Comparative evaluation of conventional and alternative methods for the removal of arsenic from contaminated groundwaters

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-41

  Katsoyiannis, Ioannis A ^a   Zouboulis, Anastasios I ^b  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Innovate treatment; Water treatment technology

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ARSENIC; CALCIUM OXIDE; DRINKING WATER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; IRON OXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; POLYMER; SORBENT;

ADSORPTION; DISINFECTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; FILTRATION; GOVERNMENT; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; SAND; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33645941231     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2006.21.1.25     Document Type: Review

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