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Agrochemicals use in horticulture industry in Tanzania and their potential impact to water resources
(International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2014-04)
The objective of this review was to analyze the existing information on the use of agrochemicals
(Fertilizers and Pesticides) in the Tanzanian horticulture industry especially the Northern regions and their
potential to ...
Defluoridation of Water Supplies Using Coconut Shells Activated Carbon: Batch Studies
(IJSR, 2014)
Drinking water with elevated fluoride levels results in serious irreparable health problem that has attained an alarming
dimension all over the world, Tanzania being one of the affected countries; techniques have been ...
Influence of Macrophyte Types towards Agrochemical Phytoremediation in a Tropical Environment
(International Journal of Engineering Research and General Science, 2014-09)
The presence of agrochemicals waste water from agricultural fields poses major environmental and human health problems which may be solved by phytoremediation technologies. Phytoremediation is the use of plants to remediate ...
The influence of stereochemistry of the active compounds on fluoride adsorption efficiency of the plant biomass
(Science Publishing Group, 2014-08-20)
Several studies have reported various defluoridation capabilities of plant biomasses. The resultant variations in
fluoride removal capacities are associated with the presence of different types of active functional groups ...
Potentials of agric wastes activated carbons for water softening
(Research Journal in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2014)
Various studies have been conducted to address softening of hard water. Ion exchange, electro-based techniques,
membrane filtration and adsorption are the most reported techniques in softening hard water. In the present
work, ...
Plant biomasses for defluoridation appropriateness : unlocking their potentials
(Research Journal in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2014)
Fluoride and fluorosis are endemic to many countries including Tanzania. Performances of different materials
for use in water defluoridation systems have been reported. Some of these materials are; alum, oxides and
hydroxide ...
Water hardness removal by coconut shell activated carbon
(Science Publishing Group, 2014-08-30)
The present study reports the water softening by adsorption of hardness ions onto Coconut Shell Activated
Carbons (CSAC). Characterization of CSAC was identified by FT-IR and SEM techniques. Batch experiments were ...