Perspectives of low cost arsenic remediation of drinking water in Pakistan and other countries

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Malik, Amir Haider ^a   Khan, Zahid Mehmood ^a   Mahmood, Qaisar ^a   Nasreen, Sadia ^a   Bhatti, Zulfiqar Ahmed ^a  

^a Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenic; Bioremediation and phytoremediation; Coagulation; Membrane method

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC LEVELS; ARSENIC REMOVAL; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS; GLOBAL ISSUES; GROUNDWATER RESERVES; HUMAN MORTALITY; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; LOW COST METHODS; LOW COSTS; MEMBRANE METHOD; PAKISTAN; POPULATION GROWTH; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SUBSURFACE AQUIFERS; TUBEWELL; WATER DEFICITS; WATER SECTOR;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; DEIONIZED WATER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DEWATERING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; BIOMATERIAL; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MANGANESE;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARSENIC; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; ION EXCHANGE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COST CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ION EXCHANGE; PAKISTAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARSENIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PAKISTAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349214661     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.02.031     Document Type: Review

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