Treated municipal wastewater reuse in vegetable production

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-170

  Cirelli, G L ^a   Consoli, S ^a   Licciardello, F ^a   Aiello, R ^a   Giuffrida, F ^a   Leonardi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Microirrigation; Treated wastewater reuse; Vegetable production; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CROPPING SEASONS; DRIP EMITTER; E. COLI; ELEVATED LEVEL; FAECAL BACTERIA; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; FAECAL STREPTOCOCCI; FRESH WATER; FRUIT YIELD; HELMINTH EGGS; HIGH DRY MATTER; HIGHER YIELD; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOUR; IRRIGATION WATERS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; LOW QUALITIES; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS ACTIVITIES; MICROIRRIGATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PLASTIC MULCH; QUALITY COMPONENTS; SOIL SAMPLE; SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION; SURFACE DRIP IRRIGATIONS; TOMATO CROPS; TREATED WASTEWATER; TREATED WASTEWATER REUSE; URBAN EFFLUENTS; VEGETABLE CROPS; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SHORTAGES;

ARID REGIONS; CROPS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITS; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA; SUBIRRIGATION; VEGETABLES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EFFLUENTS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RECYCLING; VINE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SICILY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SALMONELLA; SOLANUM MELONGENA; STREPTOCOCCUS; VERMES;

EID: 84855848920     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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