Background: Wastewater irrigation for vegetable production is a highly prevalent practice in Addis Ababa and a number of articles have been published on wastewater-irrigated soils and vegetables contaminated with heavy metals. However, to the best of our knowledge, an insight into assessment of h...
Woldetsadik, D.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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Itanna, F.
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Gebrekidan, H.
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[Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]
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Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
On-site sanitation systems, such as septic tanks and pit latrines, are the predominant feature across rural and urban areas in most developing countries. However, their management is one of the most neglected sanitation challenges. While under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the set-up o...
Otoo, Miriam
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Drechsel, Pay
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Danso, George K.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.
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Rao, Krishna
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Madurangi, Ganesha
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[Testing the implementation potential of resource recovery and reuse business models: from baseline surveys to feasibility studies and business plans]
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Testing the implementation potential of resource recovery and reuse business models: from baseline surveys to feasibility studies and business plans
Otoo, Miriam
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Drechsel, Pay
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Danso, George K.
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Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.
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Rao, Krishna
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Madurangi, Ganesha
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[Testing the implementation potential of resource recovery and reuse business models: from baseline surveys to feasibility studies and business plans]
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Testing the implementation potential of resource recovery and reuse business models: from baseline surveys to feasibility studies and business plans
Keraita, B.
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Mateo-Sagasta, Javier
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Qadir, Manzoor
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Medlicott, K.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Lamizana, B.
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[Mitigacion de riesgos en los sistemas de uso agricola de aguas residuales y ejemplos en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish]
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Mitigacion de riesgos en los sistemas de uso agricola de aguas residuales y ejemplos en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish
Recovering nutrients, water and energy from domestic waste streams, including wastewater and faecal sludge, is slowly gaining momentum in low-income countries. Resource recovery and reuse (RRR) offers value beyond environmental benefits through cost recovery. An expected game changer in sanitatio...
Rao, Krishna C.
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Otoo, Miriam
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Drechsel, Pay
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Hanjra, Munir A.
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[Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain]
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Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
Drechsel, Pay
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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[Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation]
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Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation
Although wastewater has been increasingly used to grow a range of crops for income generation and livelihood resilience in urban and peri-urban areas, irrigation with untreated or partially treated wastewater may result in negative impacts on irrigated crops, soils, and groundwater along with imp...
The chapter discusses how adopting a holistic methodology that acknowledges socio-logical factors, including community participation, public involvement, social perception, attitudes, gender roles and public acceptance, would lead to improvements in wastewater management practice. It highlights t...
Saad, D.
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Byrne, D.
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Drechsel, Pay
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[Social perspectives on the effective management of wastewater]
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Social perspectives on the effective management of wastewater