This article outlines some key features of these membrane-based technologies and describes how they can be adapted to supply safe drinking water in remote communities and rural regions from the developing world.
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This report presents a literature review on nanofiltration.
THORSEN, T. FLOGSTAD, H. (2006): Nanofiltration in Drinking Water Treatment. Nieuwegein, The Netherlands: Techneau URL [Accessed: 22.05.2019]Check out the movie about this low cost rollable water container for developing countries
This document is about the combination of ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis for the production of deionised water from surface waters.
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GRAHAM, J.P. ; VANDERSLICE, J. (2007): The Effectiveness of Large Household Water Storage Tanks for Protecting the Quality of Drinking Water. In: Journal of Water and Health: , 307-313. URL [Accessed: 22.05.2019]This document includes course contents on advanced treatment plants including suspended and dissolved solid removal, phosphate removal, dissolved organic compounds removal with different techniques.
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This document gives an overview on the role of chlorination in disinfecting drinking water. It includes information on chlorine and waterborne disease, disinfection by-products, and compares chlorine to alternative disinfection methods such as ozone and ultraviolet radiation.
C4 (2003): Drinking Water Chlorination. A Review of Disinfection Issues and Practices. Chlorine Chemistry Council (C3) and Canadian Chlorine Coordinating Committee (C4) URL [Accessed: 22.05.2019]This document outlines the social and economical relevance of photocatalysis, provides background information on the technology, and highlights further challenges to be addressed.
MULLER, N. ; NOWACK, B. ; OY, S. ; SAARI, J. (2010): Photocatalysis for Water Treatment. In: ObservatoryNANO Briefings: URL [Accessed: 21.05.2019]The most common technologies for arsenic removal utilise conventional processes like oxidation, co-precipitation, adsorption, ion exchange and membrane techniques. The paper gives a short review of all these technologies, which are used in Bangladesh and India.
AHMED, M. F. (2001): An Overview of Arsenic Removal Technologies in Bangladesh and India. In: BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ; UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY (2001): Technologies for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water. Dhaka: 251-269. URL [Accessed: 21.05.2019]This presentation given in a course at the New Jersey Institute of Technology gives a theoretical and technical overview of adsorption on granular activated carbon.
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