Emerging water contaminants

Major health and environmental threats

Water is not only one of our most vital resources, but is a source of life for all species. Naturally, attention needs to paid on maintaining the quality and wellness of this resource. Biotechnology and environmental engineering are becoming increasingly popular, allowing for new approaches to water remediation.

Soniya Ashok Ranveer and Phool Singh Hindoriya focus on a general overview of new sources of pollutants, detection methods, and treatment approaches in this article. Adsorption as a treatment method for developing pollutants, as well as more complex and cost-effective approaches to treating emerging contaminants, are all part of this review's focus.

Introduction

Water that has been contaminated must be treated before it may be sent to other rivers and lakes in order to avoid additional groundwater contamination.

Pesticides, endocrine disruptors (EDS), hormones and toxins, synthetic dyes and dye-containing hazardous pollutants have been studied extensively over the last decade, but the new contaminants are predominantly those generated by micro pollutants and EDs. In most cases, there were no recognized standards for new contaminants, but even at low concentrations, they might have negative impacts on aquatic life and humans.

There has been a lot of effort put into improving cleanup procedures or establishing better methods of detecting and quantifying samples, in order to tackle the above environmental risks.