Emerging and innovative techniques for arsenic removal applied to a small water supply system

Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1288-1304

  Duarte, António A L S ^a   Cardoso, Sílvia J A ^b   Alçada, António J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Águas do Zêzere e Côa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arsenic removal; Emerging techniques; Manteigas WTP (Portugal); Public health; Real scale removal efficiencies; Safe drinking water; Water sources sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866469736     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su1041288     Document Type: Article

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