USA Removal of phosphate from waste water ...
A method for chemically removing phosphates from waste waters by treating the phosphatecontaining waste water with a trivalent rare earth salt, generally as a mixture of such salts, to form an insoluble rare earth phosphate precipitate, and then separating the precipitate from the waste water. The rare earth precipitant salt, such as lanthanum chloride or sulfate, may be regenerated by ...