Revaluing the nutrition potential of reclaimed water for irrigation in southeastern Spain

J.F. Maestre-Valero, M.J. Gonzalez-Ortega, V. Martinez-Alvarez, B. Gallego-Elvira, F.J. Conesa-Jodar and B. Martin-Gorriz

Agricultural Water Management, 2019, vol. 218, issue C, 174-181

Abstract: Reclaimed water (RW) can alleviate agricultural water scarcity all around the year with the quality factor, but its use is often questioned by farmers due to agronomic concerns. In this study, we selected three areas and five different representative crops (muskmelon, lettuce, lemon, peach and tomato) in the southeast of Spain to study the impact of the irrigation with RW on (i) the supply of essential nutrients, (ii) the effect of water salinity on the crop yield, (iii) the crop toxicity to Cl−, Na and B ions, (iv) the soil sodicity risk and (v) the economic inflow-outflow analysis.

Keywords: Fertigation; Essential nutrients; Phytotoxic elements; Economic savings; Circular economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.03.050

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