Dear Colleagues,

Among the cornerstones of environmental protection is the protection of the water resources of fresh and saltwater ecosystems and ensuring access to drinking water of good quality. On the other hand, water scarcity and drought are increasingly frequent and widespread phenomena in various locations. There are many different types of water purification, and the separation process is the most important one. The application of membrane systems in water treatment has become increasingly popular, because they can reject most particulate and colloidal contaminants present in natural water sources while maintaining a high throughput of water. The major challenge limiting the performance and wider adoption of membrane systems is their tendency to become fouled. This phenomenon contributes to the loss of water production capacity.

This Special Issue welcomes submissions dealing with the application of separation technology in water treatment and will cover all aspects of separation science, including the synthesis and characterization of membranes, fundamental transport studies, lab-scale demonstrations, and optimization of separation processes. This Special Issue also seeks to address issues of transport phenomena, surface science, polymer synthesis, polymer physics, and nanotechnology, with a particular focus on the application of advanced materials for clean water production as well as pollutant removal.

Dr. Beata Malczewska
Dr. Mark Soberman
Guest Editors

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• novel techniques for water and wastewater treatment
• development and application of different materials (polymeric and inorganic) for membrane water treatment
• optimization of the applied treatment processes
• removal of contaminants from water
• pretreatment method to control fouling
• membrane filtration modeling
• particle deposition