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Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Polluted Soils Using Local Plants in the Msimbazi River Catchment, Tanzania. : A Minor Field Study. / Fytoremediering av tungmetall förorenade jordar genom användning av lokala växter i Msimbazi flodens avrinningsområde, Tanzania.

This master thesis is a study of the feasibility of in situ soil remediation techniques in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It first looks at the existing on site remediation techniques and assesses how feasible they appear in the conditions of Dar es Salaam. Two methods were interpreted as more feasible than others, namely reactive zone remediation and phytoremediation. The feasibility of phytoremediation was assessed by sampling locally occurring plants and comparing their content of Cu, Pb and Zn with the respective content of the soil they grew in. If the content in the plants were elevated as compared to the soil content, the plant was deemed interesting from a phytoremediation point of view.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-96101
Date January 2011
CreatorsÖsterling, Eskil
PublisherKTH, Miljögeokemi och ekoteknik
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RelationTRITA-LWR Degree Project, 1651-064X ; LWR-EX-11-34

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