Biological removal of arsenic from tailings pond water at Canadian mine

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 209-214

  Maniatis, Tina ^a   Pickett, Tim ^a  

^a Applied Biosciences Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biological Water Treatment; Metal Sulfide Precipitate; Sulfate Reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; MINES; MINING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDUCTION; REMOVAL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; TAILINGS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FULL SCALE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; METAL SULFIDE PRECIPITATE; SULFATE REDUCTION;

ARSENIC;

EID: 23244466470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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