Arsenic in drinking water wells on the Bolivian high plain: Field monitoring and effect of salinity on removal efficiency of iron-oxides- containing filters

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1741-1749

  Van Den Bergh, K ^a   Du Laing, G ^b   Montoya, Juan Carlos ^c   De Deckere, E ^a   Tack, F M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c St Cochabamba   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Arsenic; Composite iron matrix (CIM); Groundwater; Iron oxide coated sand (IOCS); Treatment technology

Indexed keywords

ALTIPLANO; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC REMOVAL; DRINKING WATER PURIFICATION; FIELD MONITORING; GUIDELINE VALUES; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HIGH SALINITY; IRON MATRIX; IRON OXIDE-COATED SANDS; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SULPHATES; SYNTHETIC WATERS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

ARSENIC; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; IRON; IRON OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; RURAL AREAS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BASE; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MANGANESE; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; WELL WATER; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FILTER; FILTRATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PRAIRIE; SALINITY; SAND; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; BOLIVIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79952277345     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2010.513262     Document Type: Article

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