WIT Press


Agricultural Water Reuse: A Review

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

49

Pages

13

Published

2001

Size

1,169 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/WP010371

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

C. Lubello & R. Gori

Abstract

In this work we present an analysis of the state of water reuse in agriculture throughout the world. We have tried to show all the different aspects in the development of water reuse: the regulations, national and international guidelines, technological and planning issues, major full-scale applications, and, lastly, recent findings in research. There are many countries interested in reuse practice and significant efforts are being made to demonstrate the utility of wastewater reuse, hence, a process to harmonise the qualitative standards is required by a highly integrated economic market of agricultural products. This need is deeply felt in the Mediterranean area where an invaluable experience has been attained, able to guide the systematic development of wastewater reuse in agriculture. 1 Introduction Reclaimed wastewater is becoming an important e

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