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Short-term effects of irrigation with treated domestic wastewater on microbiological activity of a Vertic xerofluvent soil under Mediterranean conditions

Abstract: Approximately 70% of the world water use, including all the water diverted from rivers and pumped from underground, is used for agricultural irrigation, so the reuse of treated domestic wastewater (TWW) for purposes such as agricultural and landscape irrigation reduces the amount of water...

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Published in:Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 102; pp. 108 - 115
Main Author: Kayikcioglu, Huseyin Husnu
Format: Article
Published: Academic Press Inc. Jul2012
Subjects:
Mediterranean Region
Sewage purification
Sewage irrigation
Water use
Water shortages
Humus
Soil enzymology
Soil microbiology
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