Technologies for safe water supply in arsenic affected villages of Bangladesh utilizing a pedal pump

This paper presents information on the socio-techno-economic aspects of a water purification system for the arsenic contaminated villages of Bangladesh. The proposed system which is based on hollow fiber membranes and granular activated carbon columns can be used to harvest potable water from ponds...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Biswas, Wahidul, Leslie, G.
Other Authors: P. Jennings
Format: Conference Paper
Published: American Institute of Physics 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21856