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SUMMARY
This white paper provides an overview of arsenic contamination of drinking
water from a global perspective. The goal of the study is to examine the
current causes of contamination, the ongoing changes to regulatory compliance
worldwide, and to assess the available and emerging treatment technologies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 ARSENIC CONTAMINATION OF DRINKING WATER
- Introduction
- Overview
- Sources of Arsenic
- Health Effects of Arsenic Ingestion
- Implication of Arsenic Contamination on Developing Nations
- Detection of Arsenic in Drinking and Ground Water Sources
- Global Arsenic Occurences
- Arsenic in Asia
- Arsenic in North America
- Arsenic in South America
- Arsenic Problems in Bangladesh
- Arsenic Problems in China
- Arsenic Problems in India
- Arsenic Problems in the United States
- Regulatory Perspective
- Current Arsenic Standards Defined by Key Regulatory Agencies
- Technology Perspective
- Available Technology for Arsenic Treatment
- Emerging Treatment Methods
- Competitive Landscape
- Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Approved Vendors
- Drivers and Restraints and Challenges
- Conclusion
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