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Slow Sand Filtration Nursery Paper 1998
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Slow sand filtration is a low-cost water disinfestation methodthat can be used as an alternative method of treating nurseryirrigation water to control plant pathogens. It is a method thathas gained popularity for use in treating recirculating nutrientsolutions in greenhouse production yet can be adapted tolarge scale water treatment in nurseries.
