Development of a Sulfate-Reducing Biological Process to Remove Heavy Metals from Acid Mine Drainage

Water Environment Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 530-535

  Steed, Vicki S ^c   Suidan, Makram T ^b   Gupta, Munish ^c   Miyahara, Takashi ^a   Acheson, Carolyn M ^c   Sayles, Gregory D ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Anaerobic reactors; Metal sulfide precipitation; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANAEROBIC REACTORS; PACKED FILTER REACTORS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCING BIOLOGICAL PROCESS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOMASS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDUCTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EID: 0034269696     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143000X138102     Document Type: Article

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