Water Treatment Technologies for the Removal of High-Toxity Pollutants

1. Front Matter

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2. Nanomaterials for Chemical—Biological — Physical Integrity of Potable Water

   • A. Vaseashta

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3. Rainwater Collecting as a Part of Implementation of the Sustainable Development Principles on Croatian Islands — Old Habits for New Era

   • K. Vitale, N. J. Holcer, A. Džakula, G. Todorovic, M. Milic

   Pages 17-28

4. Fish Consumption and Mercury Body Burden in Women of Reproductive Age From Urban Area in Croatia

   • N. J. Holcer, K. Vitale, A. S. Marić, V. Brumen, J. Mustajbegović, D. Andabaka

   Pages 29-39

5. Origin of Arsenic in Drinking Waters in the West Backa District of Serbia

   • L. Sokolova Djokic, R. Pantovic, N. Stavretovic, R. Igic

   Pages 41-50

6. Magnetic Zeolite as Arsenic Sorbent

   • M. Václavíková, K. Stefusova, L. Ivaničová, S. Jakabsky, G. P. Gallios

   Pages 51-59

7. Modeling and Simulation of Heavy Metals Removal From Drinking Water by Magnetic Zeolite

   • A. Martins, T. M. Mata, G. P. Gallios, M. Václavíková, K. Stefusova

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8. Sorption of Metal Ions From Aqueous Solution on Fixed-Beds of Iron-Based Adsorbents

   • E. A. Deliyanni, E. N. Peleka, K. A. Matis

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9. Removal of Arsenic From Drinking Water — Croatian Experience

   • L. Sipos, M. Markić, T. Ignjatić Zokić, M. Župan, T. Štembal

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10. Arsenic Oxidation by Membrane Contactors

    • A. Criscuoli, A. Galizia, E. Drioli

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11. Arsenic Species Isoformation — A Key Problem for Water Purification

    • I. Havezov, E. Tsekulov

    Pages 119-133

12. Distribution and Speciation of Arsenic in Groundwaters and Tap Waters of Eastern Croatia

    • M. Ujević, C. Casiot, Ž. Duić, V. Santo, Ž. Dadić, L. Sipos

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13. Oxyanions in Waste: Occurrence, Leaching, Stabilisation, Relation to Wastewater Treatment

    • C. Vandecasteele, G. Cornelis

    Pages 149-159

14. Trace Elements Speciation in Mining Affected Waters

    • S. Tepavitcharova, D. Rabadjieva, T. Todorov, M. Dassenakis, V. Paraskevopoulou

    Pages 161-168

15. Effect of Electrolytes on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Synthetic Dyes

    • G. P. Gallios, I. Voinovschi, A. Voulgaropoulos

    Pages 169-176

16. Heavy Metal Cationic Wastewater Treatment with Membrane Methods

    • G. G. Kagramanov, E. N. Farnosova, G. I. Kandelaki

    Pages 177-182

17. Separation of Cesium-137, Strontium-90 and Actinides from Waters and Wastewaters: A Short Review of the Materials and Processes

    • P. Misaelides

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18. Mo, Sb and Se Removal from Scrubber Effluent of a Waste Incinerator

    • P. Lievens, C. Block, G. Cornelis, C. Vandecasteele, J. -C. De Voogd, A. Van Brecht

    Pages 193-202

19. Equilibrium Modeling of Cu Removal From Aqueous Solutions: Influence of Ionic Strength

    • T. Bakalár, M. Búgel, L'. Huszágh

    Pages 203-210

20. Adsorption Characteristics of Cobalt(Ii) and Nickel(Ii) Onto Diatomite and Amberlite 252 Zu Resin from Aqueous Solutions

    • S. Kocaoba

    Pages 211-217

Water is essential for life, a strategic resource for every country and population. Its availability and sanitary safety is highly connected with the health and economy status of population. Burden of disease due to polluted water is a major public health problem throughout the world. Many pollutants in water streams have been identified as toxic and harmful to the environment and human health, and among them arsenic, mercury and cadmium are considered as high priority ones. Providing population with safe drinking water became the priority and at the same time a big challenge for the modern society. Many funding agencies in various countries have assigned a high priority to the envir- mental security and pollution prevention. UN, being one of them, launched the “International Decade for Action: Water for life 2005–2015. ” Therefore, today’s political and social climate presents an important opportunity to implement principles of sustainable development and to preserve resources essential for future life. This process requires interdisciplinary approach; it is critically important to stimulate interactions between medical doctors, chemists, physicist, materials scientists, engineers and policy makers, which are already experienced in their specific areas. It is also our ethical obligation to preserve existing water resources and existing eco systems enhancing their biodiversity. The NATO Advanced Research Workshop “Water Treatment Te- nologies for the Removal of High-Toxicity Pollutants” took place on September 13–17, 2008 in Košice, Slovak Republic.

• Environmental
• NATO
• PEACE
• Science
• Security
• Sub-Series C
• bacteria
• environmental technology
• high-toxity pollutants
• morphology
• toxicity
• water treatment
• water quality and water pollution
• water industry and water technology

• Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovakia

  Miroslava Václavíková, Lucia Ivaničová

• School of Public Health “A. Stampar” Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

  Ksenija Vitale

• School of Chemistry, Chemical Technology Division, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

  Georgios P. Gallios

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