Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities

Growing cities and their demand for water challenges the management of water resources and provides opportunities for wastewater use in irrigated agriculture. In the cases studied, large volumes of fresh water are extracted from sources often located increasingly further away from the city, while in...

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Main Authors: Rooijen, Daniel J. van, Smout, I., Drechsel, Pay, Biggs, Trent W.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65310

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