Phytoremediation Of Sewage Effluent With Some Selected Aquatic Plants From Anaerobically Digested Biogas Plant From The Valley View University Biogas Facility, Oyibi, Accra.

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background With the increasing population and increasing per capita water demands, certain areas will soon face the problem of needing more water than can be obtained from local water supplies. This projected water deficit has instigated an interest in water reclamation and reuse, using treated waste waters as a public water supply source. Ghana is no exception to the countries around the world, experiencing high volumes of wastewater that flows out without reclaiming them for use. The high population growth, high urbanization rate, progress in sanitation facili…