Emerging contaminants in wastewater: A critical review on occurrence, existing legislations, risk assessment, and sustainable treatment alternatives

VK Parida, D Saidulu, A Majumder, A Srivastava… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) have been a threat to the aqueous environment because of
their persistent nature and ability to adversely affect the living organisms exposed to them for …

An assessment of hospital wastewater and biomedical waste generation, existing legislations, risk assessment, treatment processes, and scenario during COVID-19

VK Parida, D Sikarwar, A Majumder… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hospitals release significant quantities of wastewater (HWW) and biomedical waste (BMW),
which hosts a wide range of contaminants that can adversely affect the environment if left …

A comprehensive review on the synthesis, performance, modifications, and regeneration of activated carbon for the adsorptive removal of various water pollutants

A Srivastava, B Gupta, A Majumder, AK Gupta… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has led to the generation of a large quantum of complex wastewater
comprising of recalcitrant organic and inorganic pollutants. The inability of the conventional …

A systematic review of moving bed biofilm reactor, membrane bioreactor, and moving bed membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment: Comparison of research …

D Saidulu, A Majumder, AK Gupta - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The various detrimental effects of wastewater generated from different anthropogenic
activities are among the biggest challenges to sustainable development. Among various …

Global trends in the research and development of medical/pharmaceutical wastewater treatment over the half-century

L Wang, Y Xu, T Qin, M Wu, Z Chen, Y Zhang, W Liu… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted public health and the worldwide economy.
The overstretched operation of health systems around the world is accompanied by potential …

Recent development in MoS2-based nano-photocatalyst for the degradation of pharmaceutically active compounds

PR Sivaranjani, B Janani, AM Thomas, LL Raju… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Research on photocatalysis has boomed in the past two decades as it provides a
sustainable solution to degrade organic pollutants. Among the several classes of …

Photocatalytic performance of 3D engineered chitosan hydrogels embedded with sulfur-doped C3N4/ZnO nanoparticles for Ciprofloxacin removal: Degradation and …

B Gupta, AK Gupta - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022 - Elsevier
Ciprofloxacin, a biotoxic micropollutant, is ubiquitously found in the water environment,
which is a global concern. This study developed polymeric SC 3 N 4/ZnO-Chitosan (indexed …

Technological advancements for the treatment of steel industry wastewater: effluent management and sustainable treatment strategies

A Rawat, A Srivastava, A Bhatnagar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Steel manufacturing consumes a large quantity of water for processing and cooling purpose
and consequently discharges a large quantity of wastewater containing an array of …

Simultaneous removal of sulfamethoxazole, 17β-estradiol, and carbamazepine from hospital wastewater using a combination of a continuous constructed wetland …

A Majumder, A Bhatnagar, AK Gupta - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), such as sulfamethoxazole, 17β-estradiol, and
carbamazepine, are ubiquitous in hospital effluent and are resistant to conventional …

Enhancement of wastewater treatment performance using 3D printed structures: A major focus on material composition, performance, challenges, and sustainable …

D Saidulu, A Srivastava, AK Gupta - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to enhance the performance and sustainability of wastewater treatment
technologies, researchers are showing keen interest in the development of novel materials …