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Applied Water Science - Special Issue

Advanced materials and technologies in water treatment

In the last century, with the increase of global population, the world water demand also dramatically increased. The access to clean water sources is essential for humans and for all the activities related to the prosperity of our society (agriculture, industry, energy production). To meet the growing global demand for fresh water, new efficient strategies and technologies must be put in place to preserve natural water resources and reuse treated wastewaters. Various materials, processes and technologies are nowadays available for achieving an efficient purification and treatment of wastewaters and their reuse in different sectors. Hence, the purpose of this special issue (SI) is to explore the current status and sharing the recent advances in the different approaches employed for the treatment of water from different contaminants (e.g. organic compounds, inorganic salts, microorganisms), including but not limited to:

  • Membrane-based operations (e.g. microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, membrane distillation, membrane bioreactors, pervaporation);
  • Membrane materials for reducing fouling and improving the performance and selectivity 
  • Adsorption (e.g activated carbon, clay, zeolites, resin materials);
  • Coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation;
  • Aeration;
  • UV treatment;
  • Biological (e.g. oxidation ponds, aeration lagoons, activated sludge, biological filters, rotating biological contactors, phytoremediation) and chemical (chlorination/dichlorination, ozone, neutralization) treatments

Keywords: water treatment processes; wastewater; clean water; membrane processes; membrane materials; adsorption; coagulation; fouling, UV treatment; biological treatment; chemical treatment;

Articles will undergo all of the journal's standard peer review and editorial processes outlined in its submission guidelines (this opens in a new tab) 

Submission Deadline:  November 30, 2021

Guest Editors:

Dr. Alberto Figoli, Director
Institute on Membrane Technology (CNR-ITM), Italy
a.figoli@itm.cnr.it (this opens in a new tab)

Alberto Figoli is Director of ITM-CNR since March 2019. He holds a Degree in Food Science and Technology (1996- University of Milan, I) and a PhD degree in membrane science (2001-Twente University, NL). Expert in the field of membrane technology, particularly in membrane preparation and characterisation and their application in the environmental field, as water and wastewater treatment. He is author of more than 240 scientific papers and chapters published in international journals and 3 National/International patents on membrane technology (H-index = 37, Source: Scopus). He is Editor of 6 books and several special issues.


Dr. Francesco Galiano, Researcher
Institute on Membrane Technology (CNR-ITM), Italy
f.galiano@itm.cnr.it (this opens in a new tab)

Francesco Galiano is researcher in ITM since 2019. He graduated in Pharmacy in 2009 (University of Calabria) and received a PhD degree in membrane science at the same university in 2013. His main research activities are oriented towards the preparation, characterisation and application of polymeric membranes (both in flat and hollow fiber configuration) for water treatment and purification processes. He is author of more than 70 scientific articles and book chapters (H-index: 21 - Source: Scopus), 2 international/national patents and more than 70 presentations in national and international conferences.






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