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Wastewater Irrigation and Health - Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Low-income Countries (Hardcover)
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Wastewater Irrigation and Health - Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Low-income Countries (Hardcover)
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In most developing countries wastewater treatment systems are
hardly functioning or have a very low coverage, resulting in large
scale water pollution and the use of very poor quality water for
crop irrigation especially in the vicinity of urban centres. This
can create 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. The 38 authors and co-authors are
international key experts in the field of wastewater irrigation
representing a mix of agronomists, engineers, social scientists and
public health experts from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and
Australia. The chapters highlight experiences across the developing
world with reference to various case studies from sub-Saharan
Africa, Asia, Mexico and the Middle East. The book also addresses
options for resource recovery and wastewater governance, thus
clearly establishes a connection between agriculture, health and
sanitation, which is often the missing link in the current
discussion on 'making wastewater an asset'.
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