Development of a Simple Arsenic Filter for Groundwater of Bangladesh Based on a Composite Iron Matrix

Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: Mechanism, Analysis, and Remediation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 287-303

  Hussam, Abul ^a   Munir, Abul K M ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Manob Sakti Unnayan Kendro ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Environmental technology verification programs for arsenic mitigation (ETVAM) projects; Simple arsenic filter; Total available leaching protocol (TALP) and spent material management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053306018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470371046.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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