Determining factors in the elimination of uranium and radium from groundwaters during a standard potabilization process

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 24-34

  Baeza, A ^a   Salas, A ^a   Legarda, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elimination of radioactivity; Groundwater; Potabilization; Radium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; EFFICIENCY; GROUNDWATER; METAL IONS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; URANIUM;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; MAGNESIUM IONS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; POTABILIZATION;

RADIUM;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; RADIUM; URANIUM;

CHLORINATION; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; REMEDIATION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPAIN; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 53049107991     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.050     Document Type: Article

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