Assess the effectiveness of Heliconia Plant in the Phytoremediation of wastewater

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 379, 2026 2^nd International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Methodologies, Technologies & Applications in Engineering (ICS2MT-2026)


Article Number		03002
Number of page(s)		13
Section		Water Resources, Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Waste Management
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202637903002
Published online		03 August 2026

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