Subsurface iron and arsenic removal: Low-cost technology for community-based water supply in Bangladesh

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2702-2709

  Van Halem, D ^a,b   Heijman, S G J ^a   Johnston, R ^d   Huq, I M ^e   Ghosh, S K ^e   Verberk, J Q J C ^a   Amy, G L ^a,b,c   Van Dijk, J C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e Department of Public Health Engineering ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Community based; Drinking water; Iron; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

AERATED WATER; ARSENIC ADSORPTION; ARSENIC REMOVAL; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY-BASED; DRINKING WATER; IN-SITU; INJECTION VOLUME; IRON HYDROXIDES; IRON REMOVAL; LOW-COST TECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION ZONES; SHORT CONTACT TIME; SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; SORPTION SITES; SUBSURFACE; TUBEWELLS;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DEWATERING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; WATER AERATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ADSORPTION; AERATION; ARSENIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; OXIDATION; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RURAL AREA; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; OXIDATION; RURAL AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; IRON; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 78751539649     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.463     Document Type: Article

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