Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences - Enhancing wastewater treatment technology through an advanced oxidation process
It is vital for life and many activities that involve water to be clean and safe. For humans to be healthy, hygienic, and productive, it is essential. Our society is faced with a variety of complex and interconnected challenges related to water despite water being such a valuable resource. The special issue will highlight innovative research contributions related to wastewater treatment and environmental management.
As a result of climate change, the world's water resources are diminishing due to a growing demand for and usage of this precious resource. The increasing scarcity of water is exacerbated by several human activities, such as poor sanitation, farming, and industry, which pollute the available water resources. The quality and quantity of water are impacted by many human-caused challenges, even though water is such a precious resource. As well as being a valuable resource, water plays a key role in the production of food, energy, textiles, and construction. Consequently, the water-energy-food nexus should be addressed to solve these problems in a sustainable manner.
We invite contributions supporting scientific research that has industrial applications because this is a special issue aimed at bridging academia and industry. There is no limit to the types of papers that can be submitted, including:
- Water supply applications in the environmental, agricultural, municipal, and industrial sectors
- Nexus between water and energy
- Photo-Fenton-like technology
- Utilization and recycling of water
- Ecological and resilience perspectives on water management
- A multidisciplinary approach to bioremediation to address both inorganic and persistent organic pollutants in biotechnology
- Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs)
- Wastewater with a high salinity
- A mechanism for degradation
- Pollutants in water can be absorbed by adsorbents
- Genes and microbes responsible for antibiotic resistance in the environment
- An electrophotocatalysis/photocatalysis method
- Biological remediation of soil and water contamination
- Technology based on membranes
- Catalytic oxidation technology (COTs)
- Organic industrial wastewater
- Pollution removal from refractory materials
- Increasing organic pollution in the environment
- The use of nanotechnology for the treatment of water and the sustainability of water
- The application of nanotechnology to water treatment, water sustainability, and biomedicine has become an increasingly popular field.
Publication Schedule:
Submission opening date: 01/04/2023
Submission closing date: 15/12/2023
Review process completion date: 01/10/2023
Special Issue Guest Editor:
Dr. Mariadhas Valan Arasu
Department of Botany and Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Email: mvalanarasu@ksu.edu.sa