Making Fe 0 -Based Filters a Universal Solution for Safe Drinking Water Provision

Elham Naseri, Arnaud Igor Ndé-Tchoupé, Hezron T. Mwakabona, Charles Péguy Nanseu-Njiki, Chicgoua Noubactep, Karoli N. Njau and Kerstin D. Wydra
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Elham Naseri: Department of Soil Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 009821, Iran
Arnaud Igor Ndé-Tchoupé: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Douala, Douala P.O. Box 24157, Cameroon
Hezron T. Mwakabona: Department of Physical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro P.O. Box 3038 67115, Tanzania
Charles Péguy Nanseu-Njiki: Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé B.P. 812, Cameroon
Chicgoua Noubactep: Angewandte Geologie, Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
Karoli N. Njau: Department of Water and Environmental Science and Engineering, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha P.O. Box 447 23311, Tanzania
Kerstin D. Wydra: Plant Production and Climate Change, Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, Leipziger Straße 77, 99085 Erfurt, Germany

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-32

Abstract: Metallic iron (Fe 0 )-based filtration systems have the potential to significantly contribute to the achievement of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of substantially improving the human condition by 2030 through the provision of clean water. Recent knowledge on Fe 0 -based safe drinking water filters is addressed herein. They are categorized into two types: Household and community filters. Design criteria are recalled and operational details are given. Scientists are invited to co-develop knowledge enabling the exploitation of the great potential of Fe 0 filters for sustainable safe drinking water provision (and sanitation).

Keywords: design criteria; permeability loss; reactive filtration; revolving purifier; sponge iron; zero-valent iron (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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