Growing crops with reclaimed wastewater / editor, Daryl Stevens, associate editors, Jim Kelly, Mike McLaughlin, Murray Unkovich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- 1. Reclaimed water use in Australia -- An overview of Australia and reclaimed water / John Anderson and Chris Davis -- Reuse in South Australia / Robert Thomas -- Reclaimed water use in Victoria / Ken Peverill and Robert Premier -- Reclaimed water use in New South Wales / John Anderson and Chris Davis -- Reclaimed water use in Queensland / Greg Jackson and Ted Gardner -- Reclaimed water use in Western Australia / Nick Turner -- Reclaimed water use in Tasmania / David Dettrick -- 2. Australian and international reclaimed water guidelines: The fundamentals / Hamish Reid and Suzie Sarkis -- Regulatory frameworks -- Microbiological water quality and horticultural uses -- Managing worker and public safety -- Managing nutrients -- Managing salinity and sodicity -- Metal contaminants -- Managing organic contaminants -- Summary -- References -- 3. Wastewater reclamation processes / Nirmala Dinesh, Lester Sickerdick and Cliff Liston -- Wastewater composition and characteristics -- Reclaimed water guidelines -- Wastewater reclamation processes -- Process trains for reclamation of wastewater -- Reclaimed water quality monitoring -- Future trends in wastewater reclamation -- Conclusions -- References -- 4. Opportunities for reclaimed water use in Australian agriculture / Anne-Maree Boland, Andrew Hamilton, Daryl Stevens and Angelika Ziehrl -- Water consumption in Australia -- Water use in Australian agriculture and horticulture -- Reclaimed water use in Australia -- Reclaimed water use in Australian agriculture and horticulture -- Agricultural and horticultural water use in the context of value of production -- Assessing suitability for reclaimed water use in horticulture -- Conclusions -- References -- 5. Crop nutrition considerations in reclaimed water irrigation systems / Jim Kelly, Murray Unkovich and Daryl Stevens -- Water use and loadings -- Nutrient management -- Nutrient uptake, and crop yield and quality -- Turf culture nutrition -- Nitrogen in soils and reclaimed waters -- Nitrogen and crop management -- Phosphorus in soils and reclaimed waters -- Phosphorus and crop management -- Summary -- References -- 6. Design and management of reclaimed water irrigation systems / Evan Christen, Jim Ayars, John Hornbuckle and Tapas Biswas -- Irrigation water requirements -- Water quality -- Irrigation methods -- Irrigation management and scheduling -- Matching crops, soils, reclaimed water quality and irrigation methods -- Summary -- Conclusions -- References -- Recommended reading -- 7. Soil salinity and sodicity / Pichu Rengasamy -- Soil salinity -- Soil sodicity -- Irrigating with reclaimed water -- References -- 8. Managing risks to soil and plant health from key metals and metalloids in irrigation waters / Daryl Stevens and Mike McLaughlin -- Developments of guidelines for inorganic elements in reclaimed water -- Contaminant mobility and bioavailability -- Cadmium -- Other metals -- Conclusion -- References -- 9. Managing risks to plant health from salinity, sodium, chloride and boron in reclaimed waters / Murray Unkovich, Jim Kelly and Daryl Stevens -- The manifold effects of salinity -- Salinity tolerance of horticultural crops -- Boron -- Summary -- References -- 10. Organic compounds in reclaimed water and their potential risks to the environment and human health / Guang-Guo Ying -- Organics in reclaimed water -- Potential risks to the environment and human health -- Persistence and mobility -- Uptake by plants -- Endocrine disruption -- Effects of organic compound in reclaimed water on human health -- Summary -- References -- 11. Environmental implications of reclaimed water use for irrigated agriculture / Warren Bond and Chris Smith -- Introduction -- Irrigation management -- Salinity -- Nitrate -- Phosphorus -- Sodium and potassium -- Contamination by trace constituents -- Groundwater -- Environmental flows -- Summary -- References -- 12. Managing health risks to consumers / David Cunliffe -- Consumer risks -- Hazard reduction -- Health-based targets -- Cyanobacteria -- Chemical quality -- Conclusions -- References -- 13. Social psychological considerations in the acceptance of reclaimed water for horticultural irrigation / Geoffrey Syme and Blair Nancarrow -- Risk attitudes and food acceptability -- The role of trust and knowledge -- Is using reclaimed water for irrigation disgusting to Australians? -- The potential for formal attitudinal modelling -- Where to from here? -- Addendum -- References -- Abbreviations -- Organic materials and constants relating to their use -- Index.

Reviews the historical background of water treatment, its use and disposal from Australian wastewater treatment facilities and the technologies now utilised to treat our wastewater for reuse. The major concerns of chemical, physical and pathological qualities of reclaimed water are addressed, ensuring that the environmental, economic and social requirements of today's society are met.

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