvement of existing methods to achieve higher removal of pollutants;
• Development of cost-effective methods;
• Analysis of emerging micropollutants in wastewater and sewage sludge;
• Fate and transport of pollutants in water and sewage sludge.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. María Francisca Gómez-Rico
Dr. María Dolores Saquete
Guest Editors

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• micropollutants
• emerging pollutants
• persistent organic pollutants
• advanced wastewater technologies
• sewage sludge pollution
• physical–chemical treatments