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Reuse of treated municipal wastewater in irrigation: a case study from Lebanon and Jordan
Author(s) -
Mcheik Majida,
Toufaily Joumana,
Haj Hassan Bachar,
Hamieh Tayssir,
Abi Saab Marie Therese,
Rouphael Youssef,
Ferracin Enrico,
da shio Berardo,
Bashabshah Ibrahim,
Al Hadidi Luna
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/wej.12278
Subject(s) - fodder , irrigation , wastewater , agronomy , environmental science , evapotranspiration , drip irrigation , crop , biomass (ecology) , mathematics , environmental engineering , biology , ecology
In this study, we present the results of scenarios where secondary‐treated municipal wastewater was used for table grapes irrigation in the region of Ablah, Bekaa valley in Lebanon, and fodder crops irrigation (vetch and barley) in the region of Ramtha in Jordan. In Lebanon, we carried out experiments to assess the response of drip‐irrigated table grapes grown under two water quality regimes (Freshwater (FW) and treated wastewater (TW) and two water levels (100% of evapotranspiration (ETc) and 75% of ETc). While in Jordan, we carried out experiments to assess the response of drip‐irrigated fodder crops considering 4 irrigation levels (Q1: Rain fed; Q2: 80% of ETc; Q3: 100% of ETc; Q4: 120% of ETc) and three crop patterns (C1: Barley 100%; C2: Vetch 100%; C3: Mix 50% barley and 50% vetch). Based on the production and quality components, table grapes were successfully grown on plots that are supplied with TW. Fodder crops were successfully grown using TW with remarkable increase in biomass and grain yield production for the irrigated treatments.