Development of an iron-amended biofilter for removal of arsenic from rural Canadian prairie potable water

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 135, Issue , 2010, Pages 333-344

  Gottinger, A M ^a,b   Wild, D J ^a   McMartin, D ^b   Moldovan, B ^c   Wang, D ^d  

^a Mainstream Water Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adsorption isotherm; arsenic; slow sand filtration; ZVI sand filter

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRAIRIE;

CANADA;

EID: 78149329891     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WP100291     Document Type: Article

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