The long term operation of a biologically based treatment system that removes As, S and Zn from industrial (smelter operation) landfill seepage

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1886-1896

  Al, Mattes ^a   Evans, Les J ^a   Douglas Gould, W ^b   Duncan, W F A ^c   Glasauer, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC REMOVAL; BIOCHEMICAL REACTORS; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CDS; CELL SYSTEM; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; LONG LIFE; LONG-TERM OPERATION; METAL PRECIPITATES; METAL REMOVAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MINERAL FORMATION; MINERAL PHASIS; PASSIVE TREATMENT; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SOLID MATRIXES; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; TWO-COMPONENT; WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; BIOSOLIDS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; LAND FILL; LEAD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEPAGE; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; SORPTION; SULFUR; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC;

ARSENOPYRITE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOREACTOR; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEPAGE; SULFUR; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80555150781     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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