Assessing environmental impacts of constructed wetland effluents for vegetable crop irrigation.
Int J Phytoremediation
; 18(6): 626-33, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to monitor and assess environmental impacts of reclaimed wastewater (RW), used for irrigation of vegetable crops, on soil, crop quality and irrigation equipment. During 2013, effluents of a horizontal sub-surface flow constructed treatment wetland (TW) system, used for tertiary treatment of sanitary wastewater from a small rural municipality located in Eastern Sicily (Italy), were reused by micro-irrigation techniques to irrigate vegetable crops. Monitoring programs, based on in situ and laboratory analyses were performed for assessing possible adverse effects on water-soil-plant systems caused by reclaimed wastewater reuse. In particular, experimental results evidenced that Escherichia coli content found in RW would not present a risk for rotavirus infection following WHO (2006) standards. Irrigated soil was characterized by a certain persistence of microbial contamination and among the studied vegetable crops, lettuce responds better, than zucchini and eggplants, to the irrigation with low quality water, evidencing a bettering of nutraceutical properties and production parameters.
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01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Verduras
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Riego Agrícola
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Aguas Residuales
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Guideline
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
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En
Revista:
Int J Phytoremediation
Asunto de la revista:
BOTANICA
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Año:
2016
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Article
País de afiliación:
Italia