Exploring the use of wastewater in agriculture
With food demand and water scarcity on the uptick, it's time to stop treating wastewater like garbage and instead manage it as a resource that can be used to grow crops and help address water scarcity in agriculture.
Properly managed, wastewater can be used safely to support crop production — directly through irrigation or indirectly by recharging aquifers — but doing so requires diligent management of health risks through adequate treatment or appropriate use.
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Year: 2017
Geographical coverage: Europe and Central Asia, European Union (European Union)
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/463433/icode/
Content language: English