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An investigation into the performance of vegetated biofilters in removing nutrients from stormwater in the City of Cape Town, South Africa
In 2009, the City of Cape Town (CoCT) adopted a stormwater policy which mandates that new and existing developments should reduce the concentrations of phosphorus and suspended solids in stormwater runoff by 45% and 80% respectively, but offered no explicit guidance about how these water quality tar...
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| author | Milandri, Stefan |
| author2 | Winter, Kevin |
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| description | In 2009, the City of Cape Town (CoCT) adopted a stormwater policy which mandates that new and existing developments should reduce the concentrations of phosphorus and suspended solids in stormwater runoff by 45% and 80% respectively, but offered no explicit guidance about how these water quality targets might be achieved. This study aims to contribute to the limited knowledge that exists about the performance of local plant species to treat stormwater. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11458 An investigation into the performance of vegetated biofilters in removing nutrients from stormwater in the City of Cape Town, South Africa Milandri, Stefan Winter, Kevin Environmental and Geographical Science In 2009, the City of Cape Town (CoCT) adopted a stormwater policy which mandates that new and existing developments should reduce the concentrations of phosphorus and suspended solids in stormwater runoff by 45% and 80% respectively, but offered no explicit guidance about how these water quality targets might be achieved. This study aims to contribute to the limited knowledge that exists about the performance of local plant species to treat stormwater. 2015-01-05T18:44:44Z 2015-01-05T18:44:44Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11458 eng application/pdf Department of Environmental and Geographical Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Environmental and Geographical Science Milandri, Stefan An investigation into the performance of vegetated biofilters in removing nutrients from stormwater in the City of Cape Town, South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An investigation into the performance of vegetated biofilters in removing nutrients from stormwater in the City of Cape Town, South Africa |
| title_full | An investigation into the performance of vegetated biofilters in removing nutrients from stormwater in the City of Cape Town, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | An investigation into the performance of vegetated biofilters in removing nutrients from stormwater in the City of Cape Town, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation into the performance of vegetated biofilters in removing nutrients from stormwater in the City of Cape Town, South Africa |
| title_short | An investigation into the performance of vegetated biofilters in removing nutrients from stormwater in the City of Cape Town, South Africa |
| title_sort | investigation into the performance of vegetated biofilters in removing nutrients from stormwater in the city of cape town south africa |
| topic | Environmental and Geographical Science |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11458 |
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