Arsenic removal methods for drinking water in the developing countries: technological developments and research needs |
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Authors: | Fayzul Kabir Shakhawat Chowdhury |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Research Group,King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,Dhahran,Saudi Arabia |
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Abstract: | Arsenic pollution of drinking water is a concern, particularly in the developing countries. Removal of arsenic from drinking water is strongly recommended. Despite the availability of efficient technologies for arsenic removal, the small and rural communities in the developing countries are not capable of employing most of these technologies due to their high cost and technical complexity. There is a need for the “low-cost” and “easy to use” technologies to protect the humans in the arsenic affected developing countries. In this study, arsenic removal technologies were summarized and the low-cost technologies were reviewed. The advantages and disadvantages of these technologies were identified and their scopes of applications and improvements were investigated. The costs were compared in context to the capacity of the low-income populations in the developing countries. Finally, future research directions were proposed to protect the low-income populations in the developing countries. |
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