Evolution of community-based arsenic removal systems in remote villages in West Bengal, India: Assessment of decade-long operation

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5813-5822

  Sarkar, Sudipta ^a   Greenleaf, John E ^a   Gupta, Anirban ^b   Ghosh, Debabrata ^b   Blaney, Lee M ^a   Bandyopadhyay, P ^b   Biswas, R K ^b   Dutta, Amal K ^b   SenGupta, Arup K ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Activated alumina; Arsenic; Arsenic in Bangladesh; Arsenic in India; Groundwater; Hybrid anion exchanger; Hydrated iron oxide; Ion exchange; Sludge disposal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; IRON OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WATER TREATMENT;

BANGLADESH; DISPOSAL TECHNIQUES; HYBRID ANION EXCHANGERS; HYDRATED IRON OXIDES; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; REDUCING ENVIRONMENT; SELECTIVE ADSORBENTS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

ARSENIC;

ADSORBENT; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; IRON; MANGANESE;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRON OXIDE; LANDFILL; LEACHING; POISONING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SLUDGE; VILLAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INTOXICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 78649470389     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.072     Document Type: Article

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