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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...

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

Open Access Government is a digital publication that provides an in-depth perspective on key public policy areas from all around the world, including health and social care, research and innovation, ICT,  government, environment and energy. For its october 2018...

The European Night of Researchers was not only used to disseminate LIFE ALCHEMIA through a stand located at the Rambla Federico García Lorca in Almería (Spain) and a radio interview in the Onda Cero Program "Almería en la Onda". Within the context of this event, the...

The Onda Cero program "Almería en la Onda" made a especial following of the European Night of Researchers. LIFE ALCHEMIA had a space in this program with an interview to our partners José Luis Casas from CIESOL and Isabel Rodríguez from DIPALME. During the interview,...

LIFE ALCHEMIA Project participated in the European Night of Researchers event hold in Almería. This event is a European project of scientific dissemination promoted by the European Commission within the Marie Sktodowska-Curie actions of the programme H2020, which...

The first promotional video of LIFE ALCHEMIA is already available in our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/MyUigq2dX9s This first promotional video gives an overview of the Project through the description of the pursued objectives, the actions that are being...

LIFE ALCHEMIA team moved the lab-sized scale plant built by CIESOL to the DWTP from Benizalón to carry out different assays with one of the filter materials that will be used in the pilot plants from Almería, namely natural zeolites covered with manganese dioxide. The...

The city of Madrid is going to host the congress Water, Waste and Energy Management organized by the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, the University Carlos III de Madrid, the University of Extremadura and the University of Gran Canaria on July 18th, 19th and 20th....

LIFE ALCHEMIA was present in the XIII Spanish Meeting of Water Treatment organized by the Spanish Board of Water Treatment in León, Spain. Our partners DIPALME and CIESOL presented a communication entitled "Towards an integral and smart treatment of the natural...

The Dutch Society for Radiation Protection (NVS) was pleased to host the 5th European IRPA Congress, that took place from 4th to 8th June, 2018 in the historical city of The Hague. With the theme “Encouraging Sustainability in Radiation Protection”, the congress...

The development of a database compilling the drinking water treatment plants (DWTP) that treat water containing natural radioactivity along Europe is one of the aims of LIFE ALCHEMIA. Our partners from CARTIF have already developed the first databases from Spain and...

LIFE ALCHEMIA is going to take part in the META network (Mesa Española de Tratamiento de Aguas/Spanish Board of Water Treatment), that this year is going to be organized by the University of León, Spain, from June 18th to July 20th. Our partners DIPALME and CIESOL are...

A group of students of the Chemistry Degree from the University of Salamanca (Spain) visited the facilities of Fundacion CARTIF in Boecillo, Valladolid, on April 25th. The researchers who are developing the LIFE ALCHEMIA Project made the most of their visit to explain...

Tallinn University of Technology and the University of Tartu scientists Anna Goi, Madis Kiisk and Siiri Suursoo discussed the problems of the drinking water radioactivity and the treatment options applied in Estonia during an interview in Vikerraadio. In many places...

The Vicepresident of Diputación de Almería (DIPALME), Javier Aureliano, visited CIESOL's facilities together with three regional deputies from this institution. They were received by the Rector of the University of Almería, Carmelo Rodríguez, and our partners from...

Isabel Rodríguez and Javier Martínez from DIPALME and José Luis Casas from CIESOL participated in the program "Almería en la Onda" by Onda Cero radio. Our partners reviewed the history of Life Alchemia since its birth, chatted about the current state of the Project,...

All the partners of LIFE ALCHEMIA Project as well as our monitor from NEEMO gathered in CARTIF's facilities in Boecillo (Valladolid) to hold the second coordination meeting of the Project. The partners presented the technical advances they had achieved so far and the...

Our partner Juri Bolobajev from the  Tallinn University of Technology  was interviewed by ETV channel to introduce the LIFE ALCHEMIA Project. You can find the full interview (Russian language) in the link below: TV interview