Simultaneous removal of arsenic and fluoride from groundwater by coagulation-adsorption with polyaluminum chloride

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

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1288-1296

  Ingallinella, Ana M ^a   Pacini, Virginia A ^a   Fernández, Rubén G ^a   Vidoni, Romina M ^a   Sanguinetti, Graciela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

appropriate technology; Arsenic; coagulation; fluoride; groundwater

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; ARGENTINA; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; COAGULANT DOSE; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORIDE REMOVAL; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; INITIAL PH; NATURAL WATERS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL COMBINATION; PH LEVELS; PILOT-SCALE STUDY; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; RAPID FILTER; RAW WATER; RESEARCH STUDIES; RESIDUAL ALUMINUM; ROUGHING FILTRATION; RUNTIMES; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; OPTIMIZATION; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARGENTINA; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; FLUOROSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PH; TECHNOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ARGENTINA; ARSENIC; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; FILTRATION; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 80052487417     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2011.598835     Document Type: Article

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