Emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment have become a worldwide problem.
Conventional wastewater treatment processes are ineffective for eliminating the emerging …

With rapid increase in the human population, a large amount of wastewater is generated
every year. The availability of fresh water is decreasing at an alarming rate due to rapid …

Antibiotic resistance genes represent treatment challenges for wastewater treatment
systems. These resistance genes are a direct outcome of insufficient treatment of …

Water pollution is a global health and environmental issue affecting all life forms. The
treatment of water polluted by dyes, heavy metals and pharmaceuticals is a major challenge …

The presence of several organic contaminants in the environment and aquatic
compartments has been a matter of great concern in the recent years. To tackle this problem …

Two magnetic adsorbents, magnetite/aluminum hydroxide composite (MAC) and
magnetite/lanthanum hydroxide composite (MLC), were successfully synthesized by a …

Specific industrial activities such as hydraulic fracturing generate wastewaters containing
boron which exceed the standard concentration limits. Removal or reducing the …

Water shortage is considered as one of the main challenges of human life. A practical
solution to this problem is the wastewater treatment. The removal of dyes from wastewaters …

A series of activated carbons with surface areas of 925–1929 m2 g− 1 were synthesized by
in situ hydrothermal impregnation of sucrose with H3PO4 and subsequent calcination at 500 …

Lead is one of heavy metal ions which pollute the environment as the result of discharge of
wastewaters discharged by industrial activities. In the current study, the biosorbent derived …