CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Rainwater harvesting from roads enhanced indigenous pasture establishment in a typical African dryland environment
(Corresponding) Mganga K.
Topic:
Water management in arid communities/places
African drylands are a key source forage for pastoral livestock herds. However, land degradation and recurrent droughts have resulted to shrinkage of natural grazing pastures. This poses the greatest challenge to livestock production in African drylands. Combining innovative sustainable land...Read more
WATER SALINIZATION IN IRAN: SPATIAL VARIATION OF SALINITY IN GROUNDWATER RESOURCES OF NORTH WEST (URMIA LAKE)
Shakerkhatibi M., Jahanimoghaddam H., Esmat Saatloo M., (Corresponding) Mosaferi M.
Topic:
Water policy, management and society
This study presents the quality of drinking water in terms of salinity in the western margin of Lake Urmia, Iran. During the study a total of 121 samples from 116 wells and 5 springs were collected which constitute drinking water resources of 301 villages in the study area. Approximately more than...Read more
Keywords:
Water quality, Groundwater, Salinity, Electric Conductivity, Salt water
Removal of heavy metals from sewage sludge using combined hydrothermal pretreatment and chelate extraction
(Corresponding) Usťak S., Muňoz J.
Topic:
Wastewater treatment
The removal of heavy metals from sewage sludge using the combined influence of hydrothermal pretreatment and chelate extraction was tested. The classical method of batch extraction with chelates and the advanced hydrothermal pretreatment (HTP) extraction process with chelates were compared. Both...Read more
Keywords:
sewage sludge; heavy metals; hydrothermal pretreatment; chelate extraction
(Corresponding) Vrchotová B., Škotková M., Vlková V., Kolochová I., Lovecká P.
Topic:
Agroforestry, forest and agricultural sustainability
Due to increasing demands to agricultural production it is necessary to fine processes which will increase health of cultural plants and will have positive impact on landscape with potential to increase production. Our work is concerned on grapevine plants (Vitis vinifera) endophytic population. We...Read more
Cooperation of bacteria and fungus on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons degradation
(Corresponding) Vrchotová B., Danda M., Lovecká P.
Topic:
Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are diverse family of hydrophobic organic pollutants. They can be removed from environment by bacterial degradation. One of the process which could limit biodegradation is transfer of hydrophobic contaminants in to aqueous phase were degrading microorganisms live...Read more
Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
Majority of terrestrial soils are used primarily for agricultural production. The main factor of soil fertility is mediated by soil microorganisms and invertebrates. Soil microorganisms plays crutial role in ecosystems nutrient cycling and therefore any change in their diversity could have serious...Read more
COMPLEX APPROACH FOR ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN SOIL MICROBIOME
(Corresponding) Macůrková A., Drobníková T., Maryška L., Jindřichová B., Burketová L., Siegel J., Valentová O., Lovecká P.
Topic:
Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
In the few past decades, genetic approaches for analysis of soil microbiome, e.g pyrosequencing, gained major attention and cultivation techniques were pushed into the background. The combination of several techniques could be useful and cheap approach for analysis of changes in soil microbiome. In...Read more
Effects of Cr(VI)-contaminated irrigation water on growth and development of selected crop species
Georgiadou E., Zissimos A., Christoforou I., Christofi C., Fotopoulos V., (Corresponding) Christou A.
Topic:
Efficient water resources management in cr(vi) impacted water bodies
Chromium (Cr) is a metal well-known to cause environmental pollution due to its association with a number of industrial processes involving leather, steel, electroplating, chemicals, dyes and paints. It is toxic to plants and microorganisms, and its study is attracting a lot of attention due to its...Read more
(Corresponding) LIM D., BALLESTEROS F., DE SALES L.
Topic:
Solid waste management
The problem on solid waste has been and still remains as a major problem in the Philippines especially in developing countries where proper facilities for collection and disposal are not always available. In Metro Manila alone, daily waste generation stands at 8,600 tons coming from a population 12...Read more
The possibility of recycling of multilayer packaging waste: Reducing Environmental impacts
(Corresponding) Mumladze T., ŠLEINIŪTĖ A., Denafas G.
Topic:
Solid waste management
Multilayer Packaging Waste (MPW) represents the largest fraction of packaging waste and is mainly composed of multiple plastic films laminated with Al foil. Most produced multilayer film is based on the different polymers, such as: polyester (PET), polypropylene (PP), and polyethylene (PE) as main...Read more
