Arsenic in water: Concerns and treatment technologies

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-348

  Tien, Vinh Nguyen ^a   Chaudhary, Durgananda Singh ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater contamination; Health problem; Treatment technology

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HIGH LOADING RATE; HIGH RATE; IN-LINE; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE; MIXING TIME; PERMEATE FLUX; POWDER ACTIVATED CARBON; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLOCCULATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; POLYSTYRENES; RURAL AREAS; TECHNOLOGY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 28744434692     PISSN: 1226086X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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