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Water desalination for agricultural applications
Proceedings of the FAO Expert Consultation on Water Desalination for Agricultural Applications, 26-27 April 2004, Rome - FAO Land and Water Discussion Paper 5.
Water desalination is the main source of potable water in some countries and in many islands around the world and it is also being used in certain countries to irrigate high-value crops. However, it has proven much less economic for agricultural application than the reuse of treated wastewater, even where the capital costs of the desalination plants are subsidized.
This discussion paper contains an introductory paper on water desalination, some keynote papers of the experts participating in the consultation, the summary report of the expert consultation and a technical
summary with the conclusions and recommendations of the main topics discussed at the meeting.
| Creator | Sasha Koo-Oshima, Water Quality and Environment Officer at Sasha.Koo@fao.org) or Julian Martinez-Beltran, Drainage and Salinity Management Officer at Julian.MartinezBeltran@fao.org (email: Sasha.Koo@fao.org ; Julian.MartinezBeltran@fao.org) |
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| Publisher | Sasha Koo-Oshima, Water Quality and Environment Officer at Sasha.Koo@fao.org) or Julian Martinez-Beltran, Drainage and Salinity Management Officer at Julian.MartinezBeltran@fao.org |
| Type of document | Proceedings |
| Rights | Public |
| File link |
ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/aglw/docs/lwdp5_e.pdf |
| Source of information | IPTRID |
| Keyword(s) | desalination, wastewater |
| Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER DEMAND |
| Geographical coverage | n/a |