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A Simple Chemical Free Arsenic Removal Method For Community Water Supply – A Case Study From West Bengal, India, Bhaskar Sen Gupta Dr, U Rott Dr, Amitava Bandopadhyay Dr, W Degroot Dr, N K. Nag Dr, Angel Carbonell-Barrachina Dr, Soumyadeep Mukhopadhyay Dr Jan 2009

A Simple Chemical Free Arsenic Removal Method For Community Water Supply – A Case Study From West Bengal, India, Bhaskar Sen Gupta Dr, U Rott Dr, Amitava Bandopadhyay Dr, W Degroot Dr, N K. Nag Dr, Angel Carbonell-Barrachina Dr, Soumyadeep Mukhopadhyay Dr

Soumyadeep Mukhopadhyay Dr

This report describes a simple chemical free method that was successfully used by a team of European and Indian scientists (www.qub.ac.uk/tipot) to remove arsenic (As) from groundwater in a village in West Bengal, India. Six such plants are now in operation and are being used to supply water to the local population (www.insituarsenic.org). The study was conducted in Kasimpore, a village in North 24 Parganas District, approximately 25 km from Kolkata. In all cases, total As in treated water was less than the WHO guideline value of 10 mg/L. The plant produces no sludge and the operation cost is 1.0 …


Social Costs From The Use Of Cars In Cypriot Cities, Theodoros Zachariadis Jan 2009

Social Costs From The Use Of Cars In Cypriot Cities, Theodoros Zachariadis

Theodoros Zachariadis

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Review Essay: Disagreeing About The Climate, Donald Nordberg Jan 2009

Review Essay: Disagreeing About The Climate, Donald Nordberg

Donald Nordberg

This paper is an early draft of a review essay that subsequently appeared in the journal Business and Society in 2010. The science concerning climate change is clear, both sides of the argument agree. What they don't agree about is what that clarity means. Each side considers the matter settled, and their points of view unsettle each attempt to make public policy. Mike Hulme, director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, thinks the reasons for the persistent differences lies in the complex ways we see and use climate change as a totem …


An Evaluation Of The Effect Of Land Use/Cover Change On The Surface Temperature Of Lokoja Town, Nigeria, Fanan Ujoh Mr, Olarewaju O. Ifatimehin Mr, John Y. Magaji Dr Jan 2009

An Evaluation Of The Effect Of Land Use/Cover Change On The Surface Temperature Of Lokoja Town, Nigeria, Fanan Ujoh Mr, Olarewaju O. Ifatimehin Mr, John Y. Magaji Dr

Dr. Fanan Ujoh

This research integrated remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identified land use/cover types in Lokoja, including their temporal transformation and association with surface temperatures from the LandSat TM and LandSat ETM imageries of 1987 and 2001 respectively. As the built-up area increased in size (2667.6%) so was the surface temperature (6.48oC), vacant land (872%: 9.65oC), cultivated land (104.4%: 1.2oC) and water bodies (64.3%:0.94oC) while vegetation cover increased by 2.44oC while its area extent decreased (316.7%). These changes were responsible for the rise in the mean surface temperature from 38.39oC in 1987 to 42.61oC in 2001, indicating a 4.22oC …