Emerging contaminants in water pathways: sources, impacts, conventional, and cold-plasma-based cleaner technology assessment

Drinking Water Contaminants and Advanced Purification Technologies: A Review of Conventional and Emerging Treatment Approaches

Freshwater contamination has become a critical global challenge, driven by industrialization, urbanization, agriculture and climate change, threatening safe drinking water and sustainable development. This review synthesizes peer-reviewed literature identified through targeted searches of major bibliographic databases,...

Beyond Removal Efficiency: Pollutant Speciation, Metal Fate, and Closed-Loop Strategies for Electroplating Wastewater Treatment

Electroplating wastewater treatment is governed not only by total heavy-metal concentrations but also by metal speciation, organic complexation, salinity, intermittent discharge, and increasingly stringent requirements for water reuse and metal recovery. This review reframes recent advances from a removal-efficiency-ce...

Nanoplastics in water and wastewater: remediation technologies, challenges, and future perspectives

Effects of typical emerging pollutants on biological treatment systems: processes, mechanisms, and recovery strategies

With the rapid advancement of industrialization and urbanization, human activities have released large quantities of persistent emerging contaminants into the environment. Among these, nanomaterials, microplastics, and perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances have emerged as research hotspots due to their widespre...

The Challenges and Urgent Need for Treatment and Monitoring of Micro- and Nano-Plastics in the Environment

As global plastic production and inadequate waste management continue to increase, fragmentation and weathering accelerate the widespread occurrence of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) across environmental compartments. In this context, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), particularly electrochemical advanced oxidation...

Pesticide contamination in the aquatic environment: advancements in efficient and sustainable remediation approaches

The extensive use of pesticides in agriculture has resulted in their widespread occurrence in aquatic environments, raising concerns for ecosystem and human health. Their persistence, toxicity, mobility, and resistance to degradation vary substantially among compounds, with some exhibiting high persistence and bioaccum...