This document discusses the use of wastewater for irrigated crop production. It reviews wastewater standards and proposes an interim approach, to be applied in areas using wastewater, which promotes safe production areas for crops such as vegetables.
Title | Quality control of wastewater for irrigated crop production |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1997 |
Authors | Westcot, DW |
Secondary Title | Water reports / Rapports sur l'eau / FAO |
Volume | no. 10 |
Pagination | x, 86 p. : 16 fig., 14 tab. |
Date Published | 1997-01-01 |
Publisher | Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) |
Place Published | Rome, Italy |
ISBN Number | 9251039941 |
Keywords | case studies, chile, health hazards, information analysis, information gathering, institutional aspects, irrigation, policies, programmes, quality control, sdiwat, uebw, water quality monitoring, water reuse |
Abstract | This document discusses the use of wastewater for irrigated crop production. It reviews wastewater standards and proposes an interim approach, to be applied in areas using wastewater, which promotes safe production areas for crops such as vegetables. The approach is to assess the quality of water actually being used for irrigation against a known standard. It is proposed to utilize the WHO Guidelines for wastewater treatment plant design as irrigation water standards to make this assessment. Considering that the present level of water contamination in many countries already seriously exceeds the limits set in the guidelines, achieving the prescribed standards for vegetable production would be a major accomplishment toward improving health conditions in these countries. The document makes reference to procedures developed and studied in 1992 in a FAO project in Chile. |
Notes | 30 ref. |
Custom 1 | 351.2, 242 |