Wastewater irrigation effect on soil, crop and environment: A pilot scale study at Irbid, Jordan

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 425-445

  Shahalam, Albulbasher ^a,b   Abu Zahra, Bassam M ^b   Jaradat, A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Crops; Effect; Environment; Freshwater; Irrigation; Leachate; Salinity; Sodicity; Soi l; Wastewater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IRRIGATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTORS (RBC);

WATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; FRESH WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; IRRIGATION; SOIL QUALITY; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; JORDAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

IRBID; JORDAN;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0032171525     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005046912234     Document Type: Article

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