What is it about?
Water contamination has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges, necessitating urgent action across all levels. To address this, various technologies and methods, such as adsorption, chemical coagulation, biological treatment (biodegradation), and oxidation, are employed to minimize or eliminate pollutants in wastewater. Given the large volumes of wastewater typically involved, cost-effective, feasible, and efficient technologies are prioritized for decontamination processes. Among these, adsorption stands out due to its widespread applicability and effectiveness in significantly reducing pollutant concentrations. This technique not only helps remove dyes but also enhances the performance of subsequent wastewater treatment processes, making it a highly favored solution.
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Why is it important?
In Mexico, the legal framework addressing water effluent contamination by dyes presents a significant opportunity for improvement, as current regulations are either nonexistent or minimal. There is an urgent need to implement new strategies to ensure the proper disposal of colored wastewater and to establish effective treatment methods for mitigating dye-related pollutants.
Perspectives
A key research challenge for unconventional adsorbents lies in understanding their adsorption mechanisms to establish engineering principles that enable effective management and technological implementation for treating real-world effluents.
Professor Rosenberg J Romero
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos
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This page is a summary of: Adsorbentes de origen vegetal y su aplicación en la remoción amigable de colorantes presentes en agua, Inventio, January 2019, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos,
DOI: 10.30973/inventio/2019.15.37/7.
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