Wastewater Irrigation and Health

by Drechsel, Pay; Scott, Christopher A.; Rashid-Sally, Liqa; Redwood, Mark; Bahri, Akica

• ISBN13: 9781844077960
• ISBN10: 1844077969
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In most developing countries wastewater treatment systems are hardly functioning or have a very low coverage, resulting in large scale water pollution and the use of very poor quality water for crop irrigation especially in the vicinity of urban centres. This can create significant risks to public health, particularly where crops are eaten raw. Wastewater Irrigation and Health approaches this serious problem from a practical and realistic perspective, addressing the issues of health risk assessment and reduction in developing country settings. The book therefore complements other books on the topic of wastewater which focus on high-end treatment options and the use of treated wastewater. This book moves the debate forward by covering also the common reality of untreated wastewater, greywater and excreta use. It presents the state-of-the-art on quantitative risk assessment and low-cost options for health risk reduction, from treatment to on-farm and off-farm measures, in support of the multiple barrier approach of the 2006 guidelines for safe wastewater irrigation published by the World Health Organization. The 38 authors and co-authors are international key experts in the field of wastewater irrigation representing a mix of agronomists, engineers, social scientists and public health experts from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. The chapters highlight experiences across the developing world with reference to various case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Mexico and the Middle East. The book also addresses options for resource recovery and wastewater governance, thus clearly establishes a connection between agriculture, health and sanitation, which is often the missing link in the current discussion on 'making wastewater an asset'.

Table of Contents

Figures, Tables and Boxes	p. ix
Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xix
Contributors and Reviewers	p. xxi
Abbreviations	p. xxv
Setting the Stage
Wastewater, Sludge and Excreta Use in Developing Countries: An Overview	p. 3
Assessing and Mitigating Wastewater-Related Health Risks in Low-Income Countries: An Introduction	p. 29
Risks and Risk Assessment
Risk Analysis and Epidemiology: The 2006 WHO Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture	p. 51
Approaches to Evaluate and Develop Health Risk-Based Standards Using Available Data	p. 63
Tools for Risk Analysis: Updating the 2006 WHO Guidelines	p. 89
Non-Pathogenic Trade-Offs of Wastewater Irrigation	p. 101
Risk Analysis Integrating Livelihood and Economic Impacts of Wastewater Irrigation on Health	p. 127
Minimizing Health Risks
Wastewater Treatment for Pathogen Removal and Nutrient Conservation: Suitable Systems for Use in Developing Countries	p. 149
Low-Cost Options for Pathogen Reduction and Nutrient Recovery from Faecal Sludge	p. 171
Farm-Based Measures for Reducing Microbiological Health Risks for Consumers from Informal Wastewater-Irrigated Agriculture	p. 189
Farm-Based Measures for Reducing Human and Environmental Health Risks from Chemical Constituents in Wastewater	p. 209
Applying the Multiple-Barrier Approach for Microbial Risk Reduction in the Post-Harvest Sector of Wastewater-Irrigated Vegetables	p. 239
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Interventions for Diarrhoeal Disease Reduction among Consumers of Wastewater-Irrigated Lettuce in Ghana	p. 261
Wastewater Governance and Adoption of Risk-Reduction Options
Challenging Conventional Approaches to Managing Wastewater Use in Agriculture	p. 287
Designing Reuse-Oriented Sanitation Infrastructure: The Design for Service Planning Approach	p. 303
Facilitating the Adoption of Food-Safety Interventions in the Street-Food Sector and on Farms	p. 319
Harnessing Farmers' Knowledge and Perceptions for Health-Risk Reduction in Wastewater-Irrigated Agriculture	p. 337
Multi-Stakeholder Processes for Managing Wastewater Use in Agriculture	p. 355
Conclusions and Outlook
Wastewater Irrigation and Health: Challenges and Outlook for Mitigating Risks in Low-Income Countries	p. 381
Index	p. 395
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