Reuse of Domestic Wastewater for Irrigation in Arid Zones: A Case Study

Gideon Oron; Joel DeMalach

doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1987.tb02952.x

Reuse of Domestic Wastewater for Irrigation in Arid Zones: A Case Study

Gideon Oron, Joel DeMalach

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ABSTRACT: The domestic sewage of the city of Beer‐Sheva, Israel, which is located in an arid region, is treated in a series of facultative ponds. The treated effluent is stored temporarily in an open surface earthen reservoir (about 0.5 ± 10⁶ m³ in volume) and then used for irrigation. The effluent is applied via sprinkler and trickle irrigation systems. The main crops irrigated are cotton, wheat, alfalfa, and corn. Total cotton yield is over 5500 kg/ha, and the wheat grain yield is over 7500 kg/ha. The amount of effluent applied is about 6500 m³/ha for cotton (including preplant irrigation), and the wheat receives about 4500 m³/ha via irrigation and an additional 2000 m³/ha from precipitation. Due to the nutrient content in the effluent, the above yields are obtained without any additional fertilization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	777-783
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Volume	23
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1987.tb02952.x
State	Published - 1987

Keywords

cotton
effluent
irrigation wheat
nutrients
trickle systems subsurface irrigation

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Ecology
Water Science and Technology
Earth-Surface Processes

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