Water and sanitation in developing countries: Geochemical aspects of quality and treatment

Elements

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-168

  Johnston, Richard B ^a   Berg, Michael ^a   Johnson, C Annette ^a   Tilley, Elizabeth ^a   Hering, Janet G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fluoride; Millennium Development Goals; Sanitation; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POTABLE WATER; SANITATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; FLUORIDE; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GEOLOGIC MATERIALS; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT; SAFE DRINKING WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

DESALINATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PATHOGEN; SAFETY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 80052490917     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.7.3.163     Document Type: Article

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