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Keywords :- Remediation of sites contaminated with CCA - Copper Chrome Arsenate (wood preservatives) and coal tars from old coal gas works.
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From: Alan Lee
Date: 19th May 1998
Subject: Sites contaminated with Copper Chrome Arsenate, and Coal Tars
I am looking for information about the remediation of sites contaminated with CCA (Copper Chrome Arsenate - wood preservatives) and coal tars from old coal gas works.
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Alan Lee
From Dr Hackenbush
Hidden in the depths of the ContaminatedLAND website, are details of DoE Industry Profiles - covering both of these subjects.
- Gasworks, coke works and other coal carbonisation plants (ISBN 1 85l 122 32 X) £10
- Timber treatment works (ISBN 1 851 122 834) £ 10
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From Michael J Brooks
The problems caused by Arsenic contamination from CCA (Copper Chrome Arsenate) fade into insignificance when compared to arsenic contamination of drinking water in the Third World.
(Sunday Telegraph 5th April 1998 - Bangladesh irrigation wells sunk into bedrock with raised levels of naturally occuring arsenic, put millions at risk)
Arsenic in drinking water is a known public health danger and poses a significant cancer risk. In the US the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 require the EPA to propose a revised standard by 1st Jan 2000.
The existing US standard of 50 ppb for arsenic in public water supplies, will be revised by 1st Jan 2000 (possibly to within the 2 to 5 ppb).
The new WHO limit has been revised down to 10 ppb. This will be the new EC limit from 2003.
In surface waters the most common ionic valance state of arsenic is As (V) or arsenate. As (III) or arsenite, the most toxic form, is more likely to occur in anaerobic ground waters (well water). In the pH range of 4 to 10, the predominant As (III) compound is neutral in charge, while the As (V) species are negatively charged. Most removal technologies are based on chemical charge; therefore removal efficiencies for As (III) are poor compared to removal of As (V).
The Current Best Available Technologies in the US for arsenic removal are most effective in treating As (V). As (III) can be converted to As (V) using chlorine, potassium permanganate, hydrogen peroxide and ozone.
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From: Mohammed Ahmadul Hoque
Regarding your request for information on Arsenic contamination from tube-wells in Bangladesh, I am told that our report will be published by the mid of the next month. We hope then we'll be able to give you more information on the subject.
Mohammed Ahmadul Hoque
Organisation: Surface Water Modelling Centre, Bangladesh
Date: 22nd Nov 1998
Surface Water Modelling Centre, Bangladesh
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From: Micky Allen
ENN Daily News (5th May 1999) had an article about two researchers from the Center for Environmental Studies at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, who have come up with a low-cost, easy-to-implement method of removing arsenic from water that could serve an immediate need in Bangladesh.
The process uses direct coprecipitation and iron-oxide based coagulants. It involves adding inexpensive and readily-available chemicals to well water, mixing it up and then straining the water through a sand filter. The process has been able to reduce arsenic levels in water from 600 micrograms per litre to less than 50 micrograms per litre.
It is believed that 30 million people in Bangladesh are affected by naturally occurring arsenic contamination in their drinking water. About 1.2 million of those people are severely affected. Water wells in 59 of Bangladesh's 64 districts are contaminated, according to Dainichi Consultant Inc. of Gifu, Japan.
Date: 10th May 1999