Sustainable Approaches for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater Using Metal-Organic Frame Works

In the urban aquatic ecosystem, environmental pollution due to waste disposal and treatment is becoming a significant concern worldwide. Pollution levels are increasing alarmingly in the marine ecosystem, according to the available scientific literature. Hazardous components, such as recalcitrant chemicals that are already present in the environment, will enhance the strength of upcoming contaminants. New technologies have been advanced for water treatment by utilizing material science engineering in the past few decades. However, water treatment technologies have suffered various limitations like more power consumption, high operation cost, and difficulty in operation. Thus, there is a need to develop new water treatment methods, such as composites and components based on Nanomaterials which have shown to be technologically advanced and some are already employed for treating wastewater currently. These resources are operative, cost-effective, and eco-friendly, highly recommended for conserving natural resources and remediating the environment. This chapter mainly focuses on novel materials, such as MOFs and Carbon porous materials, to treat wastewater. The production, synthesis, adequacy of these materials in applications have been comprehensively recognized and the several special benefits of these materials in water treatment are presented.