Wastewater generated from urban agglomerations in India is estimated to be 26.4 km 3
annually and 28% of it is treated. This has a potential to irrigate about 2.1 million-ha …

Policies on wastewater use have tended to focus on treatment before use and the
implementation of strict regulations. But in many low-income developing countries untreated …

Industrialization and urbanization have been causing tremendous pressure on the water
resources. In turn, to maintain the pace of development, it has become necessary to search …

High Rate Transpiration System (HRTS) is a well-designed land treatment system
composed of ridges and furrows and well-controlled hydraulic loading of wastewater. The …

Organising the water sector is largely influenced by a country's overall standard of
governance, its customs, politics and conditions (Rogers and Hall in Effective water …

There has been an increasing interest in reuse of wastewater in agriculture over the last few
decades due to increased scarcity of freshwater. Irrigation with untreated or partially treated …

Policies on wastewater use have tended to focus on treatment before use and the
implementation of strict regulations. But in many lowincome developing countries untreated …

Freshwater scarcity has engendered development and use of alternative sources of water,
mainly for agriculture which is the largest consumer of freshwater resources. Urban …

Preamble Wastewater usage for land application in agriculture started mainly as an
alternative to prevent pollution of water bodies, rather than to enhance crop production. The …