John L. Zhou

TL;DR: Results showed that endocrine disruption chemicals (EDCs) were better removed by membrane bioreactor, activated sludge and aeration processes among different biological processes.

TL;DR: The efficiency for removing antibiotics from water and wastewater by different adsorbents has been evaluated by examining their adsorption coefficient (Kd) values, and the future research challenges on process integration, production and modification of low-cost adsorptive materials are elaborated.

TL;DR: Modified biochar (BC) is reviewed in its preparation, functionality, applications and regeneration, and the Langmuir isotherm model provides the best fit for sorption equilibria of heavy metals and anionic contaminants and the pseudo 2(nd) order is the most appropriate model of sorption kinetics for all contaminants.

TL;DR: The spatial distribution of antibiotics showed that the main polluting sources into the Huangpu River were animal farming sites and the tributaries downstream of the Yuanxie River, suggesting the importance of contaminant properties in inter-phase behavior.

TL;DR: It was found that alpha-HCH, DDE, Heptachlor, Endosulfan II, Methoxychlor were the most common organochlorine pesticides contaminants and PCB congeners containing 3-6 chlorines had the great preponderance in the three phase.

TL;DR: In this paper, photo-induced superhydrophilicity was used on the surface of a wide-band gap semiconductor like titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) for photocatalytic activity towards environmentally hazardous compounds.

TL;DR: This review provides a summary of the recent occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment including sewage, surface water, groundwater and drinking water.

TL;DR: The biosorbents widely used for heavy metal removal were reviewed, mainly focusing on their cellular structure, biosorption performance, their pretreatment, modification, regeneration/reuse, modeling of biosor adaptation (isotherm and kinetic models), the development of novel biosorbent, their evaluation, potential application and future.

TL;DR: This review presents an overview of the classes of NP relevant to the environment and summarizes their formation, emission, occurrence and fate in the environment.

TL;DR: The main conclusions arrived at from the overall assessment of the literature are that more work needs to be done on degradation kinetics and reactor modeling of the combined process, and also dynamics of the initial attack on primary contaminants and intermediate species generation.