Nanotechnology for Clean and Safe Water: (A Review)

Abstract

The demand for clean and safe water together with increasingly strict environmental regulations in both developed and developing countries has necessitated the need for a highly efficient yet low-cost water treatment technology to prevent the negative effects of pollutants on the human health and the environment. Nanotechnology holds great potential as a novel and promising field in water treatment. This review presents the recent development in nanotechnology for water and wastewater treatment. The review includes discussion on the nanomaterials- its properties and mechanism that allows its use in the remediation of pollutants in both water and waste water.