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Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater using reverse osmosis for its subsequent reuse: Pilot plant

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Adsorption of agricultural wastewater contaminated with antibiotics, pesticides and toxic metals by functionalized magnetic nanoparticles

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State of the Art of UV/Chlorine Advanced Oxidation Processes: Their Mechanism, Byproducts Formation, Process Variation, and Applications

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Pharmaceutical biological degradation, sorption and mass balance determination in a conventional activated-sludge wastewater treatment plant from Murcia, Spain

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Efficient decomposition of perfluorooctanoic acid by a high photon flux UV/sulfite process: Kinetics and associated toxicity

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Environmental sustainability of the solar photo-Fenton process for wastewater treatment and pharmaceuticals mineralization at semi-industrial scale

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Environmental sustainability of light-driven processes for wastewater treatment applications

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Adsorption of a diverse range of pharmaceuticals to polyethylene microplastics in wastewater and their desorption in environmental matrices

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Submerged membrane filtration adsorption hybrid system for the removal of organic micropollutants from a water reclamation plant reverse osmosis concentrate

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Atrazine removal using chitin-cl-poly(acrylamide-co-itaconic acid) nanohydrogel: Isotherms and pH responsive nature

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Capabilities and Mechanisms of Microalgae on Removing Micropollutants from Wastewater: A Review

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ZnO and Ni-doped ZnO photocatalysts: Synthesis, characterization and improved visible light driven photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue

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Removal of acetaminophen from hospital wastewater using electro-Fenton process

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Electro-Fenton degradation of ciprofloxacin with highly ordered mesoporous MnCo2O4-CF cathode: Enhanced redox capacity and accelerated electron transfer

Mi, X., Li, Y. L., Ning, X., Jia, J., Wang, H., Xia, Y., Sun, Y., & Zhan, S. (2018) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2018.10.047 · Cited by 103

Enhanced catalytic degradation of tetracycline antibiotic by persulfate activated with modified sludge bio-hydrochar

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Carbon-based adsorbents for fluoroquinolone removal from water and wastewater: A critical review

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Electrochemical oxidation of pesticide thiamethoxam on boron doped diamond anode: Role of operating parameters and matrix effect

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Comparison of the new Cl2/O3/UV process with different ozone- and UV-based AOPs for wastewater treatment at pilot scale: Removal of pharmaceuticals and changes in fluorescing organic matter

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Urinary Concentrations of Parabens and Other Antimicrobial Chemicals and Their Association with Couples’ Fecundity

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Treatment strategies for enhancing the removal of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in water and wastewater systems

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Removal of contaminants of emerging concern from real wastewater by an innovative hybrid membrane process – UltraSound, Adsorption, and Membrane ultrafiltration (USAMe®)

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Electrochemical technologies combined with physical, biological, and chemical processes for the treatment of pollutants and wastes: A review

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Sustainable re-utilization of waste materials as adsorbents for water and wastewater treatment in Africa: Recent studies, research gaps, and way forward for emerging economies

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Efficient adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of water emerging contaminants through nanoarchitectonics of pore sizes and optical properties of zirconium-based MOFs

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Occurrence of emerging organic contaminants and endocrine disruptors in different water compartments in Mexico – A review

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Multistage ozone and biological treatment system for real wastewater containing antibiotics

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Interrelationships between tetracyclines and nitrogen cycling processes mediated by microorganisms: A review

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Synthesis of magnetic graphene oxide doped with strontium titanium trioxide nanoparticles as a nanocomposite for the removal of antibiotics from aqueous media

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The application of UV/O3 process on ciprofloxacin wastewater containing high salinity: Performance and its degradation mechanism

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Investigating PPCP Removal from Wastewater by Powdered Activated Carbon/Ultrafiltration

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Polymer-Based Devices and Remediation Strategies for Emerging Contaminants in Water

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Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals from Water: Adsorption of Bisphenol-A by Biobased Hydrophobic Functionalized Cellulose

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Quantification of pharmaceutical residues in wastewater impacted surface waters and sewage sludge from Lagos, Nigeria

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Membrane bioreactor and hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor-membrane bioreactor for the treatment of variable salinity wastewater: Influence of biomass concentration and hydraulic retention time

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Bioremediation of Cephalexin with non-living Chlorella sp., biomass after lipid extraction

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Microalgae-based removal of contaminants of emerging concern: Mechanisms in Chlorella vulgaris and mixed algal-bacterial cultures

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The classic EDCs, phthalate esters and organochlorines, in relation to abnormal sperm quality: a systematic review with meta-analysis

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Magnetic cellulose nanoparticles coated with ionic liquid as a new material for the simple and fast monitoring of emerging pollutants in waters by magnetic solid phase extraction

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Bibliometric analysis for economy in COVID-19 pandemic

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Biodegradation of oxytetracycline and electricity generation in microbial fuel cell with in situ dual graphene modified bioelectrode

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A year-long study of the occurrence and risk of over 140 contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater influent, effluent and receiving waters in the Republic of Ireland

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Removal of pharmaceutical micropollutants from real wastewater matrices by means of photochemical advanced oxidation processes – A review

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The role of sorption processes in the removal of pharmaceuticals by fungal treatment of wastewater

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Occurrence and ecological risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Taihu Lake, China: a review

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Sustainability assessment of acid-modified biochar as adsorbent for the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from secondary treated wastewater

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Influence of organic loading rate on ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole biodegradation in anaerobic fixed bed biofilm reactors

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Rapid removal of phenol/antibiotics in water by Fe-(8-hydroxyquinoline-7-carboxylic)/TiO2 flower composite: Adsorption combined with photocatalysis

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Insight into antibiotics removal: Exploring the photocatalytic performance of a Fe3O4/ZnO nanocomposite in a novel magnetic sequential batch reactor

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Ibuprofen and Naproxen removal from domestic wastewater using a Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland coupled to Ozonation

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