ABSTRACT
The increase in worldwide population growth combined with rapid industrialization and urbanization has led to excessive environmental pollution and a freshwater shortage. To tackle this global issue, scientists and engineers worldwide are trying to implement cost-efficient, long-lasting and recyclable materials for wastewater treatment. Polymers play an essential role in our everyday life. At the same time, nanotechnology is acclaimed to create lightweight, small-scale yet more functional substances to solve complex issues. Hence, a combination of polymer science and nanotechnology is being adopted for water treatment applications. This chapter provides a comprehensive understanding of electrospinning and explores deep into electrospun nanofibrous membranes (ENMs) used for wastewater treatment by size-exclusion principles, adsorptive separation, and membrane distillation. The novel ENMs exhibit extraordinary performance for the remedial treatment of industrial wastewaters.
