Wastewater treatment in construction sites
An important part of the economic and social development of any country is the construction sector. There are major challenges [...]
Discharging construction wastewater into public waterways
The European Parliament Water Framework Directive (WFD), 2000/60/EC, is a standard establishing a common framework for water policy in Europe. [...]
Water treatment in pile foundation work
Pile foundations are used in construction to form deep foundations in the search for layers of resistant soil capable of [...]
Water purification in a slope stabilisation project
Within the construction sector, a wide variety of containment and stabilisation systems for slopes and hillsides have been used over time to [...]
The mechanism of coagulation and flocculation
An essential step in the decontamination of water is clarification, which is the physical-chemical process aimed at removing the particles [...]
Turbidity in waste water
Turbidity is an optical property that broadly describes the clarity or cloudiness of water. It is related to colour, but [...]
BOD and COD to characterise wastewater
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) are two of the most important parameters to characterise (measure the [...]