International Webinar on the study of the Industrial heavy metal contaminated Wastewaters in Georgia (IWIWG-2021) will be an engaging online event where World’s round and eminent industry and academic expert speakers will deliver the presentation to a large audience who participate by submitting questions, responding to polls, and using other available interactive tools. It is an event held on the study of the Industrial heavy metal contaminated wastewaters in Georgia which is located at a major confluence of the Mashavera (Bolnisi district) and Kvirila Rivers in the Chiatura and Zestaponi districts in Georgia, respectively. In the Bolnisi region the existing mineral deposits are sulfide ores. Open-pit mining results in deposition of metal-loaded dust up to 25 km away. Ore extraction is conducted via controlled explosions that cause the discharge of metal-containing dust, which ultimately is deposited on the soil via wet and dry processes. Monitoring commenced in 2010 and this is the first study of environmental impacts in this region.

Features of the webinar

The objective features of webinars are the principles, advantages and disadvantages of immobilization, soil washing and phytoremediation techniques which are frequently listed among the best demonstrated available technologies for cleaning up heavy metal contaminated sites are presented. Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils is necessary to reduce the associated risks, make the land resource available for agricultural production, enhance food security and scale down land tenure problems arising from changes in the land use pattern.