Point of use water treatment with forward osmosis for emergency relief

Desalination

Volumn 312, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-30

  Butler, Ethan ^a   Silva, Andrew ^a   Horton, Kyle ^a   Rom, Zachary ^a   Chwatko, Malgorzata ^a   Havasov, Arie ^a   McCutcheon, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster relief; Forward osmosis; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; DISASTER RELIEF; EMERGENCY RELIEF; FORWARD OSMOSIS; LONG-TERM OPERATION; LOSS OF LIFE; MATERIAL AVAILABILITY; POINT OF USE; PRE-TREATMENT; PROCESS VARIABLES; REFUGEE CAMPS; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION; WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS; WATER SOURCE;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; DISASTER PREVENTION; HEAVY METALS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; OSMOSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

INNOVATION;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DISASTER RELIEF; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; OSMOSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84873113870     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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