课题组的主要研究方向为水的深度处理与输配原理与方法。在污废水方面，开展新型污染物的识别、转化及控制研究；在饮用水方面，开展深度处理、绿色消毒、管网漏损控制、二次供水等系列工艺研究。

1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：基于抗药基因高效控制的畜禽粪便好氧堆肥工艺原理研究，2017-2020，贲伟伟，主持。
2. 国家杰出青年基金项目：环境工程，2016-2020，强志民，主持。
3. 国家自然科学基金国际（中韩）合作项目：基于光场/流场协同优化和固定催化剂的新型光电化学水处理反应器开发，2016-2018，李梦凯，主持。
4. National Geographic Air and Water Conservation Fund (U.S.)：development of innovative technologies for organic micro-pollutant removal from drinking water in rural China，2016-2017，李梦凯，主持。
5. Purdue University:Edward M. Curtis Visiting Professorship Fund, 20162017，李梦凯，主持。
6. 国家自然科学基金青年项目：饮用水消毒与输配过程中卤代硝基甲烷类消毒副产物的生成与转化机制，2015-2017，董慧峪，主持。
7. 国家自然科学基金青年项目：新型细管流紫外反应器的研制及水中光化学与光生物反应基础研究，20152017，李梦凯，主持。
8. 国家自然科学基金青年项目：城市供水管网漏损规律研究及其监测与控制优化，2014-2016，徐强，主持。
9. 国家自然科学基金重大项目课题：基于复合污染效应控制的供水系统优化，2013-2017，强志民，主持。
10. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：城市污水处理厂中内分泌干扰物的全态检测、迁移转化及排放风险研究，2013-2016，强志民，主持。
11. 中科院“一三五”项目（A类）课题：基于复合污染效应控制的饮用水消毒及输配协同优化，20132015，强志民，主持。
12. 国家水体污染控制与治理科技重大专项子课题：多水源切换条件下的管网水质安全保障技术研究与示范，2012-2016，强志民，主持。
13. 国家水体污染控制与治理科技重大专项子课题：供水管网漏失监测与控制技术的研究，2012-2016，徐强，主持。
14. 欧盟合作项目：Marie Curie Actions: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (WATECH)，2012-2015，强志民，中方主持。
15. 国家自然科学基金青年项目：畜禽养殖废水/粪便堆肥中典型抗药基因的分布和传播机制研究，2012-2014，贲伟伟，主持。
16. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：抗生素在畜禽养殖废水生物处理系统中的行为与影响研究，2009-2011，强志民，主持。
17. 国家水体污染控制与治理科技重大专项子课题：苕溪上游健康水生态系统构建技术与示范，2008-2012，强志民，主持。
18. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：农药副产物在水处理工程中氧化生成的反应速率与机理研究，2007-2009，强志民，主持。
19. 国家自然科学基金创新研究群体（共三期）：环境微界面过程与污染控制研究，2006-2015，强志民，核心骨干。
20. 国家科技支撑计划项目：城市供水管网系统漏损控制技术研究与应用，2006-2010，强志民，主持。

1. Jun Hu, Huiyu Dong, Jiuhui Qu, Zhimin Qiang*. Enhanced degradation of iopamidol by peroxymonosulfate catalyzed by two pipe corrosion products (CuO and δ-MnO2). Water Research, 2017. (in press)
2. Weiwei Ben, Jian Wang, Rukun Cao, Min Yang, Yu Zhang, Zhimin Qiang*. Distribution of antibiotic resistance in effluents of ten municipal wastewater treatment plants in China and the effects of treatment processes. Chemosphere, 2017. (in press)
3. Huiyu Dong, Zhimin Qiang*, Jun Hu, Carme Sans. Accelerated oxidation of iopamidol in iron activated persulfate system: Roles of complexing agents. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017. (in press)
4. Qiang Xu, Qiuwen Chen*, Shunping Zhao, Kuo Liu, Jinfeng Ma. Saving water and associated energy from distribution networks by considering landscape factors in pressure management and use of District Metered Areas. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 2017. (in press)
5. Wentao Li, Mengkai Li, Jame R. Bolton, Jiuhui Qu, Zhimin Qiang*. Impact of inner-wall reflection on UV reactor performance as evaluated by using computational fluid dynamics: The role of diffuse reflection. Water Research, 2017, 109, 382-388.
6. Mengkai Li, Chen Wang, Miaoling Yau, James R. Bolton, Zhimin Qiang*. Sulfamethazine degradation in water by the VUV/UV process: Kinetics, mechanism and antibacterial activity determination based on a mini-fluidic VUV/UV photoreaction system. Water Research, 2017, 108, 348-355.
7. Weiwei Ben, Jian Wang, Xun Pan, Zhimin Qiang*. Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes and their potential removal by on-farm treatment processes in nine swine feedlots in Shandong Province, China. Chemosphere, 2017, 167, 262-268.
8. Wentao Li, Mengkai Li, James R. Bolton, Zhimin Qiang*. Configuration optimization of UV reactors for water disinfection with computational fluid dynamics: Feasibility of using particle minimum UV dose as a performance indicator. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016, 306, 1-8.
9. Huiyu Dong, Carme Sans*, Wentao Li, Zhimin Qiang*. Promoted discoloration of methyl orange in H2O2/Fe(III) Fenton system: Effects of gallic acid on iron cycling. Separation and Purification Technology, 2016, 171, 144-150.
10. Mengkai Li, Zhimin Qiang, Pin Hou,James R. Bolton,Jiuhui Qu, Peng Li, Chen Wang. VUV/UV/Chlorine as an enhanced advanced oxidation process for organic pollutant removal from water: Assessment with a novel mini-fluidic VUV/UV photoreaction system (MVPS). Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50, 5849-5856.
11. Huiyu Dong, Xiangjuan Yuan, Weidong Wang, Zhimin Qiang*. Occurrence and removal of antibiotics in ecological and conventional wastewater treatment processes: A field study. Journal of Environmental Management, 2016, 178, 11-19.
12. Jun Hu, Zhimin Qiang*, Huiyu Dong, Jiuhui Qu. Enhanced formation of bromate and brominated disinfection byproducts during chlorination of bromide-containing waters under catalysis of copper corrosion products. Water Research, 2016, 98, 302-308.
13. Jian Wang, Weiwei Ben*, Min Yang, Yu Zhang, Zhimin Qiang*. Dissemination of veterinary antibiotics and corresponding resistance genes from a concentrated swine feedlot along the waste treatment paths. Environmental International, 2016, 92-93, 317-323.
14. Mengkai Li, Zhimin Qiang, Cesar Pulgarin, John Kiwi*. Accelerated methylene blue (MB) degradation by Fenton reagent exposed to UV or VUV/UV light in an innovative micro photo-reactor. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016, 187, 83-89.
15. Weiwei Li, Xiaowei Lu, Ke Xu, Jiuhui Qu, Zhimin Qiang*. Cerium incorporated MCM-48 (Ce-MCM-48) as a catalyst to inhibit bromate formation during ozonation of bromide-containing water: Efficacy and mechanism. Water Research, 2015, 86, 2-8.
16. Bing Zhu, Bozo Zonja, Oscar Gonzalez, Carmen Sans*, Sandra Pérez, Damia Barceló, Santiago Esplugas, Ke Xu, Zhimin Qiang*. Degradation kinetics and pathways of three calcium channel blockers under UV irradiation. Water Research, 2015, 86, 9-16.
17. Xiangjuan Yuan, Silvia Lacorte, Joyce Cristale, Renato F. Dantas, Carme Sans*, Santiago Esplugas, Zhimin Qiang*. Removal of organophosphate esters from municipal secondary effluents by ozone and UV/H2O2 treatments. Separation and Purification Technology, 2015, 156, 1028-1034.
18. Mengkai Li, Zhimin Qiang*, James R. Bolton, Jiuhui Qu, Wentao Li. A mini-tubular fluidic photoreaction system for bench-scale photochemical studies. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2015, 2, 297-301.
19. Jian Wang, Weiwei Ben, Zhimin Qiang*. Effects of thermophilic composting on oxytetracycline, sulfamethazine, and corresponding resistance genes in swine manure. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2015, 17, 1654-1660.
20. Bing Zhu, Weiwei Ben, Xiangjuan Yuan, Zhimin Qiang*. Simultaneous detection of endocrine disrupting chemicals including conjugates in municipal wastewater and sludge with enhanced sample pretreatment and UPLC-MS/MS.Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2015, 17, 1377-1385.
21. Xiangjuan Yuan, Zhimin Qiang*, Weiwei Ben, Bing Zhu, Jiuhui Qu. Distribution, mass load and environmental impact of multiple-class pharmaceuticals in conventional and upgraded municipal wastewater treatment plants in East China. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2015, 17 (3), 596-605.
22. Zhimin Qiang*, Lu Wang, Huiyu Dong, Jiuhui Qu. Operation performance of an A/A/O process coupled with excess sludge ozonation and phosphorus recovery: A pilot-scale study. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015,268, 162-169.
23. Junfeng Lian, Zhimin Qiang*, Mengkai Li, James R. Bolton, Jiuhui Qu. UV photolysis kinetics of sulfonamides in aqueous solution based on optimized fluence quantification. Water Research, 2015, 75, 43-50.
24. Zhimin Qiang*, Haiting Zhang, Huiyu Dong, Craig Adams, Gang Luan, Lei Wang. Formation of disinfection byproducts in a recirculating mariculture system: Emerging concerns. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2015, 17 (2), 471-477.
25. Zhimin Qiang*, Wentao Li, Mengkai Li, James R. Bolton, Jiuhui Qu. Inspection of feasible calibration conditions for UV radiometer detectors with the KI/KIO3 actinometer. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2015, 91 (1), 68-73.
26. Qiang Xu, Qiuwen Chen*, Jinfeng Ma, Koen Blanckaert, Zhonghua Wan. Water saving and energy reduction through pressure management in urban water distribution networks. Water Resources Management, 2014, 28, 3715-3726.
27. Mengkai Li, Zhimin Qiang, James R. Bolton, Wentao Li, Peng Chen. UV disinfection of secondary water supply: Online monitoring with micro-fluorescent silica detectors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014, 255, 165-170.
28. Yafeng Nie, Zhimin Qiang*, Weiwei Ben, Junxin Liu. Removal of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and conventional pollutants in a continuous-operating activated sludge process integrated with ozonation for excess sludge reduction. Chemosphere, 2014, 105, 133-138.
29. Dean Song, Huijuan Liu*, Zhimin Qiang, Jiuhui Qu. Determination of rapid chlorination rate constants by a stopped-flow spectrophotometric competition kinetics method. Water Research, 2014, 55, 126-132.
30. Fang Tian, Wenjun Liu*, Guang Guo, Zhimin Qiang, Can Zhang. Kinetics and mechanism of dimethoate chlorination during drinking water treatment. Chemosphere, 2014, 103, 181-187.
31. Zhimin Qiang, Fang Tian, Wenjun Liu, Chao Liu. Degradation of methiocarb by monochloramine in water treatment: Kinetics and pathways. Water Research, 2014, 50, 237-244.
32. Qiang Xu, Qiuwen Chen*, Jinfeng Ma, Koen Blanckaert. Optimal pipe replacement strategy based on break rate prediction through genetic programming for water distribution network. Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 2013, 7 (2), 134-140.
33. Zhimin Qiang*, Mengkai Li, James R. Bolton, Jiuhui Qu, Chen Wang. Estimating the fluence delivery in UV disinfection reactors using a ‘detector-model’ combination method. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013, 233, 39-46.
34. Fang Tian, Zhimin Qiang*, Wenjun Liu, Wencui Ling. Methiocarb degradation by free chlorine in water treatment: Kinetics and pathways. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013, 232, 10-16.
35. Mengkai Li, Zhimin Qiang*, Chen Wang, James R. Bolton, Junfeng Lian. Development of monitored tunable biodosimetry for fluence validation in an ultraviolet disinfection reactor. Separation and Purification Technology, 2013, 117, 12-17.
36. Xiaolei Bao, Zhimin Qiang*, Wencui Ling, Jih-Hsing Chang. Sonohydrothermal synthesis of MFe2O4 magnetic nanoparticles for adsorptive removal of tetracyclines from water. Separation and Purification Technology, 2013, 117, 104-110.
37. Zhimin Qiang*, XiaoleiBao, Weiwei Ben. MCM-48 modified magnetic mesoporous nanocomposite as an attractive adsorbent for the removal of sulfamethazine from water. Water Research, 2013, 47 (12), 4107-4114.
38. Zhimin Qiang*, Huiyu Dong, Bing Zhu, Jiuhui Qu, Yafeng Nie. A comparison of various rural wastewater treatment processes for the removal of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Chemosphere, 2013, 92 (8), 986-992.
39. Zhimin Qiang*, Mengkai Li, James R. Bolton. Development of a tri-parameter online monitoring system for UV disinfection reactors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013, 222, 101-107.
40. Zhimin Qiang*, Yafeng Nie, Weiwei Ben, Jiuhui Qu, Heqing Zhang. Degradation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals during activated sludge reduction by ozone. Chemosphere, 2013, 91 (3), 366-373.
41. Zhimin Qiang*, Wencui Ling, Fang Tian. Kinetics and mechanism for omethoate degradation by catalytic ozonation with Fe(III)-loaded activated carbon in water. Chemosphere, 2013, 90 (6), 1966-1972.
42. Weiwei Ben, Xun Pan, Zhimin Qiang*. Occurrence and partition of antibiotics in the liquid and solid phases of swine wastewater from concentrated animal feeding operations in Shandong Province, China. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2013, 15 (4), 870-875.
43. Mengkai Li, Zhimin Qiang*, James R. Bolton*. In-situ detailed fluence rate distributions in a UV reactor with multiple low-pressure lamps: Comparison of experimental and model results. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013, 214, 55-62.
44. Hui-Yu Dong, Zhi-Min Qiang*, Wei-Dong Wang, Hui Jin. Evaluation of rural wastewater treatment processes in a county of eastern China. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2012, 14 (7), 19061913.
45. Mengkai Li, Zhimin Qiang*, James R. Bolton, Weiwei Ben. Impact of reflection on the fluence rate distribution in a UV reactor with various inner walls as measured using a micro-fluorescent silica detector. Water Research, 2012, 46 (11), 3595-3602.
46. Weiwei Li, Zhimin Qiang*, Tao Zhang, Fenglin Cao. Kinetics and mechanism of pyruvic acid degradation by ozone in the presence of PdO/CeO2. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2012, 113–114, 290–295.
47. Yafeng Nie, Zhimin Qiang*, Heqing Zhang, Weiwei Ben. Fate and seasonal variation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in a sewage treatment plant with A/A/O process. Separation and Purification Technology, 2012, 84, 9–15.
48. Qiang Xu, Qiuwen Chen*, Weifeng Li, Jinfeng Ma. Pipe break prediction based on evolutionary data-driven methods with brief recorded data. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2011, 96 (8), 942948.
49. Weiwei Li, Zhimin Qiang*, Tao Zhang, Xiaolei Bao, Xu Zhao. Efficient degradation of pyruvic acid in water by catalytic ozonation with PdO/CeO2. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A - Chemical, 2011, 348 (1–2), 70–76.
50. Xun Pan, Zhimin Qiang*, Weiwei Ben, Meixue Chen. Residual veterinary antibiotics in swine manure from concentrated animal operations in Shandong Province, China. Chemosphere, 2011, 84 (5), 695–700.
51. Wencui Ling, Zhimin Qiang*, Yanwei Shi, Tao Zhang, Bingzhi Dong. Fe(III)-loaded activated carbonas catalyst to improve omethoate degradation by ozone in water. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A - Chemical, 2011, 342–343, 23–29.
52. Mengkai Li, Zhimin Qiang*, Tinggang Li, James R. Bolton, Changlong Liu. In situ measurement of UV fluence rate distribution by use of a micro fluorescent silica detector. Environmental Science & Technology, 2011, 45 (7), 3034–3039.
53. Tao Zhang, Ping Hou, Zhimin Qiang*, Xiaowei Lu, Qunhui Wang. Reducing bromate formation with H+-form high silica zeolites during ozonation of bromide-containing water: Effectiveness and mechanisms. Chemosphere, 2011, 82 (4), 608–612.
54. Fang Tian, Zhimin Qiang, Chao Liu, Tao Zhang, Bingzhi Dong. Kinetics and mechanism for methiocarb degradation by chlorine dioxide in aqueous solution. Chemosphere, 2010, 79 (6), 646–651.
55. Zhimin Qiang*, Chao Liu, Bingzhi Dong, Yalei Zhang. Degradation mechanism of alachlor during direct ozonation and O3/H2O2 advanced oxidation process. Chemosphere, 2010, 78 (5), 517–526.
56. Yafeng Nie, Zhimin Qiang*, Heqing Zhang, Craig Adams. Determination of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the liquid and solid phases of activated sludge by solid phase extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, 2009, 1216 (42), 7071-7080.
57. Weiwei Ben, Zhimin Qiang*, Xun Pan, Meixue Chen. Removal of veterinary antibiotics from sequencing batch reactor (SBR) pretreated swine wastewater by Fenton’s reagent. Water Research, 2009, 43 (17), 4392-4402.
58. Chao Liu, Zhimin Qiang*, Craig Adams, Fang Tian, Tao Zhang. Kinetics and mechanism for degradation of dichlorvos by permanganate in drinking water treatment. Water Research, 2009, 43 (14), 3435-3442.
59. Chao Liu, Zhimin Qiang*, Fang Tian, Tao Zhang. Photodegradation of etridiazole by UV radiation during drinking water treatment. Chemosphere, 2009, 76 (5), 609-615.
60. Weiwei Ben, Zhimin Qiang*, Craig Adams, Heqing Zhang, Liping Chen. Simultaneous determination of sulfonamides, tetracyclines and tiamulin in swine wastewater by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, 2008, 1202 (2), 173-180.