Purification of domestic sewage by water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 286-294

  Alade, G A ^a   Ojoawo, S O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Domestic sewage; Effluent; Hyacinth culture

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; HEAVY METALS; OXYGEN; PH; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS (BOD); CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; FISHING ACTIVITIES; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; NATURAL CONDITIONS; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS; SEWAGE PURIFICATION;

SEWAGE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEVELOPING WORLD; DOMESTIC WASTE; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHING; HEAVY METAL; HERB; IRRIGATION; NITRATE; ODOR; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STREAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS;

EID: 62249189579     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2009.023735     Document Type: Article

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