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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| author | Rooijen, Daniel J. van Smout, I. Drechsel, Pay Biggs, Trent W. |
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| description | 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 investments in wastewater disposal often lag behind. The resulting environmental impact in peri-urban areas can have multiple consequences for public health, in particular through the use of untreated or poorly treated wastewater in irrigated agriculture. Despite significant efforts to increase wastewater treatment, substantial volumes of untreated wastewater are applied in irrigated agriculture in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Accra (Ghana) and Hyderabad (India). Additional options for safeguarding public health are required to allow the cities to maintain the benefits from already existing, but largely informal, wastewater reuse. |
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| spelling | CGSpace653102025-02-27T05:50:47Z Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities Rooijen, Daniel J. van Smout, I. Drechsel, Pay Biggs, Trent W. wastewater treatment water reuse food production health hazards public health periurban areas wastewater irrigation irrigated farming developing countries 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 investments in wastewater disposal often lag behind. The resulting environmental impact in peri-urban areas can have multiple consequences for public health, in particular through the use of untreated or poorly treated wastewater in irrigated agriculture. Despite significant efforts to increase wastewater treatment, substantial volumes of untreated wastewater are applied in irrigated agriculture in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Accra (Ghana) and Hyderabad (India). Additional options for safeguarding public health are required to allow the cities to maintain the benefits from already existing, but largely informal, wastewater reuse. 2014 2015-04-30T13:41:39Z 2015-04-30T13:41:39Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65310 en Limited Access Van Rooijen, D.; Smout, I.; Drechsel, Pay; Biggs, T. 2014. Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.219-231. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71) |
| spellingShingle | wastewater treatment water reuse food production health hazards public health periurban areas wastewater irrigation irrigated farming developing countries Rooijen, Daniel J. van Smout, I. Drechsel, Pay Biggs, Trent W. Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities |
| title | Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities |
| title_full | Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities |
| title_fullStr | Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities |
| title_short | Wastewater treatment capacity, food production and health risk in peri-urban areas: a comparison of three cities |
| title_sort | wastewater treatment capacity food production and health risk in peri urban areas a comparison of three cities |
| topic | wastewater treatment water reuse food production health hazards public health periurban areas wastewater irrigation irrigated farming developing countries |
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