Ineffectiveness of Nakivubo wetland in filtering out heavy metals from untreated Kampala urban effluent prior to discharge into Lake Victoria, Uganda

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3431-3439

  Mbabazi, Jolocam ^a   Kwetegyeka, J ^b   Ntale, M ^a   Wasswa, J ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Heavy metal filtration; Kampala urban effluent; Lake Victoria; Nakivubo wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251474366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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