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CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.

Water Security of rural water supply systems in super typhoon Haiyan affected areas

GOMBA F.
Topic: 
Water and climate services - challenges and user-tailored developments
The rural water supply systems in the countryside necessitate sustainability and security assessment to ensure long-term and safe water supply to target beneficiaries. The objective of the study is to analyse the hidden threatening factors in water supply system and recommends sustainability and...Read more
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Key words: water supply system water security, water security models, rural water supply systems
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cest2019_00362

Risk Evaluation of Community-Based Water Systems from Nonpoint-Source Pollution in Eastern Visayas, Philippines

(Corresponding) GOMBA F., PERANTE W.
Topic: 
Hydrology and water resources
This study evaluated the risk posed by nonpoint-source (NPS) pollution to the 266 community-based water systems (CBWS) in Eastern Visayas, Philippines. Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques, together with Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) was used to develop a Nonpoint-Source...Read more
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Non-point-source pollution, community-based water system, water management, Philippines
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00231

Thermodynamic model for a reversible desalination cycle using polyelectrolyte hydrogels

(Corresponding) Rud O., Košovan P.
Topic: 
Desalination
We propose a novel desalination scheme which employs the hydrogels as a tool to draw salt ions from a brine with low salinity to a brine with high salinity. As a driving force we use the fact that the volume of polyelectrolyte gel does depend on the surrounding salinity. While the salinity...Read more
Keywords: 
polyelectrolyte hydrogel desalination
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cest2019_00663

The thermodynamic model of improved desalination using hydrophobic polyelectrolyte gels

(Corresponding) Rud O., Prokacheva V., Uhlik F.
Topic: 
Desalination
We study a weak polyelectrolyte hydrogel and its application as a desalination agent. We model the desalination process as a four-step reversible thermodynamic cycle transferring ions from a low salinity solution to a high salinity one. As a driving force for ions movement, we use the fact that...Read more
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desalination, polyelectrolytes, hydrogels, hydrophobic gel, phase separation, mean-field theory
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cest2021_00471

Energy and environmental aspects of distributed generation and electric-vehicle integration from a LCA perspective. A case study in Mendoza, Argentina

(Corresponding) Arena A.
Topic: 
Life cycle analysis (lca)
The energy sector is moving from a rigid, concentrated system towards a flexible, decentralized one enabling the exchange of energy between many actors. Distributed renewable energy generation is a key player in this new system, offering many advantages, but their intermittent character and the...Read more
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Distributed generation, electric vehicle, storage, Life Cycle Assessment
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cest2019_00413

Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the enzyme for the reductive cleavage of diaryl ether bonds of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in Geobacillus thermodenitrificans UZO 3

(Corresponding) Suzuki Y., Nakamura M., Otsuka Y., Sato-Izawa K., Hishiyama S., Kameyama K., Kameyama T., Takahashi A., Katayama Y.
Topic: 
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
We have previously reported that a cell-free extract prepared from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans UZO 3 reductively cleaves diaryl ether bonds of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD), a dioxin with the highest toxicity, in a sequential fashion producing 3’,4’,4,5-tetrachloro-2-...Read more
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Bioremediation, Dioxin, 2,3,7,8-TCDD, Cloning
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00373

"Reliable in-Situ Sensing of Water Quality Parameters Using Low Cost Autonomous Analysers - Opportunities and Challenges"

Donohoe A., Hazel C., McCluskey P., McCaul M., (Corresponding) Diamond D.
Topic: 
Process understanding through innovative sensors and remote sensing
The delivery of platforms that can provide access to good quality analytical information on the chemical/biological status of water at an acceptable cost remains a formidable challenge, despite considerable efforts from the research community over many years. The relatively high cost of autonomous...Read more
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in-situ, autonomous, chemical sensing, satellite remote sensing, water quality
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00380

Groundwater quality and hydrogeochemical characterization of Khetri copper mining region, India

(Corresponding) Punia A., Siddaiah N., (Corresponding) Bharti R.
Topic: 
Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
The impact of copper mine on groundwater quality in the semi-arid region is evaluated, and also characterized for hydrogeochemical processes. Groundwater samples (post monsoon and pre monsoon) from Khetri copper mine region of Rajasthan, India were studied. In majority of groundwater samples, the...Read more
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Groundwater quality; Hydrogeochemistry; Anthropogenic processes; Khetri Copper mines
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00500

Identification of biotransformation products of veterinary drugs present in piggery wastewater during treatment with photobioreactors based on microalgae-bacteria and purple phototrophic bacteria consortia

(Corresponding) López-Serna R., García D., Bolado S., Jiménez J., Lai F., Golovko O., Ahrens L., Wiberg K., Gago-Ferrero P., Muñoz R.
Topic: 
Emerging pollutants
This work identified transformation products (TPs) from 5 antibiotics and 1 analgesic, namely enrofloxacin, marbofloxacin, danofloxacin, amoxicillin, penicillin G and dexamethasone, respectively, present in spiked real piggery wastewater (PWW) before and after two different treatments in two open...Read more
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veterinary drugs, pig slurry, algal-bacterial processes, PPB, photobioreactor, transformation products, metabolites, retrospective analysis, LC-QTOF-MS
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cest2019_00375

Analysis of degradation of the micropollutant amoxicillin by photolysis and evaluation of the degradation products

(Corresponding) Hoehne L., Vettorello G., Ethur E., Kuhn D., Freitas E., Steffens C.
Topic: 
Emerging pollutants
Emerging micro pollutants are substances that have recently been identified in environmental matrices, of which information on environmental permanence and toxicity is still scarce. Because of their chemical structure, antibiotics are more stable and require more complex processes for degradation...Read more
Keywords: 
emerging pollutant, degradation; amoxicilin, water
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00379