Irrigation with Recycled Water: Guidelines and Regulations

Treated Wastewater in Agriculture: Use and Impacts on the Soil Environment and Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 77-112

  Paranychianakis, Nikolaos V ^a   Salgot, Miquel ^b   Angelakis, Andreas N ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) system; Helminthes, intestinal parasites transmitted by fecal oral route; Irrigation with recycled water guidelines and regulations; Quantitative microbial risk assessment rotavirus infection risks in different exposures; Rapid population growth, living standards and increase in water demands; Total suspended solids associated with disinfection efficiency; TWW irrigation standards, parameters related directly or indirectly with public health; U.S. Environment Protection Agency (USEPA), 2004; Water scarcity in Mediterranean countries stimulating water reuse and significant component in water resources management; World Health Organization (WHO) and USEPA and Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886036448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444328561.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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