Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review
Raw sewage is widely used on agricultural soils in urban areas of developing countries to meet water shortages. Although it is a good source of plant nutrients, such sewage also increases the heavy metal load to soils, which may impact the food chain. Management options for sewage contaminated soils...
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| author | Murtaza, G. Ghafoor, A. Qadir, Manzoor Owens, G. Aziz, M.A. Zia, M.H. Saifullah |
| author_browse | Aziz, M.A. Ghafoor, A. Murtaza, G. Owens, G. Qadir, Manzoor Saifullah Zia, M.H. |
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| description | Raw sewage is widely used on agricultural soils in urban areas of developing countries to meet water shortages. Although it is a good source of plant nutrients, such sewage also increases the heavy metal load to soils, which may impact the food chain. Management options for sewage contaminated soils includes addition of nontoxic compounds such as lime, calcium sulfate and organic matter, which form insoluble metal complexes, thus reducing metal phytoavailability to plants. In this paper we review the variation in irrigation quality of sewage at different sites and its impact on the quality of soils and vegetables. Although quality of sewage was highly variable at source, yet the effluent from food industries was relatively safe for irrigation. In comparison effluent samples collected from textile, dyeing, calendaring, steel industry, hospitals and clinical laboratories, foundries and tanneries were hazardous with respect to soluble salts, sodium adsorption ratio and heavy metals like zinc, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, cobalt and cadmium. The sewage quality in main drains was better than that at the industry outlet, but was still not safe for irrigation. In general, higher accumulation of metals in fruits and vegetable roots was recorded compared to that in plant leaves. Edible parts of vegetables (fruits and/or leaves) accumulated metals more than the permissible limits despite the soils contained ammonium bicarbonate diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid extractable metals within a safe range. In either case further scientific investigations are needed to ensure safe management strategies. Cadmium appeared to be the most threatening metal especially in leafy vegetables. It is advisable to avoid leafy vegetables cultivation in sewage irrigated areas everywhere to restrict its entry into food chain. |
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| spelling | CGSpace405252023-06-13T06:21:58Z Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review Murtaza, G. Ghafoor, A. Qadir, Manzoor Owens, G. Aziz, M.A. Zia, M.H. Saifullah heavy metals health hazards water quality sewage soil properties vegetable growing wastewater irrigation Raw sewage is widely used on agricultural soils in urban areas of developing countries to meet water shortages. Although it is a good source of plant nutrients, such sewage also increases the heavy metal load to soils, which may impact the food chain. Management options for sewage contaminated soils includes addition of nontoxic compounds such as lime, calcium sulfate and organic matter, which form insoluble metal complexes, thus reducing metal phytoavailability to plants. In this paper we review the variation in irrigation quality of sewage at different sites and its impact on the quality of soils and vegetables. Although quality of sewage was highly variable at source, yet the effluent from food industries was relatively safe for irrigation. In comparison effluent samples collected from textile, dyeing, calendaring, steel industry, hospitals and clinical laboratories, foundries and tanneries were hazardous with respect to soluble salts, sodium adsorption ratio and heavy metals like zinc, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, cobalt and cadmium. The sewage quality in main drains was better than that at the industry outlet, but was still not safe for irrigation. In general, higher accumulation of metals in fruits and vegetable roots was recorded compared to that in plant leaves. Edible parts of vegetables (fruits and/or leaves) accumulated metals more than the permissible limits despite the soils contained ammonium bicarbonate diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid extractable metals within a safe range. In either case further scientific investigations are needed to ensure safe management strategies. Cadmium appeared to be the most threatening metal especially in leafy vegetables. It is advisable to avoid leafy vegetables cultivation in sewage irrigated areas everywhere to restrict its entry into food chain. 2010 2014-06-13T14:47:50Z 2014-06-13T14:47:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40525 en Limited Access Murtaza, G.; Ghafoor, A.; Qadir, Manzoor; Owens, G.; Aziz, M. A.; Zia, M. H.; Saifullah. 2010. Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review. Pedosphere, 20(1):23?34. |
| spellingShingle | heavy metals health hazards water quality sewage soil properties vegetable growing wastewater irrigation Murtaza, G. Ghafoor, A. Qadir, Manzoor Owens, G. Aziz, M.A. Zia, M.H. Saifullah Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review |
| title | Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review |
| title_full | Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review |
| title_fullStr | Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review |
| title_short | Disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in Pakistan: a review |
| title_sort | disposal and use of sewage on agricultural lands in pakistan a review |
| topic | heavy metals health hazards water quality sewage soil properties vegetable growing wastewater irrigation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40525 |
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