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On the use of integrated solar-combined cycle with desalting units in Qatar M. Darwish (Doha, Qatar) ...... 855 Theoretical analysis of a reverse osmosis desalination system driven by solar-powered organic Rankine cycle and wind energy Guanghui Xia, Qingxuan Sun, Jiangfeng Wang, Xu Cao, Yizhao Yu and Laisheng Wang (Xi’an, )...... 876 An experimental study of solar thermal vacuum membrane distillation desalination Yongqing Wang, Zhilong Xu (Xiamen, China), N. Lior (Philadelphia, PA, USA) and Hui Zeng (Xiamen, China) ...... 887 Simulation of the transport phenomenon occurring in membrane pores during vacuum membrane distillation Li Xin, Liu Jia and Ren Shuhua (, China) ...... 898 Treatment of municipal wastewater by a magnetic activated sludge device Zhimei Liu, Zhen Liang, Shengjun Wu and Feng Liu (Chongqing, China) ...... 909 Removal of TOC from fertilizer production wastewater by electrooxidation O.T. Can (Bitlis, Turkey) ...... 919 Treatment of concrete wash wastewater from ready-mix concrete operations A.-M. Mohamed (Abu Dhabi, UAE), W. El Shorbagy (Al-Ain, UAE), I. Mohammed (Dubai, UAE) and E. Abdel Gawad (Cairo, Egypt) ...... 928 Dynamic filtration — influence of different precipitation agents on the filtration performance using an inside-out filtration module C. Loderer, B. Gahleitner (), A. Woerle (Innsbruck) and W. Fuchs (Vienna, )...... 940 Effect of pH and inorganic salts on the photocatalytic decolorization of methyl orange

in the presence of TiO2 P25 and PC500 N. Bouanimba, N. Laid, R. Zouaghi and T. Sehili (Constantine, Algeria) ...... 951 Artocarpus odoratissimus skin as a potential low-cost biosorbent for the removal of methylene blue and methyl violet 2B L.B.L. Lim (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei), N. Priyantha (Peradeniya, Sri Lanka), C.H. Ing, M.K. Dahri, D.T.B. Tennakoon, T. Zehra and M. Suklueng (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)...... 964 Biosorption of indigo from aqueous solution by dead fungal biomass Aspergillus alliaceus E. Khelifi, Y. Touhami, H. Bouallagui and M. Hamdi (Tunis, Tunisia)...... 976 Anaerobic biodegradation characteristics of estrone, estradiol and 17a-ethinylestradiol in activated sludge batch tests Zhaohan Zhang, Peng Gao, Hui Su, Peirong Zhan, Nanqi Ren and Yujie Feng (Harbin, China) ...... 985

Selected papers presented at the International Joint CB-WR-MED Conference / 2nd AOP’Tunisia Conference for Sustainable Water Management 24–27 April 2013, Tunis, Tunisia

Effect of different seasonal conditions on the potential of wetland soils for groundwater denitrification D. Ribas (Manresa and Barcelona), M. Calderer (Manresa), V. Marti (Manresa and Barcelona) and M. Rovira (Manresa, Spain) ...... 994 Wastewater valorization adopting the microalgae accelerated growth B. De Benedetti (Torino), A.C. Barbera (Catania), P. Freni and P. Tecchio (Torino, Italy)...... 1001 Cytotoxicity bioremoval achieved by a submerged membrane bioreactor operated at pilot scale for the treatment of surfactant wastewater I. Friha, F. Feki, Z. Bouallagui and S. Sayadi (Sfax, Tunisia) ...... 1012 ii Contents / Desalination and Water Treatment 53/4 (2015) i–ii

Highly effective oxide catalyst for the detoxification of oil mill wastewaters by the wet air oxidation process F. Arena, D. Lombardo, G. Drago Ferrante, C. Italiano, L. Spadaro and G. Trunfio (Messina, Italy)...... 1018 Comparative study of the removal of heavy metals by two nanofiltration membranes C. Fersi Bennani and O. M’hiri (Sidi Thabet, Tunisia) ...... 1024 Chemical transformation of ferrihydrite coating into green rust followed by Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies H. Boumaiza, S. Naille, A. Renard, B. Grégoire, M. Mallet and C. Ruby (Villers-lès-Nancy, France)...... 1031 Elaboration of membrane ceramic supports using aluminum powder M. Issaoui, J. Bouaziz and M. Fourati (Sfax, Tunisia) ...... 1037 A new approach based on the dynamic evolving neural-fuzzy inference system (DENFIS) for modelling coagulant dosage (Dos): case study of water treatment plant in Algeria S. Heddam (Skikda) and N. Dechemi (Algiers, Algeria) ...... 1045 Assessment of physicochemical water and sediment quality of Sfax-Kerkennah plateau, Tunisia G. Nedia, S.M. Moncef, G. Dorra, M. Khaled and A. Chafai (Sfax, Tunisia) ...... 1054 Rain water harvesting as additional water supply for multi-storey buildings in Arba Minch, Ethiopia F. Feki (Sfax, Tunisia), N. Weissenbacher (Vienna, Austria), E. Assefa, E. Olto, M. Kanko Gebremariam, T. Dalecha, B. Shibru (Arba Minch, Ethiopia), S. Sayadi (Sfax, Tunisia) and G. Langergraber (Vienna, Austria) ...... 1060 Removal of E. coli and enterococci in maturation pond and kinetic modelling under sunlight conditions A. Ouali (Soliman, Tunisia), H. Jupsin, J.L. Vasel (Arlon, Belgium) and A. Ghrabi (Soliman, Tunisia)...... 1068 The impact of power supply frequency of a low pressure UV lamp on bacterial viability and activities M. Ben Said (Borj-Cedria), M. Ben Mustapha (Tunis) and A. Hassen (Borj-Cedria, Tunisia) ...... 1075 Single and binary adsorption of some heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions by activated carbon derived from olive stones T. Bohli, A. Ouederni (Gabes, Tunisia), N. Fiol and I. Villaescusa (Girona, Spain) ...... 1082 Catalytic ozonation of model organic compounds in aqueous solution promoted by metallic oxides L. Mansouri (Tunis, Tunisia), M. Sabelfeld, S.-U. Geissen (Berlin, Germany) and L. Bousselmi (Tunis, Tunisia) ...... 1089

Utilization of nano size TiO2 for degradation of phenol enrich water by solar photocatalytic oxidation T.S. Jamil, T.A. Gad-Allah, M.E.M. Ali (Cairo, Egypt) and M.N.B. Momba (Pretoria, South Africa) ...... 1101 Efficiency of electrochemical denitrification using electrolysis cell containing BDD electrode M. Ghazouani, H. Akrout and L. Bousselmi (Soliman, Tunisia) ...... 1107 Treatment of dissolved sulfides in water by combined process using ozone and activated carbon A. Lagha and A. Ouederni (Gabès, Tunisia) ...... 1118 Enzymatic degradation of azo dyes using three macrophyte species: Arundo donax, Typha latifolia and Phragmites australis D. Haddaji, L. Bousselmi (Soliman), O. Saadani, I. Nouairi (Hammam-Lif) and Z. Ghrabi-Gammar (Tunis-Mahrajène, Tunisia) ...... 1126 Phthalates accumulation inside an anaerobic membrane bioreactor for landfill leachate treatment A. Zayen, S. Mnif, L. Jlaeil, M. Bouaziz and S. Sayadi (Sfax, Tunisia) ...... 1136

Author Index ...... 1144