Sustainable Management & Treatment of Water and Wastewater
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 434
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable management of water; sustainable treatment of wastewater; emerging contaminants (microplastics, antibiotics) detection and removal; impacts of human activities on water quality and ecology
Interests: wastewater treatment; mciroalgae biotechnology; constructed wetlands
Interests: sustainable treatment of wastewater; microbial fuel cells technology; trace pollutants monitoring and removal; plastic degradation; microplastics and nanoplastics; Raman spectroscopy; 3D-Printing
Interests: detection and removal of microplastic; wastewater treatment; surface enhanced raman spectroscopy; diatom bloom in drinking water source; microbial fuel cells technology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water and wastewater management is crucial to safeguard environmental and human health. The effective and successful management of water resources depends on four critical aspects: accurate pollutant monitoring and risk assessment; the development of sustainable and efficient technologies; the introduction and application of cost-effective technologies; and the implementation of practical regulations and policies for water resources.
Traditional water and wastewater treatment technologies (e.g., activated sludge process) are increasingly showing significant disadvantages, such as their huge energy consumption, high amount of by-product generation (e.g., sludge), and low removal efficiency for some types of pollutants. For instance, the energy consumption in the US’s drinking water and wastewater systems accounts for approximately 3–4% of energy use in the whole of the United States, resulting in the emissions of more than 45 million tons of greenhouse gas annually.
There is currently a global effort to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. European Union aims to be climate-neutral by 2050, which means an economy having net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, the Chinese government proposed a national goal to have a carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Evidently, the traditional water and wastewater processing system is hindering the global effort to mitigate climate change. It is urgent to modify and upgrade the current water and wastewater management system to be more financially profitable and environmentally friendly.
To benefit sustainable development and the carbon-neutral economy transition, this Special Issue will gather and report the critical progress of sustainable water and wastewater management and treatment.
Potential topics of research or review articles may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Pollutant monitoring in water and wastewater;
- Risk assessment and mitigation in the water and wastewater systems;
- Emerging technologies to harvest energy and resources from wastewater;
- Advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment;
- Sustainable Policy and Management for water and wastewater recycling;
- Microplastics detection and mitigation in water and wastewater;
- Water and wastewater reuse.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Liwen Xiao
Dr. Yuansheng Hu
Dr. Dunzhu Li
Dr. Yunhong Shi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water and wastewater
- sustainability
- risk assessment and mitigation
- emerging technologies
- energy and resources harvesting
- microplastics
- advanced oxidation process
