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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Environ Manage. 2019 Sep 24;251:109572. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109572

Table 3.

Details of the application of FGDG in the treatment of different types of water.

Application Type of water Mechanism References
Heavy metal removal Industrial wastewater Precipitation, stable mineral formation, adsorption with the aid of SO42−, OH−, CO32−, Ca2+, and Fe–Al oxides Jayaranjan and Annachhatre, 2013, Yan et al., 2014a, Yan et al., 2014b
Industrial wastewater Forming hydroxyapatite Yan et al. (2015)
Cyanobacterial growth reduction and metabolites removal Lake water Charge neutralization by Ca2+ addition and promotes coagulation Whangchai et al. (2016)
Dye removal Industrial wastewater Adsorption Deniz and Saygideger (2010)
Dissolved organic carbon removal Lake water, agricultural drainage Ca2+ cross-linked organic matter with clay particle in sediment Varcoe et al. (2010)
Reduce fecal bacteria contamination Poultry litter drainage Charge neutralization by Ca2+ addition and coagulation.
Reduced bacterial growth by increasing pH		 Jenkins et al. (2014)