Science and Technology

Approaches to enhance biodiversity in a eutrophic inner bay of Lake Biwa

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Author(s): Yoshiaki Kohno Email (s): yoshikohno.3@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: NPO Biwako Houjyounosato Country: Japan Abstract Despite improvement in lake water eutrophication, fish stock recovery in many lakes is limited. Thus, the importance of near-shore biodiversity, damaged by shoreline restructuring and escalated eutrophication by flow-in sludge and secondary photosynthetic production, has been widely recognized. To find feasible and … Read more

Inferring water quality of Lake Balekambang, dieng central java based on the Diatom Index

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Author(s): Tri Soeprobowati Email (s): trsoeprobowati@live.undip.ac.id Institution or organization of origin: Diponegoro University Country: Indonesia Abstract Telaga Balekambang e is located next to Arjuna temple, Dieng Plateau, Central Java. Historically, Balekambang was an ancient lake with the function of a reservoir to protect flooding in the Arjuna temple. Telaga is a local name for small lakes. Balekambang is one … Read more

Assessment of India’s largest inland saline lake during the time frame of phase one COVID-19 pandemic using GEE platform

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Author(s): Rajashree Naik Email (s): rajashree.bini06@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Central University of Rajasthan Country: India Abstract Saline lakes are unique in nature but highly ignored compared to their freshwater counterparts. They are in almost every continent including Antarctica. They are also considered as blue lifelines of arid and semi-arid regions. In forth coming decades, when land degradation … Read more

First Approach to Water Quality Assessment of Lake Atotonilco, Mexico

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Author(s): Marycarmen Verduzco Email (s): maryverduzco.g@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Instituto Tecnológico Y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Country: Mexico Abstract Lake Atotonilco is an intermittent shallow lake located in a closed watershed near the City of Guadalajara in western Mexico. The lake is protected by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The protected area covers about 2,850 hectares. … Read more

Sulphate ions removal in water through the electrocoagulation process and characterization of flocs

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Author(s): Gilberto Carreño Aguilera Email (s): gca@ugto.mx Institution or organization of origin: Universidad de Guanajuato Country: Mexico Abstract The present research work consisted of the characterization of a multistage electrocoagulation reactor with the objective of removing sulfate ions contained in a mine water solution (7100 mg/L initial concentration of SO42-). Subsequently, the characterization of the flocs generated from the … Read more

Governance Technical Presentations

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Governance may include studies, analyses, and research on the theoretical and practical discussion of the applicable policies, management, and organizational structures that deal with water issues. And in particular, how governance of natural and artificial lakes is met thanks to: Politics Legislation Financial Administration Among others The presentation of Jackson Akama Raini Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize Awardee is … Read more

Lake food webs and C metabolism across gradients of catchment alkalinity and climate

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Humans are now plumbers of the world’s hydrologic cycle through irrigation, dam construction, inter-basin transfer, wetland drainage, groundwater extraction, and myriad other activities. The science that explores the consequences of this plumbing for aquatic carbon cycling is now emerging. We have yet to understand, how massive manipulation of surface and ground waters is impacting carbon … Read more

Science and Technology Technical Presentations

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This topic deals, among others, with issues on the elimination of various pollutants present in different bodies of water using technologies that help to preserve, restore, and recover Water Quality, as well as topics on theoretical work, such as numerical simulations on Hydrodynamics and the transport of pollutants in different water treatment processes. These presentations … Read more