Essays about: "lakvatten"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the word lakvatten.
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1. Analyzing Key Flows and Processes of Waste Management for Environmental Improvement in Chennai, India : A Minor Field Study with a Life Cycle and Socio-Technical Systems Perspective
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Waste management (WM) is a prominent issue in the world’s most populated country, India. Lack of WM can have a negative impact on the environment through leachate contamination of water bodies and emissions of greenhouse gases. READ MORE
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2. A Toxic Legacy? : A Study of PFAS Leakage from Landfills in the Eastern Part of Mälaren
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : The growing concern around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their negative health and environmental effects have lately become more apparent which also is reflected in the new, more strict regulations of permitted levels of PFAS in drinking water extracted from water resources. However, many point sources of PFAS pollution to the environment and to water resources are still not identified and assessed for risk. READ MORE
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3. Pharmaceuticals and other chemicals of emerging concern in leachate from a landfill and sludge storage facility
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The occurrence of 86 chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) (including pharmaceuticals, parabens, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, pesticides, stimulants, an isoflavone and an industrial chemical) was investigated in this study at Hovgården, a waste facility in Uppsala (Sweden). The selected CECs were analysed using solid phase extraction, sludge extraction and ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. READ MORE
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4. The potential for Binding PFAS Using Biochar and Phytoremediation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : PFAS is a group of long-lasting chemicals with multiple known toxicological effects which has been found everywhere in nature. One of the possible source points of PFAS is via landfill through leachate leaving the area. It is therefore important to investigate and implementing remediation techniques to reduce the contamination risk. READ MORE
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5. Optimizing the nitrogen removal in leachate treatment during continuous-flow biological treatment (KBR)
University essay from KTH/Industriell bioteknologiAbstract : Användandet av deponier är en av de vanligaste metoderna för avfallshantering globalt. Trots insatser som gjordes för att förbjuda hushållsavfall i deponier under millennieskiftet, deponier skapade innan restriktionerna är fortfarande en risk för miljön. READ MORE