Soil and Water Pollution Monitoring, Protection and Remediation

Introduction: Spread and Distribution of Hazardous Chemicals in Soils and Water - A Global Problem.- DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONTAMINANTS IN THE GEOSPHERE.- PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN EGYPT - AN OVERVIEW.- Fate and Behavior of Anthropogenic Pollutants in Soils and Water.- FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN SORPTION RELATED TO PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL REMEDIATION OF SOILS.- THE ROLE OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES IN THE FATE OF ANTHROPOGENIC ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN SOIL WITH EMPHASIS ON ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR COMPOUNDS.- INCORPORATING BIOAVAILABILITY INTO CRITERIA FOR METALS.- THE METAL UPTAKE AND ACCUMULATION IN FISH LIVING IN POLLUTED WATERS.- Advances in Chemical and Biological Techniques for Environmental Monitoring and Predicting.- SOME ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICS AND MONITORING.- FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM FOR WATER SPECTROSCOPY.- PREDICTING METAL UPTAKE BY PLANTS USING THE DGT TECHNIQUE.- ON CONCEPTUAL AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF FLOW AND TRANSPORT IN GROUNDWATER WITH THE AID OF TRACERS: A CASE STUDY.- SENSORISTIC APPROACH TO BIOLOGICAL DAMAGE AND RISK ASSESSMENT.- ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL BIOCHEMICAL SENSOR FOR WATER MONITORING.- GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS FOR POLLUTION MONITORING.- Novel Physico-Chemical Techniques of Soil and Water Protection and Remediation.- CURRENT AND FUTURE IN SITU TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FOR THE REMEDIATION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN SOIL, SEDIMENTS, AND GROUNDWATER.- LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS: LESSONS LEARNED ON DESIGN, CONTAMINANT TREATMENT, LONGEVITY, PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND COST - AN OVERVIEW.- USING ABUNDANT WASTE AND NATURAL MATERIALS FOR SOIL AND GROUNDWATER PROTECTION AGAINST CONTAMINATION WITH HEAVY METALS.- MEDIATING EFFECTS OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES IN THE CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS.- METAL BINDING BYHUMIC SUBSTANCES AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER DERIVED FROM COMPOST.- THE EFFECT OF ORGANIC MATTER FROM BROWN COAL ON BIOAVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS IN CONTAMINATED SOILS.- USE OF ACTIVATED CARBON FOR SOIL BIOREMEDIATION.- ADSORPTION OF ANIONS ONTO SOL-GEL GENERATED DOUBLE HYDROUS OXIDES.- XENOBIOTIC PHARMACEUTICALS IN WATER AND METHODS TO PREVENT THEIR APPEARANCE IN DRINKING WATER.- UV/VIS LIGHT-ENHANCED PHOTOCATALYSIS FOR WATER TREATMENT AND PROTECTION.- NEW HORIZONS IN PURIFICATION OF LIQUIDS.- FLY ASH-ORGANIC BYPRODUCT MIXTURE AS SOIL AMENDMENT.- Biosystems for Non-Destructive Remediation and Immobilization of Pollutants in Soils, Sediments and Detoxification of Industrial Wastes.- PHYTOREMEDIATION AND PHYTOTECHNOLOGIES: A REVIEW FOR THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.- CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE FOR TREATMENT OF WATER CONTAMINATED WITH ARSENIC AND HEAVY METALS.- DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE EFFLUENT AND BIOSOLIDS IN EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS: A LYSIMETER SIMULATION STUDY.- PHYTOREMEDIATION OF EXPLOSIVES IN TOXIC WASTES.- FLOATING AQUATIC MACROPHYTES AS A DECONTAMINATION TOOL FOR ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS.- PLANT TOLERANCE TO HEAVY METALS, A RISK FOR FOOD TOXICITY OR A MEANS FOR FOOD FORTIFICATION WITH ESSENTIAL METALS: THE ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASUM MODEL.- Assembled Plant and Microbial Technologies for Bioremediation of Pollutants.- ECOREMEDIATION. COOPERATION BETWEEN PLANTS AND SOIL MICROORGANISMS, MOLECULAR ASPECTS AND LIMITS.- ANAEROBIC DEHALOGENATION OF HALOGENATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR BIOREMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTSOF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTSOF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTSOF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS.- MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR MICROBIAL REMEDIATION - CONTAMINANTS UPTAKE, METABOLISM AND BIOSENSING.- ROLE OF MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN PHYTOREMEDIATION AND TOXICITY MONITORING OF HEAVY METAL RICH INDUSTRIAL WASTES IN SOUTHERN POLAND.- BIODEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS BY KERATINOLYTIC FUNGI.- Management strategies for large-area contaminated sites.- INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR COMPLEX GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT A MEGASITE SCALE.- MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR REGIONALLY CONTAMINATED AQUIFERS: A CASE STUDY AT BITTERFELD, GERMANY.