Events
International workshop on the risks from diffuse pollution
The EU funded project 'integrated soil and water protection', SOWA, will hold
a workshop on the risks from diffuse pollution in Prague, the Czech Republic, on
28 and 29 June.
Soil pollution and degradation is a result of population growth and
technological development. Industrial development has left a legacy of
environmental damage that continues to have an impact on natural resources, and
ultimately, quality of life. A wide range of artificial chemicals designed for
use in industry, agriculture, pest control, consumer goods, and emissions from
the combustion of fossil fuels are the main sources for diffuse pollution.
Areas for future research, such as the physical-chemical multifunctionality of
soils, will be discussed at the conference.
Data Source Provider : University of Tübingen
Document Reference : Based on an event announcement
Programme Acronym : FRAMEWORK 5C, EESD
Subject Index Codes : Earth Sciences, Environmental Protection
Contact Person : For further information, please visit:
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/sowa/sites/index.html
Industry workshop on new technologies for waste water treatment
As its closing event, the Fifth Framework Programme project METASEP is
organising an industry information workshop in Saarbrücken, Germany, on 20
February 2004, to present its results.
In the course of the project, a new technology for the treatment of wastewater
contaminated with toxic metals was developed, which is especially relevant for
industries struggling with large amounts of wastewater streams containing toxic
metal cations or their oxyanions (metal working, semiconductor and copper
industries, mine water treatment etc.
The METASEP consortium has worked for the last two and a half years on the
development of new bonding agents, membranes and separation processes to solve
such problems and overcome the shortcomings of conventional treatment processes.
Data Source Provider : METASEP project coordinator
Document Reference : Based on an event announcement
Programme Acronym : FRAMEWORK 5C, EESD, MS-D C
Subject Index Codes : Waste Management, Environmental Protection, Scientific
Research
Contact Person : For further information, please consult the following web
address:
http://www.eurice.de
