Journal article
The challenges of wastewater irrigation in developing countries
Abstract
The volume of wastewater generated by domestic, industrial and commercial sources has increased with population, urbanization, improved living conditions, and economic development. The productive use of wastewater has also increased, as millions of small-scale farmers in urban and peri-urban areas of developing countries depend on wastewater or wastewater polluted water sources to irrigate high-value edible crops for urban markets, often as …
Authors
Qadir M; Wichelns D; Raschid-Sally L; McCornick PG; Drechsel P; Bahri A; Minhas PS
Journal
Agricultural Water Management, Vol. 97, No. 4, pp. 561–568
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
4 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.agwat.2008.11.004
ISSN
0378-3774