Urban surface water quality and the potential of phytoremediation to improve water quality in peri-urban and urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa – a review
In 2017, 400 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) were still using unimproved drinking water sources, 80 million of whom relied on untreated surface water. Urban areas are vastly expanding all over the continent and many larger cities in SSA struggle to provide safely managed drinking water. P...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IWA Publishing
2022-11-01
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Series: | Water Supply |
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Online Access: | http://ws.iwaponline.com/content/22/11/8372 |