This book discusses major technological advances in the treatment and re-use of wastewater. Its focus is on both novel treatment strategies and the modifications and adaptions of conventional processes to optimize the treatment of a complex variety of pollutants, including organic matter, chemicals and micropollutants in different water resources, as well as the integration of water treatment with bioelectricity production. Written by leading researchers in the field, it will be of interest to a wide range of researchers in both industry and academia.

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Bui Xuan Thanh (PhD) is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Water Science and Technology at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam. He completed his PhD in Environmental Engineering at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, France. His research interests include membrane separation processes, water and wastewater treatment processes, biological processes, advanced oxidation processes, solid waste treatment and management, and green technology for climate change adaptation. He has authored more than 45 journal articles and 10 chapters and holds 2 patents. 

Chart Chiemchaisri (PhD) is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean for Research at the Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand. He received his PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Tokyo. His research interests include membrane technology for water and wastewater treatment and reuse, landfill technology for solid waste disposal, greenhouse gas emissions from solid waste, and wastewater management. He has published more than 100 international refereed journal papers from 1991 to date and also served as associate editor/editorial board/guest editor for several international journals, e.g. the Journal of Water Sustainability, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Bioresource Technology, Desalination and Water Treatment etc.  

Takahiro Fujioka (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Japan. He completed his PhD at the University of Wollongong, Australia. His research interests centre on water reuse using membrane technologies, and he has published 36 international journal papers.   

Sunita Varjani (PhD) is a scientific officer at Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, India. She holds an MSc degree in Microbiology (2009) and PhD in Biotechnology (2014). Her major areas of research are industrial and environmental microbiology/biotechnology and molecular biology. Dr Varjani has authored 35 publications and has won several awards and honours, including the Young Scientist Award at the AFRO-ASIAN Congress on Microbes for Human and Environmental Health, New Delhi (2014) and Best Paper Awards for oral presentations at national and international conferences in 2008, 2012 and 2013. She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability.

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Integrating nanotechnology with environmental biotechnology for sustainable water and wastewater treatment.- Nanofibers for water and wastewater treatment: Recent advances and developments.- Recent trends of metal oxide nanofibers in wastewater treatment.- Role of magnetic nano-materials in the decontamination of water and wastewater.- Cyanotoxins in water: Occurrence, distribution and current approaches to cyanotoxins removal.- Advanced technologies for characterization and prediction of disinfection by-product formation in eutrophic water.- Application of Moringa oleifera Plant for Water Treatment.- Microbial Fuel Cells: Promising Technology for Integrating Water Treatment and Bioelectricity Production.- Recent developments in biological nutrient removal.- From Conventional Activated System to Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors: Scope, Challenges and Applications.- Advances of photobioreactor for sustainable water: Engineering aspects, applications and future perspectives.- Non-conventional anaerobic bioreactors for sustainable wastewater treatment.- Microbial Community in Anaerobic Digestion System: Progression in Microbial Ecology.- The role of microbial consortium in bioremediation of tannery wastewater.- Mycoremdiation of xenobiotic compounds.- Advanced and Natural Leachate Treatment Technologies for Tropical Landfills.- Phytoremediation Strategies on Heavy Metal Removal.- Realistic Advancement in Engineered Osmosis for Water Treatment.- Prediction of biofouling on reverse osmosis membranes.- Reverse Osmosis membrane integrity monitoring techniques for virus removal.- Removal of N-nitrosodimethylamine for potable reuse: Reverse osmosis treatment and monitoring technologies.- Membrane Technologies for the Treatment of Pharmaceutical Industry Waste water.- Degradation of Complex Organic Pollutants in Wastewater by Electro-Fenton.- Recent research on ozonation by-products in water and wastewater treatment: Formation, monitoring, mitigation, toxicology and risk assessment.- Current practices for treating wastewater from Petroleum Industry.- Pharmaceutical compounds in water- An Emerging Group of Pollutants with Serious Consequences.