Water Science & Technology

Volume 42 Number 1-2

Contents

1–5

Comparative study of oil accumulation characteristics in attached and suspended growth reactors

Y Abadi and N Galil

7–12

The geohydrology and water quality of the springs and wells of the western catchment to the Dead Sea, West Bank, Palestine

A Abed Rabbo

13–18

Advanced treatment of dyehouse effluents by Fe(II) and Mn(II)-catalyzed ozonation and the H2O2/O3 process

I Arslan, I Akmehmet Balcioglu and T Tuhkanen

19–24

An assessment of the toxicity of some pesticides and their metabolites affecting a natural aquatic environment using the MicrotoxTM system

I Amorós, R Connon, H Garelick, JL Alonso and JM Carrasco

25–30

Aerobic biodegradation of benzene, toluene and ethylbenzene in liquid medium by a bacterial consortium, isolated from non-history clay soil, and their interrelation effect

R Armon, T Arbel, N Narkis and H Rubin

31–36

Palestinian participation in efforts towards regional cooperation in the water sector

K Assaf

37–41

Groundwater quality monitoring

V Belgiorno and RM Napoli

43–47

Assessment of fish culture water improvement through the integration of hydroponically grown lettuce

PA Chaves, LM Laird, R Sutherland and J Beltrão

49–54

The community structure of Lake Kinneret (Israel) microorganism populations: size distribution and succession

T Bergstein Ben-Dan, D Wynne, B Shteinman, Z Hu and Y Kamenir

55–63

Modelling of N and P transformations in an SBR treating municipal wastewater

A Brenner

65–69

New approach to use of total coliform test for watershed management

GM Brion, HH Mao and S Lingireddy

71–74

Non-biting midges (Diptera; chironomidae) in waste stabilization ponds: an intensifying nuisance in Israel

M Broza, M Halpern and M Inbar

75–79

Behaviour of the fecal pollution indicators in a soil irrigated with treated wastewater under onsurface and subsurface drip irrigation

C Campos, G Oron, M Salgot and L Gillerman

81–86

Towards sustainable development in the water sector: a perspective from Palestine

F Daibes

87–91

Determination of the optimum loading strategies for monochloro-, trichloro-, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acids to anaerobic cultures

E Guven, TH Erguder and GN Demirer

93–98

Removal of chromate from industrial effluent by a new isolate of Staphylococcus cohnii

D Saxena, R Levin and MA Firer

99–104

Phenol remediation by biofilm developed in sand soil media

B Antizar-Ladislao, S Katz and NI Galil

105–110

Biological mechanisms involved in bioflocculation disturbances caused by phenol

A Schwartz-Mittelmann and NI Galil

111–116

Soluble microbial product formation during biological treatment of fermentation industry effluent

O Goorany and I Oztürk

117–122

The Hula project: N and P dynamics in Lake Agmon and pollutants removal from the Kinneret inputs

M Gophen

123–128

Taste and odour removal from an urban groundwater establishment – a case study

E Ortenberg, L Groisman and C Rav-Acha

129–133

Distribution of fecal coliforms in the Jordan river mouth originating from anthropogenic activities in the watershed

O Hadas, B Shteinman and R Pinkas

135–140

Cost assessment of averting groundwater pollution

N Haruvy, A Hadas, I Ravina and S Shalhevet

141–145

Rainwater catchment and the challenges of sustainable development

RJ Heggen

147–152

Nutrient pollution at the lower reaches of Mediterranean coastal rivers in Israel

B Herut, N Kress and H Hornung

153–159

Water quality control in open channels

A Hof and W Schuurmans

161–166

Infrastructure development after Oslo B in the West Bank governates of the Palestinian National Authority

M Ja'as

167–172

Interdependent environmental factors controlling nitrification in waters

D Kaplan, R Wilhelm and A Abeliovich

173–177

The rising water level in Lake Van: environmental features of the Van basin which increase the destructive effect of the disaster

T Kılınçaslan

179–185

Ammonium removal from primary and secondary effluents using a bioregenerated ion-exchange process

O Lahav and M Green

187–192

Controlling biofilm formation by hydrogen peroxide and silver combined disinfectant

R Armon, N Laot, O Lev, H Shuval and B Fattal

193–202

Enhancement of integrated water management and water reuse in Europe and the Middle East

V Lazarova, G Cirelli, P Jeffrey, M Salgot, N Icekson and F Brissaud

203–208

Decomposition of aqueous tetrachloroethylene by Fenton oxidation treatment

M Yoshida, B-D Lee and M Hosomi

209–214

The influence of environmental pollution on the SOD and GST-isoenzyme patterns

V Lenártová, K Holovská and P Javorský

215–220

Comparison of advanced disinfecting methods for municipal wastewater reuse in agriculture

L Liberti, A Lopez, M Notarnicola, N Barnea, R Pedahzur and B Fattal

221–226

Pilot plant for reclaimed wastewater reuse in nurseries

R Gori and C Lubello

227–233

Portuguese–Spanish river basins: bilateral agreements' evolution and context

R Maia

235–239

Cultural implications of wastewater reuse in fish farming in the Middle East

KH Mancy, B Fattal and S Kelada

241–247

Sustainable management of water resources and international law

S Marchiso

249–253

A proposal for sustainable groundwater management as influenced by a pyramid of social needs: the case of Israel's coastal aquifer

AJ Melloul and ML Collin

255–161

Future regional climatic changes and their hydrologic, ecological and economic consequences: Northern Caucasus case study

GV Menzhulin, MKh Shkhanukov, VA Khaydarova, VA Kucherova and NV Penkova

263–268

Pilot study of SBR biological treatment and microfiltration for reclamation and reuse of municipal wastewater

R Messalem, A Brenner, S Shandalov, Y Leroux, P Uzlaner, G Oron and D Wolf

269–274

Biomonitoring marine environmental quality at the level of gene-expression – testing the feasibility of a new approach

A Sultan, A Abelson, V Bresler, L Fishelson and O Mokady

275–279

Dye photo-enhancement of TiO2-photocatalyzed degradation of organic pollutants: the organobromine herbicide bromacil

L Feigelson, L Muszkat, L Bir and KA Muszkat

281–285

Ecological incidents in Northern Adriatic Karst (Croatia)

D Gereš, J Rubini and N Ožani

287–292

Anaerobic treatability of leachate: a comparative evaluation for three different reactor systems

H Timur, I Ozturk, M Altinbas, O Arikan and BS Tuyluoglu

293–298

The efficacy of long-lasting residual drinking water disinfectants based on hydrogen peroxide and silver

R Pedahzur, D Katzenelson, N Barnea, O Lev, HI Shuval, B Fattal and S Ulitzur

299–304

Study and monitoring of mucilage in the adriatic sea

N Penna, S Berluti, A Penna and F Ridolfi

305–311

Optical fiber bioluminescent whole-cell microbial biosensors to genotoxicants

B Polyak, E Bassis, A Novodvorets, S Belkin and RS Marks

313–318

Springs at risk in Wadi Al Arroub near Hebron, Palestine

ZS Qannam

319–324

Approximate analysis of the containment of contaminated sites prior to remediation

H Rubin and A Rabideau

325–330

Evaluation of surfactant efficiency in remediation on non aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) contaminated soils

H Rubin, U Zoller and D Dveyrin

331–336

The quality and sustainability of the water resources available to Arab villages to the west of the divide in the southern West Bank

DJ Scarpa

337–340

Municipal wastewater characteristics at Irtah pumping station in the Tulkarem city

HQ Shaheen

341–346

The influence of water column density shifts on vertical transport of dissolved chemicals: applications to problems of monitoring and predicting water resource quality

V Kushnir, B Shteinman and Y Kamenir

347–352

Impact of solution variables on the removal of heavy metals from wastewaters by a recycled iron sorbent

EH Smith and S Chatterjee

353–359

Denitrification of groundwater: pilot-plant testing of cotton-packed bioreactor and post-microfiltration

MI Soares, A Brenner, A Yevzori, R Messalem, Y Leroux and A Abeliovich

361–366

Environmental quality and national security

A Soffer

367–372

Membrane for water reuse: effect of pre-coagulation on fouling and selectivity

Y Soffer, R Ben Aim and A Adin

373–379

Hydrogen-dependent denitrification: preliminary assessment of two bio-electrochemical systems

I Kiss, S Szekeres, TT Bejerano and MI Soares

381–385

Water quality monitoring by Thamnotoxkit FTM including cyanobacterial blooms

A Kozma Törökné, E László, I Chorus, J Fastner, R Heinze, J Padisák and FA Barbosa

387–392

Catalytic effects of high Mn(IV) concentrations on Mn(II) oxidation

S Aydin, N Tufekci, S Arayici and I Ozturk

393–397

An experimental study on iron removal with ferric sludge recycling

N Tufekci, HZ Sarikaya and I Ozturk

399–401

Biofiltering action on hydrogen sulfide by unmodified activated carbon in sewage treatment plants

T Bandosz, S Askew, WR Kelly, A Bagreev, F Adib and A Turk

403–407

Defluoridation in drinking waters

N Azbar and A Türkman

409–415

Understanding anaerobic decolourisation of textile dye wastewater: mechanism and kinetics

JR Willetts and NJ Ashbolt

417–421

Evaluation of the vulnerability of the Western Mountain aquifer to pollution

Y Bachmat and SH Wollman

423–427

Pigment variation in the photosynthetic sulfur bacterium Chlorobium phaeobactereoides from Lake Kinneret

YZ Yacobi, E Ben-Bassat, D Murad and W Eckert

429–435

The nonionic surfactant pollution profile of Israels Mediterranean Sea coastal water

U Zoller and M Hushan