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Fighting for the right to use wastewater: what drives the use of untreated wastewater in a peri-urban village of Faisalabad, Pakistan?

This case study from Chakera village, Faisalabad City, Pakistan describes the transition from canal-water irrigation to wastewater irrigation over a period of several decades. It shows that while the initial motivation for wastewater use was water scarcity and a lack of choice, farmers soon realized...

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Main Authors: Weckenbrock, P., Evans, Alexandra E.V., Majeed, M.Q., Ahmad, Waqas, Bashir, N.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Informa UK Limited 2011
Subjects:
water reuse
water scarcity
water stress
wastewater treatment
wastewater irrigation
sanitation
periurban areas
case studies
canals
agricultural land
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40471
Summary:This case study from Chakera village, Faisalabad City, Pakistan describes the transition from canal-water irrigation to wastewater irrigation over a period of several decades. It shows that while the initial motivation for wastewater use was water scarcity and a lack of choice, farmers soon realized there were benefits associated with this alternative water supply. In the subsequent decades, they made great efforts and overcame organizational, infrastructural and legal obstacles to establish wastewater irrigation as the only irrigation on most of the village's agricultural area.

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