INIQUI   05448
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES PARA LA INDUSTRIA QUIMICA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Small-scale and household methods to remove arsenic from water for drinking purposes in Latin
Autor/es:
M.I. LITTER; M.T. ALARCON HERRERA; M.J. ARENAS; M. A. ARMIENTA; M. AVILES; R. E. CACERES; H. N. CIPRIANNI; L. CORNEJO; L. E. DIAS; A. FERNANDEZ CIRELLI; E. M. FARFÁN TORRES; S. GARRIDO; L. LORENZO; M. E. MORGADA; M. A. OLMOS-MARQUEZ; A. PEREZ CARRERA
Revista:
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2012 vol. 429 p. 107 - 122
ISSN:
0048-9697
Resumen:
Small-scale and household low-cost technologies to provide water free of arsenic for drinking purposes, suitable for isolated rural and periurban areas not connected to water networks in Latin America are described. Some of them are merely adaptation of  conventional technologies already used at large and medium scale, but others are environmentally friendly emerging procedures that use local materials and resources of the affected zone. The technologies require simple and low-cost equipment that can be easily handled and maintained by the local population. The methods are based on the following processes: combination of coagulation/flocculation with adsorption,  adsorption with geological and other low-cost natural materials, electrochemical technologies, biological methods including phytoremediation, use of zerovalent iron and photochemical processes. Examples of relevant research studies and developments in the region are given. In some cases, processes have 43 been tested only at the laboratory level and there is not enough information about the costs. However, it is considered that the presented technologies constitute potential alternatives for arsenic removal in isolated rural and periurban localities of Latin America. Generation, handling and adequate disposal of residues should be taken into account in all cases.