Application of constructed wetlands to the treatment of leachates from a municipal solid waste landfill in Ibadan, Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 58-62

  Aluko, Olufemi Oludare ^a   Sridhar, M K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRATE; TRACE METAL;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; LEACHATE; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODIVERSITY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INCIDENCE; IPOMOEA; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LEUKEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NIGERIA; PH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; IPOMOEA; METALS, HEAVY; NIGERIA; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA;

EID: 20444449645     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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