Entries by kristaps

Visit Uppsala wastewater treatment plant and pilot for removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater

From 6th to 9th September Kamila Gruskevica, Viktorija Denisova, Brigita Dalecka and Talis Juhna visited Swedish Royal Technical University to participate in Waterchain project meeting for WP2. We had a great time meeting our project colleagues and discussing important topics. Viktorija and Kamila had a presentation about current research status for lab-scale pilot experiments. We had […]

Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community

On 26th of July Water Research Laboratory leading researcher Janis Rubulis represented Latvian consortium «Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community» (Climate – KIC), which is the most active among the six existing Europe Institute of Innovation and Technology communities. Climate – KIC ‘s vision – to be a leading European private – public sector network that gives […]

Green Technologies in Latvia: Academia and Business Interaction

On 15th June in Centre of Natural Sciences of the University of Latvia were the largest green business gathering in the Baltics – Baltic Green Innovation Forum 2016. The forum would be provided an opportunity to learn about trends and already achieved in «green» innovations in the Baltics, as well as informed about the funding opportunities for companies. […]

WaterLand 2016

The International Scientific Conference «WaterLand 2016» will be held in 6-12 June 2016, in Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Institute of Water Resource Engineering, Studentu str. 11, Akademija, Kaunas, Lithuania. Topics: Water and land resources management; Effect of climate change on water and land resources; Biodiversity and agro-ecosystems management; Soil-water-plant-atmosphere continuum;Environmental impacts. Read more

Effect of labile organic carbon on growth of indigenous escherichia coli in drinking water

Linda Mezule were in IBIC 2016 fifth biannual event which were held from 10 to 13 April in the historic city, Bologna. IBIC 2016 covers topical issues in bio-production, bio-separation, and bio-detection. Latest research topics including nano-biotechnology, biorefinery and biofuels, biocatalysis, biomaterials, and microbial fuel cells. Linda Mežule in 11th April presented «Effect of labile […]

Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations

May 31st our senior resercher Kamila Gruskevica received highly honored REHVA (Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations) Young Scientist Award in recognition of her outstanding scientific achievements and for her contributions to improve energy efficiency and indoor environment of buildings.

ICERE 2016 – International Conference on Environment and Renewable Energy

From 25th to 27th May Brigita Dalecka attended an international scientific conference «ICERE 2016 – International Conference on Environment and Renewable Energy» held in Munich, Germany.  The purpose of the conference was to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of environment and renewable energy and exchanged with knowledge and experience. Brigita […]

Known in the unknown

On Wednesday, 25th May, Sandis Dejus went to the Latvian radio house to participate in the program «Known in the unknown». With colleagues from the Latvian Internet Association, its Executive Director Viesturs Šeļmanovs-Plešs, they talked about equipment that monitors drinking water quality , and remote reading of water and heat meter . Interview here

Conference brings together municipal enterprises responsible for drinking water supply and sewerage collection and treatment

From 18th to 20th May Kamila Gruskevica, Janis Rubulis and Sandis Dejus participated in Baltic water works conference 2016, held in cruise ship Tallink M/S Victoria I. Conference brings together municipal enterprises responsible for drinking water supply and sewerage collection and treatment; and industrial partners from Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian. In conferences plenary session Kamila […]

The 8th Eastern European Young Water Professionals Conference

Sandis Dejus from 12th to 14th May participated in «The 8th Eastern European Young Water Professionals Conference», held in Poland Gdansk University of Technology. In 12th may he presented report «Long term drinking water quality monitoring in drinking water supply systems by on-line sensors». Conferences home page. Abstract (pp 73-74)