1 INTRODUCTION:

Man and mankind today stands in the middle of deep scientific and engineering regeneration. Arsenic and heavy metal groundwater and drinking water contamination are ravaging developing and developed countries around the world. Science and engineering of water science and technology are the pillars of United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals today. Scientific provenance, scientific revelation and scientific divination are the needs of human society in present day human civilization. This treatise deeply targets the areas of membrane science, desalination science and various separation tools.

The history of human civilization today veritably depends on the success of Fourth Industrial Revolution and Internet 3.0. The author in this article deeply strives towards self-sufficiency in application of United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals in diverse areas of human scientific research pursuit. Science and civilization needs to be reframed and revamped as regards provision of clean drinking water and proper sanitation. These areas and domains of public health engineering are the needs, necessities and dictums of environmental sustainability and energy resources sustainability. Water sustainability and green sustainability are two opposite sides of the visionary coin. This article deeply pronounces the immediate needs of holistic sustainable development and environmental management. A newer dawn in human civilization will truly emerge in the field of industrialization and industrial pollution control if science and vision treads forward surpassing one visionary frontier over another. The author also stresses on the engineering science of novel separation processes and the science of desalination in the futuristic emancipation of global water research and development initiatives.

Novel separation processes in chemical process engineering are today in a world of immense scientific and engineering challenges. In the similar vision conventional and non-conventional environmental engineering techniques are the needs and dictums of human civilization today. Man and mankind today stands in the middle of a deep abyss of scientific provenance and scientific determination. Membrane science and the science of desalination are today two opposite sides of the visionary coin. The ingenuity of engineering science and technology of membrane science and novel separation processes will all lead a long and visionary way in unfolding the scientific truth of global water science research and development initiatives.

2 THE VISION OF THIS STUDY:

Nanotechnology, nano-remediation and bio-remediation are in the avenues of newer vision and newer capability. Civilization, man and mankind stands deeply today in the middle of scientific and engineering contemplation and deep scientific comprehension. The vision of this article is to elucidate upon the science of membrane separation processes and desalination technique in water and wastewater treatment. A brief portrayal of recent advancements in membrane separation techniques are the hallmarks of this article. The author in this article reiterates the needs of water science and water integrity in the futuristic emancipation of global research and development initiatives. Technology and engineering science of nanotechnology, nanomaterials and engineered nanomaterials are witnessing deep and drastic challenges. The vision of this study deeply elucidates the needs of conventional and non-conventional environmental engineering techniques. Recent advancements in Advanced Oxidation Processes are the other cornerstones of this treatise. The dawn of human civilization and scientific steadfastness are today witnessing drastic and dramatic challenges. The vision of this study deeply points out towards the needs of water remediation and water integrity. Remarkably and veritably a new era in human civilization will usher in the field of nanoremediation and bioremediation as science and human civilization treads forward towards deep scientific destiny and scientific humanism. Novel separation processes such as membrane science, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and advanced oxidation processes will be the path-breakers towards a visionary tomorrow.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

There is today an immense vision of science and engineering of water science and technology in present day human civilization. Nanotechnology and nano-engineering needs to be integrated with sustainability and environmental engineering science. Advanced oxidation processes and integrated advanced oxidation processes are in the aisles of immense scientific and technological rejuvenation. Surely and remarkably a newer day and a newer dawn will emerge in the field of sustainable nanoengineering if scientists and engineers across the world takes affirmative steps and major vision in research and development initiatives in conventional and non-conventional environmental engineering techniques. Thus the world of challenges in the field of nanotechnology and nano-engineering will witness a newer era. Today the pillars of human civilization are United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals. Global chemical process engineering and environmental engineering science today stands in the middle of deep scientific provenance and deep scientific ingenuity. Man and mankind are today in search of a newer scientific truth and scientific revelation. Thus the vision of this study is to target recent scientific advances in the field of novel separation processes and desalination science.

3 THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY:

The scope of this study is today vast and varied. The futuristic vision of membrane science and desalination science are the needs of the hour. Water integrity and environmental integrity are the orders of man and mankind today. The futuristic vision and the futuristic emancipation of water engineering and technology needs to be reframed and reorganized as mankind and humankind moves ahead. The epitomes, the epitaphs and archangels of water remediation and environmental remediation needs to move towards deep scientific introspection and engineering re-imagination. The veritable scope of this study is the application of nanomaterials and engineered nanomaterials in water and wastewater treatment. Application of nanotechnology is a novel and remarkable area of global research and development initiative today. The author deeply reiterates the science and engineering of membrane science and its diverse areas of scientific and scholarly pursuit. Humankind needs to apply United Nations and Global Sustainable Development in diverse areas of human pursuit at the earliest. The challenges, ardor and travails of human civilization are vast and varied. Research endeavor in drinking water treatment and industrial wastewater treatment needs to be reorganized as civilization moves from one frontier over another. The scientific and academic rigor also needs to be revamped as energy resources sustainability and environmental sustainability are in the path of scientific provenance. Science, man and mankind will surely usher in a newer era if poverty, hardship and human struggle are mitigated at the utmost. The scope of the study also encompasses different areas of novel separation processes, conventional and non-conventional environmental engineering techniques. The author deeply reiterates the need of the science of desalination in the futuristic vision of environmental and water remediation. Novel separation processes involves membrane separation processes. Ultrafiltration and nanofiltration are the absolute needs of the hour. They are applied in both water and wastewater treatment. The vision, purpose and capability of membrane science and desalination science will surely lead a long and visionary way in opening new windows of scientific innovation and instinct in decades to come. The scope of this study is vast, varied and visionary. Novel separation processes such as membrane science will surely be the hallmark of every environmental engineering initiative in decades to come. The scope of science and engineering of water integrity will unfold newer avenues of scientific ingenuity in decades to come.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

The scope of this study is vast, varied and visionary. Membrane separation processes and the science of desalination today stands in the middle of a deep crevice of introspection and engineering ingenuity. The science of Global Sustainable Development Goals are in the similar manner in the process of newer regeneration. Scientific understanding, scientific discernment and knowledge prowess are the pillars of global sustainability issues and global environmental management issues. Circular economy and industrial ecology are the visionary words of human civilization today. They are also the pivots, needs and dictums of man and mankind today. A newer dawn of humankind will emerge if scientists, researchers, policy makers and civil society activists takes effective and affirmative steps in dealing with climate change and biodiversity conservation. The distant scientific firmament will veritably witness a newer rejuvenation.

4 TECHNOLOGICAL VISION AND SCIENTIFIC DOCTRINE OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE AND DESALINATION SCIENCE:

Technological vision and scientific doctrine of membrane science and desalination are moving forward in humankind crossing one visionary frontier over another. Water sustainability and water integrity are the orders of the day. The engineering vision, the scientific and academic rigor of novel separation processes in environmental engineering science and chemical process engineering are in the path of newer scientific divination. The vast vision for the future needs to be revamped and reorganized as regards application of United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals. Fourth Industrial Revolution and rapid industrialization are two opposite sides of the visionary coin. In this article, the author profoundly reiterates the needs and necessities of drinking water treatment and membrane separation processes such as nanofiltration, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis. The divination and provenance of membrane separation processes and advanced oxidation processes will surely open newer doors of scientific ingenuity and scientific imagination in decades to come. Drinking water treatment and industrial wastewater treatment are the pinnacles of environmental pollution control domain today. The world of challenges and ardor in the field of membrane science and desalination science will surely and veritably go a long and effective way in revamping global research and development initiatives in water remediation and industrial pollution control.

Revamping of technology and engineering management are the needs of human civilization today. Drinking water treatment and industrial wastewater treatment are today in the path of vision, ability and purpose. They are connected to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by an unsevered umbilical chord. Billions of people across the world are without clean drinking water and proper sanitation. Global public health engineering and sanitation engineering stands truly in the middle of scientific grit, girth and determination. Thus the technological and engineering vision of membrane science and desalination science needs to be revamped and reorganized as civilization treads forward.

5 RECENT SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR IN MEMBRANE SCIENCE:

Technological abundance and scientific transcendence are the needs and doctrines of humankind today. Recent scientific endeavor in membrane science are in the path of deep scientific and engineering regeneration. Today, in the present day human civilization, membrane science is intertwined with the science of drinking water treatment. Civilization and engineering stands in the middle of a deep catastrophe. The author deeply portrays the need of different membrane separation processes in the futuristic vision of environmental engineering science and chemical process engineering. Science and technology are truly retrogressive in today’s human civilization. Chemical engineering, manufacturing engineering and applied sciences are today connected to each other by an unsevered umbilical chord. Human kind and the vision of engineering science needs a thorough revival as water sustainability and water integrity moves forward. Scientific research pursuit in the field of different environmental engineering techniques and different areas of membrane separation processes are in the process of newer scientific and engineering rejuvenation. The author in this article deeply stresses on the recent advancements in membrane science and separation processes.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

Scientific advancements in membrane science today stands tall with immense scientific truth and scientific forbearance. Fortitude of engineering science and technology today are moving in the right direction and affirmative vision. The author deeply illustrates and portrays the needs and doctrines of the advances in membrane separation processes. There are today immense needs of Sustainable Development Goals in human society. Thus the author deeply stresses the needs and necessities of membrane science in drinking water treatment and industrial wastewater treatment.

6 RECENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PURSUIT IN DESALINATION SCIENCE:

Desalination science and the vast world of novel separation processes are in the avenues of introspection and ingenuity. Membrane science encompasses novel separation processes. Nanofiltration and ultrafiltration are the needs and dictums of drinking water treatment today. Science and technology has practically no answers to the ravaging and marauding issue of arsenic and heavy metal groundwater and drinking water contamination. Scientific and engineering provenance of drinking water and industrial wastewater treatment are some of the pillars of United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals. Humankind is today in the age of Fourth Industrial Revolution. Internet 3.0 is a revolutionary field of global scientific and engineering endeavor today. Circular economy and industrial ecology are today also the pillars and hallmarks of Global and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The author in this comprehensive treatise touches upon and portrays the scientific and engineering intricasies and difficulties of application of membrane science in diverse areas of science and engineering globally.

Technology management, reliability engineering and reverse engineering today needs to be integrated with environmental engineering and sanitation engineering. In the global scientific fabric, public health engineering and sanitation engineering stands in a state of immense catastrophe. Desalination science is an epitome of environmental pollution control and water integrity. Thus the author deeply portrays the needs of recent scientific research pursuit in desalination science. In the similar vision, the world of challenges in drinking water treatment and desalination will surely lead a remarkable way in unveiling the scientific truth of human civilization.

7 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND THE VAST VISION FOR THE FUTURE:

Environmental and energy resources sustainability are the visionary domain of science and engineering globally. Man and mankind are in the need of mitigation of poverty and hardship and success of agrarian reforms. The situation of groundwater contamination in Bangladesh, India and other underprivileged nations across the globe are extremely grave. Renewable energy and energy resources sustainability in the similar vision are in the path of newer vision and vast engineering ingenuity. South Asia is today in a state of immense distress. Sustainable development and sustainable resource management are the needs of the hour as civilization and science moves forward. Circular economy and industrial ecology needs to be intertwined with each other. Research endeavor in the field of sustainability such as environmental, energy or socio-economic needs to be reframed with the passage of scientific and engineering history and time. Human well-being, biodiversity conservation and mitigation of human ardour are today the pillars of United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals. Agrarian reforms and human well-being are two opposite sides of the visionary coin. Thus the vast vision for the future in the field of United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals needs to be re-envisioned as humankind treads forward.

8 ENERGY RESOURCES SUSTAINABILITY AND THE VAST DOMAIN OF RENEWABLE ENERGY:

Energy resources sustainability and the vast domain of renewable energy needs to be revamped and reorganized as science, civilization and vision moves ahead. Nanotechnology needs to be integrated with diverse areas of scientific and engineering research pursuit. Nanomaterials and engineered nanomaterials needs to be integrated with the vast and varied domain of global science and engineering. A new revolution is ushering in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Today is a data-driven society and a data-driven human civilization. There are today immense needs of energy resources sustainability, data analytics and machine learning. Socio-economic sustainability is a hallmark of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The visionary future in the field of nanotechnology and renewable energy needs to be intertwined and enshrined as humankind and scientific forbearance moves forward. Mitigation of hunger and poverty is one of the pillars of United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals. Literacy rate globally in the similar vision are one of the pivots of Sustainable Development Goals. Man and mankind today needs to re-envision the science and engineering of renewable energy.^{8,9,10,11,12,13,14}

9 CARBON SEQUESTRATION, ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS AND THE VISIONARY FUTURE:

Carbon sequestration and zero carbon emissions are the needs and doctrines of the visionary future of global science and engineering today. The world of engineering and technology are today witnessing drastic and dramatic challenges as regards carbon sequestration. Zero carbon emissions are today in the middle of deep scientific provenance and scientific divination. Nanotechnology and nano-engineering perspectives are also the pillars of Fourth Industrial Revolution. Internet 3.0 also needs to be integrated with the science of nanotechnology and nano-engineering. In the global scientific and engineering firmament, circular economy, climate resilience and economic resilience are the absolute needs of the hour. Interdisciplinary research endeavor will surely go a long and visionary way in unfolding the engineering issues of membrane separation processes and the science of desalination. The visionary future in the field of industrial ecology needs to be reframed and re-organized with the passage of civilization’s history and time. United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals are today in the avenues of scientific and engineering provenance. The pedestals of engineering science and technology and the engineering vision of environmental engineering science will surely and remarkably open newer eras of the science of membrane separation processes in decades to come. Zero carbon emissions and carbon sequestration are the pillars of Global Sustainable Development Goals today. Thus the need of a comprehensive treatise and comprehensive and deep introspection.

10 FUTURISTIC VISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY:

The futuristic vision of environmental engineering science and nanotechnology are today in the path of newer revelation and newer provenance. Nanotechnology and nano-engineering are today in the avenues of deep scientific triumph and divination. Futuristic vision of water remediation and environmental remediation needs to be integrated with the science of water remediation. The challenges, the ardor and the application of novel separation processes are immense as humankind and science trudges forward. The author deeply elucidates the need of membrane science and desalination science in the futuristic emancipation of water science and technology. Environmental engineering science and sanitation engineering science needs to be reframed as regards application of United Nations and Global Sustainable Development Goals. Nanotechnology and nano-engineering needs to be intertwined with diverse fields of applied science and applied engineering. Today mitigation of hunger and poverty are the pillars of Global Sustainable Development Goals. Industrial wastewater treatment and drinking water treatment in the similar vision needs to be integrated with mitigation of poverty, hunger, ardor and travails of human life in this planet. People, planet and profit are the needs, necessities and dictums of Global Sustainable Development Goals. In this article the author deeply stresses on the veritable needs of scientific archangels of sustainable development and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Surely a newer dawn and a newer ushering of human civilization will emerge if scientists and engineers across the world moves towards the pillars and hallmarks of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. At that moment, the world of challenges will surely witness a newer beginning in environmental, energy resources and socio-economic sustainability.^{8,9,10,11,12,13,14}

The futuristic vision and the futuristic thoughts of chemical process engineering, environmental engineering science and nanotechnology needs to be integrated to each other. Man, mankind and humankind are today in the path of newer divination as regards application of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The author in this comprehensive article deeply elucidates these scientific and engineering issues. Then the world of challenges and ardour will surely witness newer rejuvenation.

11 CONCLUSION, THE WORLD OF CHALLENGES AND ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVES:

The world of challenges and engineering perspectives are today crossing one visionary boundary over another. Scientific and engineering frontiers of novel separation processes and science of desalination are moving towards a visionary tomorrow. The stance of human civilization, the ingenuity of engineering science and the scientific provenance will lead a long and visionary way towards the unfurling of greater scientific and engineering initiatives in water science and technology. The engineering and technological perspectives in the field of water remediation and nano-remediation are moving towards a visionary tomorrow. The immense world of ardor and travails in the field of novel separation processes and desalination science are today in the middle of a deep crevice of ingenuity and forbearance. Fortitude and forbearance of engineering science and technology needs to be equally revamped as regards application of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. There is always a visionary tomorrow in the field of water science and technology and water sustainability. Green chemistry, green engineering and green technology are today paving the way towards a greater tomorrow in water engineering and technology. The engineering and scientific perspectives in novel separation processes and desalination science are in the avenues of scientific revelation and deep scientific understanding. Civilization and engineering science of green nanotechnology and green biotechnology will surely and veritably unfold newer avenues of global research and development initiatives in water integrity and water sustainability in decades to come. This article will surely be the path-breakers towards a newer era and newer epoch in water sustainability and green sustainability.

Water integrity and water sustainability are today the two opposite sides of the visionary coin. Man and mankind are today moving towards insightful wisdom as regards environmental pollution control and rapid industrialization. The distant scientific and engineering firmament will surely witness a newer dawn and a newer epoch as regards water integrity and environmental sustainability.

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Received on 23.07.2024 Modified on 13.08.2024

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DOI: 10.52711/0974-4150.2024.00039