Sustainability reflects one of the major issues for mankind today, and is possibly one of the key factors for a long time survival on planet earth. Sustainability in this paper is discussed from the viewpoint of water protection and especially wastewater treatment. Focus is done with respect to municipal wastewater management. It is acknowledged that […]
Författare
Stig Morling
Nyckelord (Keyword)
Environmental protection, Sanitation, Empirical knowledge, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment plants
Årgång
2009
Nummer
3
Utgåva
Sweden and Finland have a long joint history separated in 1809 when Finland became an autonomous Grand Dutchy under the Russian Tsar. The water service sector started developing in urban areas during the latter part of the 19th century. The similarities and differences between Finland and Sweden in the water and wastewater services evolution are […]
Författare
Petri Juuti, Tapio Katko, Kenneth M Persson, Riikka Rajala
Nyckelord (Keyword)
water supply, sanitation, services, evolution, history, strategic decisions, Finland, Sweden, comparisons
Årgång
2009
Nummer
3
Utgåva
Within the last decades, the data collection in Swedish municipalities has shown to be valuable with respect to gaining information on the statistics of heavy rain storms. This article is focused on rain data from Halmstad municipality, located in a region of the highest yearly precipitation amounts for Swedish conditions, especially in the interior parts, […]
Författare
Claes Hernebring och Mattias Salomonsson
Nyckelord (Keyword)
short-term rainfall, rain intensity, rain statistics, extreme events
Årgång
2009
Nummer
3
Utgåva
In this paper Ce(IV)-La(III) binary hydroxide adsorbent, herein referred to as CLH adsorbent, which is a recovery of waste ceria powder from glass polishing process, is used as a novel adsorbent for removing inorganic arsenic (As) from water. The CLH adsorbent is prepared using a combined acid and heating treatment method, which involves refluxing the […]
Författare
Shan Chong, David Holmström, Qiurong Li, Tong Ouyang
Nyckelord (Keyword)
Arsenic removal, waste ceria, groundwater treatment, adsorption, Ce(IV)-La(III) binary hydroxide
Årgång
2009
Nummer
3
Utgåva