Wastewater use in agriculture : irrigation of sugar cane with effluents from the Cañaveralejo wastewater treatment plant in Cali, Colombia

In Valle del Cauca, south-west Colombia, surface and ground waters are used for sugar cane irrigation at a rate of 100 m3 of water per tonne of sugar produced. In addition large quantities of artificial fertilizers and pesticides are used to grow the crop. Preliminary experiments were undertaken to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental technology. - 1993. - 30(2009), 10 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 1011-5
1. Verfasser: Madera, C A (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Silva, J, Mara, D D, Torres, P
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Environmental technology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Industrial Waste