IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/recore/v61y2012icp118-124.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Economic justification and eco-friendly approach for regeneration of spent activated alumina for arsenic contaminated groundwater treatment

Author

Listed:
  • Ghosh, Debabrata
  • Gupta, Anirban

Abstract

In this work, a study has been made on regeneration of activated alumina (AA) and its use in treatment of arsenic contaminated groundwater. We have used 2% NaOH solution for regeneration, since this concentration is optimal upon considering the minimal dissolution of activated alumina granules. We have also studied the effect of pH on activated alumina and found that pH>11.5 is required for arsenic desorption. This technique is cost effective (INR 15 or USD 0.34 approximately per family of 4 people per month) and is capable of treating even 10,000 bed volume of contaminated water with regenerated AA. It is effective even when the predominant species of arsenic in the ground water is As(III). The present study, made during 2004–2007, justifies reduction of pollution load and minimizing financial burden in using regenerated AA at community level arsenic removal unit (ARU).

Suggested Citation

  • Ghosh, Debabrata & Gupta, Anirban, 2012. "Economic justification and eco-friendly approach for regeneration of spent activated alumina for arsenic contaminated groundwater treatment," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 118-124.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:61:y:2012:i:c:p:118-124
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.01.005
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344912000067
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.01.005?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. World Bank, 2005. "Towards a More Effective Operational Response : Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in South and East Asian Countries, Volume 2, Technical Report," World Bank Publications - Reports 8524, The World Bank Group.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Balasubramanya, Soumya & Pfaff, Alexander & Bennear, Lori & Tarozzi, Alessandro & Ahmed, Kazi Matin & Schoenfeld, Amy & van Geen, Alexander, 2014. "Evolution of households' responses to the groundwater arsenic crisis in Bangladesh: information on environmental health risks can have increasing behavioral impact over time," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 19(5), pages 631-647, October.
    2. Pavelic, Paul & Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali & Johnston, Robyn & McCartney, Matthew & Sotoukee, Touleelor & Balasubramanya, Soumya & Suhardiman, Diana & Lacombe, Guillaume & Douangsavanh, Somphasith &, 2015. "Integrated assessment of groundwater use for improving livelihoods in the dry zone of Myanmar," IWMI Research Reports 229608, International Water Management Institute.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:61:y:2012:i:c:p:118-124. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Kai Meng (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/resources-conservation-and-recycling .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.