Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater using advanced treatments. A review

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2022

Authors

Nadia Morin-Crini (Author) Other; Eric Lichtfouse (Author) Other; Marc Fourmentin (Author) Other; Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro (Author) FEUP; Constantinos Noutsopoulos (Author) Other; Francesca Mapelli (Author) Other; Éva Fenyvesi (Author) Other; Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira (Author) Other; Lorenzo A. Picos-Corrales (Author) Other; Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján (Author) Other; Liliana Giraldo (Author) Other; Tamás Sohajda (Author) Other; Mohammad Mahmudul Huq (Author) Other; Jafar Soltan (Author) Other; Giangiacomo Torri (Author) Other; Monica Magureanu (Author) Other; Corina Bradu (Author) Other; Grégorio Crini (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Environmental Chemistry Letters

Vol. 20 No. 2

Pages: 1333-1375

ISSN: 1610-3653

Publisher: Springer Nature

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LA LSRE-LCM - Financiamento Plurianual 2020-2023 para a Unidade LA LSRE-LCM Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção - Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais

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Authenticus ID: P-00W-0EG

DOI: 10.1007/s10311-021-01379-5

Abstract (EN): The rise of emerging contaminants in waters challenges the scientific community and water treatment stakeholders to design remediation techniques that are simple, practical, inexpensive, effective, and environmentally friendly. Emerging contaminants include antibiotics, hormones, illicit drugs, endocrine disruptors, cosmetics, personal care products, pesticides, surfactants, industrial products, microplastics, nanoparticles, and nanomaterials. Removing those contaminants is not easy because classical wastewater treatment systems are not designed to handle emerging contaminants, and contaminants often occur as traces in complex organo-mineral mixtures. Here, we review advanced treatments for the removal of emerging contaminants in wastewater, with focus on adsorption-oriented processes using non-conventional adsorbents such as cyclodextrin polymers, metal-organic frameworks, molecularly imprinted polymers, chitosan, and nanocellulose. We describe biological-based technologies for the degradation and removal of emerging contaminants. Then, we present advanced oxidation processes as the most promising strategies because of their simplicity and efficiency.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 43