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Editorial: Innovative strategies for treatment and management of saline water/

Increasing global demands for freshwater for household, industrial, and agricultural activities encourage researchers to
develop low-cost and eco-friendly technologies for wastewater recycling and desalination of saline water. Additionally,
proper conservation and management of naturally available freshwater in conjunction with the recycling of wastewater
has become a global priority. Saline water is becoming one of the most important resources, which is available to produce
potable water through desalination. The quality of saline water influences the performance of desalination plants. The
resources for saline water vary from surface (sea water, brackish) to ground (brackish and oil-produced water) with variable
compositions depending upon the geological factors. In addition, industrially generated saline water is another potential
resource. The technologies used to desalinate saline water are costly and energy-intensive. The energy requirement to produce
potable water depends on the quality of feed water, levels of water treatment and the technologies involved. Considering the
emerging trends in water reuse/recycling, this special issue was mainly focused on collecting innovative strategies being devel-
oped for the treatment and management of saline water/wastewater.
This special issue was specifically intended to collect research articles focusing on developing green technologies for saline
water/wastewater treatment and management involving advanced oxidation processes, biological treatment processes, pro-
cess optimization and modelling, employing renewable energy in treatment/recycling processes, nanotechnology,
environmental, and economic aspects of treatment processes, along with thermal and membrane technologies. After careful
consideration and evaluation, 11 research and review articles were accepted for publication as part of this special issue.
Briefly, Rajput et al. 2023 described how machine learning architecture can be employed to optimize and model the treat-
ment process for saline water level analyses efficiently. Anupong et al. (2023) studied the application of deep learning
algorithms that can be used to generate photovoltaic renewable energy in saline water analysis via an oxidation process.
Shen et al. (2022) highlighted the importance of salt-tolerant microbes for recycling saline water and specifically studied
the Halobacillus trueperi S61 isolated from the Qarhan Salt Lake using meta-genomics. Neelakandan et al. (2023) focused
on employing a combination of Internet of Things (IoT) with a nanomaterial-based predictive model for wastewater treat-
ment using Stacked Sparse Denoising Auto-Encoder. Bhavani et al. (2023) highlighted using renewable energy systems
and microgrid architecture can be employed to improve the cost-effectiveness and eco-friendliness of the wastewater treat-
ment processes. Jayakumar et al. (2023) synthesized, characterized, and evaluated the performance of the Chitosan/Nylon 6/
Polyurethane Blend for removing Chromium (VI) and Lead (II) ions from water to highlight its potential applications for
industrial wastewater treatment. Somashekar et al. (2023) reviewed the advancements made in saline water treatment
and recycling to meet the rising global demands of freshwater. Hussain et al. (2023) studied the biosorptive removal of
metal ions from wastewater using highly metal-resistant bacteria isolated from a prominent wastewater drain in Lahore, Paki-
stan. Asefa et al. (2023) investigated the effect of biochar addition with anaerobic digestion of the tannery wastewater to
improve biogas production. Yuvaperiyasamy et al. (2023) studied the performance of sea water desalination by combining
solar still with solar pond. Ocal et al. (2023) investigated the potential pressure-driven membrane process for the reusability
of industrial wastewater.
The Editors are thankful to all authors for their interesting and important contributions and appreciate the assistance pro-
vided by the editorial staff of Water Reuse during the reviewing and publication process. The Editors extend their sincere
gratitude to Editors in Chief and Associate Editors in Chief for their kind guidance and support throughout.

Guest Editors
Deepanraj Balakrishnan
Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al-Khobar 31952,
Saudi Arabia

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