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Radioactive! Treating Contaminated Water
Author(s) -
Wong Joseph M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2008.tb01984.x
Subject(s) - electrodialysis , radionuclide , reverse osmosis , adsorption , environmental science , ion exchange , lime , water treatment , groundwater , contamination , chemistry , water softening , filtration (mathematics) , environmental chemistry , waste management , environmental engineering , membrane , softening , materials science , metallurgy , geology , ion , mathematics , ecology , engineering , composite material , biology , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , statistics , physics , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry
This article begins by providing a brief overview of sources of radionuclide occurrence in drinking water, and potential health risks of specific radionuclides. Various treatment technologies are discussed for removing radionuclides from contaminated groundwater that include: ion exchange; reverse osmosis; lime softening; co‐precipitation with barium sulfate; electrodialysis/electrodialysis reversal; preformed hydrous manganese oxide filtration; and, activated alumina adsorption.