Record Details
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Title | Point-of-Use Arsenic Treatment Using Activated Alumina |
Creator | Cotter, T. Jeffery |
Subject | Arsenic regulation Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Maximum contaminant level (MCL) Community water systems Chemical precipitation Adsorption Membrane separation technology Point-of-use water treatment Activated alumina Lime softening |
Description | A Professional Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Water Resources, Water Resources Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2001. Effective and affordable arsenic removal from drinking water has become a significant issue recently. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated a new maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic in drinking water which will take effect in January 2004. The current arsenic MCL of 50 micrograms per liter (ugll) was set by the United sates Public Health Service in 1943 and has not been reduced in nearly 60 years. Arsenic has been linked to various types of cancers,... |
Date | 2009-05-11T07:48:03Z 2009-05-11T07:48:03Z 2009-05-11T07:48:03Z |
Type | Other |
Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1928/9234 |
Language | en_US |