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ClearCritical assessment of advanced oxidation processes and bio-electrochemical integrated systems for removing emerging contaminants from wastewater
This review assesses advanced oxidation processes and bioelectrochemical systems for removing emerging contaminants such as personal care products, antibiotics, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals from wastewater. The study evaluates integrated treatment approaches for addressing these difficult-to-remove pollutants.
Advanced electrocatalytic redox processes for environmental remediation of halogenated organic water pollutants
Researchers reviewed advanced electrochemical methods for breaking down halogenated organic pollutants in water, which are persistent contaminants found in many industrial and consumer products. The study examined how electrocatalytic processes can target the strong carbon-halogen bonds that make these chemicals so resistant to natural degradation. The findings suggest that these emerging treatment technologies hold promise for cleaning up contaminated water sources more effectively than conventional methods.
Removal of Organic Micro-Pollutants from Wastewater in Electrochemical Processes—Review
This review summarized electrochemical methods for removing organic micropollutants from wastewater, covering advanced oxidation and photochemical processes and their effectiveness against compounds resistant to conventional biological treatment.
The Application of Electrochemical Methods in Water Treatment
This review examines electrochemical methods for water treatment, covering electrocoagulation, electrooxidation, and electrodeposition processes and their applications for removing heavy metals, organic pollutants, and emerging contaminants including microplastics from water.
Application of Electrochemical Oxidation for Water and Wastewater Treatment: An Overview
This review covered electrochemical oxidation technologies for water and wastewater treatment, discussing their effectiveness against emerging pollutants, dyes, and chemicals while highlighting operational parameters that influence treatment efficiency.
Electrochemical remediation of microplastics: Progress and prospects in water treatment
This review examines electrochemical methods for removing microplastics from water, including electrocoagulation, electro-oxidation, and the electro-Fenton process. Evidence indicates that electro-oxidation can achieve removal rates as high as 99 percent under optimized conditions. The study highlights these techniques as promising alternatives for water treatment but calls for further research to scale them up for real-world applications.
The efficacious of AOP-based processes in concert with electrocoagulation in abatement of CECs from water/wastewater
Researchers reviewed how combining electrocoagulation — an electrical water-cleaning method — with advanced oxidation processes like ozone, UV light, and Fenton reactions can dramatically improve the removal of hard-to-treat contaminants from water and wastewater. While these hybrid systems show strong results in the lab, the review notes that data for real-world industrial-scale applications, particularly for microplastics and pesticides, remains limited.
Electrochemical treatment of wastewater to remove contaminants from the production and disposal of plastics: a review
Researchers reviewed electrochemical treatment methods for removing plastic-related contaminants from wastewater, including bisphenol A, phthalic acid esters, and benzotriazoles. The review confirmed that electrochemical treatments are a viable option for removing these persistent plastic contaminants, and assessed their effectiveness in terms of removal rates, transformation products, toxicity, and energy requirements.
Application of Electrochemical Oxidation for Water and Wastewater Treatment: An Overview
This review covers electrochemical oxidation, an advanced water treatment method that uses electricity to break down stubborn pollutants in wastewater. The technique can remove pharmaceuticals, dyes, and other persistent chemicals that standard treatment misses. While not specifically about microplastics, this type of advanced treatment technology is relevant to addressing the growing problem of emerging contaminants in drinking water.
Environmental persistence, detection, and mitigation of endocrine disrupting contaminants in wastewater treatment plants – a review with a focus on tertiary treatment technologies
This review examined the environmental persistence and detection of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater, focusing on how tertiary treatment technologies can mitigate these contaminants that cause cancer and reproductive system alterations in humans and animals.
Remediation of Emerging Pollutants by Using Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatments
This review examines advanced biological methods for removing emerging pollutants from wastewater, including pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, and microplastics. Biological treatment approaches offer sustainable and effective alternatives to conventional treatment for this increasingly complex mix of contaminants.
Chemical methods to remove microplastics from wastewater: A review
This review examines three chemical approaches for removing microplastics from wastewater: coagulation (clumping particles together), electrocoagulation (using electrical current), and advanced oxidation (breaking plastics down chemically). Each method has strengths and weaknesses in terms of cost, effectiveness, and potential byproducts. The research is important because wastewater treatment plants are a major pathway through which microplastics reach rivers, lakes, and ultimately human drinking water sources.
Waves of change: Electrochemical innovations for environmental management and resource recovery from water – A review
This review covers recent advances in electrochemical technologies for environmental management and water resource recovery. Researchers highlighted how electrochemical methods can effectively target emerging water contaminants including heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and microplastics. The study suggests that these innovative approaches offer promising solutions for removing microplastics and other pollutants from water treatment systems.
Challenges and Future Roadmaps in Heterogeneous Electro-Fenton Process for Wastewater Treatment
Researchers reviewed heterogeneous electro-Fenton technology for breaking down persistent organic pollutants in wastewater, summarizing its core mechanisms and advantages — including wide pH tolerance and easy automation — while identifying key barriers to commercialization such as catalyst stability, scale-up challenges, and the need for better reactor design.
Removal of Microplastics from Wastewater by Methods of Electrocoagulation and Adsorption
This review examines electrocoagulation and adsorption methods for removing microplastics from wastewater, comparing them against conventional physical, chemical, and biological approaches in terms of removal efficiency, cost, and practical scalability.
Research and Application of Water Treatment Technologies for Emerging Contaminants (ECs): A Pathway to Solving Water Environment Challenges
This review summarizes methods for removing emerging contaminants from water, including microplastics, drug residues, and hormone-disrupting chemicals. It covers physical, chemical, and biological treatment approaches, noting their strengths and limitations -- important because even at low concentrations, these pollutants build up over time and pose long-term threats to human health.
Emerging pollutants in waste water: Challenges and advancements in treatment technology
This review examines the challenges of removing emerging pollutants like microplastics, PFAS, and pharmaceutical residues from wastewater using conventional treatment methods. Researchers found that traditional approaches such as activated sludge and coagulation are often insufficient, while advanced oxidation processes, adsorption-based methods, and novel biological treatments show more promise. The study emphasizes the need for sustainable, energy-efficient solutions and stronger regulatory frameworks to protect water resources.
A Critical Review on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Composites as Advanced Materials for Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Emerging Organic Pollutants from Wastewater
This review evaluates the use of metal-organic frameworks and their composites for removing emerging organic pollutants from wastewater through adsorption and photocatalytic degradation. Researchers found that these advanced materials show high efficiency in capturing and breaking down endocrine-disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other persistent contaminants. The study highlights the promise of metal-organic frameworks as a next-generation remediation technology for addressing water pollution.
Emerging electrochemical techniques for identifying and removing micro/nanoplastics in urban waters
This review examines emerging electrochemical techniques for detecting and removing micro- and nanoplastics from urban waters, highlighting their advantages over conventional methods for enabling real-time monitoring and efficient degradation.
Electrocoagulation in Wastewater Treatment: A Comprehensive Review of Heavy Metal and Pollutant Removal
This comprehensive review evaluates electrocoagulation as a wastewater treatment method for removing heavy metals and other pollutants, including microplastics. Researchers found that electrocoagulation is a versatile and effective technique compared to conventional methods like membrane filtration or chemical coagulation. The study highlights its advantages in terms of environmental compatibility and cost-effectiveness, while noting that optimization of operating parameters is still needed for different wastewater types.
An integrated approach to remove endocrine-disrupting chemicals bisphenol and its analogues from the aqueous environment: a review
This review examines advanced treatment methods for removing bisphenol A and its substitutes (BPF, BPS, BPAF) from water environments. Researchers found that adsorption combined with photocatalytic degradation offers the most promising approach due to high oxidation capability and low cost compared to other individual treatment options.
Emerging organic pollutants in aqueousenvironments: Detection, monitoring, andremoval techniques
This review covers detection, monitoring, and removal techniques for emerging organic pollutants in aquatic environments, including microplastics, surveying analytical advances and treatment technologies developed over recent decades.
Electrochemical Oxidation of Selected Micropollutants from Environment Matrices Using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes: Process Efficiency and Transformation Product Detection
This study applied electrochemical oxidation to degrade selected micropollutants from real environmental water matrices, evaluating electrode materials and operating conditions. The approach achieved high removal efficiency for persistent contaminants that resist conventional wastewater treatment.
Ag2CO3-Based Photocatalyst with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Degradation: A Review
This review evaluates silver carbonate-based photocatalysts for degrading endocrine-disrupting chemicals in wastewater, discussing synthesis methods and modifications that enhance photocatalytic efficiency for removing these emerging contaminants from aquatic environments.