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Agricultural residue management in Lebanon - by Lea Samir Kai

Kai, Lea Samir (2006)

Solid waste management and disposal is one of the major environmental problems i n Lebanon: Every sector in the country is managed by a different body and by dif ferent methods. Therefore, wastes are mixed and disposed of ...
Air quality management in urban areas policy options for the Greater Beirut Area - by Marianne Roger Kazopoulo

Kazopoulo, Marianne Roger (2002)

One of the major environmental impacts of the rapid motorization of societies worldwide is the decline of air quality in urban areas in both industrial and developing countries. Although urban air quality in industrial ...
Aircraft and vehicle induced emissions at the Beirut International Airport a characterization and exposure assessment - by Sarah Hassan Yaman

Yaman, Sarah Hassan (2001)

Air transport plays a vital role in Lebanon's economy Air passenger and air cargo traffic is projected to increase considerably after two decades of civil unrest and economic deterioration. Beirut International Airport ...
The applicability of SBR treatment technology managing papermill wastewater - by Naim Mohammad Salem

Salem, Naim Mohammad (2002)

The purpose of this research was to characterize a papermill wastewater, determine kinetic and stoichiometric parameters associated with carbon and nitrogen removal, and demonstrate experimental and simulated organics and ...
Characterization and mitigation of ozone in urban areas the case of Beirut - by Maher Mustafa Zein

Zein, Maher Mustafa (2000)

Tropospheric ozone is a secondary air pollutant that has various adverse environmental and health impacts and is produced through complex, non-linear processes involving NOs and VOCs. EKMA, a photochemical air quality ...
Characterization of pine-needle activated carbon and testing its heavy metals removal efficiency

Damaj, Ahmad Abed El-Kader. (2013)

The current work investigated the chemical and physical characterization of an activated carbon prepared by physical and chemical activation of a low cost, widely available precursor, pine needles. Of the physical properties ...
The effect of air injection and leachate recirculation on the biodegradation process of municipal solid waste - by Wissam Shaheen Fayyad

Fayyad, Wissam Shaheen (2003)

Historically, disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) in landfills that were des igned and operated as waste storage facilities was and still is the most widely applied management option. Anaerobic degradation and toxic ...
The effect of domestic garbage disposers on municipal waste and wastewater management - by Natasha Shahan Marashlian

Marashlian, Natasha Shahan (2003)

The high cost and limited suitable land for municipal waste disposal along the coast of Lebanon creates the need for considering other alternatives. The proposed study entails the integration of domestic garbage disposers ...
Effects of pH and background electrolyte concentration on the mechanisms of selenite adsorption onto various minerals - by Amal Ghassan Othmani.

Othmani, Amal Ghassan (2009)

Selenium (Se) is a trace element naturally occurring in the geosphere. Se is considered both an essential nutrient and a toxicant, particularly at concentrations exceeding regulatory levels. Se supplementation in moderate ...
Environmental and economic considerations of desalination in water-stressed regions - by Ibrahim Mohammed Adnan Alameddine

Alameddine, Ibrahim Mohammed Adnan (2002)

Water, the essence of life can no longer be considered a natural, self-renewable, low-cost resource in most arid and semi-arid regions. Today more than fourty percent of the world population suffers from water shortage and ...
Environmental impact assessment a comparative evaluation in MENA countries - by Karma Hassan El-Fadl

el-Fadl, Karma Hassan (2003)

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) was devised as a decision tool in the United States in response to the grand swell of ecocentric concerns to mediate between the technocentric view of continued development and the ...
Evaluation of methodologies for filter media coating - by Dima Abdul Hamid Kharbotli

Kharbotli, Dima Abdul Hamid (2002)

The occurrence of heavy metals in natural drinking water bodies at levels exceeding those found in nature has been recently linked to severe health impacts. As a result, novel treatment technologies are constantly under ...
Gaseous emissions from old dumpsites the Bourjhammoud case - by Samer Fayez Salhab

Salhab, Samer Fayez (2002)

Solid waste management in Lebanon has traditionally been based on an open dumping approach. Several conveniently selected dumpsites have progressively grew in volume to reach alarming magnitudes presenting serious sources ...
A GIS framework for the assessment of groundwater quality in Tripoli, Lebanon - by Yasmina Yahya Adra

Adra, Yasmina Yahya (2008)

Groundwater is one of the main sources for drinking water however its mismanage ment has often led to its pollution, forcing authorities to invest in remediatin g aquifers on a large scale. Tripoli, the second largest ...
Groundwater in Lebanon a vulnerability assessment approach towards protection - by Marc Antoine Metni

Metni, Marc Antoine (2002)

Lebanon is generally characterized by a Mediterranean climate that involves a long arid dry season and a short humid wet season with heavy rainfalls. The fact that Lebanon has a very limited number of perennial watercourses ...
Heavy metal removal from alkalized wastewaters using seawater liquid bittern - by Lucy Agop Semerjian

Semerjian, Lucy Agop (2000)

The direct discharge of metal-rich wastewaters into surface waters is detrimental to the receiving environment. Thus, the protection of water resources from such toxic compounds is essential. Traditionally, heavy metals ...
The impact of step feeding on rotating biological contactor performance - by Pascal Elias Saikaly

Saikaly, Pascal Elias (2001)

Aerobic biological processes have been viewed as effective methods for the treatment of wastewater to remove biodegradable organics and, to a lesser extent, nutrients. The fixed-film process has some advantages over suspended ...
In-vehicle exposure to carbon monoxide in a commercial-residential region of Beirut, Lebanon - by Layale Amid Abi Esber

Abi Esber, Layale Amid (2005)

Vehicular exhaust is a major air pollution source in urban areas and contributes a large portion of carbon monoxide (CO) present in outdoor air which flows into enclosed micro-environments. Hence, occupants of vehicles ...
Interaction of copper with soil irrigated from canal 900 sorption and leaching potential - by Darine Aziz Salam

Salam, Darine Aziz (2006)

Canal 900 used for the irrigation of the South Bekaa agricultural lands in Leban on, suffers from an intensive algae proliferation causing the obstruction of the irrigation systems. Copper sulfate is currently being proposed ...
Investigation of treatment technologies and evaluation of greywater treatment systems on an individual unit scale - by Therese Elias El Gemayel

El Gemayel, Therese Elias (2008)

The lack of proper fresh water networks has created an incentive, in the West Be kaa area, to adopt low-cost systems for greywater treatment and reuse. In this s tudy, three types of greywater systems are presented- 3-barrel, ...

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