Adaptation of working conditions of an operating drinking water treatment plant to remove naturally occurring radionuclides

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5057-5069

  Baeza, A ^a   Salas, A ^a   Guillen J ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Sciences   (Spain)

Author keywords

DWTP; Human consumption; Radium; Removal; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM OXIDE; AMMONIUM OXALATE; COAGULATION-FLOCCULATION PROCESS; DWTP; GROSS ALPHA; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; LABORATORY TEST; NATURALLY OCCURRING; RADIUM CONTENT; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; URANIUM CONTENTS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; PILOT PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

URANIUM;

AMMONIUM OXALATE; DRINKING WATER; HYDROXYLAMINE; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RADIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM;

COAGULATION; DRINKING WATER; FLOCCULATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM; URANIUM; WATER TREATMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOPROCESS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COAGULATION; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT; EXTRACTION; FLOCCULATION; FLUID INTAKE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVITY; SALINITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84867305646     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1258-6     Document Type: Article

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