Low-cost defluoridation of water using broken bricks

People-Centred Approaches to Water and Environmental Sanitation: Proceedings of the 30th WEDC Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 521-525

  Wijesundara, T ^a  

^a National Water Supply and Drainage Board   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLUORIDATION; ENDEMIC FLUOROSIS; FILTER MEDIA; FLUORIDE UPTAKES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; KINETIC MODELING; MODEL PARAMETERS; REACTION RATE PARAMETERS;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BRICK;

EID: 84891396051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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