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| | Publication - Strategic Action Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Pollution from industries in Dar es Salaam consists primarily of biological oxygen demand, BOD (2,715 tonnes/year) and suspended solids (SS) (15,454 tonnes/year), equivalent to 19% and 55% of the total BOD and SS loads for the city, respectively. |
 | | The Msimbazi river in Dar es salaam for instance, whose water is extensively used for irrigation of numerous smallscale farms along its valley, is heavily polluted with industrial effluents. |
 | | Domestic sewage in Dar es Salaam produces pollutants with an annual BOD of 11,681 tonnes, 12,641 tonnes of suspended solids (SS), 2,222 tonnes of oil and 3,320 tonnes of phosphorous compounds (P). |
| www.unep.org /eaf/Docs/SAPEaf5/tanzania.htm (3523 words) |
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