Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: Mechanism, Analysis, and Remediation

421 Pages·2008·7.91 MB·English

by  Satinder Ahuja

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION
OF GROUNDWATER
Mechanism, Analysis, and Remediation
Edited by
SATINDER AHUJA
A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION
OF GROUNDWATER

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION
OF GROUNDWATER
Mechanism, Analysis, and Remediation
Edited by
SATINDER AHUJA
A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION
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Arseniccontaminationofgroundwater:mechanism,analysis,andremediation
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CONTENTS
Contributors vii
Preface xi
1 The Problem of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater 1
SatinderAhuja
2 Fate of Arsenic in Irrigation Water and Its Potential Impact
on the Food Chain 23
S.M.ImamulHuq
3 Microbial Controls on the Geochemical Behavior of Arsenic in
Groundwater Systems 51
FarhanaS.Islam
4 Molecular Detection of Dissimilatory Arsenate-Respiring
Bacteria in North Carolina Groundwater 83
HollyOatesandBongkeunSong
5 Biogeochemical Mechanisms of Arsenic Mobilization
and Sequestration 95
KateM.CampbellandJanetG.Hering
6 Geomicrobiology of Iron and Arsenic in Anoxic Sediments 123
CarolinaReyes,JonathanR.Lloyd,andChadW.Saltikov
7 Development of Measurement Technologies for Low-Cost,
Reliable, Rapid, On-Site Determination of Arsenic Compounds
in Water 147
JulianF.Tyson
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8 Field Test Kits for Arsenic: Evaluation in Terms of Sensitivity,
Reliability, Applicability, and Cost 179
Jo¨rgFeldmannandPascalSalau¨n
9 Mucilage of Opuntia ficus-indica for Use as a Flocculant
of Suspended Particulates and Arsenic 207
KevinA.Young,ThomasPichler,AlessandroAnzalone,andNormaAlcantar
10 Prediction of Arsenic Removal by Adsorptive Media:
Comparison of Field and Laboratory Studies 227
MalcolmSiegel,AliciaAragon,HongtingZhao,ShuguangDeng,
MelodyNocon,andMalyndaAragon
11 Arsenic Remediation of Bangladesh Drinking Water Using
Iron Oxide–Coated Coal Ash 269
AshokGadgil,LaraGundel,andChristinaGalitsky
12 Development of a Simple Arsenic Filter for Groundwater
of Bangladesh Based on a Composite Iron Matrix 287
AbulHussamandAbulK.M.Munir
13 Community-Based Wellhead Arsenic Removal Units
in Remote Villages of West Bengal, India 305
SudiptaSarkar,AnirbanGupta,LeeM.Blaney,J.E.Greenleaf,
DebabrataGhosh,RanjanK.Biswas,andArupK.SenGupta
14 Water Supply Technologies for Arsenic Mitigation 329
M.FerozeAhmed
15 Solutions for Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater 367
SatinderAhuja
Index 377
CONTRIBUTORS
M. Feroze Ahmed, Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Satinder Ahuja, Ahuja Consulting, Calabash, North Carolina
Norma Alcantar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South
Florida, Tampa, Florida
AlessandroAnzalone, DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,UniversityofSouth
Florida,Tampa,Florida(currentlyatDepartmentofIndustrialEngineering,Poly-
technicUniversityofPuertoRico,SanJuan,PuertoRico)
Alicia Aragon, Geochemistry Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albu-
querque, New Mexico
Malynda Aragon, Geochemistry Department, Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ranjan Biswas, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Howrah, India
Lee M. Blaney, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Kate M. Campbell, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
(currently at U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California)
ShuguangDeng, DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,NewMexicoStateUni-
versity, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Jo¨rg Feldmann, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen,
UK
Ashok Gadgil, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
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