New Technologies in Industrial Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (12 October 2023) | Viewed by 2134
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging micropollutants; green technologies; industrial wastewater; water monitoring; biosorption; low cost materials
Interests: emerging micropollutants; advanced oxidation processes; nanomaterials; industrial wastewater
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The production of large volumes of industrial wastewater as a consequence of urbanization and inadequate technical management, imposes significant pressure on environmental water compartments. A diversity of distinct emerging pollutants with recalcitrant properties, such as plasticizers, microplastics (MPs), nanoplastics (NPs), pharmaceuticals and pesticides, have been generated in response to the industrial sector’s rapid development. Industries such as pharmaceuticals, plastics and textiles are significant sources of a wide range of organic contaminants. Traditional designs of conventional treatments have many bottlenecks and barriers, making them ineffective for the removal of the newly detected pollutants. Due to the complex characteristics of pollutants, the application of new and modern purification technologies is of fundamental importance. For the development and design of new industrial wastewater technologies on a worldwide scale, pilot studies at the laboratory level might provide an excellent starting point. To adhere to predetermined regulatory requirements, industrial wastewater streams must undergo adequate treatment.
Some of themes of this Special Issue are focused on:
- The possible technological solutions for the treatment of wastewater from specific industrial sectors (pharmaceutical, plastic, metal etc.).
- Development of the technological strategy of applying different treatments for a specific group of industrial pollutants (microplastics, nanoplastics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, plasticizers etc.).
- Research on new green technologies in which the generated wastewater can be a source of valuable biomaterials and green energy. The benefits of these technologies can be two-fold: financial gains (circular economy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approach) and the reduction of anthropogenic stress on the water environment.
Dr. Ivana Mihajlović
Dr. Mladenka Novaković
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- industrial wastewater
- emerging treatments
- circular economy in industrial wastewater treatment plants
- green technologies
- byproduct valorization and recovery
- pilot scale studies
- recalcitrant pollutants
- sustainable sludge management
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