Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture

1. Front Matter

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2. Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture: The Golden Example of Nexus Approach

   • Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Serena Caucci, Reza Ardakanian

   Pages 1-11

3. The Opportunity Versus Risks in Wastewater Irrigation

   • Md Zillur Rahman, Frank Riesbeck, Simon Dupree

   Pages 13-25

4. The Impact of Wastewater Irrigation on Soils and Crops

   • Md Zillur Rahman, Frank Riesbeck, Simon Dupree

   Pages 27-36

5. Selecting the Treatment Technology for Wastewater Use in Agriculture Based on a Matrix Developed by the German Association for Water, Wastewater, and Waste

   • Roland Knitschky, Hiroshan Hettiarachchi

   Pages 37-74

6. Policy and the Governance Framework for Wastewater Irrigation: Jordanian Experience

   • Maha Halalsheh, Ghada Kassab

   Pages 75-99

7. Development of Sanitation Safety Plans to Implement World Health Organization Guidelines: Jordanian Experience

   • Maha Halalsheh, Ghada Kassab, Khaldoun Shatanawi, Munjed Al-Shareef

   Pages 101-130

8. Public Acceptance of Wastewater Use in Agriculture: Tunisian Experience

   • Olfa Mahjoub, Amel Jemai, Najet Gharbi, Awatef Messai Arbi, Souad Dekhil

   Pages 131-157

9. Use of Wastewater in Managed Aquifer Recharge for Agricultural and Drinking Purposes: The Dutch Experience

   • Koen Zuurbier, Patrick Smeets, Kees Roest, Wim van Vierssen

   Pages 159-175

10. Erratum to: Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture

    • Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Reza Ardakanian

    Pages E1-E1

This book offers a broad and global level description of the current status of wastewater use in agriculture and then brings the readers to various places in the MENA Region and Europe to explain how some countries and regions have addressed the challenges during implementation. On a global scale, over 20 million hectares of agricultural land are irrigated using wastewater. This is one good, and perhaps the most prominent, example of the safe use potential of wastewater. Water scarcity and the cost of energy and fertilisers are among the main factors driving millions of farmers and other entrepreneurs to make use of wastewater. In order to address the technical, institutional, and policy challenges of safe water reuse, developing countries and countries in transition need clear institutional arrangements and more skilled human resources, with a sound understanding of the opportunities and potential risks of wastewater use. Stakeholders in wastewater irrigation who need to implement from scratch or improve current conditions, find it difficult to gather the necessary information on practical implementation aspects. The main objective of this book is to bridge that gap.

• Wastewater Policy
• Wastewater Irrigation
• Health Risks
• Public Acceptance
• Nexus Approach
• water quality and water pollution

• United Nations University (UNU-FLORES), Dresden, Germany

  Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Reza Ardakanian

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