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The third monitoring meeting of the LIFE ALCHEMIA project was held last Wednesday, 27th May. All the project partners and the NEEMO-IDOM monitor (Borja Domínguez) met this time virtually (via Skype) due to the current situation with Covid-19. In this meeting, the...

After the training seminar "Purification of Natural Radionuclides from Drinking Water and Management Options for NORM", the LIFE ALCHEMIA partners met on March 5th 2020 in Viimsi to hold the 4th Coordination Meeting of the Project 4th Coordination Meeting Viimsi March...

The training seminar "Purification of Natural Radionuclides of Dringking Water and Management Options of NORM" was held in Viimsi, Estonia, on March 3th and 4th 2020. The two-days seminar was organized mainly organized by the...

The project partners, Technical University of Tallinn, University of Tartu and Viimsi Vesi met last December 4 at the Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu, to address different points. Principally, the latest results obtained in the plant were evaluated...

LIFE ALCHEMIA has participated in the Young Water Professionals 2019 Congress held last week (12-15 November) in Madrid (Spain). This event was organized by AEAS (Spanish Association of Water Supply and Sanitation), IWA (International Water Association) and the School...

LIFE ALCHEMIA has participated in the Science Week of the University of Almeria, held from November 5 to 11, 2019. The Science Week has had more than 48 science and technology activities in which attendees (mainly high school and high school students) have been able...

The Almería partnership of LIFE ALCHEMIA Project, CIESOL and DIPALME, had a meeting with Antonio Baeza Espasa (Technical Director of LARUEX) and Alejandro Salas García (Quality Manager of the Laboratories), in representation of LARUEX (Environmental Radioactivity...

On October 10th, 2019, LIFE ECOGRANULARWATER (LIFE16 ENV/EN/196) project organized the technical conference entitled: Biological methods for the elimination of nitrates and pesticides from water for human consumption. The first part of the day was dedicated to the...

The 2019 European Night of Researchers’ main event was celebrated in Almería on September 27th with a great exhibition of researching activities throughout the Spanish city’s streets. LIFE ALCHEMIA was there but this was not its unique dissemination activity...

Once again, LIFE ALCHEMIA was present at the 2019 European Night of Researchers, as it was at 2018 event. The essence of the event was the same as in previous years: promoting the approach among scientists and the citizenship in an informal and funny way, as well as...

The Estonian partners of LIFE ALCHEMIA, TUT, UT and Viimsi Vesi, met on August 21th at Viimsi Vesi's facilities to talk about the activities that are being carried out at the pilot plant installed there. The results obtained so far were thoroughly analyzed and the...

LIFE ALCHEMIA was present at the Seventh International Conference on Radiation in Various Fields of Research (RAD 2019), held the last week in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Our partner from Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH), Anna Goi, Ph.D., participated last...

LIFE ALCHEMIA has participated in the Nordic Society for Radiation Protection (NSFS 2019) held the last week in Espoo near Helsinki (Finland). The theme of the Conference was “Next Level in Radiation Protection”. Our partner from University of Tartu, Siiri Suursoo,...

Last Tuesday 4, took place the act of reception of the works of the pilot plants installed in the province of Almeria (Alboloduy, Tahal and Benizalón). In this way, it was verified or confirmed that the works have been executed according to the technical...

As part of the third coordination and second monitoring meeting of the LIFE ALCHEMIA project, the following day (on Thursday 23) all project partners and the NEEMO-IDOM monitor visited the pilot plants installed in Alboloduy, Tahal and Benizalón (Almería), where the...

Last week (on Wednesday 22), the third coordination and second monitoring meeting of the LIFE ALCHEMIA project was held at the CIESOL facilities in Almería. All the project partners and the NEEMO-IDOM monitor (Borja Domínguez) met to present the technical advances of...

Last Friday, the first sampling was carried out in each of the pilot plants installed in Alboloduy, Benizalón and Tahal (Almería). Physical-chemical parameters will be analyzed, such as iron, manganese, dissolved oxygen, etc. and radiological parameters such as the...

Our partner from Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH), Anna Goi, Ph.D., participated last Thursday, 18th April , in the scientific conference organized by the Estonian Chemical Society on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, which held in Tallinn (Estonia)....

Pilot plants are already installed in three provinces of Almería: Tahal, Alboloduy and Benizalón. Once the installation phase has been completed, the start-up of the pilot plants has been initiated. Last week, it has been begun to filter water. Pilot plant...

The program "Ecocampus Radio of the University of Almería" has interviewed our partner, Francisco Javier Martínez from Diputación de Almería, on the occasion of World Water Day (22th March). During the interview, different topics related to water have been discussed....

Last 27th February, a monitoring meeting between Estonian project partners was held at the University of Tartu facilities. In this meeting, the first results obtained by operating with the pilot plant installed in Viimsi, the current difficulties and further plans,...

Last Friday, the radio program of the Cadena Ser Almería "Hoy por Hoy Almería" realized a special "Water Resources / Water" section from the Court of Lights of the Diputación de Almería. LIFE ALCHEMIA participated in the program with an interview to our partners from...

The sampling plan established for the Viimsi pilot plant is continued. Twice a month, samples are taken from each stage of the pilot plant. In this way, chemical and radiological parameters necessary to determine the effectiveness of the purification are controlled....

The RETEMA journal is one of the leading technical publications in Spain, with a history of more than 30 years, which deals with the most important issues related to the Environment sector: treatment, waste management; water treatment and management; atmospheric...

The first steps for the installation of the pilot plants in Almería have already been carried out The tasks began on the first days of February at the Alboloduy plant, by installing a supporting basis for the raw water tank. And they continued with the "Garage...

Our partner José Luis Casas from Ciesol gave a talk in the Gádor college, Almería (Spain), on last February 8th, to disseminate LIFE ALCHEMIA Project among the youngsters of the municipality. Our partners were kindly invited by the Culture Councillorship of Gádor City...

Yesterday, a work meeting between Almeria partners (Diputación de Almería and CIESOL) was held at the CIESOL facilities, to coordinate and update the tasks that will be carried out in the pilot plants which will be installed in a short time in three municipalities of...

Last October, the Estonian pilot plant (Demo) was started at the Viimsi Water Treatment Plant, thus initiating the tasks of validation and operation of the pilot plant. The technological scheme consisted of aeration column, the Hydrous Manganese Oxide oxidation tank,...

Our partners from University of Tartu (Estonia) have attended the 1st ENA workshop organized by Silesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity, Central Mining Institute and IAF-Radioökologie GmbH, was held on November 19th - 22nd 2018 in Katowice (Poland). Within the...