Iron-coated sponge as effective media to remove arsenic from drinking water

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-170

  Nguyen, Tien Vinh ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Pokhrel, Damodar ^b   Viraraghavan, Thiruvenkatachari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Iron coated sponge (IOCSp); Water treatment technology

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; SPONGE IRON;

ARSENIC REMOVAL; DYNAMIC FILTER COLUMN; IRON-COATED SPONGE;

WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; SPONGE IRON; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33746985124     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2006.019     Document Type: Article

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