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The challenge of providing safe and clean water to humans and the environment is a global issue. Water is the most indispensable element essential for the survival and development of life on Earth. Expeditious rises in populations, extensive agriculture practices, and expanding industrialization and urbanization have enormously contributed to wastewater generation, which has made water more polluted and unfit as well as deadly to drink. Innumerable individuals die annually as a result of ailments caused by drinking contaminated water. Efficacious purification of polluted water is thus the matter of greatest importance, and the development of a cheaper and efficient polluted water purification technology is the need of the hour. The most pertinent methodology that is exceptionally effective is the utilization of nanomaterials in wastewater management. Nanomaterials are one of the paramount aspects of the complex field of nanotechnology. Nanomaterials incorporate a high surface-to-volume proportion, simplicity of functionalization, a high affectability and reactivity, and a high adsorption limit, which makes them compatible for application in wastewater management. The utilization of metal nanoadsorbents such as iron oxide, titanium oxide, and manganese oxide, carbon nanotubes, and antimicrobial nanomaterials has received so much attention due to their unique properties. This chapter focuses on the development and utilization of different nanomaterials that would contribute towards wastewater management.

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Nagrath, L., Bansal, H., Smitha, M. (2023). Nanomaterials in Wastewater Management. In: Shah, M.P. (eds) Advanced Application of Nanotechnology to Industrial Wastewater. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3292-4_14

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