Agriculture

The adoption of desalination for agricultural purposes in countries such as Australia has been very limited, with only a small number of cases available to demonstrate its suitability. This can be compared to countries such as Spain where the uptake has been significant. A number of suitable technolo

Recently, wastewater reuse is receiving a great deal of focus and interest among planners and decision makers in the West Bank, Palestine. This interest in wastewater reuse is motivated by the shortage in water resources accessibility due to the unstable political situation in the region. Much of th

Municipal authorities in developing countries are facing immense challenges in managing both solid and liquid waste in a sustainable way. Recycling is not yet high on their agenda although they appreciate the potential of composting for waste volume reduction. This offers an entry point to introduce

WHO published in 1989 the first Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater and Excreta in Agriculture and Aquaculture that were widely used. Since that time, more experience has been gained and more evidence is produced. The new WHO guidelines on water reuse in agriculture, recently published, provid

A numerical study was carried out to investigate the micro-climatic environmental conditions inside a greenhouse– distillation system, self-sufficient for irrigating water. The greenhouse consists of the planting cavity, circulating air channels and roof solar distiller for the production of a rathe

Following laboratory-scale research as part of the LIFE programme, a pilot plant with a capacity of 30 m3/d was built. This plant allowed the optimization of the parameters necessary for the engineering analysis, as well as the extrapolation of results and the development of a treatment plant with a