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E Panousi1, D Mamais1, C Noutsopoulos1

  • 1a Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering , School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens , Athens , Greece.

Environmental Technology
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PubMed

Keywords:
Biological groundwater treatmentCr(VI) reductionhigh nitrates contentlow nitrates contentreductive conditionshexavalent chromiumgroundwater treatmentbiological remediationanoxic conditions

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