A Publication of the Internationa! Association of Science and Technology for Development IASTED f%©#eedings of the Third IASTED International Conference on TABLE OF CONTENTS EME 2011 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON SOIL 736-047: Electrochemical Oxidation of Crystal Violet 736-010: Seed Germination and Dye (Basic Violet 3) using Lead Oxide Electrodes Indu M. Sasidharan Pillai, Ashok K. Gupta, and of Safflower as Affected Early Seedling Growth by Heavy Metal Mixture Chittaranjan Sahoo Alireza Houshmandfar 736-050: 736-011: Assessment of Soil Erosion and Conservation: Application of USLE Model in Southern T. Meshesha, Atsushi Derege Mitsaru Tsubo, and Nigussie 736-014: Heavy Spatial Ethiopia Oasis, Saudi Mohammed S. Jami, Nassereldeen A. Kabashi, 5 Haregeweyn Iman A.F. Husain, andNorhajiza Abdullah 67 Properties and Factory in 736-051: Dispersion of Heavy Metals at Klein Letaba Gold Tailings Dam, Limpopo Province, El-Maghraby, Jason S. Ogola, Klaus Maas, and Arabia South Africa Abdulrasoul M. Al-Omran, Salem E. MahmoudE.A. Nadeem, Ali M. El-Eter, and Salem M.I. Al of Artificial Neural Network Plant Performance Tsunekawa, Distribution of Soil Improvement Model for the Prediction of Wastewater Treatment Metals Content around a Cement Al-Hassa 60 1 Khodani Malshusa 75 13 Qahtani 736-030: Stream Dynamics in Semi-Arid Regions: 736-034: Effect of Voltage Gradient on Electrokinetic An Assessment of Sokoto-Rima Remediation of Cr 1965 -2005 using (VI) and Phenol Contaminated Soil EDTA AlabiS.O. Mohsen Saeedi and Behnoosh Khataei 736-061: Impact 84 Soneye 20 of Environmental Factors on Bio- Surfactant Surface Wen River, Nigeria, Property and its Sorption onto Zhang, Jianbing Li, Guohe Huang, Wei Li, AIR QUALITY, WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND Soils Ling Wang, and Shanshan Li SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS 25 736-006: Design and Implementation of Air Quality Data Mart for Ontario Canada Samira Muhammad 90 WATER MANAGEMENT 736-012: The Effect 736-016: Multistep Ahead Water Level using Different Artificial Neural Algorithms Jianjun Yu, Xiaosheng Qin, and Ole 736-033: 32 Stephen Optimal Groundwater Quantity Management Boulatoff, Carol Boyer, and J. Ciccone 95 736-017: Solving Fuzzy Waste Management through Searching Xiaosheng Qin, Ye Xu, and Tianyi Xu for Land Subsidence Control Models Heuristic Yin-Lung Chang, Chuan-Yi Huang, Tung-Lin Tsai, Hung-En Chen, and Jinn-Chuang Yang 736-029: Bricks: An Excellent Over-Dependence on Tubewell Irrigation Draining Out Groundwater Aquifers in the Food Bowl Recycling Wastes - Aeslina Abdul Kadir and Abbas and 736-045: Elastic Consolidation Settlement due Building 736-044: Research Material for A Review of India Salmnder S. Dhaliwal 102 38 736-035: Harmanjit S. Dhadli, Sukhpreet Singh, Price Environmental Programs Catherine Larsen on Profitability and Stock Corporate Participation in Performance from Forecasting Network Training Mohajerani Development of Printing Remanufacturing in Shanghai Yuan Zhou, Shengli Qiu, Wenjie Wu, Jingwei Wang, Chenglong Zhang, and Jianfeng Bai 46 on 108 the Consumables to 116 Periodic Pumping John C.-C. Lu andFeng-Tsai Lin 53 736-053: Effects of Fuel Tanks Atmospheric Explosion on Concentrations of PAHs in Catano, Puerto Rico Jeannette Gonzalez-Soto and Nedim Vardar i 122 736-062: Effect of Waste Household Appliances Trade-in Program in China Wenjie Wu, Jingwei Wang, Yuan Zhou, and 128 Chenglong Zhang 736-064: Retrofit Design Method for C02 Emission Reduction Mona Gharaie, Jin-Kuk Kim, M. Hassan Panjeshahi, and Robin Smith 133 Attempt to Develop Sustainable Land Management using Geoinformatics: A Case Study of Wurayah Biosphere Reserve, UAE Eslam A. Al-Hogaraty, Farouk El-Baz, 736-065: An Use Reinhard ZoUtz-Moller, Zeinelabidin A. Rizk, Mohamed A. Abdel Moati, and Hassan K. Garamoon 139 AUTHOR INDEX 225 u TABLE OF CONTENTS ENV 2011 OIL SANDS TAILINGS AND TAILINGS WATER OIL SANDS TAILINGS WATER TREATMENT TREATMENT/MANAGEMENT 731-011: The Use of the Exfoliated 731-014: Oil-Contaminated Soil Characterization Removal of the Aqueous and Remediation, Kuwait: Review Ahmed Ahmad A. Al-Naseem and Dana B. Al-Duwaisan 731-006: Extraction of Oxalate from a Heavy Metals by Phosphate 153 Moustafa, Graphite Naphthenic Acids for the Seoktae Kang, and Mohamed Gamal El-Din and 731-020: Contaminated Soil 209 Decomposition of a Model Naphthenic Acid, Acid by Advanced Oxidation Processes Cyclohexanoic SaudS. AL-Oud J 58 Ate/eh Afzal, Przemyslaw Drzewicz, Mohamed Gamal El-Din, and Jonathan W. Martin 731-015: Long-Term of Criteria Pollutants McKay, Temporal Trends and Influence on Regional Air Quality in Fort 731-025: Degradation of Naphthenic Acids Ozonation in Various Conditions: Alberta Warren B. Kindzierski and Md. Aymd Bari 162 211 by Uncovering the OSPW Ozonation Leonidas A. Perez-Estrada, Mohamed Gamal El-Din, 731-017: Information Sources for Developing Oil and Jonathan W. Martin 214 Sands Plans, Policies and Research Chris Powter 731-019: The Assessment of the Solar Driven 169 UV/Chlorine Advanced Oxidation Process 731-027: Methane Emissions from Oil Sand Tailings Po Yee Chan, by Tariq Siddique and Julia Mohamed Gamal El-Din, and James R, Bolton Microbial Metabolism of Hydrocarbons Foght 217 174 731-023: Dissolved Organic Compounds Removal from Oil'Sands Process Affected Water by UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND THE Coagulation/Flocculation ENVIRONMENT Parastoo Pourrezaei, Przemyslaw Drzewicz, Yingnan Wang, Mohamed Gamal El-Din, 731-016: Evaluation of Renewable Energy Leonidas A. Perez-Estrada, Jonathan W. Martin, Sources Anderson, Steve P. Giesy for Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) Julie Operation Sepideh Kasiri, and John Ania Wiseman, Karsten Liber, 220 Ulrich, Vinay Prasad, and Amos Ben-Zvi 731-018: The Coagulation-Flocculation-Sedimentation 175 Treatment of Oil Sands Process-Affected Water for 731-010: Reducing Water High Pressurized Membrane Filtrations Vapour Emissions and Fog Formation at SAGD Facilities Randy Rudolph, Steven Young, Claes Palmgren, Elizabeth Logan, and Piotr Staniaszek Solubility on Supercritical C02 Injection into Low Permeable Rocks Ardy Arsyad, Yasuhiro Mitani, Hiro Ikemi, and 189 733-002: Combined In Situ C02 Generation and Chemical Flooding for Viscous Oil Recovery B.J. Ben Shiau, Tzu-Ping Hsu, Sang-Ho Bang, Bruce L. Roberts, and Jeffrey H. Harwell 733-007: Nanoparticles Its Significance in Drilling Development for Enhance Oil Recovery Jamil A. Abdo, Mohammed D. Haneef, and .' HomedH. Al-Sharji 222 AUTHOR INDEX 225 183 731-022: The Effect of C02 Shiro Oura Eun-SikKim, Yang Liu, and Mohamed Gamal El-Din 197 - Fluid 204 iii