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The discharge of untreated domestic sewage and wastewater from industrial and commercial establishments into surface water has caused water scarcity. As a result, 1.2 billion of the population can barely get clean drinking water. Besides, each year millions die drinking unhealthy water. Recently, progress in electrospinning skill has helped in the manufacture of polymer fibers of one-dimensional nanostructures having nanometer diameters that have elicited enormous attention because of high surface area-to-volume ratio, water permeability, high porosity, and superior mechanical properties, which provides a foremost contribution to water treatment. Based on their properties, such as thickness, porosity, and surface roughness, these characteristic nanofibrous materials were used as membrane solvents in an extensive assortment of applications in water purification such as remediation of heavy metal ions and dyes. To increase their functionality and applicability, nanofibers have promoted nanocomposite tactics, for example, carbon nanotubes, metal/metal oxides, keen biological agents, that have been included either throughout electrospinning process or else in the posthanding-out. In addition, to improve the mechanical steadiness and reduce the pressure drop, electrospun nanofibers are supported by nonwoven microfibrous to make a hybrid membrane. These hybrid/nanocomposite nanofibers have performed extremely well in water treatment. This chapter gives a wide-ranging analysis of the extant research and progress in the field of water treatment using electrospun nanofiber filtration membranes to achieve environmental detoxification using the adsorption process. |
