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Egyptian Reuse Standards of Treated Wastewater for Irrigation: "A Comparative Study of Physico-Chemical and Agronomic Controls".

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Civil Engineering

Abstract

One of the most important issues and challenges nowadays in Egypt is how to provide enough water for current and future needs. The great population growth, agricultural consumption, climate change, limited freshwater resources, and welfare lifestyle require more water. All these factors push the Egyptian policy to search for additional water resources. One of the considerable water resources is the treated wastewater that has been used in irrigation under some restrictions. However, the use of treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation may have negative health effects if its properties were deviated from the allowable standards. This study considers Egyptian standards, regulations, and limitations for using treated wastewater in agricultural irrigation, in comparison to other nations around the world. The study discusses the related treated wastewater quality parameters for irrigation, including physio-chemical controls and agronomic controls. The results revealed that the Egyptian code (ECP 501/2015) is highly compatible with the regulations of other countries, but there are some differences. These differences are allowable because (ECP 501/2015) prohibited the use of treated wastewater in irrigating raw vegetable crops. Finally, the acceptable chemical, physical, and agronomic properties of treated wastewater for agricultural applications in Egypt have to be more studied to make the best use of treated wastewater.

DOI

10.21608/bfemu.2022.233314

Keywords

Treated wastewater reuse, Egyptian standards, Agriculture Irrigation

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdella Ahmed

MiddleName

Khaled

Affiliation

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sohag University

Email

dr.ahmed_khaled@eng.sohag.edu.eg

City

Sohag

Orcid

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First Name

Moussa

Last Name

Shalaby

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

Email

cemoussashalaby@gmail.com

City

Sohag

Orcid

0000-0003-2385-1492

First Name

Osama

Last Name

Negim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

Email

onegim@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

Orcid

-

First Name

Talaat

Last Name

Abdel-Wahed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Highway and Traffic Engineering, Civil Engineering Dept, Faculty of Engineering, Sohag University

Email

dr.talaat_ali@eng.sohag.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-5383-7275

Volume

47

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

32041

Issue Date

2022-04-01

Receive Date

2022-02-11

Publish Date

2022-04-25

Page Start

43

Page End

59

Print ISSN

1110-0923

Online ISSN

2735-4202

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https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/article_233314.html

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1,206

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Publication Title

MEJ. Mansoura Engineering Journal

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https://bfemu.journals.ekb.eg/

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Egyptian Reuse Standards of Treated Wastewater for Irrigation: "A Comparative Study of Physico-Chemical and Agronomic Controls".

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22 Jan 2023