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Draft Review of the Household Arsenic Removal Technology Options

Description:

Arsenic is widely distributed element in the earth’s crust and ranks twentieth in elemental presence. As a Group V element, arsenic exhibits a broad range of chemical reactivity and it is commercially used in alloys with lead. Arsenic in natural water has been reported from several countries including Bangladesh, China, Chile, Ghana, India, Nepal, Rumania, Taiwan, USA and Vietnam. In India, arsenic pollution is mostly of geological origin. However, ground water pollution of anthropogenic origin - due to industrial or mining waste - has been reported from Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Rajnandgaon in Madhya Pradesh.

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Bibliographical Information:

MUDGAL, A. K. (2002) Draft Review of the Household Arsenic Removal Technology Options. , Handpump Technology Network , RWSN , St Gallen, Switzerland

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