Clay minerals have been a subject of interest owing to their ready availability in nature, a
wide range of applications in various industries, and particularly their current and potential …

The water contamination from pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has
attracted worldwide attention in recent years because of its threat to public health. Berberine …

Locally sourced clay was harnessed to study its adsorptive potential of methylene blue (MB)
in wastewater streams. The clay was modified with sulfuric acid and aluminum hydroxide …

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur worldwide and threaten the quality of marine life, public
health, and membrane facilities in Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants …

2.3. 2.1 Ion exchange 122 2.3. 2.2 Ion pairing 125 2.3. 2.3 Acid–base interaction and either
hydrogen bonding between substrate and adsorbate or Lewis acid–Lewis base reaction 125 …

Highly polluted effluents from olive mills and wineries, among others, are unsuitable for
discharge into standard sewage-treatment plants due to the large amounts of organic and …

Some agricultural effluents are unsuitable for discharge into standard sewage‐treatment
plants: their pretreatment is necessary to avoid clogging of the filtering devices by colloidal …

Use of conventional pretreatment for pickle industry brine wastewater (BWW) is not efficient
due to its low pH, high salt content and high concentrations of suspended and organic …

Pest management is essential for cost-effective agriculture, however, due to the pests' ability
to develop resistance to pesticides and the environmental and health considerations, there …

There is an urgent need to process specific agricultural effluents that are unsuitable for
discharge into standard sewage treatment plants. The nature and complexity of such …