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Monitoring the Wastewater Treatment Efficiency of Oxidation Ponds at Chokera, Faisalabad

Keywords: Domestic Sewage Treatment Plant, Waste Stabilization ponds, Efficiency, Upgrading, Faisalabad

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 36 ,  Issue 4

HAFIZ QASIM  ALI , AMIR FAROOQ   , MUZAFFAR AHMED   ,

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