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 28C & 25D Est. Whim
 Centerline Road, F'Sted

 772-3093


 OPEN: Mon-Fri 9-5
 Sat- 8-5
 CL OSED: Tuesdays

Specializing in:

 Hair cuts, facials,
 Tints, Hair states.

Proprietress:
 Maria L ugo


S I. 1 consists of stones or sonie othei media \\li a laige sur-
face area. Large numbers of bacteria grow on tihe stone o a
biological filter and cover them with a slime. As waste\a tel i'l,'
through the filter, the bactena remove the ammonmi and 'on.
it to nitrate, a nutrient that is lelatlvely ham-nle, to tlh. This
process is called "nitriication." N tifticaton is te second stge
in the wastewater treatment process.

 Large amnouints of n1utieints in feed aie not utilhed b\ :;la .i
and they accumulate in tile l \atei. The1 e nilrileni .ie 'r.:ie i.
nitrogen and phosphorus, which are nt\o, ol the -ar oilnier i
required by plants for gcro th. Theretore. tthe in l tae in .tie-
water treatment consists of vegetables roted in bed 1 <
As wastewater passes tllougl tile gravel. The rool s t te \e I I A les
absorb nutrients Itom the water. Femtlizeis Tcinamin ,.e e -
ments lmust be added to the \water oc tion ial to ,uppl reiuel!
plant nutrients that are not found in fish teed.
 One of the obstacles that miay imit the dexelopmei nt r1s;:
cultture-hydroponic systems in tihe Virti IslandT i itlie h;i ,ghi i .
energy. Water pumps and aerators use L J coii dei l le aIo''o'I- i
energy to operate continutousiy. A prelinmmart eci nii .::.
showed that energy co sust sub istantiall leduced i he iI i te ial ?' :
nimargin that would be geniated lt the sale ot .Lipia :aTr
Future research will include additional econoni nal\ n es a:- S -:
effort will be made to find more efficient \\ate: pumps c ia -:
tots.

 Self-sufficiency in food production i an it i it mi -
 tant goal for the Virgin Islands during g this perod of popu.ati.
 expansion and rising transportation costs. Research vlt]- :ls:1
 cultule-hydroponic systems is just one approtih being takenI '
 the Agriculture Experiment Station to met e t dend :;:c
 food in an area that has lintted freshwater res ouieei


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