Arsenic removal from contaminated water by the Soyatal Formation, Zimapán Mining District, Mexico - A potential low-cost low-tech remediation system

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-31

  Ongley, Lois K ^a   Armienta, Ma Aurora ^b   Heggeman, Katherine ^c   Lathrop, Alison S ^d   Mango, Helen ^e   Miller, Wynne ^f   Pickelner, Shea ^g  

^a Androscoggin Valley Environ Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c GeoTrans Inc   (United States)

^d LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Castleton State College   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Illite; Kaolinite; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COSTS; GROUNDWATER; KAOLINITE; LIME; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; REMEDIATION; ROCKS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC REMEDIATIONS; CALCAREOUS SHALES; CONTAMINATED WATER; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ILLITE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; REMEDIATION SYSTEMS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 0012253649     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/geochem.1.1.23     Document Type: Article

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