Arsenic removal from groundwater by household sand filters: comparative field study, model calculations, and health benefits.

M, Berg; S, Luzi; PT, Trang; PH, Viet; W, Giger; D, Stüben

doi:10.1021/es060144z

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Arsenic removal from groundwater by household sand filters: comparative field study, model calculations, and health benefits.

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Berg M

Luzi S

Trang PT

Abstract

Arsenic removal efficiencies of 43 household sand filters were studied in rural areas of the Red River Delta in Vietnam. Simultaneously, raw groundwater from the same households and additional 31 tubewells was sampled to investigate arsenic coprecipitation with hydrous ferric iron from solution, i.e...

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