Green and sustainable plasma-based water pollution control

Sustainable urbanisation relies on green infrastructure (GI) for its successful delivery. GI includes a network of environmental features that delivers a range of services including water purification and pollution treatment (WPPT) as measures for health and disease mitigation and adaptation for recovery. Recently wide range of innovative approaches for WPPT are introduced. This study shows how plasma engineering can be considered as a cheap and efficient alternative for WPPT in context of GI. We present, in particular, Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma actuator features and its integration in current infrastructure. We investigate its beneficial point of use application for delivery of a promising resilient method in responding to urban public health emergency. In particular, we show how this can be advantageous for pollution control in both city- and catchment-scale studies without reliance on additive chemicals.