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CEMEPE Conference June 24 – 28, 2007, Skiathos island, Geece

Preliminary program – Oral presentations SUNDAY, JUNE 24 16:00-21:00 Registration 19:30-20:30 Conference opening session 20:30-21:15 Invited lecture Professor Emeritus George Tchobanoglous Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis Issues and challenges on drinking water quality in the 21st century 21:30 Welcoming reception

ORAL PRESENTATIONS MONDAY, JUNE 25 ROOM 1 ECOTOXICOLOGY Session I CHAIRS: A. Kungolos and G. Persoone 09:00-09:30 Bioassays and biomarkers, two pillars of ecotoxicology: past, present and

prospective uses C. Blaise and F. Gagné

09:30-09:45 Study of cytotoxic and genotoxic effects in human lung epithelial cells exposed to respirable �-quartz C. Fanizza, C. L. Ursini, E. Paba, and D. Cavallo

09:45-10:00 Level of contamination and impact of pesticides in cupped oyster, Crassostrea gigas, reared in a shellfish area in Normandy (France) S. Buisson, V. Bouchart, E. Guerlet, and K. Costil

10:00-10:15 Aquatic contamination by ER, PXR and AhR active compounds occurring in coastal sediments: application in Sri Lanka lagoons M. Leclercq, H. Fenet, A. Hewabandulage, A. Escande, P. R. T. Cumaranatunga , C. Casellas, P. Balaguer and E. Gomez

10:15-10:30 Influence of environmental factors on the disappearance of microbiological faecal pollution indicators and dermatophytes fungi indicators on sand M. Ruiz, M. Antequera, R. Obispo and M. Castelaín

10:30-10:45 Efficacy of egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis and the predator aphid lion, Chrysoperla carnea in present of seven selective Insecticides for Controlling the American bollworm. Helicoverpa armigera on Cotton N .K . Al-Tememi

10:45-11:00 Environmental Toxicity of Cadmium and Health Dokmeci A.H. and Dagdeviren, S.

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK ECOTOXICOLOGY Session II CHAIRS: K. Wadhia and S. Canna-Michaelidou 11:30-11:45 Hormesis in plant (Lythrum salicaria L.): a case study

L. Migliore, A. Amendola, N.L. Cerioli, M. Fiori and S. Cozzolino 11:45-12:00 The use of physichochemical and ecotoxicological analyses for hazard classification

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of coal fly ash V. Tsiridis, C. Emmanouil, A. Kungolos and G. P. Sakellaropoulos

12:00-12:15 Evaluation of combined toxicity of various pharmaceuticals on Vibrio fischeri (Microtox® test) S. Canna-Michaelidou and Despo Zavrou

12:15-12:30 Measurements of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities in bivalve mollusks, as diagnostic biomarkers of environmental pollution and risk assessment. A case study in the Saronikos Gulf (Greece) Th. Vlahogianni and Ath. Valavanidis

12:30-12:45 Vitellogenin variation in the crab Carcinus maenas exposed to sediments affected by oil spills (Spain) C. Morales-Caselles, M. L. Martín-Díaz, I. Riba and Á. DelValls

12:45-13:00 Temperature and Salinity Effects on the Toxicity of Diuron and Copper pyrithione on the Brine Shrimp, Artemia franciscana A. Koutsaftis and I. Aoyama

13:00-13:15 Heavy metal bioaccumulation in populations of the small mammal Apodemus sylvaticus inhabiting suburban areas M. Marcheselli and M. Mauri

13:15-13:30 Ecotoxicity and bioavailability of metal oxide nanoparticles A. Kahru, M. Heinlaan, A. Ivask and I. Blinova

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK ECOTOXICOLOGY Session III CHAIRS: A. Kahru and M. Ruiz 15:00-15:15 Toxicity Assessment of Eight Azo-Dyes using Tetrahymena pyriformis

H. Fonseca, A. Nicolau, and N. Lima 15:15-15:30 Confounding factors acting on metal-induced metallothionein synthesis in bivalve

molluscs: reproductive cycle, parasitism and triploid status M. Baudrimont, V. Marie, X. de Montaudouin, P. Gonzalez, J.-P. Bourdineaud and A. Boudou

15:30-15:45 Reproductive cycle modulates metallothionein synthesis in the cockle (Cerastoderma edule) after parasite and cadmium contamination I. Paul-Pont, M. Baudrimont, P. Gonzalez and X. de Montaudouin

15:45-16:00 The triad approach for assessment of industrial contamination in freshwater sediments, Opole Region, Poland I. Czerniawska-Kusza, G. Kusza and K. Borecka

16:00-16:15 Excess sludge chemical reduction – impact on effluent quality B. Mrowiec and J. Suschka

16:15-16:30 Genetic variability in the grasshopper Euthystira brachyptera from the gradient of metal pollution. P. M. S. Zygmunt and W. Podrzucki

16:30-16:45 Environmental toxicity testing using the Microbial Assay for Risk Assessment (MARA) K. Wadhia and T. Dando

16:45-17:00 Toxicity tests on reclaimed municipal wastewaters M. Sakellariou-Makrantonaki and A. Angelaki

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK ECOTOXICOLOGY Session IV CHAIRS: C. Emmanouil and C. Blaise 17:30-17:45 Field testing in ecotoxicology : a black hole?

G. Persoone

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17:45-18:00 Colonization of toxic soils on dumps after coal mining by algae and cyanobacteria K. Mohlová, A. Lukešová and J. Frouz

18:00-18:15 Detection of aquatic pollution in Meric river by a measure of developmental instability, fluctuating asymmetry, in the fish Cyprinus carpio

E.D. Özsoy; B. Erkmen; S.C. Özeren, D. Kolankaya 18:15-18:30 Variability in 8-oxo-deoxyguanosine levels and its excision capacity in Mytilus

edulis populations from two sites in UK C. Emmanouil, J.K. Chipman

18:30-18:45 The effect of pollution in the Istanbul Strait O. S. Okay, B. Karacık, S. Ba�ak and O. Tütüncü

18:45-19:00 Comparison and influence of two newly produced Iranian oil dispersants (Pars1 &Pars2) with the Gamlen OD4000 on Rainbow trout L. Bordbar, M. Emtyzjoo and D. Farkhani

19:00-19:15 Japanese quail and rainbow trout exposure to methamidophos: lethal, sub-lethal effects and acetyl-cholinesterase biochemical and histochemical observations M. Foudoulakis, C. Balaskas, C. Szentes, Z. Repkenyi, A.N. Riga-Karandinos and G. Arapis

MONDAY, JUNE 25 ROOM 2 ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND POLICY Session I CHAIRS: O. Christopoulou and S. Wenk 09:00-09:15 Sustainable Development in the Greek Mining and Minerals Industry

K. Komnitsas, K. Valta and M. Grossou-Valta 09:15-09:30 The European Union’s Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS): Still a Viable

Entity or a Concept Spiraling Towards Obscurity? M. S. Wenk

09:30-09:45 Extended producer responsibility: panacea for the waste problem? Sue M.Cassells

09:45-10:00 Protection of Biodiversity - International and European Legal Framework A. Kallia – Antoniou

10:00-10:15 Comparative analysis of the European and Greek legislative framework for Agricultural Plastic Wastes (APW) and its implementation in Greece K. Liantzas, D. Briassoulis and M. Hiskakis

10:15-10:30 Environmental legislation and governance process for the conservation of biodiversity D. Manou and G. Desypris

10:30-10:45 Legal and Other Requirements in terms of an Environmental Management System applied to urban wastewater treatment facilities N. Tzouvaras and M. N. Koussathana

10:45-11:00 Implementation of the Directive 96/61/CE (IPPC) in Greece V. Tryfona-Panagopoulou and D. Hadjidakis

11:00-11:15 Afforestation of rural areas through the EU Regulations 2080/92 and 1257/99: the case of the Thessaly region in Greece O. Christopoulou, D. Minetos and N. Dimitropoulos

11:15-11:30 COFFEE BREAK CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ARCHITECTURAL ISSUES Session I CHAIRS: V. Tryfona-Panagopoulou and I. Ispikoudis 11:30-11:45 Regenerating the Built Environment in the place of New Development Projects

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J. Th. Costaki 11:45-12:00 Local level development and protected areas. The case of Dadia-Leukimi-Soufliou

forest National Park, Greece E. Koutsidou, V. Giagtzidou

12:00-12:15 The measurement of economic value of cultural and environmental resources: a critical review of evaluation methods K.A. Tsagkarakis and I.N. Katsikis

12:15-12:30 Historic urban sites. Environmental management and upgrade Vanta-Vasiliki Kyriakou

12:30-12:45 Analysis of the relationship between the population flows and the abandonment of terraces D. Pashali, D. Orfanidou and I. Ispikoudis

12:45-13:00 The ecological preference on buildings, the case of Greece E. Antoniou and P. Gavriil

13:00-13:15 Noise pollution in Bucharest urban parks (Romania) C. Ioja, M. P�troescu, G. Vân�u, A. Ioja

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK FATE AND TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS Session I CHAIRS: K.L. Katsifarakis and T. Albanis 15:00-15:15 The �ffect of Phosphogypsum Characteristics on the Chemical Composition and

Chemistry of Stack Solutions and Leachates M. Lysandrou and I. Pashalidis

15:15-15:30 An approximate solution to convective-dispersive mass transport in aquifers E. Karamagiola and K. L. Katsifarakis

15:30-15:45 Heavy metals phytoavailability and uptake by tobacco (Nicotianna Tabacum) from contaminated soils as affected by soil properties E. E. Golia and I. K. Mitsios

15:45-16:00 Soil column experiments used as a means to assess the mobility of pesticides in groundwater Z. Magga, D.N. Tzovolou, M.A. Theodoropoulou, T. Dalkarani, K. Pikios, and C.D. Tsakiroglou

16:00-16:15 Simultaneous effect of the concentration, clay mineralogy and particle size fractions on Cs sorption on two Greek soils F. Giannakopoulou, C. Haidouti and D. Gasparatos

16:15-16:30 Effect of zeolite and bentonite on extractability of heavy metals from sewage sludge M. Stylianou, V. Inglezakis, A. Papadopoulos, K. Moustakas and M. Loizidou

16:30-16:45 Levels of trace organic contaminants in water and sediments from Amvrakikos Gulf coastal lagoons D. Barelos, P. Selimi, T. Sakellarides, I. Konstantinou, D. Lambropoulou, T. Albanis

16:45-17:00 Concentration levels of As, Cd, Cr, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Cu, in air, water and soil, in the area of a steel plant C. Sikalidis, M. Mitrakas, R. Tzimou-Tsitouridou and M. Betsiou

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK FATE AND TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS Session II CHAIRS: K.-W. Schramm and C. Sikalidis 17:30-17:45 Soil salinization in the agricultural lands of Rhodope Province, northeastern Greece

V. Pisinaras, K. Ouzounis, C. Petalas, V.A. Tsihrintzis 17:45-18:00 Fate of organic chemicals in lysimeters topped with solid waste material

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K.-W. Schramm and D. Klotz 18:00-18:15 Evaluating dredges from ports in Greece.

M. Leotsinidis, E. Sazaklii, N. Tzavellas and A. Alexopoulos 18:15-18:30 Fate of pathogen bacteria after subsurface irrigation with untreated and treated

municipal wastewater A. Tsigoida, M. Kotsou and A. Kyriacou

18:30-18:45 Effect of serpentinization on soil heavy metal availability V. D. Tsatiris, K. G. Serelis, Ch. S. Kallianou and A. Tsagalidis

18:45-19:00 Assessment of environmental impact of coal mining waste reuse for coal extraction S. Stefaniak and I. Twardowska

MONDAY, JUNE 25 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Session I ROOM 3 CHAIRS: P. Grammelis and I. Twardowska 09:00-09:15 Co-gasification of a high ash coal with biomass and wastes – study of S, Cl, N and

heavy metals M. H. Lopes, F. Pinto, R. André, I. Gulyurtlu, I. Cabrita

09:15-09:30 Fermentative hydrogen production from sucrose-containing wastewater with immobilized biomass D. Li, T. Zhang & H.H.P. Fang

09:30-09:45 An integrated energy management system using steam traps monitoring in the petrochemical industry. The case study of Hellenic Petroleum S.A. – Thessaloniki Refinery N. Maroulas, G. Noides, P. Kyratsis, V. Dinopoulou and K. Stampoulis

09:45-10:00 Short-term electricity load forecasting for efficient and economic usage of electricity in water supply systems Mihai Gavrilas, Gilda Gavrilas, Calin Viorel Sfintes, Ovidiu Ivanov

10:00-10:15 Environmental impact of fibrous insulating materials operating in harsh temperature conditions A.K. Karamanos, E. Giama, A.M. Papadopoulos

10:15-10:30 Characterization of ash from fluidized bed combustion of ASR M. H. Lopes, M. Freire, M. Galhetas, I. Gulyurtlu, I. Cabrita

10:30-10:45 Hydrogen from bottom ash L. Muchová and P. Rem

10:45-11:00 Waste to energy: A review of the status and benefits in U.S.A. C.S. Psomopoulos, A. Bourka and N.J. Themelis

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Session II CHAIRS: K. Aravossis and M. Pitsiava – Latinopoulou 11:30-11:45 Biodiesel Production from Different Types of Used Cooking Oils and Fuel Quality

Concerns S. Terzakis, T. Manios and E. Stephanou

11:45-12:00 Solar–wind desalination unit in operation Performance evaluation S. Spanomitsios, T. Giannoulakes and P. Bekiaroglou

12:00-12:15 E / C solar-wind desalination unit with submerged plastic tubes in stagnant sea water. Experimental approach. S. Spanomitsios, T. Giannoulakes, P. Bekiaroglou

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12:15-12:30 The design and application of selected techniques for the environmental and energy improvement of urban areas – The case study of Patras G. Mihalakakou, I.K.Kalavrouziotis, C.A. Apostolopoulos and D.P. Matthopoulos

12:30-12:45 Feasibility Study and Market Analysis of Biodiesel Production in Greece C. Athanasiou, E. Antonakou and G. Marnellos

12:45-13:00 A comparative study on the thermochemical conversion of residue derived fuels G. Skodras, P. Grammelis, P. Basinas, M. Prokopidou, E. Kakaras, and G.P. Sakellaropoulos

13:00-13:15 Ecologically clean plasma combustion technology S. Serbin

13:15-13:30 Combining Life Cycle Assessment and Cumulated Exergy Consumption in the assessment of sustainable regional energy supply M. Beermann, A. Kollegger and J. Wolfbauer

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Session III CHAIRS: A. Karagiannidis and M. H. Lopes 15:00-15:15 Biofuels market in Greece and the potential role of captive fleets

A. Karagiannidis, M. Theodoseli, Chr. Babassi and Z. Samaras 15:15-15:30 Heat transfer enhancement in flat plate solar water collectors: Cost effective

improved design G. Iordanou, K. Mahkamov and A. Zhiianbekov

15:30-15:45 Definition and assessment of sustainability using fuzzy logic: a dynamic approach V. Kouloumpis, V.Kouikoglou and Y.Phillis

15:45-16:00 Economics of Upgrading mixed Polyolefin’s Waste E.J. Bakker, P.C. Rem, and N. Fraunholcz

16:00-16:15 The impact of traffic noise on property values M. Pitsiava – Latinopoulou, E. Zacharaki and S. Basbas

16:15-16:30 Motorized road transport: economic and environmental costs. A policy assessment framework S. Basbas, M. Pitsiava – Latinopoulou and E. Zacharaki

16:30-16:45 Photovotaic industries and its investement in Ghana Kwaku Addo Nyantakyi

16:45-17:00 A multicriteria decision-making methodology for the optimal design of the recovery and disassembly processes of electric and electronic products A. Xanthopoulos and E. Iakovou

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS Session I CHAIRS: P.C. Rem and K. Aravossis 17:30-17:45 Benchmarking Greek sustainability reports according to the GRI reporting

guidelines A. Skouloudis, K. Evangelinos and F. Kourmousis

17:45-18:00 Business activities in the environmental sector in Greece: Current status and prospects E. Kondili and J. K. Kaldellis

18:00-18:15 Economic recovery of precious metals from MSWI bottom ash E.J. Bakker, L. Muchová and P.C. Rem

18:15-18:30 Towards a Balanced CSR Performance Measurement Framework N. A. Panayiotou, K.G. Aravossis and P. Moschou

18:30-18:45 Quantitative analysis of the EUA exchanges by means of finance indexes and study

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of the power generation switch level I.Kouranti and G.Stamtsis

18:45-19:00 The Dynamics of Deforestation in Indonesia: Temporal and Spatial Analysis of the Effects of Poverty and Socio-Economic Development R. S. Purnamasari

19:00-19:15 Synthesis of environmental and economic criteria for the appraisal of alternative supply chains scenarios: a case study T. Dasaklis, G.T. Tsoulfas and C.P. Pappis

19:15-19:30 Greening regional development projects Z. Karacsonyi and T. Szabo

19:30-19:45 Design for Disassembly – The Case for the TED Index V.P. Gkeleri and V. D. Tourassis

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TUESDAY, JUNE 26 ROOM 1 ECOTOXICOLOGY Session V CHAIRS: L. Manusadžianas and O. Okay 09:00-09:15 Estimating accumulation of PCBs in sea bass from a semi-intensive aquaculture:

application of empirical and mass balance models P. Antunes, O. Gil, M. A. Reis-Henriques

09:15-09:30 Biomarkers of metalotoxicoses and metalosanogenesis L.M. Shafran, D.V. Bolshoy, E.G. Pichteeva, G.F. Burlak�

09:30-09:45 Pathomorphology as a tool in searching for sources of environmental pollution J. Szarek, K. A. Skibniewska, M. Grzybowski, J. Guziur, K. Sawicka-Kapusta, M. Zakrzewska, A. Andrzejewska, I. Zmysłowska and M. Z. Felsmann

09:45-10:00 Comparative Study of Currently Used Toxicity Indices Based on the Evaluation of Lithuanian Urban Wastewater Toxicity L. Manusadžianas, Kazys Sadauskas, Rimantas Vitkus

WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Session I CHAIRS: N. Mylopoulos and E. Kondili 10:00-10:15 Toxicity of Ionic Liquids on the Seed Germination of Crops

H. Meng, F. Yang C. Li 10:15-10:30 Residential water price elasticity in the city of Volos - Greece

D. Vagiona and N. Mylopoulos 10:30-10:45 Integration of a hydrological model within a geographical information system:

Application to Germasogeia, Cyprus D. Fotakis, E. Sidiropoulos, A. Loukas

10:45-11:00 An environmental management plan for the Axios-Loudias-Aliakmon Delta Nikos S. Matziounis and Yannis N. Krestenitis

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Session II CHAIRS: V. Tsihrintzis and A. Loukas 11:30-11:45 Reliability assessment in pipe networks based on critical z-scores

S. Tsitsifli, V. Kanakoudis, Y. Bakouros 11:45-12:00 Pilot rainwater harvesting systems in Thrace

I. Kotti, P. Melidis, V.A. Tsihrintzis, C. Petalas, K. Ouzounis, A. Gemitzi, V. Tzelepis 12:00-12:15 An Application of the Hedonic Pricing Method in Irrigation Water Valuation

Z. Mallios, A. Papageorgiou, D. Latinopoulos and P. Latinopoulos 12:15-12:30 A novel systemic approach to water resources optimization in areas with limited

water resources E. Kondili, M. Mentzos, C. Papapostolou

12:30-12:45 Treated wastewater: a drought-proof resource for irrigation in Greece E. N. Papavasilopoulos, G. Tavoularis and E. Baltas

12:45-13:00 Bed roughness’ influence on the mean velocity distribution and turbulent interfacial stresses in stratified flows G. Samaras, A. Samaras, V. Dermissis

13:00-13:15 Water Supply Crisis in the Eastern Marmara of Turkey

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A. Bobat, T. Kutlu, A. Çelik, M. Unal, S. Otar 13:15-13:30 Development and implementation of integrated water resources management policy

in Anthemountas river basin district, LIFE04/ENV/GR/000099 – Water Agenda E. Pavlidou and S. Famellos

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Session III CHAIRS: V. Kanakoudis and Y. Mylopoulos 15:00-15:15 Analysis and investigation on carrying capacity of urban water resources

M. Qun, Y. Huimin, L. Zhiqiang, H. Yang, H. Hui 15:15-15:30 Application of Support Vector Machines in River Water Quality Zoning: A Case Study

Reza Kerachian, Hassan Asgari 15:30-15:45 Estimation of River Runoff for Ungauged Catchments in Estonia

O. Kovalenko and A.Reihan 15:45-16:00 The spatial variability of annual rainfall in the region of Thessaly

G. Papaevangelou, L. Mpallas, C. Tzimopoulos, M. Sakellariou-Makrantonaki 16:00-16:15 A simplified model for optimal reservoir operation considering the water quality

issues E. Shirangi, R. Kerachian

16:15-16:30 Environmental impacts of the adoption of a drip irrigation system in the Greek part of the Prespa Lakes Y. Mylopoulos, E. Kolokitha, I. Giannopoulou, P. Ganoulis and D. Vagiona

16:30-16:45 Statistical and trend analysis of hydrometeorological and surface water quality and quantity data for Thessaly, Greece A. Loukas

16:45-17:00 Seasonal temperature variation and the water self-cleaning in the lake system ''Begej's loop''-Zrenjanin M. Sevaljevic, M. Pavlovic, M. Velimirovic and D.Tosic

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Session IV CHAIRS: S. Polyzos and E. Koutseris 17:30-17:45 Investigation of farmers’ willingness to use recycled water for irrigation in Thessaly

region, Greece S. Bakopoulou, S. Polyzos and A. Kungolos

17:45-18:00 Transboundary Management Framework of Evros River Basin E. Hamalidis, M.N. Koussathana and I.D. Manariotis

18:00-18:15 Protection, prevention and strategic environmental planning of aquatic resources: the case of Thessaly, Greece �. Koutseris, �. Filintas and P. Dioudis

18:15-18:30 Comparison of spatial deterministic and stochastic models for infilling missing precipitation records I.G. Pechlivanidis, M-L. Segond, N. McIntyre, H.S. Wheater

18:30-18:45 Integrating Hydrologic Modelling in Water Resource Management. Case study of the Murchison Bay, Lake Victoria, Uganda M. Kigobe, B. Kakimpa Bruce

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TUESDAY, JUNE 26 ROOM 2 POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES Session I CHAIRS: A. Aivasidis and A. G. Vlyssides 09:00-09:15 Nanocrystalline hybrid surfactant-akaganéite: Preparation, structural analysis and

sorption E.A. Deliyanni, E.N. Peleka and K.A. Matis

09:15-09:30 Introducing a denitrification model for odor and corrosion control in sewer networks under controlled addition of nitrate: Batch experiments V.L. Mathioudakis, I. Pliatsikas and A. Aivasidis

09:30-09:45 Comparing different methods of sewage sludge analysis –a basis for phosphorus recovery G. Hoffmann, and B. Bilitewski

09:45-10:00 Prediction of volatile fatty acids/bicarbonate alkalinity ratio in a UASB reactor of potato processing wastewater dynamic model E.M.P. Barampouti, S.T. Mai and A.G. Vlyssides

10:00-10:15 Caffeine and carbamazepine; analytical method, occurrence, and treatment Keun-Joo Choi, Sang-Goo Kim, Hee-jong Son, Jae-Soon Roh, Pyung-Jong You, Seung-Hyun Kim

10:15-10:30 Monitoring the in-situ remediation of a heterogeneous soil contaminated with jet-fuel D.N. Tzovolou, C.D. Tsakiroglou, Y. Benoit and F. Haeseler

10:30-10:45 Environmental application of photocatalytic technology Th. Maggos, P. Leva, J.G Bartzis, Ch. Vasilakos and D. Kotzias

10:45-11:00 NOM removal from aqueous solution using alum and polymeric aluminum hydroxide D.A. Georgantas and H.P. Grigoropoulou

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES Session II CHAIRS: M. Mitrakas and P. Melidis 11:30-11:45 Predicting Fe3+ dose, for effective As(V) removal, at any pH, temperature and initial

arsenic concentration of natural waters M. �itrakas, P. Panteliadis, V. Keramidas and R. Tzimou-Tsitouridou

11:45-12:00 Oxidation of industrial dyeing wastewater by supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) in transpiring wall reactor W. J. Gong, F. Li, D. L. Xi

12:00-12:15 Treatment of an antibiotics wastewater by a combination of fenton oxidation and reverse osmosis Guojun Zhang, Wun Jern Ng, Shulan Ji

12:15-12:30 Anaerobic biosensor for toxicity and overload monitoring in anaerobic digesters P. Melidis, E. Athanasoulia, E. Vaiopoulou, A. Aivasidis

12:30-12:45 Comparison of the coagulation-flocculation process for the treatment of young and old landfill leachates E. Marañón, L. Castrillón, Y. Fernández-Nava, A. Fernández-Méndez, A. Fernández-Sánchez

12:45-13:00 Comparison of PVDF ultrafiltration membranes modified by two different methods using nano-particles

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Zhao Qing, Yu Shuili, Lv Hui 13:00-13:15 The secondary treatment of landfill leachate in vertical flow filters using oil shale

ash plateau sediment and peat M. Kõiv, M. Kriipsalu, C. Vohla and Ü. Mander

13:15-13:30 Design of an autonomous, two stages solar organic Rankine cycle system for reverse osmosis desalination G. Kosmadakis, D. Manolakos, S. Kyritsis, G. Papadakis, K.Bouzianas

13:30-13:45 Compact waste water treatment units based on the MBR technology H. Polychronopoulou and K. Stampedakis

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES Session III CHAIRS: A. Zouboulis and D. Mantzavinos 15:00-15:15 Tailoring Surface Properties of Palm Shell Activated Carbon toward the Selective

Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide M.K. Aroua, W.M.A. Wan Daud, M.A. Ahmad, C. Y. Yin, and D. Adinata

15:15-15:30 pH Effect on High Performance of Fluidized Bed Crystallizer for the Treatment of Dissolved Iron and Manganese Y.-W. Lu, C.-Y. Lo, C.-H. Liu, Y.-H. Huang

15:30-15:45 Feasibility study on the application of fly ash barrier against cadmium G. Lee, S. Lee, M. Oh, J. Park and K. Nam

15:45-16:00 Alternative cost-effective preparation method of polyaluminium chloride (PAC) for industrial use: characterization and comparative application A.I. Zouboulis and N. Tzoupanos

16:00-16:15 Biofiltration of Odorous Compounds and Other Air Pollutants: Design Parameters and Efficiency Aspects K. Lasaridi, P. Siamandoura, Th. Manios, M. Fountoulakis, E.I. Stentiford, A. Kyriacou

16:15-16:30 A review on biological treatment approaches for nitrogen and phosphorus removal from municipal wastewater P. Mohammadi, A. A. Zinatizadeh

16:30-16:45 TiO2-assisted photocatalytic disinfection of spring water and biologically treated municipal wastewater. N. Lydakis – Simantiris, D. Riga, E. Katsivela, D. Mantzavinos, and N. Xekoukoulotakis

16:45-17:00 pH dependent As(III) oxidation by Zero Valent Iron in air saturated aquatic solutions Ioannis A. Katsoyiannis, Thomas Ruettimann and Stephan J. Hug

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES Session IV CHAIRS: P. Samaras and D. Mamais 17:30-17:45 Evaluation of the efficiency of activated sludge process for hexavalent chromium

removal D. Vavoulidou, C.A. Papadimitriou, M.Yiagou, P. Samaras

17:45-18:00 Application of ClO2 as a disinfectant to raw water of Athens S. Samios, L. Kousouris, P. Tzoumerkas, A. Nikolaou, S. Golfinopoulos , T. Lekkas

18:00-18:15 Feasibility of olive mill wastewater treatment in municipal wastewater facilities I. Panagopoulos, A. Xanthis, N. Christopoulou, E. Gaki, A. Karayannis, D. Georgakakis and M. Karpathiou

18:15-18:30 Application of Poly-Silicic-Ferric (PSF) in surface water and slaughter wastewater

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treatment Shuili Yu, Xia Xu, Wenxin Shi, Ying Fu, Lijun Wang, Hui Ban

18:30-18:45 Treatment of wastewater in a food industry. An example for a brewery S. Gogakos

18:45-19:00 Foaming causing filamentous bacteria in mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion systems M. Marneri, D. Mamais and E. Koutsiouki

19:00-19:15 Management of sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants in the regions of Thessaly and West Macedonia, Greece K. Gudulas, P. Michailidou-Notara, E. Notaras, C. Papadimitriou, P. Samaras

19:15-19:30 Environmental Utilization of Flotation in Waste Stream Treatment H. Kurama, T. Mergan, C. Karagüzel and M.S. Çelik

19:30-19:45 Greywater treatment and modelling in a submerged membrane sequencing batch reactor (SM-SBR) I. M. Abu-Reesh, R. Gildemeister and M. Kraume

TUESDAY, JUNE 26 ROOM 3 WATER POLLUTION Session I CHAIRS: M. Leotsinidis and K. Komori 09:00-09:15 Development of a simple method for short-term determination of Biochemical

Oxygen Demand A. G. Kapagiannidis, C. Volikaki and A. Aivasidis

09:15-09:30 Surface and groundwater quality in Florina prefecture C. Gianneli, Ap. Stamos, Al. Stamos, K. Voudouris

09:30-09:45 Geochemical tracers as proxy for natural and anthropogenic inputs in river waters: the Arno Basin (central Italy) case study B. Nisi, O. Vaselli, A. Buccianti, A. Bencini, A. Delgado Huertas, F. Tassi, A.

Minissale, G. Montegrossi 09:45-10:00 Water quality changes in the Arges Lower Basin under the influence of the human

activities – dissolved oxygen dynamic C. Ioja, M. Matache, G. Pavelescu, M. Patroescu, L. Niculita

10:00-10:15 Occurrence of 17a-ethynylestradiol in wastewater in Japan K. Komori, Y. Okayasu and Y. Suzuki

10:15-10:30 Leaching properties of Pinus halepensis needles ash treated with diammonium phosphate S. Liodakis, M. Tsoukala, G. Katsigiannis

10:30-10:45 Radioactive pollutants in rainwater: 7Be and 137Cs A. Ioannidou and C. Papastefanou

10:45-11:00 Investigation of natural attenuation processes in a tar oil contaminated aquifer S. Schönekerl, N. Hüsers, H. Lorbeer and P. Werner

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK WATER POLLUTION Session II CHAIRS: C. Ioja and G. Tsakiris 11:30-11:45 Membrane fouling of MBR technology applied in wastewater treatment

Y. Wang and S. Yu 11:45-12:00 Policy surveillance of the ecological profile of an environmental watery system

associated with antibiotic resistance

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A. Alexopoulos, C. Voidarou, Charvalos E, Kalkani E, Stefanis C, Papadopoulos I, Vavias S, Tsiotsias A, and Bezirtzoglou E

12:00-12:15 Spatial and temporal trends of ecological variables along intermittent rivers influenced by anthropogenic process in the surrounding watershed M.N. Kostopoulou, G. Tsirtsis, O. Zoboli and K. Gioousoglou

12:15-12:30 Development of Alternative External Carbon Source for Advanced Sewage Treatment System and its Field Applicability Assessment In-Chul Jung, Byung-Gil Jung, Young-Ik Choi

12:30-12:45 Phase II investigation: Impact - Water Pollution from Agricultural & Stock Farming activities on a small lake in northern Greece (Chrysoupolis Lake) E. Dimitriou, C. Antoniades and I. Karaouzas

12:45-13:00 Investigation of Blood Serum Osmo-ionregulation in Great sturgeon (Huso huso) Cultured in Brackish Water A. A. Hedayati, V. Yavari, M. Bahmani, M. Alizadeh and T. Bagheri

13:00-13:15 The Greek Ombudsman’s intervention for applying legislation, monitoring water quality and protection of human health -Administration’s response C. D. Fliatoura

13:15-13:30 Irrigation water and applied nitrogens fertilizer effects in soils nitrogen depletion and nitrates GIS mapping Ag. Filintas, P. Dioudis, D. Pateras, E. Koutseris, J. Hatzopoulos, L. Toulios

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK NUMERICAL MODELING Session I CHAIRS: B. Manos and A. Liakopoulos 15:00-15:15 A numerical tool for the prediction of flow patterns, pollutant profiles and pressure

drop in a complex electro-coagulation reactor I. Panagopoulos, A. Karayannis, A. Stamou, M. Aggelopoulos, A. Hourdakis, N. Kalogerakis, N. Andritsos, K.Lavdakis

15:15-15:30 Hydrological and water quality modeling of a medium-sized basin using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) V. Pisinaras, C. Petalas, G.D. Gikas, A. Gemitzi, V.A. Tsihrintzis

15:30-15:45 Nonlinear methods for environmental time-series analysis and forecasting T.E. Karakasidis, A. Fragkou and A. Liakopoulos

15:45-16:00 Impact of River Damming on Coastal Stratification-Mixing Processes: the Cases of Strymon and Nestos Rivers, N. Greece G. K. Sylaios, N. Kamidis and V. A. Tsihrintzis

16:00-16:15 Ecosystem modeling of phosphorus dynamics in the constructed wetland Carla in central Greece C S. Laspidou, A. Liakopoulos and V. Vaina

16:15-16:30 A fuzzy logic approach for bid decision making O. Manoliadis and I. Tsolas

16:30-16:45 Water quantity and quality monitoring and modeling of Vosvozis river, North Greece I. Boskidis, V. Pisinaras, G.D. Gikas, V.A. Tsihrintzis, A. Gemitzi, C. Petalas, and P. Yannopoulos

16:45-17:00 Waste-load allocation model for river water quality management: A conflict resolution approach R. Kerachian and P. Amin

17:00-17:15 Modelling of the diversification tobacco alternatives and their impact on farm income, employment and environment B. Manos, Th. Bournaris, P. Chatzinikolaou, M. Terzi

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Session I CHAIRS: A.N. Angelakis and P. Parayno 17:30-17:45 A Brief History of Water Technologies in Minoan Crete, Greece

A. N. Angelakis, A. G. Lyrintzis and S.V. Spyridakis 17:45-18:00 Perception of Environment by the students of Environment-related Schools

N. D. Hasanagas, P. Birtsas and S. Kyprou 18:00-18:15 Strengthening of energy education in Crete

N. Zografakis, D. Dasenakis, M. Katandonaki, K. Kalitsounakis and I. Paraskaki 18:15-18:30 National Environmental Education Network: “Waste management… the usefulness

of waste” S. Theodoridou, E. Tsiggenopoulou, K. Kolini, K. Savantoglou and A. Testempassi

18:30-18:45 THE ECODONET PROJECT: DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL WEB BASED VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY OF ACHERONTAS, KALAMAS AND TORRE GUACETO ECOSYSTEMS AND ITS APPLICATION AS A MOBILE EXHIBIT AND PERMANENT ENVIRONMENTAL KIOSK TOWARDS PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS D. Karamanis, G. Mele, P. Assimakopoulos, K. Ioannides, A. Katsikis, I. Leonardos, C. Papadopoulou, K. Stalikas, K. Stamoulis, C. Malitesta, L. Vasanelli, G. Vasapollo, N. Kotsios, A. Korou, K. Grinias, E. Mellos and the ECODONET collaboration

18:45-19:00 Improving Air Quality in Metro Manila: Clean Technology Options for Two-Stroke Engine Tricycles Ma. Teresa Oliva, J.B. Manuel M. Biona, Philip Argamosa, Alex Tamayo, and Phares P. Parayno

19:00-19:15 Perceptions and attitudes of local community in a protected lake ecosystem: an environmental education issue? Kagalou I. Latsiou A.

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WEDNESDAY , JUNE 27 WASTE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT Session I ROOM 1 CHAIRS: G. Lyberatos and A. P. Economopoulos 09:00-09:30 Options for the Mechanical-Biological Treatment of solid wastes

L. F. Diaz and G. M. Savage 09:30-09:45 Risk assessment and evaluation of uncontrolled landfill sites in Cyprus

T. Lolos, G. Koullapis, G. Lolos, K. Paschali-Manou, C. Tsobanidis, I. Georgiou and A. Panagoulopoulos

09:45-10:00 Incineration of Refuse Derived Fuel – Development, Problems and Chances B. Bilitewski

10:00-10:15 The contribution of small electric and electronic devices to the content of hazardous substances and recyclables in residual household waste A. Janz and B. Bilitewski

10:15-10:30 Shipboard Wastes: Elements & Critical Review Stefanos D. Chatzinikolaou, Spyridon C. Nitsopoulos, Dr Nikolaos P. Ventikos

10:30-10:45 Generating Cost Functions for Source Separation Schemes K. Kitis, C. Dodis, and D. Panagiotakopoulos

10:45-11:00 Treatment of low caloric landfill gas – technical, economical and ecological comparison of different technologies B. Bilitewski, C. Dornack, A. Schnapke and W. H. Stachowitz

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK WASTE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT Session II CHAIRS: B. Bilitewski and A. Karagiannidis 11:30-11:45 Improving waste collection and transport routes with GIS data in Churriana de la

Vega (Spain) Zamorano, M. Grindlay, A. Molero, E. Hurtado, A. Rodríguez, M.L

11:45-12:00 Perspectives of thermal treatments for sewage sludge final disposal in small Italian regions M. Ragazzi, E.C. Rada

12:00-12:15 Environmental diagnosis of municipal waste landfill using intelligent system O. G. Duarte, I. Requena, M. Zamorano

12:15-12:30 Perspectives of waste to energy options in Romania after the entrance into the EU E. C. Rada, T. Apostol, M. Ragazzi

12:30-12:45 Mesophilic co-digestion of Waste Activated Sludge and Chinese Kitchen Garbage Shentao Fu, Shuili Yu, Xia Xu, Xiaoju Yan, Ying Fu

12:45-13:00 Optimum siting of a MSW treatment plant combined with a landfill for residues and optimum routing for wastes and residues transportation based on Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) and GIS methodology K.T. Tseronis, I.K. Kookos, M. Kornaros and G. Lyberatos

13:00-13:15 Roma and people with disabilities in Social Enterprises for contemporary WEEE management: Framework of a Hellenic study on related organizational issues K. Aravossis, A. Karagiannidis, A. Kungolos, P. Samaras, I. Antonopoulos, M. Gianni, K. Papaoikonomou and L. Somakos

13:15-13:30 Legislative framework on Construction and Demolition waste management N. Moussiopoulos, A. Papadopoulos, E. Iakovou, H. Achillas, D. Aidonis, D. Anastaselos and G. Banias

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13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK WASTE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT Session III CHAIRS: L. F. Diaz and D. Panagiotakopoulos 15:00-15:15 The Possibilities and Limitations of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the

Development of Waste Recycling and Utilization Systems S. Langer and M. Wittmaier

15:15-15:30 Study of medical waste generation from hospitals in 2nd Health Region Administration of Central Macedonia G. Sanida, F. Mavidou, A. Karagiannidis, N. Moussiopoulos, D. Vartzopoulos

15:30-15:45 Management of medical waste in Greece: problems and benefits from its proper treatment and disposal N. Iliopoulos, G. Gotsis and A. Valavanidis

15:45-16:00 Insights into the impact of ecological motivation on waste electrical and electronic equipment closed-loop supply chains P. Georgiadis, M. Besiou

16:00-16:15 Comparison of different extraction solutions for As extraction from an agricultural soil E. E. Golia, A. Dimirkou and N. G. Tsiropoulos

16:15-16:30 Technoeconomic aspects of alternative municipal solid wastes treatment technologies A. P. Economopoulos

16:30-16:45 Investigation of the dental waste production in dental units of Thessaloniki G. Palaghias, �. Karagiannidis, St. Kontogianni, S. Kalfas and �. Xirogiannopoulou

16:45-17:00 Need for sustainable management of electronic waste (e-waste) in Australia S. Herat and A. Karagiannidis

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK WASTE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT Session IV CHAIRS: D.S. Achilias and K. Abeliotis 17:30-17:45 Developing a holistic strategy for integrating waste management policy into

municipal planning: solutions and perspectives for Hellenic municipalities. G. Zotos, A. Karagiannidis, S. Zampetoglou, M. Theodoseli, A. Malamakis, I. Antonopoulos and S. Kontogianni, Boutsouki C

17:45-18:00 Chemical recycling of polymers from Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) D.S. Achilias, E. Antonakou, E. Koutsokosta, and A. Lappas

18:00-18:15 LCA-thinking and sustainable WEEE management in Central and Eastern Europe A. Buday-Malik and K. Szita Tóth

18:15-18:30 Main characteristics of waste management in Greece – Searching for environmental and social friendly solutions D. Mavraki

18:30-18:45 Variation in municipal solid-waste collection in the Prefecture of Magnesia N. Georgiadis

18:45-19:00 Application of zero waste strategies in South Africa C. Trois, N. Matete and O. Stotko

19:00-19:15 Biological waste treatment: Some comparison aspects between composting and digestion B. Bilitewski, C. Dornack and A. Schnapke

19:15-19:30 Effectiveness of packaging waste management systems vis-à-vis recycling targets: a modeling approach and its application in the Municipality of Athens

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A. Togia , K. Karaiskou, K. Abeliotis, R. Haritopoulou and K.E. Lasaridi 19:30-19:45 The temporary storage of waste – recommendations for a safe operation of interim

storage facilities J. Wagner

WEDNESDAY , JUNE 27 AIR QUALITY Session I ROOM 2 CHAIRS: P. Kassomenos and A. Katsoyiannis 09:00-09:15 One day ahead prediction of morning max CO concentration in Athens, Greece

A. Vlachogianni and P. Kassomenos 09:15-09:30 Assessing Risk of Lead Contamination from Battery Manufacturing Industries in

Baghdad S.N. Al-Azzawi, ��A. S. Al-Taie and�O. Al-Ausi

09:30-09:45 Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) selection for incorporation in photochemical mechanisms and the development of secondary pollution reduction strategies. Part I –Method presentation S. Karathanasis and I. Ziomas

09:45-10:00 Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) selection for incorporation in photochemical mechanisms and the development of secondary pollution reduction strategies. Part II –Method application S. Karathanasis and I. Ziomas

10:00-10:15 NO, NO2 and O3 concentrations in the polluted urban landscape in comparison with a rooftop urban monitoring site and a rural site– influence of meteorology J. Sundberg, G. Phil Karlsson, E. Bäck and H. Pleijel

10:15-10:30 Monitoring of atmospheric aerosols at an urban site using a mobile backscatter lidar system G. Chourdakis, G. Georgoussis and N. Anastasopoulou

10:30-10:45 Statistical distribution of PM10 levels applied to the estimation of source reduction in Volos area, Greece D.K. Papanastasiou and D. Melas

10:45-11:00 Transboundary public information system about air quality and non-standard industrial events S. Hykyšová

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK AIR QUALITY Session II CHAIRS: S. Karathanasis and K. Nikolaou 11:30-11:45 Concentrations and pollutants dispersion in selected urban streets in the city of

Patras, Greece E. A. Maraziotis, V. A. Karkoulias and P. E. Marazioti

11:45-12:00 Thermal Comfort in the Textil Industry: in Mondai / SC J. P. Fabris, M. E. Camargo; R. Lamberts and S.L. Russo

12:00-12:15 Spatial and temporal variation of air quality in Greek cities K. Nikolaou, N. Papadakis, S. Basbas, P. Ermidis, P. Spyroglou, P. Dimou

12:15-12:30 Managing tricycle emissions in Metro Manila: a community-based air quality management program Ma. T. Oliva, A. Tamayo and P. P. Parayno

12:30-12:45 Environmental pressure indicators caused by road transport in Europe M. Giannouli, G. Mellios and Z. Samaras

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12:45-13:00 The impact of open air space networks on the environmental improvement of urban areas K. Axarli , D. Gogakou

13:00-13:15 Investigation by DNA sequencing analysis on allergy producing microfungi D. Davolos and B. Pietrangeli

13:15-13:30 Experimental Evaluation of Tropical Biomass Burning Emissions N. M. Nik Sulaiman, M. K. Aroua and M. Tawfiq

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS AND PROTECTION Session I CHAIRS: K.W. Schramm and T. Tsitsoni 15:00-15:15 Effect of landfill water balance on range plants cover ecophysiology

P. Rakimbei, P. Kostopoulou, K. Tsiouvaras and A. Karagiannidis 15:15-15:30 Evaluation of environmental indicators of the Greek Prespa lakes basin

D. Latinopoulos, P. Ganoulis, and D. Vagiona 15:30-15:45 Using river habitat survey for environmental assessment and catchment’s planning

in Greece Manolaki P., Vourka A., Slimistinos O. and Papastergiadou E.S.

15:45-16:00 Dioxin-like compounds in soils: Comparison of analytical measurements and bioassay determinations W. Levy, B. Henkelmann, S. Bernhöft, J. Kotalik, C. Corsten, G. Jakobi, M. Kirchner, R. Bassan, C. Belis, T. Jakl, N. Kräuchi, T. Magnani, W. Moche, I. Offenthaler, B. Perthen-Palmisano, P Schröder, H. Schrott, I. Sedivy, P. Simon�i�, M. Uhl, P. Vannini, U. Vilhar, P. Weiss and Schramm K.-W.

16:00-16:15 Stand development and structural analysis of planted Pinus nigra stands in northern Greece G. Thanasis, T. Zagas, T. Tsitsoni, P. Ganatsas, P. Papapetrou

16:15-16:30 Management of a Sustainable Environment by Preventing Animal Welfare Voidarou C., Skoufos I., Tzora A., Fotou K. and Alexopoulos A.

16:30-16:45 Agricultural land uses changes in Greece: A regional analysis D. Minetos and S. Polyzos

16:45-17:00 How agricultural payments and subsidies contribute to the enhancement of biodiversity Z. Karacsonyi, A. Ibranyi and L. Pallagi

17:00-17:15 The protection of the environment in combination with the National Zoning Planning C. Zavraklis and O. Christopoulou

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Session I CHAIRS: T. D. Karapantsios and I. Tatsiopoulos 17:30-17:45 Transect spacing and coastal evolution

E. Doukakis 17:45-18:00 The contribution of national allocation plans in achieving CO2 emissions reduction:

a review of empirical reality and an assessment for the future D. Manolopoulos, D. Kanellopoulos and D. Papakonstantinou

18:00-18:15 Estimating greenhouse gas emissions reduction and allowances’ trading revenue for biomass tri-generation applications A. Rentizelas, A. Tolis and I. Tatsiopoulos

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WEDNESDAY , JUNE 27 GIS AND REMOTE SENSING Session I ROOM 3 CHAIRS: E. Doukakis and K. Perakis 09:00-09:15 Sustainable Hazardous Waste Transport: Multi Criteria Decision Making and

Geographic Information System approach S. Monprapussorn, D. J. Watts, D. Thaitakoo and R. Banomyong

09:15-09:30 Spatial prediction of nitrate pollution using neural networks and GIS: An application to South Rhodope coastal aquifer (Thrace, Greece) A. Gemitzi, C. Petalas, V. Pisinaras and V.A. Tsihrintzis

09:30-09:45 Landslides Susceptibility of Barren Class Objects from Modern Imagery G. Miliaresis, K. Basoukos

09:45-10:00 Evolution of Organic Agriculture and its significance for the environment in Greece through the use of Geographic Information Systems A. P.Mavridis, I. M. Ifadis, S. Chalimourdas, N. Chrysochoidou-P

10:00-10:15 Expert systems and GIS in precision agriculture. Case study: cotton cultivation A. Papadopoulos and D. Kalivas

10:15-10:30 Landfill Site Selection Using GIS. Case Study: Kea Island D. Drosis and D. Kalivas

10:30-10:45 Mapping the sonic attributes: an acoustic approach for studying space Bassiouka Afrodite, Karakosta Marianna, Lazoglou Miltiadis, Manika Stella, Papachristou Ioanna-Anna, Rista Eleni and Papadimitriou Kimon

10:45-11:00 The importance for monitoring land-cover changes in the catchment areas: case studies of Paphos area in Cyprus and Skiathos area in Greece. D.G. Hadjimitsis , M. Shepherd , L. Toulios, A. Kyrou, A. Zlatoudis and C.R.I. Clayton

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES Session I CHAIRS: Z. Karacsonyi and G. Marnellos 11:30-11:45 Model Development and Application for Determining Optimum Integration of RES

in target Regions

L. Geronikolou, S. Rozakis, M. Z. Despotovic, G. Papadakis, S. Kyritsis 11:45-12:00 Spatial Planning Of RES Installations Problems And Potential

M. Zarkadoula 12:00-12:15 Macroeconomic and Environmental Impacts of Wind Energy Applications in

Greece. The Public Opinion J.K. Kaldellis and K.A. Kavadias

12:15-12:30 Biomass Wastes as Renewable Source of Energy and Chemicals for the Industry with Friendly Environmental Impact E. Montoneri, P. Savarino, S. Bottigliengo, P.L. Quagliotto, G. Viscardi, V. Boffa, A. Bianco Prevot, D. Fabbri and E. Pramauro

12:30-12:45 Environmental impact from biomass gasification plants. M. Furfaro, A. Prassone, M. Rovatti

12:45-13:00 A universal technology for biogas generation from solid waste and renewable resources G. Busch, J. Großmann, M. Sieber

13:00-13:15 Parametric study of a boiling flat plate solar collector G. Martinopoulos, V. Voulgari and G. Tsilingiridis

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK

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RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES Session II CHAIRS: Z. Samaras and C. Laspidou 15:00-15:15 Biomass Logistics for Bio-energy Production: A Methodological Framework

E. Iakovou, D. Vlachos and Z. Samaras

15:15-15:30 Viable and sustainable landfill gas utilisation by a CDM – an African first L J Strachan, C Trois and V Hellion

15:30-15:45 Case Study: “Siting” of a Wind Farm near an Environmental Sensitive Area (Natura 2000) – The Greek Ombudsman’s Intervention for Applying Relative Legislation and Protection of the Environment C. Antoniades, C. Fliatoura

15:45-16:00 Parametric study of a boiling flat plate solar collector G. Martinopoulos, V. Voulgari and G. Tsilingiridis

16:00-16:15 Composites made of 50:50 wood: straw mixture and bonded with various UF:EMDI formulations A. N. Papadopoulos

16:15-16:30 Planning the Growth of Renewable Energy Sources in National and Regional Level

�. Stoimenidis and G. Martzopoulos 16:30-16:45 Beyond the Helicon's type hydro plants and the Athenian holistic water management

V. Stergiopoulos, A. Stergiopoulou and G. Stergiopoulos 17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK

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THURSDAY , JUNE 28 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND RISK ANALYSIS Session I ROOM 1 CHAIRS: L. Molina Domínguez and G. Charalampides 09:00-09:15 Evaluation of key indicators for sustainable development of transboundary Prespa

Lake area Y. Mylopoulos, D. Vagiona, P. Ganoulis

09:15-09:30 Organochlorine pesticides in some crops and related products: levels and intakes in Serbia B. Škrbi�, N. Ðuriši�-Mladenovi�

09:30-09:45 Cage aquaculture environmental impact assessment: state of the art and practical conclusions L. Molina Domínguez, J.M. Vergara Martín., and L. Robaina Robaina.

09:45-10:00 Planning of small municipalities in ecologically sensitive areas: the case of Arethousa in the Region of Central Macedonia, Greece Dr Stathis Economou and Cornelia Kalkopoulou

10:00-10:15 Landslide hazard assessment by a rule-based fuzzy algorithm at intermediate scales E. Gkikas, S. Skias & A. L. Protopapas

10:15-10:30 Sustainability indicators of Polyfyto lake in the region of Western Macedonia Greece K. I. Vatalis, G. Charalampides, O. Manoliadis, C. Akratos, A. Asvesta

10:30-10:45 International practices of environmental assessments in the petroleum industry L. Mohamed

10:45-11:00 PESTICIDES ATLAS: an overview of pesticides concentrations in Dutch surface waters G.R. de Snoo, M.G. Vijver, C.J.M. Musters, M.van‘t Zelfde

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND RISK ANALYSIS Session II CHAIRS: R. San José and A. Zoubulis 11:30-11:45 Environmental management for a periurban forest: Proposing an Observatory for the

effects of urban air pollution on Mount Hymettus. Towards a future of sustainable development for the Athens area of Greece S. Vardaka

11:45-12:00 Ecological risk of the sediments in a harbour site I. Di Termini, C. Cattaneo, M. Furfaro, P. Rovatti, D. Panatto and M. Rovatti

12:00-12:15 CFD (MICROSYS) and mesoscale air quality (MM5-CMAQ-EMIMO) model integration for operational Internet street level pollution applications: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) case study R. San José, J.L. Pérez, J.L. Morant and R.M. González Barras

12:15-12:30 The use of modern third generation of air quality models (MM5-EMIMO-CMAQ) for real-time operational air quality impact assessment of industrial plants R. San José, J.L. Pérez, J.L. Morant1 and R.M. González Barras

12:30-12:45 Evaluation of the environmental impacts of packaging materials in the fresh milk industry: a comparative life cycle assessment M. M. Ekhrawat, D. N. Tsipas

12:45-13:00 Effects of selective coatings on the efficiency of flat plate solar collectors from an

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environmental point of view M. M. Ekhrawat, A. Soultogianni, D. N. Tsipas

13:00-13:15 Soil Desertification Index (SDI) produced by multi-criteria models using fuzzy set theory and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) D.P. Triantakonstantis, D.P. Kalivas and V.J. Kollias

13:15-13:30 Risk assessment of Nitrate pollution in some drinking water wells of Tehran S. Ebrahimi, A. Torabian

13:30-13:45 Using a qualitative multi-criteria approach in eliciting respondents’ preferences Kamran Zendehdel, Wim De Keyser, Guido Van Huylenbroeck

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK COASTAL ENVIRONMENT Session I CHAIRS: E. Koutseris and E. Beriatos 15:00-15:15 Identification of risks in developing marinas through public private partnerships

Y. Xenidis 15:15-15:30 A new proposal for the coastal zone cartography and its application: The Venetian

Lagoon example (Italy) �. Mertzanis, A. Galvani, S. Castelli, G. Castelli and F. Marabini

15:30-15:45 Causes and management implications in the Greek coastal zone from informal settlements development S. Polyzos and D. Minetos

15:45-16:00 Environmental monitoring situation in Thessaly, Greece: it’s strategic and operational character �. Koutseris

16:00-16:15 Strategic environmental assessment as a mechanism of achieving sustainability. The case of Greece E. Antoniou

16:15-16:30 Mathematical study of a beach restoration project P. F.C. Matsoukis

16:30-16:45 16:45-17:00 17:00-17:15 17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK THURSDAY , JUNE 28 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION Session I ROOM 2 CHAIRS: A. Papadopoulos and D. V. Vayenas 09:00-09:15 In-situ chemical oxidation of aquifer polluted by chlorinated ethylenes

M. Kubal, J. Burkhard, P. Beneš, J. Hendrych, P. Hosnédl and M. Kuraš 09:15-09:30 Addressing the restoration of degraded land in Europe using waste materials: a

brownfield site in Wales J. Williamson, M. Akinola, M. Nason, S. Tandy and D.L. Jones

09:30-09:45 Modeling support for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (South Florida): salinity changes under natural variability and anthropogenic influence V.H. Kourafalou and G. Peng

09:45-10:00 Addressing the restoration of degraded land in Europe using waste materials. A schist quarry in Greece A. Papadopoulos, M. Christou, E.J. Avramides, J. Williamson, D. Jones, S. Tandy and Ch. Menidiates

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10:00-10:15 Hydrogenotrophic Denitrification of drinking water: the effect of support media using packed-bed reactors I. A. Vasiliadou, K.A. Karanasios and D. V. Vayenas

10:15-10:30 Phytoremediation of heavy metal by in-situ plants inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi of AMF in multi-contaminated soil C.-C. Tseng and L. Yang

10:30-10:45 Biosorption of aqueous chromium (VI) by Trapa natans exocarp: Remediation potential of some waste bio-materials R. Sarswat and P. S Vankar

10:45-11:00 Growth of weed and crop plants under cadmium stress and their phytoremediation potential E. A. Fotiadis, Th. S. Pritsa and P. C. Lolas

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION Session II CHAIRS: A. Kahru and B. C. O’Kelly 11:30-11:45 Vertical distribution of cadmium and nickel in giant reed plants

E. G. Papazoglou 11:45-12:00 Phytomanagement of bioremediated soils and transfer of PAHs to plants and soil

mesofauna H.C.Dubourguier, A. Kahru, K. Kasemets, C. Pruvot and M. Descamps

12:00-12:15 Hg content in soil and in spontaneous plant species from the industrial area of a former PVC-factory located in Vlora (Albania) M. Barbafieri, E. Tassi, A. Hasko, F. Harizai, J. Shehu and M. Kornaros

12:15-12:30 Case study using LIDAR to measure the morphology of a bog B. C. O’Kelly, P. M. Johnston and G. Kawisso

12:30-12:45 Best Management Practices for Sedimentation Basins at Construction Sites Impacted by Acid Rock Discharge R. Neufeld, S. Kalainesan, J. Monnell, T. Gray

12:45-13:00 Project and risk management for the reclamation of old mining sites I. Panagopoulos, A. Karayannis, K. Adam and K. Aravossis

13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK NATURAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS Session I CHAIRS: M. Scholz and T.V. Yiannakopoulou 15:00-15:15 Hydrocarbon removal with constructed treatment wetlands

P. E. Eke and M. Scholz

15:15-15:30 Assessment of Experimental Constructed Wetlands. Treating Urban Runoff Contaminated with Nitrogen M. Scholz, X. Wu and Å. Hedmark

15:30-15:45 Development of the Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICW) concept M. Scholz, R. Harrington, P. Carroll and A. Mustafa

15:45-16:00 Testing the reliability of Protozoa as indicators of waste water treatment plants performance T.V. Yiannakopoulou and V. Kaimakamidou

16:00-16:15 Pond treatment of anaerobically pretreated sewage I. Tzagaroulakis, E. Tsiotsis and S. Tsonis

16:15-16:30 A review of the performance of aerobic bioreactors for treatment of food processing wastewater M.E. Abdulgader, Q.J.Yu, P.Williams and A.A.L. Zinatizadeh

16:30-16:45 Combined stabilization ponds- constructed wetland system: an initial approach M. Tsalkatidou, M. Gratziou and N. Kotsovinos

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16:45-17:00 Dewatering of primary settled urban sludge in vertical flow wetland filters I. Makris, P. Melidis, G.D. Gikas, C. Akratos and V.A. Tsihrintzis

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK NATURAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS Session II CHAIRS: A. Gil and P. Samaras 17:30-17:45 Investigation of protozoa as indicators of wastewater treatment efficiency in

constructed wetlands C. A. Papadimitriou, A. Papatheodoulou, V. Takavakoglou, A.Zdragas, P. Samaras, G. P. Sakellaropoulos, M. Lazaridou, and G. Zalidis

17:45-18:00 Dissolved Organic Matter and Nitrogen Removal by Advanced Aerated Submerged Bio-film Reactor Y. Choi, K.Johnson, N. Sung

18:00-18:15 THE PERFORMANCE OF PILOT SCALE LWA-BASED HYBRID SOIL FILTERS IN ESTONIA E. Põldvere, A. Noorvee, K. Karabelnik, M. Maddison, K. Nurk, I. Zaytsev and Ü. Mander

18:15-18:30 Constructed wetlands for highway runoff treatment in the central Mediterranean region, Part I: Operating parameters T. Manios, D. Albantakis, A. Zarmakoupis, I. Sabathianakis and A. D. Karathanasis

18:30-18:45 Constructed wetlands for highway runoff treatment in the central Mediterranean region, Part II: Treatment efficiency D. Albantakis, A. Zarmakoupis, I. Georgaki, A. Papadaki, A. D. Karathanasis and T. Manios

THURSDAY , JUNE 28 INDUSTRIAL WASTES Session I ROOM 3 CHAIRS: N.F. Youssef and I. Katsoyiannis 09:00-09:15 �azard assessment and landfill acceptance criteria of industrial waste under the

current greek legislation G. Tavoularis, �. Panagiotidis

09:15-09:30 Industrial recycled waste materials as additives in soil-cement A. Rahim

09:30-09:45 Simultaneous biological reduction of hexavalent chromium and degradation of phenol in a packed-bed reactor G. Tziotzios, E. Dermou, D. Politi and D.V. Vayenas

09:45-10:00 Recovery of metals and salts from small/medium size secondary metallurgical smelting processes: low capital investment approaches As.A. Vergou, Al. Vergos and C.S. Moraitis

10:00-10:15 Utilization of water glass industrial waste in a mixture for ceramic floor tiles manufacture T.A.Osman, M.M. El-Shafei and N.F.Youssef

10:15-10:30 Recovery of grinding scraps by means of aqueous surfactant washing B. Ruffino and M.C. Zanetti

10:30-10:45 A new approach to utilization of thermoplastic waste S. Gavela, S. Kolias, C. Kordatos, and V. Kasselouri – Rigopoulou

10:45-11:00 Decolorization kinetics of reactive azo dyes via photochemical and photocatalytic processes K.Soutsas, V.Karayannis, A.Riga, K.Ntampegliotis, X.Spiliotis, G.Papapolymerou

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11:00-11:15 Industrial solid waste management in the southern part of Iran: Application of a new master plan Mohammad Karamouz, Banafsheh Zahraie, Reza Kerachian and Najmeh Mahjouri

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK URBAN AEROSOLS AND HEALTH EFFECTS Session I CHAIRS: K. Eleftheriadis and M. Lazaridis 11:30-11:45 Forecast of childhood asthma admissions at Athens, Greece using neural networks

K. Moustris, P.T. Nastos, K. Priftis, I.C. Ziomas, A.G. Paliatsos 11:45-12:00 Correction on measurement errors of particulate matter in flue gases

B.-K. Lee, B.-S. Sun, M. An

12:00-12:15 The role of the air pollution in the Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Diseases M.V. Russo, A. Perrone, A. Pisani, V.I. Valenzi and P. Avino

12:15-12:30 Evaluation of the fate of the active ingredients of insecticide sprays, used indoors P. Leva, A. Katsoyiannis, J. Barrero-Moreno, S. Kephalopoulos and D. Kotzias

12:30-12:45 Modern tendency of livestock buildings design in Greece and their effect on the environment T. A. Kotsopoulos, A. G. Martzopoulou

12:45-13:00 Sources and variability of major chemical species in the indoor and outdoor aerosol in two houses in Oslo, Norway M. Lazaridis, V. Aleksandropoulou, J.E. Hanssen, C. Dye, K. Eleftheriadis and E. Katsivela

13:00-13:15 Characterization of Ambient Particulate Matter on a Mediterranean Island M. A. Bari, G. Baumbach, L. Sarachage-Ruiz, S. Kleanthous

13:15-13:30 13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT Session I CHAIRS: L. Naviglio and S. Galassi 15:00-15:15 An assessment of the suitability of earth observation for the development of

sustainable tourism policies in Mediterranean islands: a case study of Skiathos Island, Greece C. R. Farquhar, C. R. I. Clayton, A. Retalis and A. E. Zlatoudis

15:15-15:30 Sustainable management of protected areas could be more effective with an integrated methodological approach of voluntary tools L. Naviglio

15:30-15:45 Tourism, territory and technology: a challenging partnership for sustainability in the coastal Alentejo Region F. Teigão-dos-Santos

15:45-16:00 Sustainable alternative tourist development and wetlands: The case of lake Distos in Evia Prefecture C-T.Fois

16:00-16:15 Analysis through the Box-Jenkins methodology of the tourist flow of the northwest, RS - Brazil and Missiones - Argentina S.L. Russo, M. E. Camargo and J . P. Fabris

16:15-16:30 Is there hope for sustainable tourism in the Aegean islands? Young generation’s perceptions in four small Greek islands Kriton Ilias Arsenis

17:00-17:30 COFFEE BREAK

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CEMEPE Conference June 24 – 28, 2007, Skiathos island, Geece

Preliminary program – Poster presentations MONDAY, JUNE 25 MORNING Possible gene transfer from transgenic plants to nitrogen fixing bacteria in soil and insect microbiota D. Argyropoulos, T. Varzakas, Ch. Psallida, M. Bocari, V. Mavraganis, C. Israilides Acute and chronic toxicity of sequential leachates of tire wear material A. Wik, G. Dave, E. Nilsson, T. Källqvist and A. Tobiesen Effects of contaminant exposure on plant populations: implications for ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment S.A. Geras’kin, V.G. Dikarev, T.I. Evseeva, A.A. Oudalova and N.S. Dikareva

Effects of pesticides on an occupationally exposed agricultural workers population S.M. Piperakis, G. Karanastasi, K. Kontogianni, A. Cebulska-Wasilewska and M.M. Piperakis Adoption of OECD 310 - Headspace Test for Measuring Ready Biodegradability. Implications, Uses and Enhancements J. L. Melling Catecholamine toxicity and metabolism in the ciliated protozoan, Tetrahymena pyriformis. M. A. Ud-Daula, A. Stocker, G. Pfister and K.-W. Schramm Content of organic carbon and mineral components in soil contaminated with petroleum-derived substances M. Wyszkowski and A. Ziółkowska The content of macroelements in spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and theirs relations with the enzymatic activity of cobalt contaminated soil M. Wyszkowski and J. Wyszkowska The effect of perfluorinated surfactants on the growth of ciliate protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis Š. Zezulka, M. A. Ud-Daula, S. Fiedler and K.-W. Schramm Microalgae biomass production process by air-lift photobioreactors A. Prassone, C. Cattaneo, I. Di Termini, P. Rovatti, D. Panattoand and M. Rovatti AChE inhibition in Carcinus aestuarii as biomarker of exposure to neurotoxic compounds F. Ricciardi, V. Matozzo and M.G. Marin Is vitellogenin-like protein induction responsive to 17-ß estradiol? The clam Tapes philippinarum as a case study V. Matozzo and M.G. Marin Transport of Cd, Pb, Cu and Cr in different soils N. Irha, E. Steinnes, U. Kirso and V. Petersell

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An early approach for the evaluation of repair processes in fish after exposure to sediment contaminated by an oil spill. M. J. Salamanca, N. Jiménez-Tenorio, C. Morales-Caselles and T. Á. DelValls The influence of ultraviolet radiation on cadmium availability to great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) in the presence of high level of dissolved organic carbon

G. Formicki, R. Stawarz, A. Formicka and A. Jan�ová

Immunotoxicity in ascidians: antifouling compounds alternative to organotins - the case of Diuron and TCMS pyridine A. Menin, L. Ballarin, M.G. Marin and F. Cima Study and application of a Toxicity integrated Index for test Battery (TIB) for the ecotoxicological evaluation of soil contamination S. Manzo and F. De Luca Picione Cadmium exposure increases lipolysis in the yellow eel Anguilla Anguilla F. Pierron, M. Baudrimont, A. Bossy, J.P. Bourdineaud, D. Brèthes, P. Elie and J.C. Massabuau Comparison of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages across different climatic regions: can generic approaches be applied in sensitivity prediction? S. Menezes, A. Soares, D. J. Baird and L. Castillo Induction of toxicity mechanisms in mussels chronically exposed to PAHs: integration of gene expression and enzymatic activity of antioxidant defences I. Lima, S. M. Moreira, J. Rendón-Von Osten, A.M.V.M. Soares and L. Guilhermino Copper and mercury effects on enzymatic biomarkers of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) L.R Vieira, F. Morgado and L. Guilhermino PCB accumulation and elimination in serum, liver and muscle of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) P. Antunes, O. Gil and M.A. Reis-Henriques

Effect of valproic acid on glutathione homeostasis in mouse whole embryo cultures A.J. Nazarali, B. Zhang and X. Wang

Toxic effects of valproic acid on mouse palatal development in vitro X. Wang, W. Zhang and A.J. Nazarali The cytotoxic and mutagenic potential of advanced treated wastewater effluents: effect of certain treatment conditions M. Petala, P. Samaras, A. Kungolos, A. Zouboulis, E. Kalogianni and G.P. Sakellaropoulos MONDAY, JUNE 25 AFTERNOON Research on urban greenery of representative types in the avenues of a big city E. Batala and Th. Tsitsoni The heritage as a factor of local development in Greek mountainous areas G. Tsilimigkas Physicochemical characterization of acrylic polymeric resin and low molecule siloxane coating

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materials of artistic interest. A. Koliadima, N. Bakaoukas, J. Kapolos, G. Lainioti and G. Karaiskakis Social capital and sustainable management of natural resources N. Jones, C.M. Sophoulis and I. Botetzagias Uncertainty analysis in waste monitoring and management M. Hej�, and J. Hebí�ek Bioassays: a neglected tool in the Directive 2000/60 EU for the water policy S. Galassi, R. Bettinetti, and V. Croce Flexibility in road design project F. Kehagia Developing recycling economy to promote the sustainable development of building trade Z. Liu, L. Chao, Z. Sun, M. Qun and H. Yang Planning for the upgrading and increasing of urban green in the city of Larissa, Greece I. Selitsaniotis and K. Nikolaou Guidelines to access EMAS certification V. Bouga Road traffic noise reduction by vegetation in the ring road of a big city Th. Samara and Th. Tsitsoni Economic valuation of traffic noise S. Basbas and K. Nikolaou

Traffic noise pollution in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece E. Voulgaridou, J. Pritchard and E. Voulgaridis A multiple regression model for evaluation and prediction of traffic noise E. K. Manatakis Continuous hydrogen production from mixed organic acids by an enriched phototrophic sludge Ruying Li, Tong Zhang & Herbert H. P. Fang Energy and environmental assessment of district heating and natural gas industrial use in Kozani, Greece A. Kandiliotis and K. Nikolaou On Modeling Environmental Risks Due to the Future Construction of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion Plants J. K. Sakellaris Natural radioactivity of the Kardia coal mine in North Greece M. N. Fotakis, L. I. Tsikritzis, �. S. Tzimkas, and R. L.Tsikritzi Environmental and economical appraisal of the energy use of biogas produced from rural waste in Kalavryta, Greece

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A. Golfinopoulos and K. Nikolaou Microwave Drying of Food Waste in Korea and Its Energy Cost Estimation B.-G. Jung, S.-H. Choi, Y.-J. Jung, and N.-C. Sung Application of ClO2 as a disinfectant to raw water of Athens S. Samios, L. Kousouris, P. Tzoumerkas, A. Nikolaou, S. Golfinopoulos, and T. Lekkas Promoting energy efficiency investments: A survey of Greek industries E. Sardianou Regional Economics of enterprises of timber and furniture with the use of Geographic Information Systems M. Trigkas and V. Blioumis

Economic growth and greenhouse gases emissions I. Vassiloudis

Minimizing the cost of fertilization through irrigation with treated municipal waste water D. Pagidis, E. Papanagiotou and A. Karteris Climate change and local sustainability M. Csete Estimating environmental investments’ risk with the use of statistics K. Papaspyropoulos, A. Christodoulou and V. Blioumis Environmental Investment Assessments and Internal Rate of Return A. Christodoulou Costs and benefits of wastewater use for irrigation in Greece K. Melfou, N. Elefteriadis, M. Lazaridou and P. Vakalis TUESDAY, JUNE 26 MORNING A transmittance and fluorescence meter for environmental monitoring P.G. Drakopoulos, C. Dounas, C. Nomikos, S. Poulos, E. Stefanou, I.Thanos and V.Zervakis Zinc and Copper adsorption by clinoptilolite E. E. Golia, A. Dimirkou, N. G. Tsiropoulos and Z. A. Ioannou Chromium accumulation in ferromanganese nodules and concretions from some Greek soils D. Gasparatos and C. Haidouti Coupling of Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction with ultrasonic extraction for the determination of organophosphorus insecticides in olives using gas chromatography Ch. S. Tsoutsi and T. A. Albanis Method development for the determination of fluorotelomer alcohols in semipermeable membrane devices S. Fiedler, G. Pfister, and K.W. Schramm Bioaccumulation and effects of metals bound to sediments collected from Gulf of Cádiz (SW Spain)

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using the polychaete, Arenicola marina J. Kalman, I. Riba,,C. Morales-Caselles, J. Blasco and T.A DelValls

Diffusion coefficients of SO2 in water and partition coefficients of SO2 in water – air interface at different temperature values in the presence or absence of surfactants. A. Koliadima, J. Kapolos, L. Farmakis and G. Karaiskakis Fosthiazate residues in leaves and fruit of tomato plants K. Liapis and N. G. Tsiropoulos Characteristic of Al(III) hydrolysis specie distribution during rapid mixing process C.W. Jung, Y.K. Song, H.J. Son, and I. S. Sohn Heavy metal concentrations and bioavailability in the urban soils of Ermoupolis (Syros island – Greece) I. Massas, C. Ehaliotis, S. Gerontidis and E. Sarris Assessment of pesticide contamination in river water samples from an intensive agriculture area, using solid phase extraction and gas chromatography – mass spectrometry I. V. Zioris, D.A. Lambropoulou, T. G. Danis, D. T. Karagiozoglou and T. A. Albanis

Multivariate Statistical Interpretation of Soil Physical and Chemical Data in the Context of Public Health A. Papaioannou, P. Plageras, P.Th. Nastos, A.G. Paliatsos, E. Dovriki, Z. Roupa, K. Kakavas and I. Papas Effect of ectoine on phenol degradation efficiency of Penicillium chrysogenum under osmotic stress A.L. Leitão and J.S. Oliveira Environmental impact of agricultural and agro-zootechnical activity: river and ground water geochemistry in the Chiana Valley (Tuscany, Central Italy) O. Vaselli, I. Rosseti, E. Ramaldi, F. Tassi, B. Nisi, A. Delgado Huertas, A. Buccianti, G. Bicocchi and G. Montegrossi Statistical power for biomarker studies on caged rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) N. Hanson and Å. Larsson Determination of heavy metals in drinking water of Evros prefecture, Greece P. Tsoumbaris, N. Papadakis, G. Sargiotis, P. Georgianos and K. Nikolaou

Trading water pollution discharge permits in river systems using fuzzy nonlinear cost functions Seyyed Morteza Mesbah, Reza Kerachian, Ali Torabian

Remote fluorimetric monitoring of petroleum pollutions on a water surface V. . Sidorenko EVALUATION OF RADIOACTIVITY AND METALS CONCENTRATION IN THE DISCHARGE WATERS OF THE MAJOR COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN GREECE D. Karamanis, K. Stamoulis and K. Ioannides

The effect of nano-sized particles on PVDF ultrafiltration membrane performance Lv Hui, Yu Shuili, Zhao Qing

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Assessing the Performance Effects of Micro-polluted Yellow River Raw Water Quality by Subsurface Constructed Wetlands Xu Yang, Shuiili Yu, Chunhai Xiu, Xiaoju Yan, Ling Li and Hongyang Zhang Evaluation of Arsenic, TOC and Turbidity Removal from Reservoir Water by Coagulation Youngik Choi, Nak-Chang Sung, Byung-Gil Jung

Phosphate removal from acidic wastewater by three Tunisian clay soils N. HamdiI, E. Srasra Effects of Soluble Organic Matters on Membrane Fouling S. H. Chuang, W. C. Chang, M. C. Chang, M. A. Sung

SPE with a mixture of aminopropyl- and C18-bonded porous silica for enrichment of Aromatic Sulphur Compounds as “markers” of crude oil sea water pollution: determination by GC-FID and GC-MS M.V. Russo, V. Di Lorenzo, G. Cinelli, I. Notardonato and P. Avino Detection of enteroviruses and HAV in sewage by Real Time PCR T. Parasidis, K.Karlou, C. Nikolaidis, M.Papapetropoulou and A.Vantarakis Multielemental analysis of water of the Malta lake using ICP-MS H. Gramowska, D. Barałkiewicz and A. Han� TUESDAY, JUNE 26 AFTERNOON River flow forecasting by using different neural network approaches M.J. Diamantopoulou, P.E. Georgiou and D.M. Papamichail

Comparing the efficiency of the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) and the Multi-layer Perceptrons (MLP) in reservoir water quality simulation K. Faez and N. Mahjouri Seasonal water quality variation of the lake Kournas, Greece. G. Stavroulakis, St. Kirikou ,M. Barbouni and G. Panagiotakis

Assessment of the water quality parameters for the karstic springs of Keritis river, Hania-Greece M. Kotti, G. Kakoulaki, M. Kiriou, A. Papafilippaki and G. Stavroulakis

Irrigation water management effects in corn yield and environmental aspects �g. Filintas, P. Dioudis, �. Koutseris and �. Papadopoulos

Effect of maize plant residues and olive-mill wastewaters applied to an alkaline soil in western Greece on the distribution of mineral-N and on soil quality indicators. C. Ehaliotis, I. Massas, S. Kavasilis, A. Koulopoulos, and Ch. Bisdounis Oxidative Degradation of Phenol using Low Concentration of Ferric ions by the Photo-Fenton Process C.-P.Huang, H.-C. Tsai, H.-T. Chen and Y.-H. Huang

Degradation of Reactive Black 5 by photocatalysis of iron oxide-oxalate complexes in a three phase fluidized bed reactor

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H.-P. Cheng, H.-C. Wei, Y.-W. Lu and Y.-H. Huang The Oxidation of Hypophosphite by Fenton’s Reagent and Subsequent Removal of Phosphorus by Iron (III) Coagulation C.C. Hung, L.W. Lin, Y.H. Huang and C.Y. Chen Catalytic Oxidation of VOCs: Copper and Titanium Oxide on a Novel Mesoporous Support

D. Vasilakakis, P. Ptá�ek, J. Havlica and L. Mörl

Photodegradation of BTEX by Fluidized Bed Gaseous Reactor with TiO2/SiO2 Photocatalysts J.-H. Park, Y.-S. Seo, B.-H. Kwon and I.-K. Kim

Degradation Of 4-chlorophenol By Advanced Oxidation Processes H.-S. Kim, B.-H. Kwon and I.-K. Kim

Disintegration of Sewage Sludge Using Dual Frequency Sonication Yoo-Jin Jung, Byung-Gil Jung, Hyun-Woong Ko, Young-Ik Choi

A study on the treatment characteristics and kinetic coefficient for nitrogen removal of the ASA (advanced step aeration) system Y.-H. Cho , Y.-T. Kang and K.-K. Song A study of the comparison of the treatment characteristics between ASA system and CAS system YongHyun Cho, YongTae Kang, KuneKwan Song, SangDae Bae

Scaling potential of a Doha beachwell at different operating temperatures M. A. Al-Shammiri, S. Al-Shammiri, A. Al-Saffar and M. Rugeeb

Development of water treatment process using biological oxidation filter system K. K. Song, Y. T. Kangs and Y. H. Cho

Pretreatment and substrates removal of drinking water by biofilter K. K. Song, Y. T. Kang, Y. H. Cho and K. S. Hyun

Removal of Cd2+ and Pb2+ from aqueous solutions using a Moroccan clay Y. El Mouzdahir, A. Elmchaouri, R. Mahboub, A. El Anssari, M.A. Vicente, A. Gil and S.A. Korili Removal of Maxilon Red by Using Biosolid M. Sarioglu and U. Asli Atay Titanium dioxide mediated photocatalytic degradation of organophosphorous pesticides in aqueous suspensions of TiO2 and TiO2-H2O2

A.S. PETSAS, M.C. VAGI, M.N. KOSTOPOULOU, and T. D. LEKKAS The effect of alumina coating on nickel powder for thermal stability of nickel filter Shin-Kun Ryia, Jong-Soo Parkb, Sung-Hyun Kima, Kyong-Ran Hwangb, Dong-Won Kimc and Heung-Gu Kimc Improving the Accuracy of Capillary Suction Time Testing O. Sawalha, M. Scholz and P. Eke Drying characteristics and specific energy by microwave treatment of oil contaminated soil

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S. Ha and H. Yeom Design of potable water sedimentation tanks by CFD simulations A.M. Goula, M. Kostoglou, T.D. Karapantsios and A.I. Zouboulis Waste Water Treatment Development In Regional Areas For Environmental Protection And Effluent Reuse To Secondary Uses P. S. Kollias, V. Kollias and S. Kollias Wastewater treatment in rural areas Z. Karacsonyi, T. Szabo and J. Karacsonyi Wastewater management in Mt Pelion region: an integrated approach D. Vleioras WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 MORNING Application of an ambient index for air quality management in greater Athens area, Greece A. G. Paliatsos, J. K. Kaldellis and P. T. Nastos

Effects of transport processes on particulate concentration in the urban area of Thessaloniki, Greece M.J. Petrakakis, A.G. Kelessis, C. Samara, P. Tzoumaka, N.�. Zoumakis and E. Iosifidis

Control and simulate the operation of a pilot scale SMBR by a mathematical model of simultaneous organic carbon and nitrogen removal P. S. Qi, Z. Li and Z. B. Chen Thermal effects on the airflow and pollutant dispersion in an urban street canyon D.G. Papas, G.A. Efstathiou, N.M. Zoumakis, A.G. Kelessis, P.A. Kassomenos, J. Triantafyllis, B. Kargas, M. Petrakakis, E. Fournou and S. Stolaki

Vertical Distribution of BTEX Aromatics at Urban Area D. S. Kim, J. H. Park, I. K. Kim and B. H. Kwon Study on filling mined-out areas with municipal solid waste in mining cities X. J. Lu & J. H. Chen Thermal Treatment of Waste in Municipal Waste Incineration Plants B. Bilitewski Environmental monitoring and implementation of mitigating measures for contaminated effluent at iThemba LABS (Cape Town) A. Chippendale and N. Jovanovic Polymers in sports: Recycling possibilities of waste materials D.S. Achilias, A. Solomanidou and E. Trentidou Limitation of the concentration of organic pollutants in sewage sludge. Problems of land application of sewage sludge in Andalusia (South of Spain) I. Aparicio, J. L. Santos, M. M. González, J. Romero and E. Alonso Cement-based solidification/stabilization of arsenic-contaminated mine tailings S.-R. Lee, W.-H. Choi, J.-Y. Park

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Mobility of toxic trace metals in combustion ash U. Kirso, G. Urb, E. Steinnes, N. Irha, and E. Panova Potential use of littoral vegetation residues, from Lake Mikri Prespa, as substrate for mushrooms cultivation A. Philippoussis, P. Diamantopoulou, G. Kokkinis, Y. Kazoglou and G. Parisopoulos

Psyttalia Wastewater primary treatment assessment over a decade G. P. Villioti, N. Aggelakis and G.Stefanakou Utilization of steel industry by-products: the use of EAF slag in road construction A. Sfikas, I. Liapis, D. Paparrigas and K. Vamvakoglou

Heavy metals determination in edible specimens from Tagarades landfill after fire N.Raikos, E.Thessalonikeos, A.Pouliopoulos, I.Gerolymou and H. Tsoukali Can Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) predict heavy metals in sewage sludge? R. Moral, L. Galvez-Sola, J. Moreno-Caselles, M. D. Perez-Murcia, A. Perez-Espinosa and C. Paredes Hydrologic modelling for water resources management aiming at the conservation of a priority habitat E. Dimitriou and E. Mousoulis Distribution and comparison of butyltins (TBTs, DBTs, MBTs) in sediments of Gulf of Cadiz (SW Spain) and Zuari Estuary (West Coast of India) A. Garg, R. Antón-Martín, E. García-Luque, I. Riba and T. A. DelVall Characterization of DBPs Formation on natural organic matter fraction C.W. Jung and H.J. Son

Hydrological and debris flow problems after forest fire. Case study: Fire in Mediterranean forest of Kassandra Chalkidiki, 21 August 2006 P. Stefanidis, K. Goulas, I. Kalinderis and F. Tziaftani

The prognosis of trunk increment and health state of the oldest representatives of dendroflora K. Borecka, E. Goł�bek and A. Tukiendorf Policy framework for utilization and conservation of below-ground biodiversity in Kenya C. Achieng, P. Okoth, A.Macharia and S.Otor Evaluation of forest ecosystem for water and wood production K. Xanthopoulou and D. Karamanolis WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 AFTERNOON Solar radiation monitoring network for students: Preliminary results for solar UV-B and UV-A irradiance components C. P. Jacovides, G. A. Theoharatos, J. Georgiou and T. Kavazis A European Eco-Design module to improve the education for Engineers, developed as an Erasmus-project

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M.Paralika, A. Barsan and L. Barsan Implementing energy-efficiency-programs in the management of European university campuses and research laboratories, the European ECOCAMPUS initiative 10 years later: an analysis of the “Practice-What-You-Preach” paradigm from two case-studies in France and Greece respectively P. Faucher, E. V. Apostolidou, Ph. Ballofet, J. Roturier and A. Logkaris Study of Primary and Secondary School Environmental Educators’ Understandings of Environmental Education A. Karameris, P. Ragkou and A. Papanikolaou Environmental education development in enlarged Europe supported by TEMPUS programme Z. Karacsonyi, J. Karacsonyi and T. Szabo State of the art of research on the uncertainty in GIS spatial data J. X. Gao and A. Chen Estimation of production cost of biomass and vegetation maps with the use of satellite images V. Blioumis, A. Christodoulou and N. Stamou Analysis of air pollution in the event of oil pipeline damage with usage of mathematical modeling methods and geoinformation technologies B.M. Mirkarimova Multisectorial management of natural environment and active geoinformation data through implementation of GIS applications A. P.Mavridis, I. M. Ifadis, S. Chalimourdas and N. Chrysochoidou-Petridou

Investigating the potential of using Satellite Remote Sensing for Real Estate applications in Cyprus D.G. Hadjimitsis, M. Shepherd, L. Toulios and C.R.I Clayton Electrochromic and advanced windows for energy saving applications P. Yianoulis, G. Leftheriotis and S. Papaefthimiou

Application of laboratory scale experiments to industrial scale in case of anaerobic waste treatment L. Brunn, C. Dornack and B. Bilitewski The potential RDF from solid waste of a typical industrial city in Korea: mass, energy and economical analysis Byeong-Kyu Lee, Trang T. T. Dong, Haengah Kim Lee, Uiryang Jeong, Trang T. T. Duong Sustainable energy planning by using multicriteria analysis - Application in the island of Crete M. Drandaki, E. Iosifidis*, I. Kiosses and T. Tsoutsos

Implementation of the Energy Performance of Building Directive in Latvia – mandatory and voluntary sustainability improvements M. Knite

Variation of the Soil Heat Flux over Coastal Wetland Covered with Reeds H. J. Kim, D. S. Kim, I. H. Yoon and B. H. Kwon

Atmospheric Turbulent Fluxes Estimated by Gradient Method over Coastal Wetland

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Covered with Reeds D. S. Kim and B. H. Kwon Global climate change Climate change and road transportation sector A. Torok The effect of the flow around moving cars within a road tunnel in the vicinity of emergency response I. Ossanlis, Ph. Barmpas and N. Moussiopoulos Classification model for Sustainable Flood Retention Basins M. Scholz and A. Sadowski Is the elastic backscatter lidar limited to evaluate only qualitatively the suspended matter particles in the air? D. Nicolae, C. Talianu, A. Nemuc, E. Carstea, L. Belegante and C. Radu Cellular-Automata and Individual-Based Approaches for the Modeling of Biofilm Structures: Pros and Cons C S. Laspidou, A. Kungolos and P. Samaras THURSDAY, JUNE 28 MORNING Comparative Embodied Energy Analysis of a Steel and Concrete Structural System in Ireland A. A. Acquaye, A. P. Duffy and B. Basu Laboratory leaching tests and field verifications of solid wastes U. Kirso, N. Irha, J. Reinik, G. Urb, and M. Laja Risk mapping of adverse environmental impact on biota of north – west Caspian Sea region E.A. Zakarin, L.A. Balakay, T.V. Dedova and B.M. Mirkarimova

Sharing experience in environmental risk assessment to propose a methodological procedure K. Sikorova and P. Danihelka

Design and application of a battery of biomarkers as a new achievement in calculation of Sediment Quality Guidelines for the assessment of dredged material M.L. Martín-Díaz, M.C. Morales-Caselles I. Riba and T. DelValls An application of Eco-efficiency modelling on operational aspects of the University of the Aegean – environmental and economic impacts I. Gkialas, N. Kondakis, V. Aggelopoulos, T. Danias, G. Efthimiou, D. Gkika, Th. Karagiaouri, E. Karanikolas, Ch. Kokosis, M. Lavasa, P. Leivadarou, A. Marinaki, A. Misios, D. Mpelitsas, D. Petropoulos, V. Vasileiadis and G. Vachratidis Ecotoxicity assessment of a naturally weathered soil and of a recently polluted soil. A. Rodriguez-Ruiz, I. Susaeta and I. Marigómez Distribution of Heavy Metals and Trace Elements in Human Breast Cancer Tissues and in Adjacent Normal Tissues of Women in Poland R. Stawarz, G. Formicki, M. Zakrzewski, J. Ry� and M. Rozmus Distribution of Some Xenobiotics and Trace Elements in Selected Organs and Stomach Contents of

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Boar in Poland J. Stawarz and A. Jancova Economic, hygienic and ecological aspects of the “Sustainable transport, environment and health” problem decision in Ukraine O.V. Ikhaeva, A.N. Ponomarenko, L.M. Shafran and D.P. Timoshina The Impact of Sewage Sludge added to the Soil on leaching of PAHs and AOX M. Włodarczyk-Makuła and M.Janosz-Rajczyk PAHs Balance in Sewage Sludge and in Supernatants during Fermentation Process M. Włodarczyk-Makuła The relevance to climate change and potential reductions in CO2-emissions of a waste management industry adapted waste material flow system in case of energy recovery of RDF and solar drying of sewage sludge S. Langer, B. Sawilla and M. Wittmaier A comprehensive study of environmental and socio-economic problems related to industrial regions: a case study of the industrial area of Alexandroupolis (Greece) A. Theofanoudi, C. Diakaki and E. Katsivela The Submerged Sea Tunnel and the residents’ of Thessaloniki opinion on its consequences. A first approach . Frangopoulos, �. Dalakis and D. Kourkouridis Sustainable coastal zone planning and management: the case of the Kerdylia Coast in the Prefecture of Serres E. Yiannakopoulou, S. Economou and A. Guitonas Trend Analysis of R.E.MO.S. water quality electronic data in Agiasma Lagoon – River Nestos Delta – for the years 2000 – 2002 A. Psilovikos Remote Environmental MOnitoring System (R.E.MO.S.) for water quality and quantity assessment in Agiasma Lagoon – River Nestos Delta S. Margoni The coastal Cephalonia’s paradox: Quo vadis? V. Stergiopoulos, G. Stergiopoulos and A. Stergiopoulou

A tourist sustainable development of coastal forested areas by using an environmental opening up strategy A. G. Stergiadou THURSDAY, JUNE 28 AFTERNOON Use of humic acid as surfactant on electrokinetic remediation of cadmium contaminated soil A. Giannis, E. Gidarakos and A. Skouta Reclamation as an effective tool for post-mining landscape regeneration M. Kabrna and M. �eho

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Integration of Trees into Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems M. Scholz and Å. Hedmark

An alternative approach in modeling individual tree heights of mature for logging trees, using data from forestal environment M. J. Diamantopoulou Role of chemical composition of phosphate amendments in the stabilization of lead in the presence of zinc S. Raicevic, V. Perovic, and A. I. Zouboulis Health risks from municipal treated wastewater reuse in forage crops A. Tsiridis, M. Arvanitidou and M. Lazaridou Microcosm tests on Hg contaminated soil M. Barbafieri, E. Tassi and M. Kornaros Bioavailability as a tool in remediation strategies at contaminated site F. Pedron, G. Petruzzelli and L. Leita Assessment of Nafion-117 stability in a new process for cation separation from spent chromium plating solution M. E. I. Ahmed, K.-L. Huang and T. M. Holsen

Calcite-packed columns to treat fluoric acid wastewaters Won-Ho Choi, Hyo-Sun Kim, Joo-Yang Park

Reductive decolorization of reactive dyes using zero-valent metals H. Song, Y-S. Jeong, W. S. Shin, J-Y. Park, J-W. Kim, J-H. Choi and Y-H. Kim Synthesis of ZSM-5 zeolite using silica source from a waste of agricultural industry. The case of Greek rice husk ash. K. Kordatos, A. Ntziouni, S. Gavela and V. Kasselouri-Rigopoulou Study of a natural clay as a potential dye removal agent Y. El Mouzdahir, A. Elmchaouri, R. Mahboub, A. Gil and S.A. Korili Reuse of winery-distillery wastes as a substrate ingredient in intensive horticulture S. García-Martínez, A. Grau, M. A. Bustamante, C. Paredes, J. J. Ruiz and R. Moral

Molecular analysis on the xenobiotics degrading bacteria isolated from industrial waste. D. Davolos and B. Pietrangeli Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment – Application in a tannery P. Vadratsikas and A. Deligiannis Coagulant dosage control by using a charge analyzer system, stream current detectors and zeta potential C. W. Jung, H. J. Son, P. J. Yu, S. D. Bae and Y. H. Kim

Novel Mathematical Model for Dissolved Organic Matter and Nitrogen Removal by Advanced Aerated Submerged Bio-film Reactor

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Youngik Choi, Kraig Johnson, Nak-chang Sung

Removal of Heavy Metals (HMs) during the conventional activated sludge treatment process: Model predictions against experimental values At. Katsoyiannis and C. Samara Photolytic destruction of halogenated pyridines in wastewaters D.R. Stapleton, C. G. Skoutelis, D. Mantzavinos and M.Papadaki Place marketing as a tool for sustainability and image reconstruction of an environmentally protected area: the contribution of visitors’ opinions K. Tsegenidi, S. Spanou, M. Kolezaki and Theodoros Georgiadis

Evaluation of biometeorological conditions of mountain communities and urban center in Greece A. Matsoukis, A. Kamoutsis, I. Charalampopoulos, I. Panagiotou and A. Chronopoulou-Sereli