Electrochemical Treatments for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants

Emerging contaminants are a diverse group of predominantly anthropogenic pollutants which are present in the environment in the concentrations that can cause known or suspected adverse environmental and health effects. The common denominator of these diverse groups of contaminants is the fact that there is a lack of legislative regulation, as well as lack of monitoring programs or risk assessment studies. For these reasons, their removal from the sources of pollution and from the environment is of key importance. Among possible approaches for the remediation of wastewater as the main source of pollution, electrochemical treatments have recently gained increasing attention as promising, feasible, and environmentally friendly removal techniques.