Contaminant management in water reuse systems

Although wastewater has been increasingly used to grow a range of crops for income generation and livelihood resilience in urban and peri-urban areas, irrigation with untreated or partially treated wastewater may result in negative impacts on irrigated crops, soils, and groundwater along with implic...

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Autores principales: Qadir, Manzoor, Drechsel, Pay
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72637
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description Although wastewater has been increasingly used to grow a range of crops for income generation and livelihood resilience in urban and peri-urban areas, irrigation with untreated or partially treated wastewater may result in negative impacts on irrigated crops, soils, and groundwater along with implications for human and environmental health through chemical and microbial risks. With the potential for environmental risks due to concentrations above the maximum allowable levels, the major chemical constituent groups that need to be addressed in wastewater-irrigated environments are metals and metalloids, essential nutrients, salts and specific ionic species, and persistent organic pollutants. To avoid potential negative impacts, conventional wastewater treatment options, which can control the release of these contaminants into the environment, remain the key to protecting water quality for beneficial uses in agriculture, aquaculture, and agroforestry systems. Effective legislation, monitoring, and enforcement are also essential and often neglected management strategies. At the farm level, some low-cost irrigation, soil, and crop management options, discussed in this chapter, are available to reduce the risk from contaminants added through wastewater irrigation.
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spelling CGSpace726372025-02-24T06:54:18Z Contaminant management in water reuse systems Qadir, Manzoor Drechsel, Pay water reuse contamination pollution control wastewater irrigation wastewater treatment freshwater risk management metals semimetals cadmium salts ions crop management soil management nutrients irrigation schemes drainage salinity control organic compounds diversification public health Although wastewater has been increasingly used to grow a range of crops for income generation and livelihood resilience in urban and peri-urban areas, irrigation with untreated or partially treated wastewater may result in negative impacts on irrigated crops, soils, and groundwater along with implications for human and environmental health through chemical and microbial risks. With the potential for environmental risks due to concentrations above the maximum allowable levels, the major chemical constituent groups that need to be addressed in wastewater-irrigated environments are metals and metalloids, essential nutrients, salts and specific ionic species, and persistent organic pollutants. To avoid potential negative impacts, conventional wastewater treatment options, which can control the release of these contaminants into the environment, remain the key to protecting water quality for beneficial uses in agriculture, aquaculture, and agroforestry systems. Effective legislation, monitoring, and enforcement are also essential and often neglected management strategies. At the farm level, some low-cost irrigation, soil, and crop management options, discussed in this chapter, are available to reduce the risk from contaminants added through wastewater irrigation. 2016 2016-03-16T05:32:31Z 2016-03-16T05:32:31Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72637 en Limited Access Qadir, M.; Drechsel, Pay. 2016. Contaminant management in water reuse systems. In Eslamian, S. (Ed.). Urban water reuse handbook. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. pp. 525-532.
spellingShingle water reuse
contamination
pollution control
wastewater irrigation
wastewater treatment
freshwater
risk management
metals
semimetals
cadmium
salts
ions
crop management
soil management
nutrients
irrigation schemes
drainage
salinity control
organic compounds
diversification
public health
Qadir, Manzoor
Drechsel, Pay
Contaminant management in water reuse systems
title Contaminant management in water reuse systems
title_full Contaminant management in water reuse systems
title_fullStr Contaminant management in water reuse systems
title_full_unstemmed Contaminant management in water reuse systems
title_short Contaminant management in water reuse systems
title_sort contaminant management in water reuse systems
topic water reuse
contamination
pollution control
wastewater irrigation
wastewater treatment
freshwater
risk management
metals
semimetals
cadmium
salts
ions
crop management
soil management
nutrients
irrigation schemes
drainage
salinity control
organic compounds
diversification
public health
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