Resources and links
Relevant resources
Confronting the realities of wastewater use in agriculture. Water Policy Briefing - Issue 9.
Rapid Assessment Study Towards Integrated Planning of Irrigation and Drainage in Egypt – Natural Resources Perspective, Working Paper by Jan Hoevenaars and Roel Slootweg, November 2004 (PDF)
"Reclaiming Drainage: toward an Integrated Approach" to be downloaded
from the website http://www.worldbank.org/irrigation-drainage
FAO’s wastewater database http://www.fao.org/landandwater/aglw/waterquality/dboverview.stm
FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 61, 2002, Agricultural drainage water management in arid and semi-arid areas (PDF (5704 KB) )
McCormick_Plan for managing water reuse in the Amman-Zarqa basin and the Jordan valley (PDF)
USEPA guidelines-chapter 8 (PDF)
Links
IWMI-reuse of waste water in agriculture (webpage)
The World Health Organization's influential Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater and Excreta in Agriculture and Aquaculture (1989) can be ordered via the WHO website for - an executive summary can be downloaded free of charge.
A reassessment of the WHO guidelines in light of more recent research is available on the WELL (Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough) website.
|
