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The Journal of Environmental Protection (JEP) is published monthly and one of most prospective international journals with multiple disciplines. It covers various aspects of environmental issues, such as research, strategies and the state-of-the-art technologies for prediction, prevention and protection addressing up-…
Hua-Yin Zhao, Li-Jin Lin, Qiao-Lun Yan, Yuan-Xiang Yang, Xue-Mei Zhu, Ji-Rong Shao
The tailing ponds of lead-zinc mines are artificial environment pollution sources, and also important dangerous sources of heavy metal contamination in lead-zinc mining areas. To study the effects of Ethylene Diamine Tetracetic Acid (EDTA) and Diethylene Tria…
Maria Eugenia Gimenez Boscov, Waldemar Coelho Hachich, Claudio Fernando Mahler, E. de Oliveira
In many regions of Brazil, lateritic clays are the natural candidates for the construction of compacted clay liners of waste disposal sites because of their availability and appropriate geotechnical characteristics. Lateritic soils have been extensively used…
Mahmood Mahdi Barbooti
A rapid method is described for the determination of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil samples. The method is based on the extraction of hydrocarbons by a solvent and the treatment of the solution with an aqueous solution of a surfactant to release the hydrocarb…
Alejandro Gabriel García-Reiriz, Jorge Federico Magallanes, Marjan Vracko, Jure Zupan, Silvia Reich, Daniel Salvador Cicerone
A chemometrical study regarding a 10-years water quality monitoring plan at 15 sampling points along a section of the Reconquista River and its stream channels, which embraces 21 campaigns, is presented. The original data were pre-treated in order to eliminat…
Bo young Jeon, Il Lae Jung, Doo Hyun Park
Activity of a crude biosurfactant extracted from the culture fluid of Serratia sp. that was isolated from riverbed soil was shown to increase in proportion to the cultivation time, and was higher at pH 8 than at pH 7. Serratia sp. grew in the mineral-based me…
Britt-Marie Svensson, Lennart Mathiasson, Lennart Mårtensson, Pille Kängsepp
This paper presents an evaluation of the suitability of a mixed absorbent based on peat and carbon-containing ash for treatment of wastewaters, such as wastewater from professional car washes, landfill leachate and stormwater. This mixture is very attractive,…
Axel René Fischer, Catalin Stefan, Kay Silabetzschky, Peter Werner, Bui Hoc
Due to the subtropical climate the average annual precipitation in Vietnam is high. Nevertheless it is observed that groundwater levels in the capital Hanoi have decreased dramatically. As a consequence more and more settlements of buildings have been registe…
Jeroen Provoost, Robbe Ottoy, Lucas Reijnders, Jan Bronders, Ilse Van Keer, Frank Swartjes, Daniel Wilczek, David Poelmans
Humans spend 64% - 94% of their time indoors; therefore, indoor air quality is very important for potential exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC). The source of VOC in the subsurface may come from accidental or intentional releases, leaking landfills o…
A. R. Omer, Paul M. Walker
Development of a technology that can reduce the odor of liquid swine manure during agitation and land application could prove beneficial to the swine industry. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a commercial ozone treatment system for swine slurry unde…
C. G. Okoli, D. H. Ogbuagu, C. L. Gilbert, S. Madu, R. F. Njoku-Tony
The Port Harcourt Refinery Company situated at Okrika Mainland discharges its effluent into the Creeks surrounding this coastal land. The current study examined the presence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater sources of the coastal settlement…
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