Four years of development and field-testing of IHE arsenic removal family filter in rural Bangladesh

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-58

  Petrusevski, B ^a   Sharma, S ^a   van der Meer, Walter G ^b   Kruis, F ^a   Khan, M ^a   Barua, M ^a   Schippers, J C ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b VlTENS Friesland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Groundwater; Iron; Manganese; Point of use

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MANGANESE; NONMETALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WAVE FILTERS;

ARSENIC ADSORPTION; ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC REMOVAL; BANGLADESH; CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS; FIELD CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; IRON; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; IRON OXIDE-COATED SAND; IRON REMOVAL; LOCAL POPULATION; POINT-OF-USE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SAND FILTERS; THIRD-GENERATION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FIELD METHOD; FILTER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RURAL AREA; TESTING METHOD; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOFILTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTRATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HOUSEHOLD; RURAL AREA; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FAMILY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MANGANESE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 50849126071     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.335     Document Type: Article

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