Electro-chemical arsenic remediation: Field trials in West Bengal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 488-489, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 539-546

  Amrose, Susan E ^a   Bandaru, Siva R S ^a   Delaire, Caroline ^a   van Genuchten, Case M ^a   Dutta, Amit ^b   DebSarkar, Anupam ^b   Orr, Christopher ^a   Roy, Joyashree ^b   Das, Abhijit ^c   Gadgil, Ashok J ^a,d  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Kandi Raj College   (India)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Electrocoagulation; Field trial; India

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; OPERATING COSTS; POTABLE WATER; REMEDIATION; RURAL AREAS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC REMEDIATIONS; BANGLADESH; ELECTRO COAGULATIONS; FIELD TRIAL; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; REALISTIC CONDITIONS;

ARSENIC;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON;

ARSENIC; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FIELDWORK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST CONTROL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ARSENIC REMEDIATION REACTOR; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SLUDGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FIELD TRIAL; INDIA;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84901686923     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.074     Document Type: Article

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