Analytical and Bioanalytical Methods Applied to Advanced Water Treatment Technologies

Call for Papers

Oxidative and photochemical processes play a key role in the degradation of organic compounds in natural waters and/or during water treatment which is based on the generation of highly reactive intermediates that initiate a sequence of reactions leading to the destruction of environmental pollutants. They are generally including conventional chemical oxidation processes such as chlorination, ferrate reagent, and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), which can be sorted into four main groups: photochemical processes (UV UV/H₂O₂, UV/O₃, photofenton, and photocatalysis), nonphotochemical processes (ozonation, H₂O₂/O₃, and fenton), thermochemical processes (wet air oxidation, wet peroxidation, and supercritical water oxidation), and high-energy processes (electron beam irradiation, sonolysis, etc.). In addition, recent developments in membrane science and technology are resulting in successful and economically viable use of nanofiltration and reversed osmosis membranes for desalination and organic pollutants removal. This special issue focuses on the development and application of different analytical approaches for carrying out the assessment of the above-advanced treatment technologies for water and wastewater by monitoring the removal of the pollutants, determining the transformation products and the kinetics of their formation and disappearance, and evaluating toxicity and ecotoxicity of the treated water and wastewaters. Emphasis would be given on the crucial role of combinatory chromatography-mass spectrometric as well as other hyphenated techniques in the identification of transformation products as well as on the toxicity assessment based on bioassays and bioanalytical methods.

We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles. Potentials topics include, but are not limited to:

• Extraction and sample preparation methods for monitoring environmental pollutants along water and wastewaters treatment processes
• Chromatographic-mass spectrometric techniques for the identification of transformation products during oxidative and photochemical technologies
• High-resolution accurate MS and NMR techniques for the identification and structure elucidation of transformation products
• Monitoring and evaluation of desalination and advanced water purification technologies
• Development and application of biosensors in oxidative and photochemical treatments
• Applications of bioassays for monitoring the toxicity and ecotoxicity of the treated waters
• Development and application of methods for the assessment of the estrogenic and antimicrobial activity
• Real-time monitoring and evaluation of advanced water purification technologies

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Lead Guest Editor

• I. Konstantinou, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Western Greece, Agrinio, Greece

Guest Editors

• S. A. Bufo, Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
• M. D. Hernando, National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA), Madrid, Spain