Publications by authors named "Agnieszka Operacz"
Spent geothermal water discharge to rivers: Risk or environmental benefit?
Sci Total Environ
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- This study looked at how treated geothermal water affects a river when it's discharged, comparing it to non-renewable sources.
- Researchers tested the river's water quality before and after the geothermal water mixed in, checking things like temperature and pollution levels.
- The results showed that while there were some differences very close to the discharge point, the overall health of the river further away wasn't significantly affected, especially with good treatment and a diverse river environment.
The results of a comparative study of two different technological solutions applicable to decentralised domestic wastewater treatment systems are presented. A hybrid reactor with activated sludge and mobile biofilm carriers moving in wastewater is one of them, and an innovative quasi-technical combination of a biological reactor with a sprinkled bed filled with sintered clay granules, followed in the process line by an innovative slope type filtration bed, is the other one. The study has shown a significant advantage of filter bed installations in functional quality, expressed in low values of indicators and pollutant concentrations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe review of Polish formal and legal aspects related to hydropower plants.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
October 2016