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Re: Experimental Horticulture
In article <39bdg4$mt6@ash.es.atl.sita.int>, jenab@sunshine.ps.atl.sita.int (Jena B) writes:
> ANDREW SINGER (XJNJ40A@prodigy.com) wrote:
> : I am interested if anyone knows of any universities/government agencies
> : or private institutions that are experimenting with the idea of using a
> : select grouping of plants to extract "environmentally harmful" substances
> : from human originated wastewater. I have had some leads in the fields
> : of golf courses, which treat the runoff water in a manmade wetland
> : environment, but I would like to know if there are any formal studies
> : going on anywhere. Thank you for your help!
>
> : Andrew
> : Seattle, WA
> Andrew,
> Call your local county extension office, listed in the phone book
> under county government. If anyone knows, I suspect they would.
I know that there has been a similar experiment in Iowa... Try the
Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources, in Des Moines. The area was a
(created?) cattail marsh being used as a tertiary or quaternary
sewage treatment.
Kay Klier Biology Dept UNI
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