Suitability of local materials to purify Akaki Sub-Basin water

• Main Author: Haile Tolera, Habtamu (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2007
• Series: Karlsruher mineralogische und geochemische Hefte
• Subjects: Physics; SPM bound heavy metals; Akaki Sub-Basin; filter media; volcanic materials; suspended particulate matter (SPM); column experiment; arsenic; sorption
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Dissolved and suspended particulate matter (SPM) bound Cu, Zn, Ni, As, Pb, Mn, and Fe are common pollutants in surface and groundwater of the Akaki Sub-Basin.This work (1) presents results of water quality analysis and (2) evaluates an innovative approach for removing heavy metals from polluted wate...