Water and environmental engineering research group
TalTech priority area
Research classification (Frascati)
Head of the research group
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Doctoral students
Keyword
water quality
water resources
climate changes
hydrology
pollution load
water supply
sewerage
water monitoring
nutrients
wastewater
stormwater
sewage
sludge
Overview
This is an interdisciplinary research group,where engineers, hydrologists, water chemistsand other specialists from both water and environmental engineering participate. Research isdeveloped in the following directions: Sustainable management of water resources and water quality. Hydrologicalstudies of rivers from engineering viewpoint. Climate change and its impact onthe quantity and quality of water. Floodsand draughts. Studies on pressures having impact onwater quality. Regularities in water quality formation in both natural conditionsas well as under various anthropogenicimpacts. Studies in the field of riverine pollutionloads. Water protection measures. Innovative methods of water monitoring(automatic systems for water monitoring).Studies on diffuse pollution and mitigationthereof. Urban water supply (domestic water) andsewage systems (sewerage, wastewater,stormwater), including pipelines outsidebuildings, internal pipelines in buildings,treatment facilities, engineering solutionsand technologies, studies for improvingdesign and construction. Pharmaceuticalresidues and heavy metals in municipalwastewater and sludge, as well as elaboration of relevant treatment technologies. Waste management. Waste utilisation.Treatment technologies for landfill leachate water, engineering solutions. Investigation of the possibilities of productionof biogas from biodegradable waste andby-products of the processing industry.
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https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11223746 - Kõrgmaa, V., Laht, M., Rebane, R., Lember, E., Pachel, K., Iital, A. et al. Removal of hazardous substances in municipal wastewater treatment plants // Water Science & Technology, Water science and technology (2020) vol. 81, 9, p. 2011−2022.
https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2020.264 - Hou, Q., Li, S., Tijsseling, A.S., Laanearu, J. Discussion of "Rigid Water Column Model for Simulating the Emptying Process in a Pipeline Using Pressurized Air" by Oscar E. Coronado-Hernández, Vicente S. Fuertes-Miquel, Pedro L. Iglesias-Rey, and Francisco J. Martínez-Solano // Journal of hydraulic engineering (2020) vol. 146, 3, art. 07020001, 6 p. : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001682 - Bardule, A., Iital, A., Lazdiņa, D. et al. A reactive nitrogen budget for forest land and wetlands in Latvia and Estonia // Scandinavian journal of forest research (2020) vol. 35, 8, p. 513−522.
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https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2021vol1.6612 - Oldekop, N., Liiv, T., Laanearu, J. Experimental study of eddy viscosity for breaking waves on sloping bottom and comparisons with empirical and numerical predictions // Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (2019) vol. 68, 3, p. 299–312 : ill.
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https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2017.289 - Kaur, K., Annus, I., Laanearu, J. Experimental measurements of momentum changes at hydraulic jump in a transparent horizontal pipe // Papers presented at 13th International Conference on Pressure Surges, Bordeaux, France, 14th-16th November, 2018 ; volume 2. Bedfordshire : BHR Group, 2018. p. 925–935 : ill.
- Lember, E., Pachel, K., Loigu, E. Heavy metals removal in biological wastewater treatment dependent on process parameters // Desalination and water treatment (2018) vol. 133, p. 245-251 : ill.
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2017.1354929 - Lember, E., Retšnoi, V., Pachel, K., Loigu, E. Combined effect of heavy metals on the activated sludge process // Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (2018) vol. 67, 4, p. 305-314 : ill.
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-017-9523-2 - Tabri, K., Heinvee, M., Laanearu, J., Kollo, M., Goerlandt, F. An online platform for rapid oil outflow assessment from grounded tankers for pollution response // Marine pollution bulletin (2018) vol. 135, p. 963-976 : ill.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.039 - Kotta, J., Herkül, K., Jaagus, J., Kaasik, A., Raudsepp, U., Alari, V., Laanemets, J., Maljutenko, I., Männik, A., Reihan, A. et al. Linking atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic environments : Regime shifts in the Estonian climate over the past 50 years // PLoS ONE (2018) vol. 13, 12, e0209568, 20 p. : ill.
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