Research Abstracts

Two of the greatest problems of the human society are those related to water shortage and the degradation of the environment. The main causes of water shortage problems are (i) the demographic explosion, (ii) the rising of living standards, (iii) the short-term climatic changes and (iv) the manageme

Water, under the climatic conditions of the Earth, is found in three natural states, as a solid, as a liquid and as a gas. Since the quantities of water on the Earth’s surface are constant, at least for the last few million years, then the entire historic evolution of human society, and especially s

The degradation of quantity and quality of lake waters nowadays forces scientists to develop advanced methods of studying and understanding lake ecosystems. These methods lead to models that have as an aim to describe in detail the chemical and biological processes that take place in the lake enviro

Contamination of groundwater by methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), that is detected in wastewater of petrochemical industry, is an increasing problem to water supply companies. The subjects of this research were the methods of photolytic, photocatalytic and microbiological degradation of methyl ter

Presence of phenol in river water occasionally disturbs the production of drinking water. Phenol often originated from coal power plants or pesticides. New ozone generator [Kuraica et al., Vacuum, 73 (2004) 705] was used for removal of phenol and chlorophenols from water. The ozone generator was bas

The “1st South-Eastern European Interlaboratory Study WATER ANALYSIS-2003” was organized in the period of November 2003 to February 2004, on the basis of European and international experiences. The total of 38 laboratories took part in “WATER ANALYSIS-2003”. Three laboratories were from Greece, one

The emission of phosphorus from various ecochemical types of soil (arable land, forest, meadow and orchard) was investigated in order to preserve the quality of water in a future accumulation lake (54 millions cubic meters and 230 ha) Rovni near Valjevo (Serbia and Montenegro). Samples were taken fr

A survey study on radioactivity in drinking water from three lakes in the region of Attika in Greece is in progress since 2004. The measurement of gross alpha and gross beta activity is used as a screening method. All the values of alpha and beta activity in the selected water samples were lower tha

Advanced membrane technology can significantly improve water management in large, land-locked power plants such as the Agios Dimitrios Power Station in Northern Greece. A review of the present water treatment facilities and of water requirements in this power station was carried out, to identify pot

Up to 1990 a new phenomena concerning environment has taken place in our country. Many industrial enterprises were totally or partially closed. But leather tanning and processing factories which were represented by 5 enterprises located from the north to the south in Shkodra, Tirana, Vlora, Korça, G