Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture - From Concept to Implementation

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.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture (SUWA): The golden example of Nexus Approach.- Chapter 2: Global Perspective of Wastewater Use: Opportunity vs. Risks.- Chapter 3: Science behind Wastewater Irrigation.- Chapter 4: Selection of Appropriate Wastewater Treatment Technology.- Chapter 5: Setting the Policy Framework for SUWA: Jordanian Experience.- Chapter 6: Sanitation Safety Plans (SSP) for Implementing WHO Guidelines: Jordanian Experience.- Chapter 7: Public Perception and Acceptance for SUWA: Tunisian Experience.- Chapter 8: Use of Wastewater in Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) for Agricultural Uses: The Dutch Experience.

Summary

First book to cover safe use of wastewater in agriculture from a nexus perspective
Serves as a guideline for implementation of safe use of wastewater in agriculture (SUWA)
First-hand information covering SUWA experience from MENA region and Europe

Product details

• Assisted by: Ardakanian (Editor), Ardakanian (Editor), Reza Ardakanian (Editor), Hirosha Hettiarachchi (Editor), Hiroshan Hettiarachchi (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319742670
• ISBN: 978-3-31-974267-0
• No. of pages: 175
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 243 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Illustrations: XII, 175 p. 38 illus., 23 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; B, Public Health, biotechnology, Agriculture, environmental science, engineering & technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Pollution, Environmental Management, Public health & preventive medicine, Energy industries & utilities, Water pollution, Environmental management,, Agricultural science, Environmental engineering, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology