Removal of arsenic from ground water by manganese dioxide-coated sand

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 782-784

  Bajpai, Sanjeev ^a,b   Chaudhuri, Malay ^b  

^a Faculty of Civil Engineering   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GROUNDWATER; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SAND;

DOWNFLOW COLUMN TESTS; MANGANESE DIOXIDE-COATED SAND (MDCS);

WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; REMEDIATION;

EID: 0032700089     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1999)125:8(782)     Document Type: Article

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