Articles | Volume 2, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-2-29-2009
https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-2-29-2009
30 Jun 2009
 | 30 Jun 2009

Arsenic in drinking water: a worldwide water quality concern for water supply companies

D. van Halem, S. A. Bakker, G. L. Amy, and J. C. van Dijk

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