Performance of a household-level arsenic removal system during 4-month deployments in Bangladesh

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3442-3448

  Cheng, Zhongqi ^a   Van Geen, Alexander ^a   Jing, Chuanyong ^b   Meng, Xiaoguang ^b   Seddique, Ashraf ^c   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COMPLEXATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC REMOVAL SYSTEMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; FERRIC SULFATE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; URANIUM; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTRATION; HOUSEHOLD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FILTRATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; METALS, HEAVY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATES; WATER PURIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3042722255     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0352855     Document Type: Article

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