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Contents Volume 57 Issue 3

Selected papers presented at the 12th Scientific Conference on Microcontaminants in Human Environment 25–27 September 2014, Czestochowa,

EU funds and adaptation of enterprises to the requirements of environmental protection E. Bień (Częstochowa, Poland)...... 951 The use of interpolation methods for the modelling of environmental data R. Jasiński (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 964 Changes in selected quality parameters during the treatment and distribution of water K. Rakocz and A. Rosinska (Częstochowa, Poland)...... 971 Environmental management in the aspect of sustainable development in micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises D. Wielgórka (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 982 Modelling of air micropollutant’s fluctuations on the background of the primary air pollutants emission as a tool supporting environmental management in thermal power plant A. Włodarczyk and A. Mesjasz-Lech (Częstochowa, Poland)...... 993 Analysis of the sources of financing for water management in the Polish economy E. Bień and A. Wójcik-Mazur (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1012 Evaluation of health risk caused by chloroform in drinking water I. Zimoch and E. Łobos (Gliwice, Poland) ...... 1027 Evaluation of the soil quality from areas with varying degrees of pollution M.J. Małuszyński and I. Małuszyńska (, Poland) ...... 1034 A new synthetic polymers used in removal of pollutants from industrial effluents W.M. Bajdur, M. Włodarczyk-Makuła and A. Idzikowski (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1038 Effect of mechanical activation of fly ashes on selected pollutants removal from landfill leachates R. Nowak and E. Wiśniowska (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1050 LCA application in the assessment of new technologies of industrial effluents treatment W.M. Bajdur (Częstochowa), A. Henclik (Kraków), B. Skowron-Grabowska (Częstochowa) and N. Iwaszczuk (Kraków, Poland) ...... 1058 Studies on the adsorption of phenol on dried sewage sludge and solid gasification by-products M. Dudziak and S. Werle (Gliwice, Poland) ...... 1067

Oxidation of bisphenol A from simulated and real urban wastewater effluents by UV, O3 and UV/O3 M. Dudziak and E. Burdzik (Gliwice, Poland)...... 1075 Spatial risk assessment of drinking water contamination by nitrates from agricultural areas in the province I. Zimoch and J. Paciej (Gliwice, Poland) ...... 1084 A comparative study on oxidative degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by ammonium persulfate K. Kuśmierek (Warsaw), L. Dąbek () and A. Świątkowski (Warsaw, Poland) ...... 1098 The removal of boron from the aquatic environment — state of the art M. Bodzek (, Poland)...... 1107 Photocatalytic oxidation of natural organic matter enhanced with microfiltration and nanofiltration M. Rajca (Gliwice, Poland)...... 1132 Removal of turbidity, colour and organic matter from surface water by coagulation with polyaluminium chlorides and with activated carbon as coagulant aid E. Sperczyńska, L. Dąbrowska and E. Wiśniowska (Częstochowa, Poland)...... 1139 Changes of heavy metal forms and chlorinated biphenyls during digestion of pre-hydrolyzed sewage sludge L. Dąbrowska and A. Rosińska (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1145 ii Contents / Desalination and Water Treatment 57/3 (2016) i–iv

Coagulant and polyelectrolyte application performance testing in sonicated sewage sludge dewatering B. Bień and J.D. Bień (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1154 Degradation of PCBs in sewage sludge during methane fermentation process concerning environmental management B. Macherzyński, M. Włodarczyk-Makuła, B. Skowron-Grabowska and M. Starostka-Patyk (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1163 Characteristics of reject waters and condensates generated during drying of sewage sludge from selected wastewater treatment plants B. Karwowska, E. Sperczyńska and E. Wiśniowska (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1176 Persistence of two-, three- and four-ring of PAHs in sewage sludge deposited in different light conditions M. Włodarczyk-Makuła (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1184 Changes of biological and chemical indicators in soil after dehydrated sewage sludge application A. Butarewicz, E. Wołejko, U. Wydro and T. Łoboda (Bialystok, Poland)...... 1200 Impact of selected insecticides on the anaerobic stabilization of municipal sewage sludge Z. Sadecka, S. Myszograj, A. Sieciechowicz, E. Płuciennik-Koropczuk (Zielona Góra) and M. Włodarczyk-Makuła (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1213 Conversion of sulfur and nitrogen to gaseous components from sewage sludge combustion under oxy-firing conditions J.D. Bień and B. Bień (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1223 Effect of unconventional fertilization on heavy metal content in the biomass of giant miscanthus A. Ociepa-Kubicka, P. Pachura and M. Kacprzak (Częstochowa, Poland)...... 1230 Impact of selected activators and inhibitors on efficiency in removing haloacetic acids from water in a reactor with native and immobilised biocatalysts M. Kowalska (Gliwice, Poland)...... 1237 Pervaporative desulfurization of gasoline—separation of hydrocarbon/thiophene mixtures using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based membranes K. Rychlewska and K. Konieczny (Gliwice, Poland) ...... 1247 The application of biosurfactants into removal of selected micropollutants from soils and sediments A. Popenda and M. Włodarczyk-Makuła (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1255 Removal of PAHs from coking wastewater during photodegradation process M. Włodarczyk-Makuła, E. Wiśniowska, A. Turek and A. Obstój (Częstochowa, Poland)...... 1262 Accumulation of PAHs in plants from vertical flow-constructed wetland T. Warężak (Nowa Sól), M. Włodarczyk-Makuła (Częstochowa) and Z. Sadecka (Zielona Góra, Poland) ...... 1273 Effect of catalytic oxidation for removal of PAHs from aqueous solution A. Turek, M. Włodarczyk-Makuła and W.M. Bajdur (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1286 The ability to remove the priority PAHs from water during coagulation process including risk assessment A. Nowacka, M. Włodarczyk-Makuła (Częstochowa), B. Tchórzewska-Cieślak and J. Rak (Rzeszow, Poland) ...... 1297 Evaluation of organochlorine pesticide residues in soil and plants from East Europe and Central Asia B. Łozowicka, P. Kaczyński, E. Wołejko, J. Piekutin (Białystok, Poland), A. Sagitov, K. Toleubayev, G. Isenova (Rakhat, Kazakhstan) and E. Abzeitova (Almaty, Kazakhstan) ...... 1310 Assessment of prediction accuracy in autonomous air quality models S. Hoffman (Częstochowa, Poland)...... 1322 Assessment of batch bioreactor odour nuisance using an e-nose Ł. Guz, G. Łagód, K. Jaromin-Gleń, E. Guz and H. Sobczuk (, Poland) ...... 1327 Environmental pollution by chemical substances used in the shale gas extraction — a review R. Michalski and A. Ficek (Zabrze, Poland) ...... 1336 Polyacrylonitrile membranes modified with carbon nanotubes: characterization and micropollutants removal analysis G. Kamińska, J. Bohdziewicz (Gliwice, Poland), L. Palacio, A. Hernández and P. Prádanos (Valladolid, Spain) ...... 1344 Efficiency of removal of biogenic substances from water in the process of biofiltration M. Wolska (Wrocław, Poland) ...... 1354 Chromatographic determination and toxicological potential evaluation of selected micropollutants in aquatic environment—analytical problems J. Bohdziewicz, M. Dudziak, G. Kamińska and E. Kudlek (Gliwice, Poland)...... 1361 Possibilities for reduction of selected pollutants in urban area rainfall wastewater with the use of ditches A. Rabajczyk, K. Orlińska and K. Żak (Kielce, Poland) ...... 1370 Contents / Desalination and Water Treatment 57/3 (2016) i–iv iii

The change in fractions of organic substances in water in the intermediate oxidation process M. Wolska (Wrocław, Poland) ...... 1380 Role of micro-organisms present in diesel fuel in the microbiological corrosion of carbon steel St3S T. Słomczyński and M. Łebkowska (Warsaw, Poland)...... 1388 Changes of trihalomethanes (THMs) concentration in water distribution system I. Zimoch, E. Szymura and K. Moraczewska-Majkut (Gliwice, Poland)...... 1399 Potential influence of drill cuttings landfill on groundwater quality — comparison of leaching tests results and groundwater composition J. Kujawska, M. Pawłowska, W. Cel and A. Pawłowski (Lublin, Poland)...... 1409 Analysis of simplified equations of adsorption dynamics of HCH K. Ignatowicz (Białystok), J. Piekarski (), I. Skoczko and J. Piekutin (Białystok, Poland) ...... 1420 Effect of sodium hypochlorite on conversions of octyl-dimethyl-para-aminobenzoic acid A. Gackowska, W. Studziński and J. Gaca (, Poland) ...... 1429 UV spectrophotometric studies of Cu(II) ions separation by ultrafiltration enhanced with poly(sodium acrylate) I. Korus and M. Rumińska (Gliwice, Poland) ...... 1436 Ecotoxicity of zirconium oxide nanoparticles in relation to aquatic invertebrates M. Załęska-Radziwiłł and N. Doskocz (Warsaw, Poland) ...... 1443 Preliminary research of heavy metals content in aquatic plants taken from surface water (Northern Poland) A. Parzych, Z. Sobisz (Słupsk) and M. Cymer (, Poland)...... 1451 Comparison of cadmium adsorption process on barley straw in batch and flow reactors K. Rajczykowski and K. Loska (Gliwice, Poland) ...... 1462 Assessment of the availability of heavy metals to plants based on the translocation index and the bioaccumulation factor P. Pachura, A. Ociepa-Kubicka and B. Skowron-Grabowska (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1469 Assessment of the degree of pollution of sediments from the rainstorm sewer system in the urbanised catchment A. Sałata, Ł. Bąk, L. Dąbek and E. Ozimina (Kielce, Poland)...... 1478 Effect of drilling mud addition on activated sludge and processes in sequencing batch reactors R. Babko (Kiev, Ukraine), K. Jaromin-Gleń, G. Łagód, M. Pawłowska and A. Pawłowski (Lublin, Poland) ...... 1490 Impact of UV disinfection on the potential of model organic-nitrogen precursors to form chlorination by-products in swimming pool water A. Włodyka-Bergier and T. Bergier (Kraków, Poland) ...... 1499 The use of algae in the removal of Cd and Cu in the process of wastewater recovery K. Kipigroch, M. Janosz-Rajczyk and B. Skowron-Grabowska (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1508 Removal of mercury (II) from the aquatic environment by phytoremediation M. Sitarska, T. Traczewska and V. Filyarovskaya (Wrocław, Poland)...... 1515 Effect of chemically conditioned FOG fraction on methane co-fermentation with excess sewage sludge with regard to heavy metals concentration E. Wiśniowska and M. Janosz-Rajczyk (Częstochowa, Poland) ...... 1525 Semi-technical scale research on constructed wetland removal of aliphatic hydrocarbons C7–C40 from wastewater from a car service station T. Bergier and A. Włodyka-Bergier (Kraków, Poland) ...... 1534 Possibility to eliminate emission of odor from pig manure treated using AMAK filtration method A. Makara, Z. Kowalski (Kraków) and I. Sówka (Wroclaw, Poland) ...... 1543

Influence of the catalyst type (TiO2 and ZnO) on the photocatalytic oxidation of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment J. Bohdziewicz, E. Kudlek and M. Dudziak (Gliwice, Poland)...... 1552 Investigations on fungicide removal from broccoli by various processing methods B. Lozowicka, M. Jankowska and E. Rutkowska (Bialystok, Poland)...... 1564 DNA changes in Pseudomonas putida induced by aluminum oxide nanoparticles using RAPD analysis M. Załęska-Radziwiłł and N. Doskocz (Warsaw, Poland) ...... 1573 E. coli K-12 recA::gfp microbial biosensor used for screening of anticancer and antidiabetic pharmacist residues M. Matejczyk, W. Lewandowski and S.J. Rosochacki (Bialystok, Poland)...... 1582 Use of integrated process of petroleum removal from water J. Piekutin, I. Skoczko and K. Ignatowicz (Bialystok, Poland) ...... 1593 iv Contents / Desalination and Water Treatment 57/3 (2016) i–iv

Possibilities for analysis of selected nanometals in solid environmental samples A. Rabajczyk (Kielce, Poland) ...... 1598 Efficiency of manganese removal from water in selected filter beds I. Skoczko, J. Piekutin and K. Ignatowicz (Bialystok, Poland) ...... 1611

Author Index...... 1620