Re: Experimental Horticulture

• Subject: Re: Experimental Horticulture
• From: klier@cobra.uni.edu
• Date: 4 Nov 94 21:20:59 -0500
• Article: 47333 of rec.gardens
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• Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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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
 

• Experimental Horticulture
• From: XJNJ40A@prodigy.com (ANDREW SINGER )
• Re: Experimental Horticulture
• From: jenab@sunshine.ps.atl.sita.int (Jena B)

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