Effluent polishing via pasture irrigation in Harare, Zimbabwe

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 287-295

  Nhapi, I ^a   Mawere, M ^a   Veenstra, S ^a   Gijzen, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Closing water and nutrient cycles; Digested sludge; Pasture irrigation; Runoff; Seepage; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EFFLUENTS; EUTROPHICATION; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

EFFLUENT POLISHING;

IRRIGATION;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DRYING; FILTRATION; LAGOON; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

LAGOON; PASTURE; SEEPAGE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

CATCHMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHICATION; GRASS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAKE; MAIZE; NUTRIENT; PASTURE; RIVER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE WATER; WATER SUPPLY; ZIMBABWE;

HARARE; ZIMBABWE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036431684     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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