Determination of Retention Efficiency of Kimondi Wetland in North Nandi District in Kenya

View Sample PDF

Author(s): Shadrack. M. Mule (University of Eastern Africa, Kenya)and Charles. M. Nguta (Egerton Univerity, Kenya)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 12
Source title: Handbook of Research on Hydroinformatics: Technologies, Theories and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Tagelsir Mohamed Gasmelseid (University of Khartoum, Sudan)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-907-1.ch021

Keywords: Environment & Agriculture / Environmental Science and Technologies / Environmental Technologies / Information Science Reference

Purchase

View Determination of Retention Efficiency of Kimondi Wetland in North Nandi District in Kenya on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

Wetland buffers may play an important role in the retention of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) which are released in large quantities from agricultural, municipal and industrial sources with run-off from agricultural lands being a common source of such nutrients to wetland ecosystems. Wetlands receiving crop field drainage are shown to lower nitrogen and phosphorus in water of such ecosystems. The main objective of the study was to determine the retention efficiency of Kimondi wetland in terms of nitrogen and phosphorus. Results of the study show that it the wetland has mean retention efficiency of 90% and 95% for nitrogen during rainy and dry seasons respectively and mean retention efficiency of phosphorus of 80% and 93% during rainy and dry seasons respectively an indication that the wetland has high retention efficiency and its buffering ability has not been exceeded in both seasons.

The IRMA Community

Research IRM

Determination of Retention Efficiency of Kimondi Wetland in North Nandi District in Kenya

Purchase

Abstract

Related Content

IRMA Sponsors