Towards an agenda for improving wastewater use in agriculture
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Informa UK Limited
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This paper sets out the trends and challenges of wastewater use in agriculture; identifies the risks and benefits of wastewater irrigation; describes the risk-assessment and management framework adopted by the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other international and national organizations; and proposes measures for applying the framework to reduce health risks by moving from unplanned to a planned, integrated, approach to wastewater use for irrigation.
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water management, water reuse, wastewater treatment, wastewater irrigation, urban agriculture, economic development, risk assessment, risk management, public health