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Global, regional, and country level need for data on wastewater generation, treatment, and use
Toshio Sato,Manzoor Qadir,Manzoor Qadir,Manzoor Qadir,Sadahiro Yamamoto,Tsuneyoshi Endo,Ahmad Zahoor,Ahmad Zahoor +7 more
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In this article, the authors find that only 55 countries have data available on all three aspects of wastewater -generation, treatment, and use, while there is no information available from 57 countries.About:
This article is published in Agricultural Water Management.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 490 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Wastewater.read more
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Long-term investigation of constructed wetland wastewater treatment and reuse: Selection of adapted plant species for metaremediation.
TL;DR: A comprehensive set of plant species that might be used for long-term and large-scale wastewater treatment and an investigation of the photosynthetic physiology showed that the naturally selected plants are predominately monocot species with C4 or C4-like photosynthesis pathways.
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Proceedings of the UN-Water project on the Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture
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Obstacles to wastewater reuse: an overview
K. Duong,Jean-Daniel M. Saphores +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the "yuck factor", health risk concerns, and cost considerations, which are key obstacles to wastewater reuse by households, and summarize successful and unsuccessful case studies of wastewater reuse around the world.
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Reuse and Recycling of Livestock and Municipal Wastewater in Chilean Agriculture: A Preliminary Assessment
TL;DR: In this article, a preliminary analysis of the potential of reusing and recycling municipal and livestock wastewater for Chilean agriculture is presented, focusing on the potential for reuse and recycling of wastewater for agricultural purposes.
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Textile microfibers reaching aquatic environments: A new estimation approach.
TL;DR: A method to estimate the mass flow of microfibers detached from household laundry that reaches aquatic environments has been developed and, depending on the implanted alternatives, microf fibers that reach the aquatic environments could be reduced between 30% and 65%.
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Water scarcity: Fact or fiction?
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