Efecto del vertido de aguas residuales en el poblamiento de poliquetos en San Pedro del Pinatar

Los vertidos de aguas residuales son una de las principales fuentes de contaminación del medio marino. El objetivo principal de este estudio es determinar el grado de afección del vertido sobre el poblamiento de poliquetos asociado a fondos blandos. Las estaciones fueron distribuidas en dos transectos, uno de los cuales incluye la zona de influencia del vertido, y otro control a 4 km al sur. Se detectó una segregación del poblamiento de poliquetos en dos grandes grupos. Uno, caracterizado por una mayor proporción de fangos y materia orgánica; dominado por las familias Paraonidae, Lumbrineridae y Cirratulidae. El otro grupo, dominado por la familia Syllidae, se caracteriza por una gran heterogeneidad de los sedimentos Se observa una alta correlación entre los factores ambientales y la estructura del poblamiento de poliquetos.

Synthetic Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes for Electrochemical Water Treatment

Boron-doped diamond electrodes have emerged as anodic material due to their high physical, chemical and electrochemical stability. These characteristics make it particularly interesting for electrochemical wastewater treatments and especially due to its high overpotential for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Diamond electrodes present the maximum efficiency in pollutant removal in water, just limited by diffusion-controlled electrochemical kinetics. Results are presented for the elimination of benzoic acid and for the electrochemical treatment of synthetic tannery wastewater. The results indicate that diamond electrodes exhibit the best performance for the removal of total phenols, COD, TOC, and colour.

The effect of electricity tariffs over the operating costs of the Spanish wastewater treatments plants

Given the complex structure of electricity tariffs and their steady growth in Spanish, we've studied its effect over the operating costs of the wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), concluding that in the last three years the revisions of electricity rates have meant increases in electricity costs of 64.5% in the rate 3.1.A and 79.1% in the rate 6.1. This has caused the cost of electricity, which was the most important, has increased from a 44% of total operating costs in the year 2009, to more than a 56% in the year 2012.