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

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, endo...

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Published in:Environmental chemistry letters Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 1333 - 1375
Main Authors: Morin-Crini, Nadia, Lichtfouse, Eric, Fourmentin, Marc, Ribeiro, Ana Rita Lado, Noutsopoulos, Constantinos, Mapelli, Francesca, Fenyvesi, Éva, Vieira, Melissa Gurgel Adeodato, Picos-Corrales, Lorenzo A., Moreno-Piraján, Juan Carlos, Giraldo, Liliana, Sohajda, Tamás, Huq, Mohammad Mahmudul, Soltan, Jafar, Torri, Giangiacomo, Magureanu, Monica, Bradu, Corina, Crini, Grégorio
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Springer Verlag
Subjects:
Adsorbents
Adsorption
Analytical Chemistry
Antibiotics
Biodegradation
Carbon
cellulose
Chemical oxygen demand
Chemical Sciences
Chemical wastewater
Chemistry
Chitosan
Consumer products
Contaminants
Cosmetics
Cyclodextrin
Cyclodextrins
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Endocrine disruptors
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Sciences
Geochemistry
Hormones
Imprinted polymers
Industrial products
Metal-organic frameworks
Metals
Microplastics
molecular imprinting
Nanomaterials
Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology
Other
Oxidation
Personal grooming
Pesticides
Pharmaceuticals
Plastic pollution
Pollution
Polymers
remediation
Removal
Review
stakeholders
Surfactants
wastewater
Wastewater treatment
Water treatment
Oxidation processes
Adsorption
Wastewater
Advanced treatments
Emerging contaminants
Biological technology
ISSN:1610-3653, 1610-3661
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1610-3653
1610-3661
DOI:10.1007/s10311-021-01379-5