Use of treated municipal wastewater in irrigated agriculture—Review of some practices in Spain and Greece

F Pedrero, I Kalavrouziotis, JJ Alarcón… - Agricultural Water …, 2010 - Elsevier
Approximately, seventy (70) percent of world water use including all the water diverted from
rivers and pumped from underground is used for agricultural irrigation, so that the reuse of …

[HTML][HTML] Agro-industrial wastewater reuse for irrigation of a vegetable crop succession under Mediterranean conditions

A Libutti, G Gatta, A Gagliardi, P Vergine… - Agricultural Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
In many countries of the Mediterranean region, characterized by frequent drought periods,
agricultural production often occurs under water deficiency or conditions that cause the …

Source and central level recovery of nutrients from urine and wastewater: A state-of-art on nutrients mapping and potential technological solutions

S Kundu, BK Pramanik, P Halder, S Patel… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment facilities typically transform nitrogen compounds into innocuous
nitrogen. Phosphorous is partially recovered in biosolids while the potassium cycle in the …

Wastewater irrigation and environmental health: Implications for water governance and public policy

MA Hanjra, J Blackwell, G Carr, F Zhang… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Climate change is a large-scale and emerging environmental risk. It challenges
environmental health and the sustainability of global development. Wastewater irrigation …

Impact of long-term reclaimed wastewater irrigation on agricultural soils: a preliminary assessment

J Xu, L Wu, AC Chang, Y Zhang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2010 - Elsevier
The effect of reclaimed wastewater irrigation on the alteration of soil properties and
accumulation of trace metals in soil profiles was investigated by monitoring different plots …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating risks and maximizing sustainability of treated wastewater reuse for irrigation

D Yalin, HA Craddock, S Assouline, EB Mordechay… - Water Research X, 2023 - Elsevier
Scarcity of freshwater for agriculture has led to increased utilization of treated wastewater
(TWW), establishing it as a significant and reliable source of irrigation water. However, years …

Occurrence and fate of antibiotics and heavy metals in sewage treatment plants and risk assessment of reclaimed water in Chengdu, China

L Li, J He, Z Gan, P Yang - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Aim of this study was to provide an up-to-date assessment of the heavy metals and
antibiotics in reclaimed water in Chengdu, China. 3 sewage treatment plants (STPs) and 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence and human health implications of chemical contaminants in vegetables grown in peri-urban agriculture

A Margenat, V Matamoros, S Díez, N Cañameras… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent studies have proven that vegetables cultivated in peri-urban areas are exposed to a
greater concentration of organic microcontaminants (OMCs) and trace elements (TEs) than …

Health risk assessment of heavy metals through consumption of vegetables irrigated with reclaimed urban wastewater in Algeria

A Cherfi, M Achour, M Cherfi, S Otmani… - Process safety and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Municipal wastewater reclamation and reuse provides a valid and effective way to face
water crisis in many countries around the world. In this paper, a performance survey on the …

Effects of treated wastewater irrigation on lemon trees

F Pedrero, JJ Alarcón - Desalination, 2009 - Elsevier
This research is focused on evaluating the effects of applying treated wastewater on citrus
trees. Two experimental plots irrigated with two different treated wastewater effluents were …