Emerging Water Pollutants
and Wastewater Treatments
Adejumoke Abosede Inyinbor, Olugbenga Solomon Bello,
Oluwasogo Adewumi Dada, and Toyin Adedayo Oreofe
Abstract The environment is continuously threatened with various kind of pollutants, which have detrimental effects not only on human health, but also on ecosystems. In general, the water body is an easy route to wastewater disposal where
many contaminants of emerging concerns, such as pharmaceuticals and personal
care products etc. are present. Very recently, other classes of novel water pollutants occur which include nanoplastics and nanoparticles. Here, we discuss both
classical and newly emerging water pollutants categories with their possible consequences. In addition, treatments and tackling techniques of these water pollutants are
summarized. Ten different areas of concern to solve these problems and challenges
of emerging water pollutants are highlighted.
Keywords Emerging contaminants · Classical water pollutants · Nanopollutants ·
Nanoplastics · Nanoparticles
1 Introduction
Water pollution is one class of other types of pollution that has attracted so much
attention. The importance of water to humanity, animals and plants can never be
underestimated, and water pollution threatens clean water availability. Water pollution can occur as a result of the release of waste product and contaminants into
surface water, runoff into the river, drainage systems leaching into groundwater,
liquid spills, eutrophication, littering and wastewater discharges into water bodies.
A. A. Inyinbor (B) · O. S. Bello · O. A. Dada
Department of Physical Sciences, Landmark University, P.M.B 1001 Omu Aran, Nigeria
e-mail: inyinbor.adejumoke@landmarkuniversity.edu.ng
O. S. Bello
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B
4000 Ogbomosho, Nigeria
T. A. Oreofe
Department of Chemical Engineering, Landmark University, P.M.B 1001 Omu Aran, Nigeria
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
R. Das (ed.), Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanomaterials in Separation Science,
Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72457-3_2
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and Wastewater Treatments
Adejumoke Abosede Inyinbor, Olugbenga Solomon Bello,
Oluwasogo Adewumi Dada, and Toyin Adedayo Oreofe
Abstract The environment is continuously threatened with various kind of pollutants, which have detrimental effects not only on human health, but also on ecosystems. In general, the water body is an easy route to wastewater disposal where
many contaminants of emerging concerns, such as pharmaceuticals and personal
care products etc. are present. Very recently, other classes of novel water pollutants occur which include nanoplastics and nanoparticles. Here, we discuss both
classical and newly emerging water pollutants categories with their possible consequences. In addition, treatments and tackling techniques of these water pollutants are
summarized. Ten different areas of concern to solve these problems and challenges
of emerging water pollutants are highlighted.
Keywords Emerging contaminants · Classical water pollutants · Nanopollutants ·
Nanoplastics · Nanoparticles
1 Introduction
Water pollution is one class of other types of pollution that has attracted so much
attention. The importance of water to humanity, animals and plants can never be
underestimated, and water pollution threatens clean water availability. Water pollution can occur as a result of the release of waste product and contaminants into
surface water, runoff into the river, drainage systems leaching into groundwater,
liquid spills, eutrophication, littering and wastewater discharges into water bodies.
A. A. Inyinbor (B) · O. S. Bello · O. A. Dada
Department of Physical Sciences, Landmark University, P.M.B 1001 Omu Aran, Nigeria
e-mail: inyinbor.adejumoke@landmarkuniversity.edu.ng
O. S. Bello
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B
4000 Ogbomosho, Nigeria
T. A. Oreofe
Department of Chemical Engineering, Landmark University, P.M.B 1001 Omu Aran, Nigeria
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
R. Das (ed.), Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanomaterials in Separation Science,
Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72457-3_2
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