Removing arsenic from groundwater in Cambodia using high performance iron adsorbent

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5605-5616

  Kang, Y ^a   Takeda, R ^b   Nada, A ^c   Thavarith, L ^d   Tang, S ^e   Nuki, K ^a   Sakurai, K ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aqua Design System Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c GREEN Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF CAMBODIA   (Cambodia)

^e Mines and Energy   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Amorphous iron (hydr)oxide; Arsenic; Arsenic removal equipments; Cambodia; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; EQUIPMENT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC SERVOMECHANISMS; IRON; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURVEYS; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORBING CAPACITY; AMORPHOUS IRON; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC REMOVAL; CAMBODIA; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; NEW ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CAMBODIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84905975552     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3806-6     Document Type: Article

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