Porous materials for water purification

Y Song, J Phipps, C Zhu, S Ma - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water pollution is a growing threat to humanity due to the pervasiveness of contaminants in
water bodies. Significant efforts have been made to separate these hazardous components …

From the conventional biological wastewater treatment to hybrid processes, the evaluation of organic micropollutant removal: a review

C Grandclément, I Seyssiecq, A Piram… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Because of the recalcitrance of some micropollutants to conventional wastewater treatment
systems, the occurrence of organic micropollutants in water has become a worldwide issue …

Review on fate and mechanism of removal of pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater using biological approach

B Tiwari, B Sellamuthu, Y Ouarda, P Drogui… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to research advancement and discoveries in the field of medical science, maintains and
provides better human health and safer life, which lead to high demand for production of …

Antibiotics in wastewater: From its occurrence to the biological removal by environmentally conscious technologies

RK Langbehn, C Michels, HM Soares - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
In this critical review, we explored the most recent advances about the fate of antibiotics on
biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Although the occurrence of these pollutants …

A critical review of advanced oxidation processes for emerging trace organic contaminant degradation: Mechanisms, factors, degradation products, and effluent …

A Tufail, WE Price, M Mohseni, BK Pramanik… - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
The persistent nature and low biodegradability of a large number of trace organic
contaminants (TrOCs) reduce effectiveness of their removal by conventional wastewater …

Biochar-clay, biochar-microorganism and biochar-enzyme composites for environmental remediation: a review

M Lin, F Li, X Li, X Rong, K Oh - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2023 - Springer
Worldwide pollution of waters and soils is a rising health issue calling for advanced
decontamination methods such as adsorption of contaminants on biochar because biochar …

Microbial degradation of sulfamethoxazole in the environment

J Wang, S Wang - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2018 - Springer
Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is one of the most widely applied sulfonamide antibiotics in the
world, which is becoming a ubiquitous pollutant in the environment. In this mini-review, the …

Insights into biodegradation of antibiotics during the biofilm-based wastewater treatment processes

N Wang, L Peng, Y Gu, C Liang, RWM Pott… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread consumption of antibiotics has raised public concerns due to the potential
hazards of antibiotic residues to the environment. Compared to conventional activated …

Diverse metabolic capacities of fungi for bioremediation

R Deshmukh, AA Khardenavis, HJ Purohit - Indian journal of microbiology, 2016 - Springer
Bioremediation refers to cost-effective and environment-friendly method for converting the
toxic, recalcitrant pollutants into environmentally benign products through the action of …

Fungal decolouration and degradation of azo dyes: a review

SK Sen, S Raut, P Bandyopadhyay, S Raut - Fungal Biology Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The textile industry is a substantial consumer of water and produces enormous volumes of
contaminated water; the most important contaminants are azo dyes. Fungal processes for …