Sustainable gold mining wastewater treatment by sorption using low-cost materials /
Sorption technique was employed to remove heavy metals from gold mining effluent using natural and plant materials for sustainability. An assessment of the effluent quality of a gold mining company in Ghana indicated that arsenic, copper and cyanide were the major pollutants in the process effluent....
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| author | Acheampong, Mike Agbesi Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education |
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| description | Sorption technique was employed to remove heavy metals from gold mining effluent using natural and plant materials for sustainability. An assessment of the effluent quality of a gold mining company in Ghana indicated that arsenic, copper and cyanide were the major pollutants in the process effluent. Arsenic and copper were successfully removed from the effluent by the studied materials. The research showed that the down-flow fixed-bed treatment configuration is an ideal system for the simultaneous removal of copper and arsenic from low concentration gold mining effluent, in addition to other heavy metals present in very low concentrations. |
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:5104072020-12-19T17:18:54ZSustainable gold mining wastewater treatment by sorption using low-cost materials / Acheampong, Mike Agbesi Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education Netherlands : CRC Press,2013engSorption technique was employed to remove heavy metals from gold mining effluent using natural and plant materials for sustainability. An assessment of the effluent quality of a gold mining company in Ghana indicated that arsenic, copper and cyanide were the major pollutants in the process effluent. Arsenic and copper were successfully removed from the effluent by the studied materials. The research showed that the down-flow fixed-bed treatment configuration is an ideal system for the simultaneous removal of copper and arsenic from low concentration gold mining effluent, in addition to other heavy metals present in very low concentrations.Thesis (doctoral), Wageningen University, 2013.Includes bibliographical referencesSorption technique was employed to remove heavy metals from gold mining effluent using natural and plant materials for sustainability. An assessment of the effluent quality of a gold mining company in Ghana indicated that arsenic, copper and cyanide were the major pollutants in the process effluent. Arsenic and copper were successfully removed from the effluent by the studied materials. The research showed that the down-flow fixed-bed treatment configuration is an ideal system for the simultaneous removal of copper and arsenic from low concentration gold mining effluent, in addition to other heavy metals present in very low concentrations.PSZJBL Mines and mineral resourcesAcid mine drainage Gold mines and miningURN:ISBN:9781138001657 |
| spellingShingle | Mines and mineral resources Acid mine drainage Gold mines and mining Acheampong, Mike Agbesi Unesco-IHE Institute for Water Education Sustainable gold mining wastewater treatment by sorption using low-cost materials / |
| title | Sustainable gold mining wastewater treatment by sorption using low-cost materials / |
| title_full | Sustainable gold mining wastewater treatment by sorption using low-cost materials / |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable gold mining wastewater treatment by sorption using low-cost materials / |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable gold mining wastewater treatment by sorption using low-cost materials / |
| title_short | Sustainable gold mining wastewater treatment by sorption using low-cost materials / |
| title_sort | sustainable gold mining wastewater treatment by sorption using low cost materials |
| topic | Mines and mineral resources Acid mine drainage Gold mines and mining |
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