Wastewater treatment and reuse: a review of its applications and health implications

KK Kesari, R Soni, QMS Jamal, P Tripathi, JA Lal… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2021 - Springer
Water scarcity is one of the major problems in the world and millions of people have no
access to freshwater. Untreated wastewater is widely used for agriculture in many countries …

Water scarcity and wastewater reuse in crop irrigation

N Ungureanu, V Vlăduț, G Voicu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to climate change, two-thirds of mankind will face water scarcity by 2025, while by 2050,
global food production must increase by at least 50% to feed 9 billion people. To overcome …

Treated wastewater reuse for irrigation: Pros and cons

S Ofori, A Puškáčová, I Růžičková, J Wanner - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The appropriateness of using treated wastewater for crop or agricultural irrigation remains a
bone of contention among experts and policymakers. Here, we outline and analyze not only …

[HTML][HTML] Use of treated sewage or wastewater as an irrigation water for agricultural purposes-Environmental, health, and economic impacts

S Mishra, R Kumar, M Kumar - Total Environment Research Themes, 2023 - Elsevier
Reusing sewage water for crop irrigation becomes necessary due to freshwater scarcity, and
groundwater depletion. Although the suitability of using treated sewage for crop irrigation …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater reuse and pharmaceutical pollution in agriculture: Uptake, transport, accumulation and metabolism of pharmaceutical pollutants within plants

MK Mosharaf, RL Gomes, S Cook, MS Alam… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of pharmaceutical pollutants in water sources has become a growing concern
due to its potential impacts on human health and other organisms. The physicochemical …

Prospects for treated wastewater reuse in agriculture in low-and middle-income countries: Systematic analysis and decision-making trees for diverse management …

H Hosney, MH Tawfik, A Duker… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is suffering from severe water
scarcity. Decision-makers in MENA are tackling this challenge by tapping the potential of …

The source and fate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in wastewater and possible routes of transmission

HN Mtetwa, ID Amoah, S Kumari, F Bux, P Reddy - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) consists of
causative agents of both human and animal tuberculosis and is responsible for over 10 …

A review on contaminants of emerging concern in the environment: a focus on active chemicals in Sub-Saharan Africa

AS Ripanda, MJ Rwiza, EC Nyanza, KN Njau… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Active chemicals are among the contaminants of emerging concern that are rarely covered
in regulatory documents in sub-Saharan Africa. These substances are neither in the list of …

[PDF][PDF] Agricultural land measures for climate change adaptation in arid regions: Can the farmers do it alone

MR Al-Kilani - Journal of Aridland Agriculture, 2024 - researchgate.net
Climate change has become an unequivocal issue; changing precipitation patterns and
climate variability will have disastrous impacts on the fragile agricultural land resources of …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural Wastewater Reuse as a Circular Economy Model: Future Scenarios Considering Reg.(EU) 2020/741

M Hamam, R Pergamo, V Manganiello, M Ferrigno - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The water industry is facing challenges because of population increases and the resulting
development of agricultural operations. Alternative resources that balance the environment …