Bacteria from the genus Acinetobacter are opportunistic pathogens and cause harm to humans. In this study a new bacterial strain designated as Acinetobacter sp. 33F was isolated from municipal solid waste (MSW) leachate. This bacterium is useful as it degrades and utilizes dibutyl phthalate (DBP) as...

Hydrogeologists in general and hydrogeochemists in particular are commonly asked to collect and interpret groundwater chemistry data for determining the groundwater quality at a particular site. More often, this involves graphical representation of data and a comparison with the drinking water...

In vitro tolerance of soil borne phytopathogenic fungus i.e. Alternaria alternata in terms of growth, physiology and metal uptake capacity against different doses of copper [Cu(II)] metal was assessed. In preliminary growth experiments, nitrate, chloride and sulphate of Cu(II) were amended in seven...

The solar evaporative crystallization process at Lake Katwe was studied using brine evaporation rates, thermal, convection, and radiation energy losses as well as reported meteorological data around the salt lake basin. A simulation model of a salt pan was developed on a lumped basis to study its...

The objective of this study is to elucidate the efficiency of electrosorption on desalination of aqueous NaClsolution using nano-structured carbon aerogel electrodes. The experiments were performed in an electrosorption cell consisting of a pair of carbon aerogel sheets separated by a 0.5cm spacer...

Tubular halloysite clay mineral and nanocrystalline TiO 2 were incorporated in the preparation of nanocomposite films on glass substrates via sol-gel method at 450ºC. The synthesis involves a simple chemical method employing nonionic surfactant molecule as pore directing agent along with the acetic...

We have carried out a geochemical study on the behaviour of certain trace elements during the evaporative concentration of free brines (salinity from 41 to 400 ‰) of the solar salt works of Sfax saline (S.E of Tunisia). The elements concerned by this survey are Zinc, Cadmium, Manganese, Molybdenum...

The Northwest Coast of Western Australia is the location for a number of large solar saltfields. More than 10 million tonnes of high grade solar salt is exported annually from these saltfields; predominantly servicing the chloralkali industries of Northern and Southeast Asia. Straits Resources...

Salt, the world’s best-known mineral, is the chemical substance most related to human civilization history. Apart from his significance for the creation of life on the planet it has been used as main commodity for centuries. Man produces salt by solar evaporation since the dawn of human civilization...

The Margherita di Savoia Saltworks, located in Apulia (South Italy), are the largest productive saltworks in Italy. They are connected with the Apulian wetlands, an important network thanks of its central geographic position, between the east and west of the Mediterranean basin. Several species and...

A major solar salt works in Israel is located just north of the town of Eilat and close to the airport. This solar salt works has been in operation since 1977 and produces about 170,000 tons a year. A three-year study was initiated to examine the temporal and salinity impacts on the microbial...

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The goal of every solar saltworks with seawater intake--continuous and economic production of high quality salt (sodium chloride) at design capacity—requires ability to simultaneously manage and coordinate physical systems with biological systems in the concentrating and crystallizing ponds. This...

Industria Salinera de Yucatan S.A. de C.V. (ISYSA) has its operation of primary production of salt by solar evaporation in Las Coloradas, Yucatan, Mexico, in the coast the northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula. One of the disadvantages of this location is the presence of extreme climatologic phenomena...

Solar saltworks are most efficient converters of solar energy into an inorganic commodity. Conversion rate of solar radiation into removal of water vapour from the brine takes place with 45% efficiency. Solar salt requires only a fraction of man made energy compared with salt produced by solution...

The commonly accepted brine concentration practice in most Chinese Northern solar works is to pump the sea water into salt works and then let it go through a physical changing process of natural evaporation, condensation and crystallization, during which, weather factor and the soil nature have to...

Ecological management plan and its implementation for particular wetland are highly dependent on securing effective management tools, including management according to the management plan. The implementation of such a plan requires adequate resources, both in terms of human and financial support...

Numerous saltworks have been abandoned throughout the Greek islands and mainland as operations have decreased in number and increased in size. Such areas have great potential for serving the broader society if rehabilitated correctly. Changes in landscape uses recently, especially agricultural...

The purpose of this research was to study the chemical composition of rainwater to assess the impact of marine aerosol and anthropogenic emissions by using back air-mass trajectories. Fieldwork was done from July to November 2004, in a coastal site probably impacted by gas and oil industry in...

The intrusion of salt wedge in rivers is a natural phenomenon, which occurs in many estuaries. Saline water tends to propagate upstream from the river mouth, due to the limited freshwater and the tidal and density currents developed, resulting in deterioration of water quality in the lower river...

Soil-contamination from toxic explosive residues at military bases throughout the world, is a major environmental concern. A strong candidate for TNT soil-contamination within Greece, is the military base/airport of Maleme in Crete. While soil sampling was in progress new routes of trace analysis...

The structure and function of communities and biological systems favorable and unfavorable to salt production in the ponds of solar saltworks are described. Favorable systems maintain a diverse biota and power the organisms at levels that enable a saltworks to economically and continuously produce...

Saltscapes are landscapes with a long lasting salt-making activity, thus embedded with a blend of salt-related characteristics that marked them physically, ecologically, economically, and culturally. This study, based on a broad survey, focuses on the changing atlas of saltmaking business and the...

The Ninth International Symposium on Salt (www.worldsalt2009.com) organized by China National Salt Industry Corporation, China Salt Association and many other salt organizations of the world was held in the Beijing International Convention Center on the 4-7 September 2009. It is the ninth in a...

Electric Arc Furnace Dust (EAFD) generated through the production of carbon and alloy steel products is classified as environmentally hazardous waste mainly because of its relatively high levels of Pb, Cd and Cr. The aim of the present work was to investigate the effect of the EAFD addition on the...