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The main waste dump "Vrtliste" (Kakanj Municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is formed in the Ribnica river valley at the edge of the open pit. During its construction it was necessary to relocate the stream of Ribnica river, which included the construction of a hydrotechnical tunnel, river dam, spillway and other elements needed for introducing Ribnica into the Bosna River, as well as the overflow channel over the open pit. The area on which the hydrotechnical tunnel is located comprises of several lithological c...

In modern times, new methods of building foundations, laying pipelines for various purposes, and building roads require detailed study of engineering-geological processes and the material composition of geological complexes. Valid maps show a weak degree of knowledge of the territory of Karelia. At the same time, this region is characterized by the complex structure of the cover of Quaternary sediments, which cover the Archean and Proterozoic complexes. The influence of neotectonic post-glacial deformations and gr...

In order to substantiate the location of a production platform, engineering surveys on the shelf have to provide a complex investigation of the geotechnical conditions of the area. The licensed area (LA) is situated within borders of the Kara Sea shelf. There are a coastal gently sloping and sloping plain and a tectonic bench in the relief of the floor. Geological structure of the region include Mesozoic and Cainozoic slab complex rocks covered by the latest geological deposits. Down to the depth of 50 m they are ...

The Solovetsky archipelago in Russia is known for its history. Solovetsky monastery is located on the Bolshoy Solovetsky island. The monks built two monasteries and four monastic hermitages on the island long before the Soviet period. All of them are connected by a network of historical dirt roads. Around the monastery in the first half of the XV century there was a settlement. This article presents the results of engineering-geological surveys of the base of the road network of the "Solovetsky" Settlement located...

Dry torrefaction is a mild pyrolysis process carried out in anoxic atmospheres between temperature ranges of 200?C and 300?C. It is used as a pretreatment of biomass as it improves its characteristics and reduces the biomass limitations of usage by reducing its hygroscopy, increasing its energy value, etc. Due to its favorable effects, a torrefaction process has been carried out using Malaysian oil palm wastes (empty fruit bunches, mesocarp fiber and kernel shell), at two different temperatures (250?C and 300?C) l...

Underground pipeline corrosion protection is an urgent task to be addressed by the companies that operate gathering and transmission pipeline systems. The key component of pipeline protection procedure is a feasibility study of the planned cathodic protection program, which, in its turn, poses a number of requirements for calculating basic parameters of the entire system. The regulatory calculation procedures do not allow resolving all tasks. The same can be stated about modern software which is based on the same ...

It is shown that information and communication technologies are the most important factor of improvement of educational process and their role increases at a stage of for-mation of innovative economy. It is shown that the generalizing rating assessment of the student counted in an information system with a high degree of reliability is associ-ated with the final characteristic of the quality of education as which the GPA of stu-dents can be used. Indicators of assessment of efficiency of information systems in edu...

Latest economic research has been overloaded with discussion of socio-economic crisis and its complexity, or even impossibility of rapid recovery. We have considered the state of environmental security of the region and the key factors affecting it. There are two main approaches to the assessment of the environmental security: an economic and geographical approach, and a geo-ecological approach. The first one suggests considering the environmental infrastructure as an object of the nature protection and restoratio...

Today the issue of environmental safety has spread into almost all branches of knowledge, including legal. That has certain objective grounds, which are shown mainly in the crisis aggravation of the processes taking place in society and nature, which can be solved only by joint efforts of the entire world community [1]. And it is no coincidence, because the environmental factor is increasingly affecting the evolution of the state. Irreversible changes in the natural environment as a result of human economic activi...

In 20-21 the Century the environment protection is central topic and the countries of Eastern Europe has a large opportunity vs Western European countries but the last one has stronger environment mindfulness. The article researches the basics of EU environment policy and its successes and the Eastern European countries? analyses and conditions what did and what to do in the future to survive and reaches goals. The conditions of soil, water air would be good but the methodology and technology is much more worse th...

In article, we present results of health survey in urbanized industrial areas. Environmental and economic conditions are successfully identified on the base of population? elemental status. Using the open press sources, we established cause-effect relations between micro and macro element consumption (lack or abundance) and public health in North-West Federal District of Russian Federation. We made data capturing and visualization, spatial digital maps presenting element consumption for non-personalized groups as ...

The rapid growth of blockchain technologies in the world drew attention to the environmental aspects of its production. Blockchain technology is based on the use of significant computing power, which consumes a large amount of electricity. In most cases, traditional non-renewable energy sources are used, which leads to the depletion of natural resources. The scale of operations of the mining process of blockchain increased dramatically during the last years. By the end of 2017, the amount of electricity spent on m...

Dismantling of dilapidated buildings in a huge modern megapolis like Moscow is one of the highest priorities and topical issues of our time. At current levels of renovation in the city a huge amount of build wastes is generated every year. A large part of wastes is reinforcement concrete and concrete waste. Recycling of these materials is a significant environmental aspect. Unsuitable concrete and prefabricated concrete elements are disposed of in landfills and thereby pollute the environment. At present millions ...

The article deals with the environmental consequences of testing the method of biological remediation of the closed typical municipal solid waste landfill of the administrative district. The essence of the method consists in the introduction of adapted composites from aboriginal, adapted or modified biological systems, primarily microorganisms for catalysis of the decomposition process of the organic component of waste landfills and subsequent separation of valuable recyclable materials. The article presents the r...

There is a substantial deficit in proteins of plant origin in the EU countries ? the selfsufficiency level in feed use of soybean meal, which is one of the best plant protein sources, reaches only 5%. It causes the EU to import large quantities of soybeans (~14 million tonnes) and soybean meal (~18 million tonnes), the majority of which comes from Argentina and Brazil, resulting in very long soya delivery chain and associated GHG emissions from its transportation. At the same time, different statistical data confi...

The current trend in the formation and development of united territorial communities is characterized by the desire of the rural population to join regional administrative and industrial centers, which puts negative changes in the socio-economic development of administrative cities. The need for such desire is due to the lack of real economic incentives in the development of rural areas and the constant rise in prices and tariffs for energy and electricity. The article proposes conducting informational-explanatory...

The world population will demand twice as many resources as our planet can provide by year 2030 [13]. Therefore, there is a need for more creative problem solving and understanding the situation. To address complex environmental challenges, the education about the environment is necessary. If in the 21st century we want successful general management with the right business fundamentals and decisions, then we cannot exclude the knowledge of the environment. The new business leaders must fundamentally take a respons...

This article presents a case of reclamation of excavations after exploitation of gravel located in the Vistula River near Oswiecim. Gravel deposits are located there shallowly below the surface and they are associated with river accumulation. This area is characterized by a very high level of groundwater vulnerability. After depletion of the gravel field, the excavations are liquidated by backfilling with waste, usually mine waste. The material to be used underwent a formal assessment of its impact on the aquatic ...

Assessment of the environmental impact of year-round waste in roads. During winter a combination of deicing agents that consist of salt mixtures designed to reduce the slipperiness of road surfaces are used. These agents are found in both a solid state (bulk), and in liquid form (solutions). Solid chemical reagents are widespread in Russia, that are based on reactions of salts and solutions with precipitation, as a result of which the freezing point of water becomes lower than the natural one. Solid chemical reage...

Great emphasis has been placed on the issue of ecology and human impact on the environment in recent years as clear evidence of global warming and greenhouse effect due to human activity has been perceived. Air, water and soil are being polluted by pollutants, which subsequently negatively affect the environment and human health as a result of construction production. The aim of the research described in this article is to analyse the environmental aspects of construction production, identify their sources and car...

In Russia, industrial policy is the strategic effort of the government to encourage the development and growth of the manufacturing sector aimed at making it innovative, internationally competitive and sustainable. New regulatory instruments have been gradually developed and used for 5-7 years; this period is sometimes addressed as ?the national neo-industrialisation?. In advanced industrial countries, environmental modernisation theory is often considered as a possible solution to the key environmental problems. ...

Environmental management is aimed at the safe use of natural processes, taking into account the biological features of management and the socio-economic possibilities of the management company. Responsible business contains a set of principles, methods, means and forms of production management, developed and applied at an enterprise in order to improve the environmental efficiency of production. Environmental management includes an assessment of the social and environmental performance of the organization. Environ...

Population growth in coastal areas worldwide call for new challenges to be solved. Blue growth initiatives are elaborated and developed in order to prevent sea resources depletion unsustainably by fishing, mining, transportation, tourism, and waste. The EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), EU Groundwater Directive (2002/118/EC) as well as EU Waste Framework Directive (2006/12/EC) are the legislative tools that base the pillars for more detailed action plans that prevents contamination spread, promote clean-u...

In Russia, the national Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Act introducing the concept of Best Available Techniques (BAT) was adopted in 2014. Since then, applying BATs and complying with BAT-associated Emission Levels (BAT-AELs) has become an issue of great importance for the industries concerned and has implied obligations at two levels. Firstly, the Ministry for Industry and Trade (MIT) and the Ministry for Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) had to set out the appropriate process for drawi...

The purpose of the investigation is to study environmental problems in the territory of South Kazakhstan and the state of drinking groundwater. In this paper, we consider environmental problems on the territory of 4 regions of Ka-zakhstan (South Kazakhstan, Zhambyl, Almaty, Kyzylorda), in particular, the city of Taraz, Shymkent and Almaty, through which the Great Silk Road passed. All these cit-ies belong to the most ecologically polluted cities of the Republic of Kazakhstan [1-8]. In the South Kazakhstan region (...

In modern conditions, the main problem is the threat of loss of natural resistance. Environmental responsibility implies the maintenance of a rational system. Such a system contributes to the preservation of natural heritage for future generations. Environmental resources include climate, biosphere, landscape, aquifer. These resources are used to form innovative clusters. They set the conditions and limitations of business activities [1]. Corporate environmental management is designed to effectively manage the ent...

The risk analysis as a part of risk assessment by RM/RA CRAMM method is a critical step in order to calculate final risk values for all the subjects assessed. Step-by-step risk analysis includes major natural and industrial hazards such as flood, land-slide, forest fire and chemical leakage. Both, the air-pollution and respiration ways irritation are part of the risk assessed. The risk assessment scoreboards are used repeatedly for each type of hazard source. The method takes into account a previous risk identific...

Application of sorbents is one of most promising methods for removal oil spills from water surface. Plant fibres (kapok, straw, rice husks, nutshells) are very popular due to their availability and biodegradability. The disadvantage of these materials is their low selectivity towards water. One of the methods of modifying the surface properties of materials is the immobilization of controlled nanoparticles on the surface. In this way, plant fibres are used as a cheap carrier and the introduced nanoparticles improv...

The studied area is the North Dobrogea Orogen, Pricopan Massif. Compared to the other massive from the North Dobrogea, the Pricopan massif has a more rugged relief. The Pricopan massif is mostly a granite plutonic body with a lenticular shape, with the long axis (AL) oriented NNW-SSE and the transverse axis (AT). In the southern part, the Pricopan Massif is made up of diagenized sedimentary rocks, named the "Carapelit series". In the ridge area of the granite sector, there are alternations of peaks and saddles, st...

Soil erosion is a natural process that models the land surface, building large geological ensembles and erosion relief from the most trivial to the most obvious forms of erosion that gives the characteristic note of geographical landscapes. Subjected to a continuous disintegration, fragments of rock and fine particles of soil are detached and transported by the movement of diverse masses of material: blown or taken from rainwater, and then transported by streams and rivers and finally submitted along river valleys...

A prerequisite for reliable and efficient mining planning is the presence of reliable information on the spatial placement of geological indicators of the deposit area planned for mining. The integral estimation of this information is finally shown as geological study of deposit area, which directly or indirectly affects the indicators of mining and processing of mined mineral raw materials. In this article, in order to estimate the geological study of a deposit area planned for mining, its geological and economic...

Assessment of spatial and temporal distribution of groundwater recharge is critical for long-term water resource management and planning. The spatial distribution of groundwater recharge depends on the climate conditions, topography, slope, soil textural, land cover, and distributed groundwater depth. In this paper, the monthly steady-state water balance model, WetSpass-M, was applied to estimate the groundwater recharge in the Cun-Szaporca oxbow of Drava floodplain, Hungary. The model inputs data are prepared in ...

The paper presents the results of the field experiment conducted at the closed tailings facility ?Gilow?, which is located in Legnica-Glogow Copper District (SW Poland). The tailings pond had been operated between 1968 and 1980 as the primary place of waste disposal from copper processing plants of Polish copper mining industry. The dams of the pond had been built up with tailings which are impregnated with salt (NaCl) coming from underground brines. The aim of the study was to investigate the actual permeability ...

An effective method to enhance productivity of gas drainage wells in gas-bearing coal seams is hydraulic fracturing. Proppants are usually used in the hydraulic fracture to maintain its aperture, long conductivity and gas recovery from developed coal seams. In the paper the experimental results of gas permeability of the solid coal cores, coal specimens with non-propped and propped artificial longitudinal fractures are presented. The data were received for different stress conditions: effective stress varied from ...

Detailed information on soil salinization according to different indicators was obtained for the first time for Western Transbaikalia. A comparative assessment of the area of salt-affected soils in this region was made with the use of two digitized maps developed in the same paradigm, but on different cartographic and analytical source materials. According to the newly created map, saline and solonetzic soils occupy 370 000 ha with a predominance (266 000) of slightly saline soils. The area of Solonetzes proper is...

This paper presents the combined method of determining the deflection of vertical components ? and ? based on the precise levelling and GNSS measurements. In general, there are several methods, but the combined method simplifies data collecting and subsequent processing of results in comparison with other methods. Components determination was performed on the high precision levelling network in Serbia, by calculating undulation on each point, so as azimuth and length for each side of the network starting from refe...

Climate change exerts influence on water resources and runoff directly ? by altering natural factors (precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration) and indirectly ? by induced as a result of climate change land use alterations (forests, wetlands, etc.). The report presents the methodological approach for estimation of the cumulative impact of both climate and land use changes on the availability of water resources. For calculation of water balance a Model of monthly water balance, created in the United States Ge...

Assessment of cereal plant status and other biophysical parameters, such as nitrogen uptake, nitrogen content and total amount of aboveground biomass, is important information for decision support of agronomists for correct treatment of crop management practices. Especially in in precision farming, where whole area mapping is required, this information could be provided by remote sensing as an efficient method for the monitoring of crop within field heterogeneity. The aim of this study was to verify the use of unm...

This paper aims to investigate the European bioeconomy policy and bio-based business development in Latvia both from the perspective of existing business practices as well from the perspective of students? attitudes towards setting up new businesses in view of the bioeconomic challenges. The research was based on the theoretical concepts of bioeconomics and a bioeconomy, collected examples of bioeconomic business practices in Latvia, as well as the data gained from an interview of Latvia University of Life Science...

Every year, storm surges, flooding, droughts, and other meteorological natural hazards cause major damages worldwide. Due to climate change, the frequency and intensity of these disasters will increase drastically over the next few decades. Since governments and decision makers are struggling to cope with the effects of these weather disasters as it is, implementing adequate mitigation and adaptation measures that will protect the area against current hazard events as well as future ones, is essential, especially ...

The paper deals with the inefficiency of data normalization in media stream processing applications. In the classical approaches, while building a relational database architecture, developers strive to maximize the normalization of the database and bring the business logic of the system to external applications. Normalization and business logic separation have reached their apogee in object-relational mapping systems. Telecommunication systems have their own specifics. Due to the requirements for the quality of se...

South Africa has massive Platinum Group Metal (PGM) deposits found in Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC). Due to depletion of Merensky reef, many companies are now treating UG2 reef which has a high chromite content which has negative impact in the smelting process of the platinum concentrates. Generally, PGMs are processed by rougher followed by cleaner and re-cleaner flotation banks and the final concentrate must contain less than 3% chromite. The effect of residence time and depressant dosage on PGM recovery and ch...

Plants have been considered as materials for alternative medicine and sources of pharmaceutical drugs. Despite the therapeutic advantages of medicinal plants, some of their constituents may be potentially toxic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, or teratogenic potentials. Therefore, the aim of our study is to determine the cytogenetic and genotoxic potentials of aqueous extract of Plantago lanceolata regarding quality, safety and efficiency. The cytogenetic effects were studied by the calculation of the mitotic index, by t...

The main aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of flat (UNI) and variable application (VRA) of mineral nitrogen fertilizers (NF) on the yield of winter wheat grain using yield maps. VRA NF technologies represent a wide range of procedures and processes that are a part of precision farming. The technologies are used to optimize the applied NF dose in order to fertilize high-yield crops with regard to their nutritional needs and the condition of the land where they are located. VRA NF on winter wheat fields we...

Statistics analyses confirm that the most common reason of dam failures and accidents is overflow and seepage. The issue of seepage is related to the reliability of the sealing elements in the body and the foundation of the dams. So far, 290 dams have been built in Slovakia, of which 50 are included in the ICOLD register. Most of them have a grout curtain in the foundation. Many of these dams were designed between 1950 and 1980. Lugeon or Jahde's water pressure test criterion was applied to optimize the parameters...

The paper deals with determination of shear strength properties on the interface between different types of gravels and a woven geogrid. The shear strength was measured using large scale direct shear test apparatus with dimensions of the box of 300 x 300 mm and a height of 200 mm. The tests were executed on the samples compacted to the dense state. The density index of the sample was measured and controlled for each test. Three samples of gravels were tested: fine gravel poor graded, medium gravel poor graded and ...

Explosion prevention and explosion protection are of major importance for occupational health and safety in order to minimize losses (both human and material). This paper aims to increase the ability to evaluate intrinsically safe protection equipment by using the standardized means and the simulation based on the ignition diagrams within the equipment certification body to perform tests on low current equipment protected by the type of protection intrinsic safety intended for use in explosive atmospheres by imple...

Surface water pollution occurs due to urbanization of the environment and the growth of industries. Monitoring of the pollution? sources, regular control as well as analyzing of surface water status in small streams is a basic prerequisite for good condition and water quality in the rivers into which they flow. The functioning of the water system includes processes that affect the surface water cycle itself, the reduction of selected characteristics, the removal of toxic substances, the protection of the ecosystem...

The article analyzes the currently existing methods for determining of soil erosion degree. Using the example of the main automorphic soils of the forest-steppe zone in eastern European Russia, the possibility of using hydrophysical and spectroradiometric parameters to assess the degree of their erodibility is shown. The study used unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with Tetracam Micro-MCA 4 and Tetracam ADC-micro cameras with a spectral range from 400 to 1150 nm and a HandHeld2 spectroradiometer with a similar spectru...

In order to increase the accuracy of power flow (PF) calculations, the design scheme should account for load static characteristics (SC). The problem arises when calculations consider a «complex» load node featuring several dissimilar interconnected electrical receivers controlled by a single measurement unit. The process of searching for an appropriate SC of the complex load node is usually referred to as the SC identification. A large number of papers [1-6] are devoted to this problem. In general, there are two ...