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                    [ArticleID] => 424417
                    [Title] => Household wastewater good liquid fertilizer
                    [Summary] => 

A local study recently found household wastewater (gray water) as a good liquid fertilizer for tilapia and vegetable production.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 360707 [Title] => Wastewater good for veggies [Summary] => Don’t just throw away household wastewater.

Wash water from the kitchen, laundry, and bathroom (often called "gray water") and human wastewater (urine) can be used for watering and fertilizing vegetables in the backyard.

Confirming this is a study done by the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (DOST-PCAMRD) and Aquatic Biosystems in Bay, Laguna.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 360851 [Title] => Wastewater good for veggies [Summary] => Don’t just throw away household wastewater.

Wash water from the kitchen, laundry, and bathroom (often called "gray water") and human wastewater (urine) can be used for watering and fertilizing vegetables in the backyard.

Confirming this is a study done by the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (DOST-PCAMRD) and Aquatic Biosystems in Bay, Laguna.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350113 [Title] => Wastewater good for aquaculture [Summary] => Wastewater from kitchen sink and washing machine, known as "gray water," can be used for growing aquatic plants and fish.

Attesting to this are studies done by Aquatic Biosystems, a private R&D group based in Laguna Bay, monitored by the Los Baños-based Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD).

In tests, it was found that with the use of kitchen wastewater, kangkong (Ipomea aquatica) had a growth that was favored with up to 20 percent concentration for the wastewater in the culture medium.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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