Workshop organized at Institute of the Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, IAEA Collaborating Centre
Supported by EU project H2020 “Accelerator Research and Innovation for European Science and Society”, task WP3 and Erasmus+ project KA107 (nr. 2017-1-PL01-KA107-036224)
27th of August 2018 took place Workshop organized by the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology: “The emerging trends in the sludge treatment”. Workshop was supported by EU project H2020 “Accelerator Research and Innovation for European Science and Society”, task WP3 and Erasmus+ project KA107 (nr. 2017-1-PL01-KA107-036224), under which prof. S.D. Pillay from Texas A&M University was invited to present lectures related to beneficial reuse of sewage sludge, pathogens in municipal sewage sludge and associated infections, and emerging trends in microbial pathogen detection in sewage samples. The other lectures related to municipal sludge treatment and use were presented by lectures from Poland, Latvia and Great Britain. Participants from Poland, Great Britain, USA, Latvia and Iran represented universities (West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Texas A & M, The University of Huddersfield, Heavy Ion Laboratory Warsaw University, Amirkabir University of Technology and Riga Technical University) and companies and institutions working on sewage treatment and sewage sludge usage (Biopolinex, Riga Wastewater Treatment Plant, Legnica Wastewater Treatment Plant, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation in Puławy). Delegates from Association of Polish Electrical Engineers and Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology were present in this meeting. The discussion concerned biological threats connected with untreated sewage sludge use, methods of pathogenic bacteria and parasites detection, benefits emerging from fertilizers obtained from sewage sludge, law limits of heavy metal, bacteria and parasites eggs content in sludge for agricultural purposes and also sewage sludge treatment methods. After lectures all participants were invited for presentation of ILU-6 accelerator and installations: for flue gas treatment and irradiation of liquids in flow.
