Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017 UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN 15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CEST2017 VOLUME OF ABSTRACTS EDITOR: D.F. LEKKAS RHODES, GREECE 31 AUGUST – 2 SEPTEMBER 2017 Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017 Global Network for Environmental Science and Technology (Global-NEST) University of the Aegean Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology ISSN 1106-5516 Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 31 August – 2 September 2017, Athens, Greece ISBN 978-960-7475-53-4 Editor: D.F. Lekkas Editing co-ordinator: Eleftheria Klontza Editing: Kalliopi Vrentzou Films – Montage - Printing: Diagramma PLATINUM SPONSOR Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017 SILVER SPONSORS SPONSORS MEDIA PARTNER Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017 PART A - ORAL PRESENTATIONS Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017 SESSION 1 – OPENING Thursday 31 August 2017 - morning Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017 Enabling science to deliver change1 Voulvoulis N. Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK e-mail: [email protected] Abstract Delivering change through science to address the many environmental problems we face, cannot happen in a vacuum and without public support. However, we live in an age when it seems that citizens increasingly question experts’ advice and reject science as an authoritative source of knowledge. But is this a disbelief in science or is it an erosion of trust in ‘experts’ and to how science is applied? Considering the complexity of environmental problems, there appears to be a pressing need for people to not simply accept solutions, but to understand such problems and even get involved in defining them. Recent calls for the traditional neutral, disinterested and objective expert to evolve into a good communicator have delivered short lived benefits and contributed to the decline of public trust in the infallibility and neutrality of scientific expertise. Instead, epistemic trustworthiness -the integration of expertise, integrity and benevolence- is what inspires public trust more. People want explanations before accepting decisions. They need to be involved and engaged, and this process must be fair, inclusive and transparent, taking place through fruitful public debate. The drive to a society which is more scientifically literate, aware of the many interdependencies that define the problems we face, and able to cope with the strengths and limitations of the available science, might be a real prerequisite to enabling science to deliver change. Keywords: Climate change, science, public-policy, public engagement Paper ID: CEST2017_01007 1 Invited speech Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Rhodes, Greece, 31 August-2 September 2017 New Impacts on Drinking Water and Non-Target Identification of New Disinfection By-Products2 Susan D. Richardson Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, USA e-mail: [email protected] Abstract Drinking water around the world is experiencing increased impacts from anthropogenic activities. These include impacts of treated wastewater, where potentially hazardous contaminants are not completely removed and enter our source waters; impacts of droughts where natural bromide and iodide, as well as wastewater contaminants are concentrated in our rivers; and new impacts of energy extraction, where hydraulic fracturing activities are introducing fracking chemicals and natural brines into our source waters. Besides the parent chemical contaminants that can enter drinking water, disinfection by-products (DBPs) can be formed from these contaminants. Moreover, it is often the case where non-hazardous chemicals become potentially hazardous once they react with disinfectants in drinking water treatment. This presentation will discuss the state-of-the-science regarding these impacts, as well as new non-target mass spectrometry approaches to identify these unknown DBPs and transformation products. Paper ID: CEST2017_01434 2 Invited speech