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A comprehensive analysis of evolution and underlying connections of water research themes in the 21st century

Researchers conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of articles published in Water Research over the first 21.5 years of the 21st century to map evolving water research themes and their interconnections. The analysis identified stable core topics such as wastewater treatment and adsorption alongside emerging trends, providing a systematic overview of advances in water science and policy.

2022 The Science of The Total Environment 12 citations
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Science and Technology for Water Purification: Achievements and Strategies

This review covers the latest science and technology for purifying water, addressing the global challenges of water scarcity and pollution. It discusses emerging contaminants including microplastics and the treatment methods needed to remove them. The findings are relevant to human health because current water treatment systems may not fully remove microplastics and other new pollutants from drinking water.

2025 Water 8 citations
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Revolutionizing Wastewater Reuse: A Critical Review of Innovative Treatment Technologies for a Sustainable Energy-Water Nexus

This review critically examines innovative wastewater treatment technologies for sustainable reuse, covering advances in membrane filtration, electrochemical processes, advanced oxidation, and emerging contaminant removal including microplastics, in the context of addressing global water scarcity.

2025
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Technological Solutions for Water Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects

This book provides an overview of sustainable water management technologies for the Global South, with a focus on India. It covers new materials for water purification including nanocomposites for removing contaminants, low-cost sensor technologies for monitoring water quality, and strategies for urban water infrastructure management. The study suggests that integrated approaches combining advanced materials, new treatment technologies, and improved infrastructure planning are needed to address water sustainability challenges.

2023 IWA Publishing eBooks 10 citations
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Advanced Technologies of Water and Wastewater Treatment

This editorial introduces a special issue on advanced technologies for water and wastewater treatment, highlighting the global challenge of water scarcity affecting over two billion people and the potential to recover value from wastewater through advanced treatment and reuse approaches including microplastic removal.

2025
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Modern Bio-Technological Applications: Innovations and Insights in Life Sciences

This edited volume presents innovations and insights across modern biotechnological applications in the life sciences, covering topics relevant to environmental biotechnology and emerging tools for addressing pollution and sustainability challenges.

2025 Bright Sky Publications eBooks
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Transforming Pollution into Purity: Ensuring Water Quality for Human Health and Environmental Sustainability

This review examines global threats to water quality from contaminants including microplastics, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals, and their consequences for human health and ecosystems. The authors advocate for a comprehensive strategy combining source protection, advanced treatment technologies like constructed wetlands and advanced oxidation, and robust governance to ensure safe water access.

2026
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Understanding emerging contaminants in water and wastewater: A comprehensive review on detection, impacts, and solutions

This review covers emerging contaminants in water including pharmaceuticals, PFAS, microplastics, and nanomaterials that escape conventional water treatment and persist in the environment. It evaluates advanced detection techniques and newer treatment methods such as membrane filtration, advanced oxidation, and bioremediation to address these pollutants that pose ongoing risks to public health.

2025 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 34 citations
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Emerging Contaminants in Water: Detection, Treatment, and Regulation

This review covers emerging contaminants in water — including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemicals — discussing detection methods, treatment technologies, and regulatory frameworks. The authors highlight major gaps in current water quality standards and the need for updated regulations to address these newer pollutants.

2021 Water 7 citations
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Impacto de los contaminantes emergentes en el entorno acuático y los tratamientos para el control y remoción en los cuerpos hídricos. Revisión literaria.

This review examines the environmental impact of emerging contaminants in aquatic systems, providing both global and Latin American regional perspectives on contaminant types found in domestic wastewater, industrial effluent, and drinking water. The authors survey removal efficiencies of conventional and advanced treatment technologies, identifying gaps in legislation and regulation that limit effective control of emerging contaminant discharges into water bodies.

2023 Ingeniería y Competitividad 3 citations
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A global hydrology research agenda fit for the 2030s

A group of global hydrology researchers outlines priority research questions for freshwater science through 2030, identifying key knowledge gaps around water quality, ecosystem health, and emerging contaminants including microplastics. The agenda calls for more integrated monitoring and modeling to address growing pressures on freshwater resources worldwide.

2019 Hydrology research 46 citations
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Water Quality Challenges and Technological Innovations for Sustainable Management

This review examines technological innovations for sustainable water quality management in the context of increasing contamination from chemical pollutants, pathogens, and emerging contaminants including microplastics. Researchers summarized advances in water quality assessment methods and treatment technologies that address these modern challenges. The study highlights how rapid urbanization and climate change are intensifying the need for more sophisticated water management approaches.

2026 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT)
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Wastewater Management Techniques: A Review of Advancement on the Appropriate Wastewater Treatment Principles for Sustainability

This review examines advancements in wastewater management techniques, focusing on approaches to ensuring that effluent released into the environment meets safety standards amid growing pressures from climate change and rising global population.

2017 Environmental Management and Sustainable Development 37 citations
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Integrated Approaches to Water Quality Assessment and Treatment: A Comprehensive Review

This comprehensive review integrates physical, chemical, and biological water quality parameters, examines major pollution sources including emerging contaminants like microplastics, and surveys advances in real-time IoT-enabled monitoring and integrated treatment approaches.

2025 Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology
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Insights into Global Water Reuse Opportunities

This review examines global opportunities and challenges for reusing treated wastewater, which is becoming increasingly important as water scarcity worsens worldwide. A key concern discussed is that recycled water may contain emerging contaminants including microplastics that current treatment methods do not fully remove. The findings highlight the need for advanced treatment technologies to ensure that water reuse does not become a pathway for microplastic exposure in communities.

2023 Sustainability 59 citations
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Treatment of Water and Wastewater: Challenges and Solutions

This editorial introduces a special issue focused on challenges and solutions in water and wastewater treatment, covering topics from emerging contaminants to innovative treatment technologies. The collection highlights how pollutants including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and heavy metals present ongoing challenges for conventional treatment systems. The study emphasizes the need for advanced treatment approaches and integrated management strategies to protect water quality and public health.

2023 Separations 17 citations
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Unlocking the Potential of Reclaimed Water: Analysis of the Challenges and Market Size as a Strategic Solution for Water Scarcity in Europe

This study examines the market potential and challenges for reclaimed water as a solution to water scarcity in Europe, assessing regulatory frameworks, treatment technology gaps, and reuse applications. It identifies microplastics and pharmaceuticals as key contaminants of concern in reclaimed water and discusses standardisation needs.

2025 Challenges
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The Treatment of Wastewater, Recycling and Reuse - Past, Present, and in the Future

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of wastewater treatment evolution, from early disposal practices to modern recycling and reuse technologies. Researchers discuss how advanced treatment methods address emerging contaminants including microplastics and pharmaceutical residues. The study emphasizes the importance of water reuse strategies for mitigating global water scarcity and reducing environmental pollution.

2023 International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) 10 citations
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Emerging Pollutants in Wastewater: A Challenge for Water Reuse

This review examines emerging pollutants in wastewater as a central challenge for water reuse strategies, covering contaminants present at both domestic and industrial scales. It evaluates the sustainability benefits and treatment hurdles associated with recycling wastewater to address global water scarcity.

2025 Advances in water security