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Everything in the food system relies on water. Farming is a significant user of water and contributor to water quality problems, both acute ones associated with spills and more chronic ones, such as excess nutrient runoff into streams from regular farm practices.
Jun 1, 2023 · Analyzing the physicochemical and microbiological properties of treated wastewater used for irrigation greatly impacts the effectiveness size. Reusing sewage or wastewater for agricultural irrigation is a sustainable development strategy that helps address the water scarcity issue.
Off-farm water was the most frequently reported source for watering crops in Canada, accounting for two-thirds (68%) of irrigation water. Just over one-quarter of farmers reported on-farm surface water (27%) as a source, followed by on-farm groundwater (3%).
May 10, 2021 · The rich availability of nutrients in reclaimed wastewater reduces the use of fertilizers, increases crop productivity, improves soil fertility, and at the same time, it may also decrease the cost of crop production (Chen et al., 2013 a; Jeong et al., 2016).
- Kavindra Kumar Kesari, Ramendra Soni, Qazi Mohammad Sajid Jamal, Pooja Tripathi, Jonathan A. Lal, Ni...
- 2021
Jun 20, 2017 · Thus, this article presents a literature review that addresses the effects, both positive and negative, of wastewater use in agriculture, emphasizing the effects on the soil environment.
- María Fernanda Jaramillo, Inés Restrepo
- 2017
Nutrient recovery from wastewater and recycling nutrients as soil fertilizers is a major challenge for the future circular economy. This is motivated by unregulated discharge of wastewater, poor access to fertilizers in developing countries and high fertilizer costs.
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Climate change, rapid population growth, freshwater pollution, and depletion are among the factors that aggravate the situation. Although not yet exhaustively exploited, reclamation and reuse of wastewater are considered as potential mechanisms to mitigate the challenge.
