A comparative study of household groundwater arsenic removal technologies and their water quality parameters

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2193-2200

  Delowar, Hossain K M ^a   Uddin, Imtiaz ^a   Abou El Hassan, W H ^b   Perveen, Farida ^a   Irshad, M ^c   Saiful Islam, A F M ^d   Yoshida, Isao ^c  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic removal; Bangladesh; Contamination; Ground water; Household level

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC REMOVAL; ARSENIC REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY; BANGLADESH; GROUNDWATER ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

ARSENIC; BLEACHING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 33749140166     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.2193.2200     Document Type: Article

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