Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: Mechanism, Analysis, and Remediation

Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: Mechanism, Analysis, and Remediation

Editor(s): Satinder Ahuja

Published Online: 14 OCT 2008

Print ISBN: 9780470144473

Online ISBN: 9780470371046

DOI: 10.1002/9780470371046

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  • Provides a viable reference, describing the state-of-knowledge on sources of arsenic contamination in ground water, which affects about 100 million people worldwide.
  • With contributions from world-renowned experts in the field, this book explores developments in the transport kinetics, detection, measurement, seasonal cycling, accumulation, geochemistry, removal, and toxicology of arsenic.
  • Includes compelling case studies describing how arsenic contamination occurs and the devastating effects on the people and environment affected by it.

Table of contents

    1. You have free access to this content
      Frontmatter (pages i–xiii)

    2. You have free access to this content
      Color Plates (pages c1–c16)

    3. Chapter 1

      The Problem of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater (pages 1–21)

      Satinder Ahuja

    4. Chapter 2

      Fate of Arsenic in Irrigation Water and Its Potential Impact on the Food Chain (pages 23–49)

      S. M. Imamul Huq

    5. Chapter 3

      Microbial Controls on the Geochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Groundwater Systems 51 (pages 51–82)

      Farhana S. Islam

    6. Chapter 4

      Molecular Detection of Dissimilatory Arsenate-Respiring Bacteria in North Carolina Groundwater (pages 83–94)

      Holly Oates and Bongkeun Song

    7. Chapter 5

      Biogeochemical Mechanisms of Arsenic Mobilization and Sequestration (pages 95–121)

      Kate M. Campbell and Janet G. Hering

    8. Chapter 6

      Geomicrobiology of Iron and Arsenic in Anoxic Sediments (pages 123–146)

      Carolina Reyes, Jonathan R. Lloyd and Chad W. Saltikov

    9. Chapter 7

      Development of Measurement Technologies for Low-Cost, Reliable, Rapid, On-Site Determination of Arsenic Compounds in Water (pages 147–177)

      Julian F. Tyson

    10. Chapter 8

      Field Test Kits for Arsenic: Evaluation in Terms of Sensitivity, Reliability, Applicability, and Cost (pages 179–205)

      Jörg Feldmann and Pascal Salaün

    11. Chapter 9

      Mucilage of Opuntia ficus-indica for Use as a Flocculant of Suspended Particulates and Arsenic (pages 207–225)

      Kevin A. Young, Thomas Pichler, Alessandro Anzalone and Norma Alcantar

    12. Chapter 10

      Prediction of Arsenic Removal by Adsorptive Media: Comparison of Field and Laboratory Studies (pages 227–268)

      Malcolm Siegel, Alicia Aragon, Hongting Zhao, Shuguang Deng, Melody Nocon and Malynda Aragon

    13. Chapter 11

      Arsenic Remediation of Bangladesh Drinking Water Using Iron Oxide–Coated Coal Ash (pages 269–286)

      Ashok Gadgil, Lara Gundel and Christina Galitsky

    14. Chapter 12

      Development of a Simple Arsenic Filter for Groundwater of Bangladesh Based on a Composite Iron Matrix (pages 287–303)

      Abul Hussam and Abul K. M. Munir

    15. Chapter 13

      Community-Based Wellhead Arsenic Removal Units in Remote Villages of West Bengal, India (pages 305–327)

      Sudipta Sarkar, Anirban Gupta, Lee M. Blaney, J. E. Greenleaf, Debabrata Ghosh, Ranjan K. Biswas and Arup K. Sengupta

    16. Chapter 14

      Water Supply Technologies for Arsenic Mitigation (pages 329–365)

      M. Feroze Ahmed

    17. Chapter 15

      Solutions for Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater (pages 367–376)

      Satinder Ahuja

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      Index (pages 377–387)

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