Problems of ammonia and manganese in malaysian drinking water treatments

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1890-1896

  Hasan, Hassimi Abu ^a   Abdullah, Siti Rozaimah Sheikh ^a   Kamarudin, Siti Kartom ^a   Kofli, Noorhisham Tan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ammonia removal; Biological aerated filter; Drinking water treatment; Manganese removal; River contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862004489     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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