Review of low-cost point-of-use water treatment systems for develo** communities

CK Pooi, HY Ng - npj Clean Water, 2018 - nature.com
For communities in develo** countries, the majority of drinking water-related issues are
due to pathogens from poor sanitation, resulting in infection and diarrhea. One cause of this …

A critical overview of household slow sand filters for water treatment

BLS Freitas, UC Terin, NMN Fava, PMF Maciel… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Household, or point-of-use (POU), water treatments are effective alternatives to provide safe
drinking water in locations isolated from a water treatment and distribution network. The …

Simultaneous arsenite and nitrate removal from simulated groundwater based on pyrrhotite autotrophic denitrification

R Li, M Guan, W Wang - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, pyrrhotite is applied to remove arsenite (As (III)) and NO 3− from groundwater
simultaneously. Batch experiments find that sulfur autotrophic denitrifiers are not inhibited by …

Investigation of biochar-modified biosand filter performance for groundwater treatment for drinking water purposes: A laboratory and pilot scale study

JO Eniola, B Sizirici - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the feasibility of improving the performance of biosand filter (BSF)
using date palm biochar for groundwater treatment. The effect of date palm biochar …

Modified biosand filters enriched with iron oxide coated gravel to remove chemical, organic and bacteriological contaminants

B Sizirici, I Yildiz, A AlAli, A Alkhemeiri… - Journal of water process …, 2019 - Elsevier
Modified biosand filters (MBSF) are one of the emerging point-of-use water treatment
technologies. In this study, a series of laboratory scale MBSFs enriched with iron oxide …

Enhanced arsenite immobilization via ternary layered double hydroxides and application to paddy soil remediation

J Zhou, W Shu, Y Gao, Z Cao, J Zhang, H Hou, J Zhao… - Rsc Advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A ternary CaMgFe-LDH was developed for the immobilization of aqueous arsenic from
capillary water in paddy soils, with an outstanding removal performance for aqueous …

Arsenic, iron and nitrate removal from groundwater by mixed bacterial culture and fate of arsenic-laden biosolids

AK Shakya, PK Ghosh - … Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2019 - Springer
Arsenic, iron and nitrate coexist in groundwater at a wide range of concentrations in various
regions of the world. This study aims at investigating the concurrent arsenic and iron …

Mechanism of As (V) adsorption from aqueous solution by chitosan-modified diatomite adsorbent

L Ma, H Xu, Q **e, N Chen, Q Yu… - Journal of Dispersion …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Arsenic poses severe threats to human and ecosystem health. Various methods for arsenic
removal, including the use of different adsorbents, have been employed. Herein, an …

Evaluation of woodchips-amended biosand filter for nitrate and MS2 bacteriophage reduction

C Jang, H Zhou, E Araud, TH Nguyen… - Journal of Water and …, 2024 - iwaponline.com
In this study, two types of woodchip-amended biosand filters (Filter A sand: woodchip= 33%:
67% versus Filter B sand: woodchip= 50%: 50%, by volume) were constructed, and their …

Concurrent removal of nitrate, arsenic and iron from simulated and real-life groundwater to meet drinking water standards: Effects of operational and environmental …

AK Shakya, PK Ghosh - Journal of Environmental Management, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study concurrent removal of nitrate, arsenic and iron in an
attached growth reactor (AGR) based on bio-sulphidogenesis treating simulated and real …