Water Reuse for Irrigation: Agriculture, Landscapes, and Turf Grass

ISBN-13: 9781566706490 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 432 str.

Valentina Lazarova

Opis

With contributions from an international team of experts, this book offers planners, engineers, and designers guidelines for using recycled water in landscape and agricultural applications. The book thoroughly covers all of the relevant technical, economic, financial, agronomic, health, environmental, regulatory, and social issues. It covers how to develop, implement, and operate wastewater reuse systems based on rigorous, best management practices that maximize efficiency, reliability, and economy while minimizing the potential for adverse effects to the environment and human health. Comprehensive tables, charts, figures, photographs, and case studies make the information easy to find.

Recenzje

...This book is the most up-to-date treatise by the experts on irrigation using reclaimed wastewater... - Takashi Asano, University of California, Davis, 2001 recipient of the Stockholm Water Prize

Spis treści

This compilation provides guidelines that facilitate the successful planning and operation of water reuse projects. Offering the information, analysis, and proven experience for agricultural and landscape irrigation, it bridges the gap between fundamental science and relatively uncharted areas of economic, institutional, and liability issues. It delivers a synthesis of information recently emerging in both the science and the practice of irrigation with reclaimed water. The book compiles guidelines, recommendations, and codes of best practices from around the world for all types of recycled water uses, and it examines recent concerns about adverse effects on plants, groundwater, and public health.

O autorze

Lazarova, Valentina; Bahri, Akica