Wastewater Treatment by a Natural Wetland: the Nakivubo Swamp, Uganda / Edition 1

by Frank Kansiime, Maimuna Nalubega

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138453111
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/12/2017
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Frank Kansiime (Author) , Maimuna Nalubega (Author)

Table of Contents

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.