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International Conference on Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Adapted to Mediterranean Area, 25-28 October 2000, Tunis
The wastewater treatment is a well-developed and mastered technique. However, the environmental requirements and reuse regulations are getting more and more strict especially for hardly biodegradable compounds. In order to adjust to these new constraints, the treatment of wastewaters must be improved either at the level of the reactors conception and design or by means of the addition of a complementary treatment. Whatever the solution chosen, its efficiency at the industrial scale in the Mediterranean region would be highly dependent on the simplicity of its principle as well as on the treatment performance and total cost.
The Conference objective consists of conducting a Mediterranean dialogue and a worldwide exchange of experience and research results. Main themes for the conference are as follows:
General
Water cycles and mass balances; requirements for recycling and reuse; water reuse in agriculture and industry; sanitary, hygienic and cultural aspects; impact of technologies; economic aspects, e.g. environmental protection as f (GNP).
Municipal Wastewater
Processes (e.g. activated sludge processes, anaerobic treatment, immobilized systems, ponds, wetland systems, infiltration); sludge treatment and use; upgrading of existing plants; disinfection; reuse.
Industrial Wastewater
Wastewater flow sheets; treatment requirements; technologies (e.g. precipitation, membranes, aerobic and anaerobic biological systems, adsorption); production integrated environmental protection; examples from different industries.
Disinfection
Requirements; reinfection; artificial and solar UV, chemical; membranes; ponds.
Potentials for Water Reuse and Environmental Impact
Groundwater recharge; agricultural, tourist and industrial reuse.
Innovative Technologies
Oxidation technologies (e.g. Photocatalysis); solar evaporation; use of renewable energies for water and wastewater treatment and recycling.
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