Marina Kuster, Maria López de Alda, and Damià Barceló: Estrogens and Progestogens in Waste Water, Sludge Sediments and Soil -- A. Rigol, A. Latorre, S.Lacorte, and D. Barceló: Toxic Compounds in Paper Mill Wastewaters -- M.D. Hernando, I. Ferrer, A. Agüera, and Amadeo R. Fernandez-Alba: Evaluation of Pesticides in Wastewaters. A Combined (Chemical and Biological) Analytical Approach -- Sta…
Effect of Bacteria Augmentation on Aromatic and Asphaltenic Fraction Removal in Solid Culture -- Biodegradation of PAHs in Soil by Two Deuteromycete Fungi -- Biodegradation of Diuron and Pyruthiobac-Sodium by White-Rot and Soil Fungi -- Design Challenges for Large Scale Sulfate Reducing Bioreactors -- In-situ Bioremediation of a Chlorinated Solvent Residual Source in Unconsolidated Sediments an…
Establishing Photocatalytic Kinetic Rate Equations: Basic Principles and Parameters -- Novel Photocatalytic Reactors for Water and Air Treatment -- Photocatalysts, Radiation Sources and Auxiliary Equipment for Photocatalysis -- The Irradiation Field in Photocatalytic Reactors -- Kinetic Modeling of the Photocatalytic Reaction Network: The Parallel-Series Approximation -- The Energy Efficiency F…
A.N. Kosarev, A.G. Kostianoy: Introduction -- A.N. Kosarev: Physico-Geographical Conditions of the Caspian Sea -- V.S. Tuzhilkin, A.N. Kosarev: Thermohaline Structure and General Circulation of the Caspian Sea Waters -- A.I. Ginzburg, A.G. Kostianoy, N.A. Sheremet: Sea Surface Temperature Variability -- V.S. Tuzhilkin, D.N. Katunin, Yu.R. Nalbandov: Natural Chemistry of Caspian Sea Waters -- A.…
Recent Advances in Purification and Special Treatment of Water and Water Quality Monitoring -- Advances in Drinking Water Treatment in the United States -- Depositional Characteristics of Lake Sediments in Canada as Determined by Pb-210 and Cs-137 -- Biosensors for Water Quality Monitoring -- Rapid Detection of Bacteria in Drinking Water -- Utilization of Mobile Analytical Tests in Wastewater T…
Model structure and processes -- to the transport equation -- Solving hydrodynamics -- Solving hydrodynamics and dispersion -- Modelling the dispersion of non conservative radionuclides -- Lagrangian dispersion models -- Dispersion in estuaries: an example -- Sensitivity analysis -- Review of some radionuclide dispersion models.This book is a practical guide to the subject of numerical modelli…
The unsaturated zone — a neglected component of nature -- Use of stable isotope analysis to assess biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the unsaturated zone. Laboratory studies, field studies, and mathematical simulations -- A model assessing bioavailability of persistent organic pollutants in soil -- Geochemical changes under variably saturated conditions during artificial recharge vi…
Legal Aspects of Environmental Damage -- Estimating Damages Under the 2004 EC Directive on Environmental Liability -- Environmental Damage and Belgian Law -- Compensation for Ecological Damage and Latvian Law -- International and Regional Funds for Compensation for Damage to the Marine Environment -- Scope of Compensation for Environmental Damage Under the 1992 Civil Liability Convention and th…
Modelling of Sewer Network Flow -- Flow Control in Sewer Networks -- Nonlinear Optimal Control -- Multivariable Feedback Control -- Application Example -- Simulation Results -- Conclusions and Future Research.Recent years have seen a very marked increase in the desire to protect the environment from any and all malign influences. The maintenance or restoration of water quality is a vital part o…
The Analysis of Picogram Quantities of Rare Earth Elements in Naturual Waters -- Determination of 56 Trace Elements in Three Aquifer- Type Rocks by ICP-MS and Approximation of the Relative Solubilities for These Elements in a Carbonate System by Water-Rock Concentration Ratios -- Rare Earth, Major, and Trace Element Geochemistry of Surface and Geothermal Waters from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, Nor…