Safe Application of Reclaimed Water in Agriculture
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 3155
Special Issue Editors
Interests: reclaimed municipal wastewater use; soil remediation; heavy metals; emerging contaminates; irrigation; livestock wastewater reuse; greenhouse gas emission
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water shortage and water pollution are a double whammy facing all countries in the world. As agricultural use accounts for 69% of water consumption, improving water use efficiency and seeking alternative irrigation water resources are the ways to ameliorate these challenges.
The waters recovered annually from wastewater are estimated to increase from the current 380 billion m3 to 574 billion m3 in 2050. Reclaimed waters contain nutrients, but they also contain known and unknown organic and inorganic contaminants, not all of which can be removed in wastewater treatment plants. While these contaminants will undergo a multitude of physical and biogeochemical processes, their safety for irrigation remains obscure despite decades of practice. This Special Issue aims to report the progress we have made over the past decades in the application of reclaimed water for irrigation, including the associated environmental issues and their remediations in areas ranging from fundamental research to practical management. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Safe reuse of reclaimed water
- Emerging contaminates in reclaimed water
- Reclaimed water irrigation effects on soil health
- Improvement of reclaimed water quality
- Reclaimed water irrigation effect on greenhouse gas emissions
- Reclaimed water irrigation effect on soil and water pollution
Prof. Dr. Zhongyang Li
Dr. Yuan Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- reclaimed water management
- reclaimed water quality
- emerging contaminates in reclaimed water
- reclaimed water irrigation methods
- reclaimed water and public health
- reclaimed water and environmental safety
- reclaimed water and soil quality
- reclaimed water and climate change