“…Moreover, an extra treatment unit (normally a tank) for reaction is indispensable when these oxidation technologies are applied, which may limit their application, especially when restricted space is available. To overcome these disadvantages, our group invented a novel oxidation technology, where S (IV), a mixture of bisulfite (HSO 3 − , BS), and sulfite (SO 3 2− ) were employed to activate PM to generate various reactive oxidizing species (ROS, including Mn(V), Mn (VI), sulfate radical (SO 4 •− ), and HO • ) (Chen et al, 2020; Chen et al, 2021; Sun et al, 2016; Sun, Bao, et al, 2018; Sun, Li, et al, 2018; Zhu et al, 2019; Zhu et al, 2020). This oxidation technology (denoted as PM/BS process) is able to eliminate a wide range of EOCs at extraordinarily rapid rates that were 5 to 6 orders of magnitude faster than those using permanganate alone and ∼5 to 7 orders of magnitude faster than other conventional advanced oxidation processes (UV, UV/H 2 O 2 , photo‐Fenton, etc.)…”