Up and down the sanitation ladder: Harmonizing the treatment and multiple-barrier perspectives on risk reduction in wastewater irrigated agriculture

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 23-35

  Keraita, Bernard ^a,c   Drechsel, Pay ^b   Konradsen, Flemming ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Multiple barrier approach; Risk reduction; Sanitation ladder; Wastewater irrigation; Wastewater treatment; WHO guidelines

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; MULTIPLE-BARRIER APPROACH; QUALITY STANDARD; RISK REDUCTION; RISK REDUCTION MEASURES; RISK REDUCTIONS; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION; WHO GUIDELINES;

FARMS; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; LADDERS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RECLAMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; SANITATION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77956931019     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: 15730654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10795-009-9087-5     Document Type: Article

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