Arsenic removal from drinking water by a household sand filter in Vietnam - Effect of filter usage practices on arsenic removal efficiency and microbiological water quality

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 526-536

  Nitzsche, Katja Sonja ^a   Lan, Vi Mai ^b   Trang, Pham Thi Kim ^b   Viet, Pham Hung ^b   Berg, Michael ^c   Voegelin, Andreas ^c   Planer Friedrich, Britta ^d   Zahoransky, Jan ^a   Müller, Stefanie Katharina ^a   Byrne, James Martin ^a   Schröder, Christian ^a,e   Behrens, Sebastian ^a   Kappler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenate; Arsenite; Fecal indicator bacteria; Groundwater; Iron minerals; Sorption

Indexed keywords

SORPTION;

ARSENATE; ARSENIC REMOVAL; ARSENITE; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; IRON MINERALS; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; SAND FILTER; VIET NAM;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; RURAL AREA; SORPTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTER; FILTRATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HOUSEHOLD SAND FILTER; INDICATOR ORGANISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; RNA GENE; VIET NAM; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FAMILY SIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

VIET NAM;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GROUNDWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; VIETNAM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84908010813     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.055     Document Type: Article

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