Although sludge piles from drinking water treatment plants can contain harmful substances,
in many countries, their disposal methods are still unregulated. Besides aluminum, which is …

Juturnaíba Lake has been utilized for the captation of water to supply over one million
people in the Lakes Region, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The water treatment plant sludges have …

Drinking water production may generate significant amounts of sludge, which may be
contaminated with various metals. For the first time, the mobility/lability of contaminants from …

Water treatment plants are designed to continuously produce drinkable water, meeting
defined criteria of potability. However, besides potable water, these plants produce sludges …

Mercury is a toxic element that is globally distributed in contamina-ted areas, as well as
remote environments. In the case of the Juturnaíba Lake (State of Rio de Janeiro …