Physical and Chemical Treatment Technologies for Waste-Water Recycling: An Overview of Biomass and Nanomaterials for Water Purification

Tawfik Abdo Saleh

doi:10.4018/979-8-3373-5886-4.ch001

Physical and Chemical Treatment Technologies for Waste-Water Recycling: An Overview of Biomass and Nanomaterials for Water Purification

Tawfik Abdo Saleh^*

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Abstract

The rapid growth of industrialization, urbanization, and population has led to an unprecedented increase in wastewater generation, posing serious environmental and public health challenges worldwide. Wastewater recycling has emerged as a sustainable solution to mitigate freshwater scarcity and reduce pollution loads discharged into natural water bodies. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of physical and chemical wastewater treatment technologies with a particular focus on the integration of biomass-based materials and nanomaterials for water purification. Conventional physical and chemical methods such as coagulation–flocculation, adsorption, membrane filtration, and advanced oxidation processes are discussed alongside their limitations. Recent advances in biomass-derived adsorbents and engineered nanomaterials are highlighted, emphasizing their enhanced removal efficiency, tunable surface properties, and potential for sustainable and cost-effective wastewater recycling.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Coresource 4
Publisher	IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Pages	1-17
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9798337358888
ISBN (Print)	9798337358864, 9798337358871
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-5886-4.ch001
State	Published - 2026

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General Materials Science

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