Disposal of water treatment wastes containing arsenic - A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1770-1778

  Sullivan, Colin ^a   Tyrer, Mark ^a   Cheeseman, Christopher R ^a   Graham, Nigel J D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Leaching; Portland cement; Stabilisation solidification; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BINDER SYSTEMS; CEMENT HYDRATION; DRINKING WATER; GEOPOLYMERS; IMMOBILISATION; LONG TERM STABILITY; METAL HYDROXIDE; STABILISATION/SOLIDIFICATION; WASTE DUMPS;

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ALUMINA; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HYDRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; INORGANIC POLYMERS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; OIL SPILLS; PORTLAND CEMENT; POTABLE WATER; SOLID WASTES; SURFACE WATERS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXIDE; CEMENT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BUILDING MATERIAL; CEMENT INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LANDFILL; LIVESTOCK; OXIDATION KINETICS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FILTRATION; OXIDES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77349100366     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.010     Document Type: Review

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