Feasibility of long-term irrigation as a treatment method for municipal wastewater using natural soil in Kuwait

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-242

  Akber, A ^a   Mukhopadhyay, A ^a   Al Senafy, M ^a   Al Haddad, A ^a   Al Awadi, E ^a   Al Qallaf, H ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Chemical soil composition; Irrigation; Long term effect; Reuse; Soil aquifer treatment; Tertiary treated wastewater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; INFILTRATION; IRON; IRRIGATION; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL SOIL COMPOSITION; SOIL AQUIFER TREATMENT; TERTIARY TREATED WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; INFILTRATION; IRON; IRRIGATION; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARID ENVIRONMENT; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST; SULAIBIYA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39149098483     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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