Irrigation, domestic water supply and human health
This paper presents examples of the close interactions, intended or unintended, between the various uses and users of irrigation water. The main focus is on the close link between water used for crop production in irrigated agriculture and water used by humans for drinking and other domestic purpose...
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| author | Hoek, Wim van der Boelee, Eline Konradsen, Flemming |
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| description | This paper presents examples of the close interactions, intended or unintended, between the various uses and users of irrigation water. The main focus is on the close link between water used for crop production in irrigated agriculture and water used by humans for drinking and other domestic purposes, a link that has largely been ignored by policy makers, governments, donors, international organizations, and the research community. In addition, a number of reasons are given as to why, from a public health point of view, an exclusive focus on water quality issues is a mistake and why more attention needs to be paid to the availability of sufficient quantities of water for domestic use than at present. The main argument that will be advanced is that significant health opportunities are missed due to the sectoral thinking of professionals and institutions involved in managing water. Several issues are expected to become very important in the twenty-first century and reflect the close linkages between water for food and water for people. These include the overexploitation of groundwater resources for irrigation, newly emerging groundwater quality problems, and increased recycling of water. |
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| spelling | CGSpace375012021-10-07T06:56:09Z Irrigation, domestic water supply and human health In Marquette, C. M.; Pettersen, S.W. (Eds.) Water and Development: Some selected aspects, -- Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK Hoek, Wim van der Boelee, Eline Konradsen, Flemming public health irrigation water supply encyclopedias This paper presents examples of the close interactions, intended or unintended, between the various uses and users of irrigation water. The main focus is on the close link between water used for crop production in irrigated agriculture and water used by humans for drinking and other domestic purposes, a link that has largely been ignored by policy makers, governments, donors, international organizations, and the research community. In addition, a number of reasons are given as to why, from a public health point of view, an exclusive focus on water quality issues is a mistake and why more attention needs to be paid to the availability of sufficient quantities of water for domestic use than at present. The main argument that will be advanced is that significant health opportunities are missed due to the sectoral thinking of professionals and institutions involved in managing water. Several issues are expected to become very important in the twenty-first century and reflect the close linkages between water for food and water for people. These include the overexploitation of groundwater resources for irrigation, newly emerging groundwater quality problems, and increased recycling of water. 2002 2014-06-12T14:38:20Z 2014-06-12T14:38:20Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/37501 en Limited Access van der Hoek, W.; Boelee, E.; Konradsen, F. 2002. Irrigation, domestic water supply and human health. [In Marquette, C. M.; Pettersen, S.W. (Eds.) Water and Development: Some selected aspects, -- Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK] 14p. |
| spellingShingle | public health irrigation water supply encyclopedias Hoek, Wim van der Boelee, Eline Konradsen, Flemming Irrigation, domestic water supply and human health |
| title | Irrigation, domestic water supply and human health |
| title_full | Irrigation, domestic water supply and human health |
| title_fullStr | Irrigation, domestic water supply and human health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Irrigation, domestic water supply and human health |
| title_short | Irrigation, domestic water supply and human health |
| title_sort | irrigation domestic water supply and human health |
| topic | public health irrigation water supply encyclopedias |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/37501 |
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