Title: Assessment of water requirements of crops for the reuse of municipal wastewaters from the wastewater treatment plant at Patras, Greece

Authors: Ioannis K. Kalavrouziotis, Maria S. Sakellariou-Makrantonaki, Ioannis N. Vagenas, Ioannis Lemesios

Addresses: Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management in Agrinion, University of Ioannina, G. Seferi 2, 30100, Agrinio, Greece. ' Department of Agriculture, Crop production and Rural Environment, Fitikou, University of Thessaly, 38446, Volos, Greece. ' Department of Agriculture, Crop production and Rural Environment, Fitikou, University of Thessaly, 38446, Volos, Greece. ' Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management in Agrinion, University of Ioannina, G. Seferi 2, 30100, Agrinio, Greece

Abstract: The possibilities of reuse, for irrigation, of the treated wastewaters produced in the biological wastewater treatment plant at Patras, Greece, have been examined. The practice of water reuse in soils, and cultivation, releases large amounts of water that are very useful to areas that face water shortage; it also contributes to the protection of the water ecosystem. The suggested safe reuse in seaside Mediterranean cities such as Patras will be the commencement of irrigation with treated wastewaters in other cities where there are areas with important primary production.

Keywords: agriculture; crops; irrigation; wastewater reuse; water requirements; municipal wastewater; wastewater treatment; Greece; environmental pollution; water shortage; water ecosystems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2006.011224

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2006 Vol.28 No.3/4, pp.485 - 495

Published online: 06 Nov 2006 *

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