Title
Evaluation of the arsenic removal in superficial waters using home filters
Other title
Evaluación de la remoción de arsénico en agua superficial utilizando filtros domiciliarios
Date Issued
01 October 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
The objective of the study was to evaluate home filters to remove arsenic present in waters coming from the Sama river. The system consisted of a traditional sand filter and a filter with the adsorbent zerovalent iron material stabilized in quitosan. The evaluation of the system lasted for a period of 12 weeks in 18 points of usage; the first eight weeks the arsenic concentration of the filtered water was determined using reactive strips, and the last four assessment was made through atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). During the first eight weeks the arsenic concentration was reduced in a range of 0.005 and 0.025 mg/L, and during the last four weeks in the range of 0.001 and 0.052 mg/L, from an average concentration of 0.51 mg/L. This research showed that the filtration system is efficient to remove arsenic to natural conditions.
Start page
652
End page
656
Volume
35
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85061130325
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sponsor(s)
El proyecto fue financiado con fondos externos de la organización Grand Challenges de Canadá.
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