Description:

An appalling degree of arsenic contamination in groundwater has affected more than a million people in wide region of Mekong delta flood plain in Cambodia. Arsenic is by far the most toxic species of all naturally occurring groundwater contaminants and disposal of removed arsenic is as important as its removal from ground water. The general objective is to provide arsenic-safe water to villagers while providing ecologically safe containment of arsenic-laden sludge.

Record Details:

Record Type:PROJECT( ABSTRACT )

Start Date:08/15/2010

Completion Date:08/14/2011

Record ID: 249537

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Related Organizations:

Role :OWNER

Organization Name :INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF CAMBODIA

Mailing Address :Russian Federation Blvd., Sangkat, Toek leak 1, Khan Tuolkok

Citation :Phnom Penh



Role :OWNER

Organization Name :LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

Mailing Address :27 Memorial Dr

Citation :Bethlehem

State :PA

Zip Code :18015

Project Information:

Approach :

This project proposes a sustainable solution for arsenic crisis in a remote location of Cambodia using regenerable adsorbents, decreasing volume of arsenic-wastes significantly through regeneration process and containing arsenic-sludge in a well-aerated coarse sand filter with minimum leaching potential.

Cost :$10,000.00

Research Component :Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development

Approach :

This project proposes a sustainable solution for arsenic crisis in a remote location of Cambodia using regenerable adsorbents, decreasing volume of arsenic-wastes significantly through regeneration process and containing arsenic-sludge in a well-aerated coarse sand filter with minimum leaching potential.

Cost :$10,000.00

Research Component :P3 Challenge Area - Water

Approach :

This project proposes a sustainable solution for arsenic crisis in a remote location of Cambodia using regenerable adsorbents, decreasing volume of arsenic-wastes significantly through regeneration process and containing arsenic-sludge in a well-aerated coarse sand filter with minimum leaching potential.

Cost :$10,000.00

Research Component :P3 Challenge Area - Materials & Chemistry

Project IDs:

ID Code :SU834717

Project type :EPA Grant