Purification of raw surface water using electro-coagulation method

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 373-385

  El Masry, Mohamed H ^a   Sadek, Olfat M ^a   Mekhemer, Wafaa K ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

bacteria; conductivity; electro coagulation; fecal contamination; purification; surface water; turbidity; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-COAGULATION METHOD; TOTAL VIABLE BACTERIAL COUNT (TVBC); ZETA POTENTIALS;

BACTERIA; COAGULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY;

WATER TREATMENT;

COAGULATION; PURIFICATION; SURFACE WATER; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BATCH PROCESS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 6344240438     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000044857.02199.45     Document Type: Article

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