Frank Kansiime, Nalubega Maimuna

Wastewater Treatment by a Natural Wetland

the Nakivubo Swamp, Uganda

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Uganda's Nakivubo swamp has been receiving wastewater from Kampala for over 30 years and consists of a floating root mat. It's potential to remove nutrients and pathogens from wastewater in a sustainable way, while maintaining ecological quality and biodiversity, is investigated in this work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9789054104209
• ISBN-10: 9054104201
• Artikelnr.: 24838970

Autorenporträt

Frank Kansiime (Author) , Maimuna Nalubega (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Description of the Nakivubo Swamp
Water Balance and Hydrodynamics of the Nakivubo Swamp
Water Quality of the Nakivubo Swamp
Nutrient Transformations by Dominant Vegetation Types in the Nakivubo Swamp
Transport and Fate of Faecal Coliforms in the Nakivubo Swamp
Nitrification in the Nakivubo Swamp
Phosphorus Retention in the Sediments of the Nakivubo Swamp
Mass Balance of the Nakivubo Swamp
Socio-Economics of the Nakivubo Swamp
Summary and Conclusions.