Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
The amount and properties of the sludge produced in wastewater treatment plants depend on the composition of the wastewater, the type of wastewater treatment used and the disposal method applied to the mud. The sludge that occurs during mechanical, biological and chemical treatment methods must be...
Environmental Sciences
This study focuses on the impact of the disposal of Tirunelveli city municipal waste in the quality of groundwater in Ramayanpatti village where the waste is disposed; the study also assesses the quality of the groundwater suitability in irrigation in the disposed region. Tirunelveli city generates...
Air pollution and health
Increasing demand for water from agriculture, industrial and domestic sectors, resulted in stress on the water resources both from quantity and quality perspectives. Due to urbanization many of the dyeing units have shifted from urban to nearby rural areas. Here safe disposal of untreated effluent...
General
The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of co-digesting lipids originated from domestic wastewater along with sewage sludge. Three lab-scale single stage mesophilic anaerobic digesters were operated under a constant hydraulic retention time (15 days). One system (C) was fed on a daily...
Hydrology and Water Resources Management
The coastal plain of Corinth, known also as Vocha plain is one of the fast-growing rural areas due to its relatively short distance from Athens. In conjunction with the fast development, water use has also increased. On a large part of the Plain area, irrigated agriculture is practiced and...
General
A set of anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic (A2/O) bio-reactor system was used to treat domestic sewage mixed with landfill leachate and fecal sewage in Datansha Sewage Treatment Plant in Guangzhou China. The experiment investigated the optimal mixing proportion of treating landfill leachate, fecal sewage...
General
Uncontrolled disposal of urban and industrial wastewaters into the sea led to the fact that in mid eighties the Kastela Bay, near the city of Split, Republic of Croatia, became one of the largest and most widely known pollution hot-spot areas of the Mediterranean region. The pollution of the Bay...