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Aquaculture System Management and Water Conservation

Yung Tse Hung, Hamidi A. Aziz, Mohd Erwan Sanik, Mohd Suffian Yusoff, Lawrence K. Wang

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    Abstract

    © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014. All rights reserved. Aquaculture or aquafarming is the cultivation of aquatic populations, including both aquatic animals and plants, under controlled environments. This chapter describes the environmental issues and regulations regarding aquaculture. Aquaculture water management, water supply, waste management, waste characterization and water quality related to aquaculture operation, and design of aquaculture system are emphasized. The use of three aquaculture systems (water hyacinth system, natural wetland system, and man-made Living Machine) for wastewater treatment and water conservation are presented.

    Original languageAmerican English
    Title of host publicationModern Water Resources Engineering
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2014

    Keywords

    • Aquaculture
    • Aquaculture regulations
    • Aquaculture waste management
    • Aquaculture water management
    • Aquafarming
    • Living machine
    • Natural wastewater treatment
    • Natural wetland
    • Water conservation
    • Water hyacinth

    Disciplines

    • Civil and Environmental Engineering

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