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quite attractive. Due to its specific characteristics, titanium dioxide (TiO<sup>2</sup>

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**Abbreviations**

the environment and climate action.

POPs Persistent organic pollutants EDCs Endocrine-disrupting chemicals

EWFD European Water Framework Directive

AOPs Advanced oxidation processes HP Heterogeneous photocatalysis

OC Organochlorine

Eg Band-gap energy

cb Conduction band

D Donor A Acceptor

e<sup>−</sup> Electron h+ Hole

At Anatase Bk Brookite Rl Rutile

vb Valence band SC Semiconductor

SEM Scanning electron microscopy

XRD X-ray diffraction UV Ultraviolet

strated to be an excellent catalyst, and its behaviour is very well documented for the photodegradation of pesticide residues in water. Recently, many authors have also developed combined AOP and biological systems to implement in wastewater treatment plants. In addition to the experimental and modelling work, the aspect most lacking of this combination systems for the treatment of bio-recalcitrant specific industrial wastewater is the performance of complete economic studies, which could present this innovative technology as a cost-competitive one.

The authors acknowledge the financial support received from the European Commission through the LIFE+ program (LIFE 13 ENV/ES/000488) and the EU's funding instrument for

) has been demon-

Nuria Vela1 , Gabriel Pérez-Lucas<sup>2</sup> , José Fenoll3 and Simón Navarro2 \*

\*Address all correspondence to: snavarro@um.es

1 Applied Technology Group to Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Science, Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

2 Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

3 Sustainability and Quality Group of Fruit and Vegetable Products, Murcia Institute of Agri-Food Research and Development, Murcia, Spain

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