Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will collect the latest and most significant scientific advances and review articles relating to all technological advances and innovations in the field of wastewater treatment and purification.

In recent decades, one of the major environmental problems to be faced is the reclamation of water bodies including sea, lakes, rivers, and aquifers polluted by different classes of chemicals, such as heavy metals, organic compounds, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals, dyes, detergents, bacteria, plastic, etc. In this regard, the development of new technologies, materials, and models play a crucial role in the defense of the environment and human health.

The use of materials of different origins (natural, polymeric, inorganic, organic, hybrid, etc.) for the removal of dangerous contaminants through adsorption, degradation, and/or transformation processes are considered of particular interest. The use of materials whose production or supply is of low environmental and economic impact, natural substrates, and/or waste materials suitably modified for such applications, is certainly welcomed. The experimentation of innovative membranes and nanomaterials for the desalination and separation of contaminants from industrial process waters is another research area that falls within the topic of this Special Issue. Particular importance stems from their characterization, the estimation of their purifying capacities, and the understanding and modeling of the processes at play. New experimental and theoretical approaches are encouraged.

Dr. Antonio Tursi
Dr. Francesco Chidichimo
Guest Editors

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• Innovative wastewater treatment technologies
• Environmental depollution
• Removal of emergent contaminants
• Advanced oxidation processes
• Adsorption of inorganic and organic contaminants from water
• Photocatalytic degradation of pollutants such as bacteria and viruses
• Advanced membrane technology and nanomaterials for water and wastewater applications
• Characterization methods for innovative materials
• Implementation of adsorption kinetics models
• Design of chemical-physical-biological systems for wastewater remediation