Floating Plant Mats Help Clean Manure Lagoons
US - Studies have shown that it’s possible to remove excess nutrients from manure lagoons by growing plants on floating mats. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Tifton, Ga., have been studying how to most efficiently use this method to extract excess nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater so it won’t become an environmental problem.
2 August 2006
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