Polyaluminium chloride as an alternative to alum for the direct filtration of drinking water

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1199-1209

  Zarchi, Idit ^a   Friedler, Eran ^a   Rebhun, Menahem ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alum; Direct filtration; Drinking water treatment; PACl; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; EXPERIMENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY;

ALUM; COAGULATION PROCESS; COAGULATION-FLOCCULATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIRECT FILTRATION; PACL; POLYALUMINIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIATION;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM SULFATE; BASE; DRINKING WATER; INORGANIC SALT; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COAGULATION; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; PH; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FILTER; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; PH; PRODUCTIVITY; SCREENING; TURBIDITY;

ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 84878566619     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2012.743594     Document Type: Article

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