Closing the water cycle in the agro-industrial sector by reusing treated wastewater for irrigation

Vergine, Pompilio; Salerno, Carlo; Libutti, Angela; Beneduce, Luciano; Gatta, Giuseppe; Berardi, Giovanni; Pollice, Alfieri

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.239

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“…Then it would be feasible to raise crops with higher value, such as vegetables and fruits. Based on related studies [1,2,4,7,16,57,58] and on the characteristics of the study region (distance between treatment plants and agriculture zone, quality of water, deficit of green areas and scarcity of water), several benefits are expected from this scenario:…”

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“…The utilization of treated wastewater implies benefits and risks as has been shown in many studies. These benefits include: reducing both stress on water bodies and pollution of freshwater [1]; decreasing fertilizer need since treated wastewater contains nutrients available for plants [2]; facilitating conservation and management of freshwater resources, thus increasing the availability of water for urban use [3] and improving economics since the price of treated water is generally lower than that of fresh water [4]. On the other hand, different risks have also been identified.…”

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Potential Uses of Treated Municipal Wastewater in a Semiarid Region of Mexico

Ramos¹,

Gonzalez²,

Echeverri

et al. 2019

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This paper presents an assessment of three potential applications of municipal treated wastewater in a semiarid region of northern Mexico. The potential applications considered are agriculture, industry, and watering urban green areas. The results indicate that in the best scenario, the maximal application of treated wastewater is 150 L/s for industrial activities. Besides industrial applications, this scenario would allow farmers and urban green areas to receive 980 L/s and 70 L/s of treated wastewater respectively. Other issues and alternatives are also identified. With the implementation of this scenario, it is possible to improve the environmental, and even the socioeconomic conditions, of the study region.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Potential Uses of Treated Municipal Wastewater in a Semiarid Region of Mexico

Ramos¹,

Gonzalez²,

Echeverri

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…(100, 120, 130) 0 0 0 0 (1, 2, 4) 0 (17, 33,45) (1, 2, 3) (22, 23,26) 0 (2195, 2234, 2400) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (43, 50, 53) (23, 24,25) (1, 2, 3) (22, 24,26) 0 0 0 0 (700, 720, 750) 0 0 0 (1, 2, 3) 0 (14, 15,16) (1, 2, 3) (33, 26,27) 0 (2200, 2356, 2450) 0 0 0 0 0 0 − (43, 50, 78) (34, 38,39) (1, 2, 3) (22, 23,24) 0 0 0 0 0 (150, 155, 176) 0 0 (48, 54, 56) 0 (14, 17,23) (1, 2, 3) 0 (22, 23,26) 0 (1880, 2189, 2234) 0 0 0 (700, 731, 750) 0 − (23, 25,28) (17, 18,22) (1, 2, 3) (24, 23,26) 0 (2345, 2450, 2567) 0 0 0 0 0 − (23, 35,38) (2, 4,5) (1, 2, 3) 0 (22, 25,27) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (50, 55, 58) (48, 57, 57) 0 (34, 35,42) (1, 2, 3) 0 (22, 23,24) 0 0…”

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“…Therefore, globally, over 80% of wastewater is released to the environment without adequate treatment [19,20]. One estimate suggests that the volumes of industrial wastewater will double by 2025 [21,22]. The data also show that manufacturing is the highest generator of wastewater among the main industrial sectors [23,24].…”

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Activity Based Costing for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse under Uncertainty: A Fuzzy Approach

Durán

2018

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The objective of this article is to present a methodology for computing and allocating wastewater recuperation costs using an Activity-Based Costing (ABC) methodology. One of the most critical problems in modelling those costs is the limited information and the subjectivity used to represent some of the cost's elements (e.g., values, drivers, among others). Thus, a fuzzy ABC approach is incorporated into the methodology to overcome those limitations. The application of this methodology aims at providing an alternative procedure to allocating the costs related to wastewater management activities to products. To validate the proposed methodology and illustrate its utility, a case study using data from a bus assembly plant is provided. Part of the wastewater produced is coming from a surface treatment installation which, after a recovery process, reuse part of the same water in a closed loop circuit. Using the proposed Fuzzy ABC methodology, the costs (including uncertainty) of the surface treatment and water treatment activities can be appropriately allocated to the products that generate those activities and that waste.

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“…The new water resources play determining role because of the water scarcity in addition to water and energy saving irrigation methods (Francés et al 2017). The reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation is a suitable practice to close the water cycle in the agro-industrial sector (Vergine et al 2017).…”

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Calculation nitrogen and sodium budget from lysimeter-grown short-rotation willow coppice experiment

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Alternative water resources utilization should take priority over the conventional irrigation water resources (surface and subsurface waters) in the future in Hungary as well, similarly to the global trends because of the climate change impacts. However because of the environmental risks (e.g. nitrate leaching and soil salinization) the reuse of the wastewater require sustainable practices hence the farmers and researchers are responsible for development soil management practices and irrigation principles. Aim of our study was to determine the impact of a wastewater originated from an African intensive catfish farm on the nitrogen budget of the soil-water-plant system in order to evaluate the nitrogen substitution effect and the risk of the nitrate leaching. On the other hand, the aim of the study was to calculate also sodium budget to assess the risk of the sodicity regard to the high sodium concentration of the wastewater. The experiment was conducted at the National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre (NAIK), Research Institute of Irrigation and Water Management (OVKI) in Szarvas, Hungary. The experiment was set up in the NAIK ÖVKI Lysimeter Station in 2014 with energy willow. During the study (between 03.07.2015 and 21.04.2017) irrigation water quality, rainwater quality, willow N and Na uptake by stems and N and Na leaching was measured. Nitrogen and sodium budget were calculated for two years (2015, 2016) from these data. According to our results the wastewater had high nitrogen content what was able to increase the nitrogen amount in the examined budget however without supplementary fertilizer it could not able to balance the budget only just at W60 treatment (irrigation with wastewater: N concentration 22,7 mg/l). The wastewater had high environmental risk as soil sodicity according to results of the sodium budget.

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Closing the water cycle in the agro-industrial sector by reusing treated wastewater for irrigation

Cited by 126 publications

References 20 publications

Potential Uses of Treated Municipal Wastewater in a Semiarid Region of Mexico

Potential Uses of Treated Municipal Wastewater in a Semiarid Region of Mexico

Activity Based Costing for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse under Uncertainty: A Fuzzy Approach

Calculation nitrogen and sodium budget from lysimeter-grown short-rotation willow coppice experiment

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