Chromium removal from water: A review

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 541-553

  Sharma, Saroj K ^a   Petrusevski, Branislav ^a   Amy, Gary ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Chromium removal; Coagulation; Drinking water; Filtration; Reduction

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS CHEMISTRY; ASSOCIATED COSTS; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HUMAN BEING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; REMOVAL OF CHROMIUM; REMOVAL PROCESS; SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS; TREATMENT METHODS;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHROMIUM; COAGULATION; DEIONIZED WATER; DEWATERING; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; MICROFILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ADSORPTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; FOULING; HEALTH RISK; ION EXCHANGE; IRON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDUCTION;

EID: 77149139798     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2008.080     Document Type: Review

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