Treatment of flower farm wastewater effluents using constructed wetlands in lake Naivasha, Kenya

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1870-1878

  Kimani, Rosemary W ^a   Mwangi, Benson M ^a   Gichuki, Cecilia M ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Flower farm effluents; Lake naivasha; Water pollution; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864776537     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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