Assessing the sustainability of the silver-impregnated ceramic pot filter for low-cost household drinking water treatment

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 36-42

  van Halem, D ^a,c   van der Laan, H ^a   Heijman, S G J ^a,b   van Dijk, J C ^a   Amy, G L ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Drinking water; Filtration; Silver; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW RATE; POROUS MATERIALS; POTABLE WATER; REMOVAL; RURAL AREAS; SILVER; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VIRUSES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WAVE FILTERS;

CERAMIC; COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; COLLOIDAL SILVERS; COST TECHNOLOGIES; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER TREATMENTS; FIELD STUDIES; FILTER ELEMENTS; HOUSEHOLD LEVELS; INITIAL FLOWS; LIMITING FACTORS; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; ORGANIC FOULING; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SAFE DRINKING WATERS; SUSTAINABILITY; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; VIRUS REMOVALS; WATER PRICES; WATER PRODUCTIONS;

WATER FILTRATION;

ACCESSIBILITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; CERAMICS; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; SILVER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TECHNOLOGY; WATER TREATMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 57649090609     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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