Performance of simultaneous arsenic, fluoride and alkalinity (bicarbonate) rejection by pilot-scale nanofiltration

Desalination

Volumn 257, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 16-21

  Padilla, Antonio Perez ^a   Saitua, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arsenic removal; Bicarbonate; Drinking water; Fluoride removal; Nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARSENIC REMOVAL; DILUTION EFFECT; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC REPULSION; FLUORIDE REMOVAL; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW PRESSURES; MONOVALENT IONS; PERMEATE PH; PILOT SCALE; POWER SUPPLY; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; SYNTHETIC SOLUTIONS;

ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; DEWATERING; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FLUORINE; GROUNDWATER; IONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POTABLE WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 77951118204     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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