Improving the sustainability of granular iron/pumice systems for water treatment

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-141

  Bilardi, Stefania ^a   Calabrò, Paolo S ^a   Caré, Sabine ^b   Moraci, Nicola ^a   Noubactep, Chicgoua ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Kultur und Nachhaltige Entwicklung CDD eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Column study; Hydraulic conductivity; Pumice; Reactive walls; Zerovalent iron

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; IRON; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ABOVE GROUNDS; COLUMN STUDY; GRANULAR IRON; METALLIC IRON; PUMOUSE; REACTIVE WALL; SAND SYSTEMS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

COPPER; GROUND WATER; IRON; NICKEL; PUMICE; ZINC;

DATA SET; DYE; FILTRATION; HEAVY METAL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRON; PREDICTION; PUMICE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VOLUME; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRON KINETICS; PH; POROSITY; TIME; VOLUMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84875800728     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.02.042     Document Type: Article

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