CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Towards a sustainable water resources management in post-lignite era: the case of Western Macedonia, Greece
(Corresponding) Farmaki P., Tranoulidis A., Sotiropoulou R., Tagaris E.
Topic:
Water policy, management and society
In 2018, Public Power Corporation (PPC) employed 15,000 employees in the energy sector, mainly in lignite production, providing electricity to 6,900,000 customers in Greece. The total confirmed lignite reserves amount to 5 billion tons mostly resourced (1.8 billion tons) in the Western Macedonia...Read more
Keywords:
post lignite era, water resources management, Water Framework Directive, Energy, coal
‘Water Underground’: Real-time, continuous monitoring of the underground water’s quantity and quality
Mavroforakis M., (Corresponding) Georgiou H., Malisiovas V., Psychias C., Papadimitriou D., Sarioglou K.
Topic:
Process understanding through innovative sensors and remote sensing
Water resource management is one the most urgent aspects of environmental protection and sustainability policies world-wide. Accurate, real-time remote sensing of the status of underground reservoirs is required for proper regional planning, prevention of droughts, optimized farming etc. ‘Water...Read more
Keywords:
hydrology, water management, remote sensing, predictive analytics, sustainability
How to estimate biocide mass loads in urban water discharges and their impact on the river contamination?
(Corresponding) BRESSY A., PAIJENS C., TEDOLDI D., FRERE B., MAILLER R., ROCHER V., MOILLERON R.
Topic:
Emerging pollutants
Biocidal substances are ubiquitous in urban areas; they are used as preservatives in daily products, building materials, and as domestic pesticides. Despite these facts, urban sources of biocides, contrary to agricultural inputs, have been overlooked in terms of environmental risk assessment. The...Read more
Keywords:
Mass loads; Stochastic approach; Stormwater; Surface water; Wastewater
Degradation of cytostatic drugs in water by ozonation
(Corresponding) Garcia-Costa A., Gouveia T., Pereira M., Silva A., Alves A., Madeira L., Santos M.
Topic:
Advanced oxidation processes
This work presents the degradation of five cytostatics found in Portuguese WWTP effluents: bicalutamide (BICA), capecitabine (CAP), cyclophosphamide (CYC), ifosfamide (IFO) and mycophenolic acid (MPA) using non-catalytic ozonation. Experiments were performed with 1 µM of each cytostatic at pH: 7.3...Read more
Keywords:
cytostatic drugs, oxidation, water treatment, emerging contaminants
Chemical weathering rates and CO2 consumption in the Savuto basin (Sila Massif, Italy) inferred from riverine water chemistry
(Corresponding) Fuoco I., De Rosa R., Timpano A., Cundari F., Apollaro C.
Topic:
River systems in diverse climates and environments
The aim of this work was to estimate the silicates (SWR) and carbonates (CWR) weathering rates as well as the CO2 consumption in the Savuto basin (Sila Massif, Southern Italy), studying the riverine water chemistry. Six sampling sites were investigated. Starting from the rain composition,...Read more
Keywords:
Chemical weathering; CO2 consumption; riverine water chemistry
Preliminary study on fluoride removal from contaminated groundwater by nanofiltration
(Corresponding) Fuoco I., Apollaro C., Criscuoli A., De Rosa R., Figoli A.
Topic:
Water treatment
In this work, a commercial nanofiltration (NF) membrane, named SPR 10113, was used for the first time to treat a real F-contaminated groundwater (F= 8.9 mg/L) coming from deep crystalline aquifer of Calabria Region (Southern Italy), in order to verify its efficiency in terms of fluorine rejection...Read more
Keywords:
Fluoride, water treatment, nanofiltration, membranes
Modelling the operation of a Water Treatment Plant based on Artificial Neural Networks
(Corresponding) GYPARAKIS S., TRICHAKIS I., VAROUCHAKIS E., DIAMADOPOULOS E.
Topic:
Water treatment
The main purpose of this study is to model the operation of a Drinking Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) using its main operational and water quality parameters in a fast, easy and reliable way. This study is based on a large number of data from recent years (2019-2021). The DWTP has a maximum capacity...Read more
Penetration of tritium into ground water in the Czech Republic
(Corresponding) Juranová E., Sedlářová B., Marešová D., Pohlová I.
Topic:
Environmental data analysis and modelling
Tritium (3H), the radioactive hydrogen, can form naturally by interaction of the cosmic radiation with the atmosphere, or it can be produced by human activities. In recent, tritium occurs distributed in environment in low concentrations, which means no significant health risk, but it can be used...Read more
The abundance, characteristics and risk of microplastics in surface water in urban artificial steams of Saudi Arabia
(Corresponding) Barceló D., Alfarhan A., El-Sheikh M., Picó Y.
Topic:
Microplastics in water treatment: fate, toxicity assessment and removal technologies
The presence of microplastics (MPs) in water is an indicator of the increase of human impacts on the Earth. In this study, water of the channels and ponds that conduct a mix of surface water and treated wastewater in two cities of Saudi Arabia were assessed to ascertain the influence of the...Read more
Interactions between microplastics and organic pollutants: Effects on transport and bioaccumulation: from the lab to the environment
(Corresponding) Picó Y., Campo J., Alfarhan A., El-Sheikh M., Barceló D.
Topic:
Microplastics in water treatment: fate, toxicity assessment and removal technologies
Microplastics (MPs) have the ability to extract/preconcentrate other contaminants from water samples and could also act as vectors to other environmental compartments. The occurrence and distribution of MPs in different points of Al-Jubail, the most important industrial city, and the second biggest...Read more
Keywords:
Microplastics, Saudi Arabia, Organic Pollutants, Sorption, Water
