Arsenic removal from drinking water using granular ferric hydroxide

Water SA

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-170

  Thirunavukkarasu, O S ^a   Viraraghavan, T ^b   Subramanian, K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenic removal; Arsenic speciation; Drinking water; Granular ferric hydroxide

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTHERMS; PH EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; REACTION KINETICS;

CONTINUOUS COLUMN TESTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; IRON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

EID: 0038518251     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v29i2.4851     Document Type: Article

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