Research Abstracts

This study aims first to elicit residents’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) for the provision of central wastewater treatment and second farmers’ WTP for recycled water. A case study on a rural and costal tourist area is presented, located at the Municipality of Kissamos in northwest Crete. In the context o

A user-friendly software that contributes to the regional scale irrigation scheduling is presented. The software is based on the numerical solution of Richards equation which is integrated into the ArcGIS environment. Irrigation water needs are visualised by the production of coloured maps of the cu

In the southern regions of Mediterranean Europe, the greatest part of water resources for supply systems come from artificial reservoirs. Eutrophication is one of the most serious problems affecting the quality of water stored in reservoirs. A simplified approach that includes water quality aspects

Different simulation software tools were evaluated for small-scale modelling of the Kleine Ronse brook. The InfoWorks modelling package (www.wallingfordsoftware.com) was selected based on the objectives that were put forward by Leiedal, the intermunicipal society of the Kortrijk region. The Kleine R

The increase on water demand of the different sectors lately so commonly verified, namely for domestic use, has been a major incentive towards the development and use of Decision Support Systems (DSS). In the context of a European Project, a DSS tool was developed and applied to the Algarve region,

The estimation of useful water potential of sources with varying water quality is based on the identification of the period at which all quality parameters are within the acceptable limits which are dictated by the quality requirements of the use. Karstic saline springs often exhibit strong quality

The geological, hydrogeological and hydrochemical regimes of the coastal Rhodope aquifer system, northeastern Greece, are described. The aquifer system includes two aquifers within coarse grained alluvial sediments. Both vertical and lateral saline water intrusion occurs, usually caused by over pump

This study evaluates the efficacy of Palmer drought indices to monitor hydrological droughts in river discharges and soil moisture in selected watersheds with varying geomorphologic characteristics in region of Thessaly, Greece. The Palmer four indices (PDSI, Weighted PDSI, PHDI and the moisture ano

Electrodialysis (ED) is one of a number of attractive options in the desalination of secondary effluent, but membrane fouling is still an issue that needs to be resolved. This study investigated potential foulants and the fouling control of ED during desalination. Cation and anion exchange membranes

Bilge water is a complex mixture of various compounds from mechanical parts of ships. The effect of bilge water on a Biofilm–MBR process was investigated in this paper. When bilge water was included in the feed, the removal of total organic carbon in the biofilm reactor was not only depended on the