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Water and wastewater treatment technologies

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Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) pledges to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”. Due to growing urbanisation and industrialisation, a major effort to safeguard water bodies from pollution and increase water quality is urgently needed to protect the environment and public health. Achieving this goal not only requires the development of sustainable and efficient technologies to make drinking water and sanitation and hygiene services available to all communities but also entails the introduction of measures to ensure sustainable use and management of water resources.

This collection will gather the latest technological advances on measurement, monitoring, and sustainable and efficient technologies for water and wastewater treatment, water management, reuse, and safe disposal.

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Editors

Changsoo Lee is a Professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology. His research group studies waste-to-value biotechnologies for sustainable development and environmental protection, with a particular interest in bio(electro)chemical conversion of waste organic matter and CO2 into value-added chemicals and energy carriers. His research also includes ecophysiological studies to understand the microbial interactions in such systems. Prof Lee has been an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports since 2019.

 

 

Lian-Shin Lin is a Professor at West Virginia University. His research is in the general field of water and wastewater treatment, with a focus on developing innovative technologies for treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters and resource recovery. Prof Lin has been an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports since 2021.

 

 

 

 

Carlos A. Martínez-Huitle is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. He is internationally recognized for his contributions in the field of electrochemical technologies for water disinfection-treatment, electro-organic synthesis as well as the construction of electrochemical-sensors, green hydrogen production and waste valorization. Dr Martínez-Huitle has been an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports since 2016.

 

 

Erica Pensini is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph. Her research uses colloid, polymer and interface science to treat groundwater and surface water. Key research interests include the trapping and treatment of groundwater contaminants, and the separation of water from water miscible organic solvents and ions. Dr Pensini has been an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports since 2022.

 

 

 

Miklas Scholz is a Professor at Lund University. He also holds the Chair in Civil Engineering at the University of Salford, and is the Head of the Civil Engineering Research Group in Salford. His areas of interest include civil engineering, constructed wetlands, environmental engineering, sustainable drainage systems, and water resources engineering. Prof Scholz has been an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports since 2021.