Removal of Organic Pollution in the Water Environment

Abstract

The development of civilization entails a growing demand for consumer goods. A side effect of the production and use of these materials is the production of solid waste and wastewater. Municipal and industrial wastewater usually contain a large amount of various organic compounds and are the main source of pollution of the aquatic environment with these substances. Therefore, the search for effective methods of wastewater and other polluted water treatment is an important element of caring for the natural environment. This Special Issue contains nine peer-review articles presenting research on the determination and removal of environmentally hazardous organic compounds from aqueous samples. The presented articles were categorized into three major fields: new approaches to the degradation of water pollutants, new methods of isolation and determination of the emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), and the occurrence of EOCs in the water environment. These articles present only selected issues from a very wide area, which is the removal of organic pollution in water environment, but can serve as important references for future studies.

Emerging pollutants—Part II: Treatment

“…(Nakayama et al, 2019; Nurchi et al, 2019) EPs have potential threats to human health and ecological environment (Rodil et al, 2019). Recently, the continuous detections of EPs in surface and ground water have brought huge challenges to water treatment and also made the treatment of EPs become an international research hotspot (Alonso‐de‐Linaje et al, 2019; Karpińska & Kotowska, 2019; Qiao et al, 2019).…”

Tailoring Properties of Resol Resin-Derived Spherical Carbons for Adsorption of Phenol from Aqueous Solution

“…The growing demand for water is a consequence of the development of industry, increasing population and improving level of human life [ 1 ]. In developed countries, problems related to the quality of available water have been noticed for a long time.…”

In Search of Factors Determining Activity of Co3O4 Nanoparticles Dispersed in Partially Exfoliated Montmorillonite Structure

“…The organic pollutants are emitted from various natural (e.g., decomposition of biomass) and anthropogenic sources (e.g., oil refineries, fuel combustion, chemical industry, painting, printing and solvent processing, as well as production of pharmaceutics, automobiles, clothes, coatings or furniture). In the total emission of VOCs, different aromatic compounds, such as benzene, toluene, xylenes or ethylbenzene, play an important role [ 1 , 2 ]. Due to their toxic and harmful effects, strict regulations related to a permissible emission level have been implemented.…”

“…The catalytic oxidation offers several advantages compared to the thermal oxidation, especially at low VOC concentrations. This approach enables the complete destruction of VOCs at significantly lower temperatures (250–500 °C) without the formation of undesirable by-products [ 1 , 5 ]. Nevertheless, adequately active, selective and stable catalysts are required.…”