Screen LibraryTreatment and use of sewage effluent for irrigation : proceedings of the FAO Regional Seminar on the Treatment and Use of Sewage Effluent for Irrigation, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, 7-9 October 1985 /
Treatment and Use of Sewage Effluent for Irrigation.
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| Published: |
Butterworths,
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| Publisher Address: | London [England] : |
| Publication Dates: |
1988. ©1988 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780408026222 |
| Summary: |
Treatment and Use of Sewage Effluent for Irrigation. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (399 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781483162256 1483162257 |
| Index Number: | TD760 |
| CLC: | S273.5-532 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Treatment and Use of Sewage Effluent for Irrigation; Copyright Page; Foreword; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Introduction to the Seminar; Summary and conclusions; Recommendations; Chapter 2. Background to treatment and use of sewage effluent; General background; Countries' action programmes in the fi eld of irrigation; Topics of the Seminar; Major issues; Conclusions; Section 1: Guidelines for water reuse in agriculture; Chapter 3. Guidelines for wastewater reuse in agriculture; Introduction; Characteristics of wastewater; Problems of wastewater reuse in agriculture. Quality criteria for reuseWastewater treatment technology for reuse; Irrigation technology for reuse; Conclusions; Chapter 4. Quality criteria in using sewage effluent for crop production; Introduction; Characteristics of municipal wastewater; Agricultural use of sewage; Quality criteria based on chemical constituents; Biological criteria; Crop selection; Some established guidelines; Chapter 5. Health aspects of reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation; Introduction; Hazards to health; Exposure to infection; Setting guidelines for reuse of wastewater in irrigation; Conclusions; References. Chapter 6. Environmental hazards of sewage and industrial effluents on irrigated farmlands in JapanIntroduction; Research projects on land application of sewage and sewage effluent in Japan; Particular features of nitrogen and cadmium pollution hazards; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Chapter 7. Discussion; Section 2: Treatment of sewage; Chapter 8. Waste stabilization ponds: the production of high quality effluents for crop irrigation; Introduction; Pond design procedures; Pond performance in northeast Brazil. Pond effluent reuse for crop irrigation in Alexandria, Egypt: a case studyReferences; Chapter 9. Design 9 operation and maintenance of wastewater stabilization ponds; Introduction; Terminology; Pond combinations; Anaerobic ponds; Facultative ponds; Maturation ponds; Aerated lagoons; High-rate aerobic ponds; Macrophyte ponds; Aquaculture in waste disposal; Physical design of ponds; Operation and maintenance of ponds; Comparative cost of pond systems; References; Chapter 10. Groundwater recharge as a treatment of sewage effluent for unrestricted irrigation; Introduction; Quality requirements. Soil-aquifer treatmentPhoenix plans; Results of SAT test projects; Conclusions; References; Chapter 11. UK experience in the groundwater recharge of partially treated sewage: potential for irrigation purposes; Introduction; Chalk sites; Triassic sandstone sites; Alluvial gravel site; Discussion; References; Chapter 12. Soil-aquifer treatment and reuse of sewage effluent: a new approach to sanitation; Introduction; Reuse of sewage effluent: a new approach to sanitation; Soil-aquifer treatment: results obtained in two pilot development sites in France; Conclusions; Results. |