Potential for the use of duckweed-based pond systems in Zimbabwe

Water SA

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-120

  Nhapi, Innocent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Duckweed; Mass balance model; Nutrient recovery; Pollution control; Reuse options; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPREADSHEETS; TOXICITY;

DUCKWEED SYSTEMS; SPREADSHEET MODELS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILTER; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FILTER; MASS BALANCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

LEMNA;

EID: 1642313572     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v30i1.5034     Document Type: Review

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