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Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries [1]

In most developing countries wastewater treatment systems have very low coverage or function poorly, resulting in large-scale water pollution and the use of poor-quality water for crop irrigation, especially in the vicinity of urban centres. This can pose significant risks to public health, particularly where crops are eaten raw. Wastewater Irrigation and Health approaches this serious problem from a practical and realistic perspective, addressing the issues of health risk assessment and reduction in developing country settings. The book therefore complements other books on the topic of wastewater which focus on high-end treatment options and the use of treated wastewater. This book moves the debate forward by covering also the common reality of untreated wastewater, greywater and excreta use. It presents the state-of-the-art on quantitative risk assessment and low-cost options for health risk reduction, from treatment to on-farm and off-farm measures, in support of the multiple barrier approach of the 2006 guidelines for safe wastewater irrigation published by the World Health Organization.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
& et al [2], Liqa Raschid-Sally [3], Christopher A. Scott [4], Pay Drechsel [5]
International Water Management Institute [6]
Tags:
Agriculture [7], Health Effects [8], Wastewater Treatment Cost [9], Wastewater Recycling [10], Irrigation [11], Sewage [12], WHO [13], India [14], Developing Countries [15]

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