Events, press releases and other posts
Limnos has implemented a new constructed wetland in the village of Vranjina on the shores of Lake Skadar in Montenegro. The capacity of the CW is 400 PE. The technology applied is mixed (horisontal and vertical flow) and satisfies requirements for tertiary treatment.
In October 2019, experts from Limnos presented to the representatives of utility companies sustainable nature based technologies, that can be used for various problem areas. Particular emphasis was placed on trends in the field of constructed wetlands. The need for treatment and deposition of sewage sludge solutions is also increasing. With sludge drying reed bed …
LIMNOS has finalised the trial operation period at two constructed wetlands in Northern Macedonia. Both locations are equipped with sludge drying reed beds so that investing municipalities will not have issues with excess sludge transport for the following 10 – 15 years. The capacity of the plants are 1.100 PE and 700 PE. In the …
LIMNOS is finalising a first phase rehabilitation of municipal waste landfill in Devoll (Albania). The site has been an illegal waste deposit for many years and became a threat for inhabitants and public health. SInce the construction od a modern landfill in the region, this location became obsolete and in need for rehabilitation. Within this …
TOXICROP is a European project that aims through Research and Innovation Staff Exchange to map agricultural risk areas of cyanotoxin occurrence, to access the fate of cyanotoxins in crops, bioaccumulation in crops and food contamination related to the use of eutrophic waters in crop irrigation. Environment-friendly, low-cost techniques of water treatment will also be developed, …
Limnos and Faculty for civil and geodetic engineering of Ljubljana University organized international partner meeting of FRAMWAT project, in Ljubljana. The meeting included testing the FroGIS tool (for positioning the small water retention measures in the catchment) and a field trip to Kamniška Bistrica catchment. More insight into the project: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/FramWat.html
16th International IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control took place in Valencia (Spain) in early October. LIMNOS was there, represented by Gregor Plestenjak PhD who held a poster presentation on passive aeration to enhance the decomposition process in sludge drying reed beds. The poster was awarded 2nd place among many posters. …
LIMNOS is engaged in in a new project titled START CIRCLES (Supporting TrAnsition from lineaR To CIRCuLar valuE chainS). It is supported by Interreg Slovenia-Austria cooperation programme. It joins 7 project partners from both countries who will share their innovation networks and value chains. Main activities will be to support small and medium enterprises of …
Limnos is a founding member of the Slovenian-Albanian Business Club. It has been established to assist Slovenian companies entering Albanian market. Activities would be performed in Tirana, coordinated by BCCD (Balkan centre for cooperation and development: http://www.bccd.al/).
