On-site treatment of turbid river water using chitosan, a natural organic polymer coagulant

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Sekine, M ^a   Takeshita, A ^b   Oda, N ^c   Ukita, M ^a   Imai, T ^a   Higuchi, T ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WESCO Co   (Japan)

^c Ube Environmental Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Coagulation; Fish toxicity; Sedimentation; Tubidity removal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHITIN; COAGULATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; TOXICITY;

CHITOSAN; FISH TOXICITY; TURBIDITY REMOVAL;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; CHITOSAN; COAGULATING AGENT; POLYMER; RIVER WATER;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHITIN; COAGULATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

COAGULATION; POLYMER; RIVER WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH DISEASE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SAFETY; SEDIMENTATION; SUPERNATANT; TURBIDITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATIONS; CHITOSAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYMERS; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645309881     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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