Arsenic speciation and uranium concentrations in drinking water supply wells in Northern Greece: Correlations with redox indicative parameters and implications for groundwater treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 128-140

  Katsoyiannis, Ioannis A ^a   Hug, Stephan J ^a   Ammann, Adrian ^a   Zikoudi, Antonia ^b   Hatziliontos, Christodoulos ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b DEYAK City of Aksios ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Arsenic speciation; Boron; Geothermal water; Selenium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC SPECIATION; GEOTHERMAL WATER; GROUNDWATER REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POTABLE WATER; SELENIUM; URANIUM; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

ARSENIC; BORON; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MANGANESE; URANIUM;

ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; ARTESIAN WELL; BORON; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MANGANESE; REDOX CONDITIONS; REMEDIATION; SELENIUM; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GREECE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GREECE; METALS; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

EID: 34447266729     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.035     Document Type: Article

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