Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

This article reviews the state of the art with respect to the environmental effects of irrigated agriculture on water and soil quality in arid and semi-arid regions on a field scale. Information is scarce and fragmentary. Examples in selected areas of other arid and semi-arid regions in the world cl...

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Autores principales:	Fernández Cirelli,Alicia, Arumí,José Luis, Rivera,Diego, Boochs,Peter W
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA 2009
Materias:	irrigation water quality soil quality agrochemicals micropollutants
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-583920090005000042018-10-01Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid RegionsFernández Cirelli,AliciaArumí,José LuisRivera,DiegoBoochs,Peter W irrigation water quality soil quality agrochemicals micropollutants This article reviews the state of the art with respect to the environmental effects of irrigated agriculture on water and soil quality in arid and semi-arid regions on a field scale. Information is scarce and fragmentary. Examples in selected areas of other arid and semi-arid regions in the world clearly show the importance of studying the environmental impact of irrigation practices on water and soil quality. Studies mainly refer to waterlogging and salinization. As regards agrochemicals, fertilizers have been taken into account through nitrate leaching. The impact of micropollutants such as pesticides and heavy metals on water and soil quality is studied mainly by modeling. Pharmaceutical compounds emerge as pollutants when wastewater is used for irrigation without any previous treatment, situation which is now the object of new studies. There is an obvious need to study in-depth knowledge related to appropriate technologies for the use, treatment, and reuse of wastewater which is a valuable resource in arid and semi-arid regions.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIAChilean journal of agricultural research v.69 suppl.1 20092009-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392009000500004en10.4067/S0718-58392009000500004
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spellingShingle	irrigation water quality soil quality agrochemicals micropollutants Fernández Cirelli,Alicia Arumí,José Luis Rivera,Diego Boochs,Peter W Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
description	This article reviews the state of the art with respect to the environmental effects of irrigated agriculture on water and soil quality in arid and semi-arid regions on a field scale. Information is scarce and fragmentary. Examples in selected areas of other arid and semi-arid regions in the world clearly show the importance of studying the environmental impact of irrigation practices on water and soil quality. Studies mainly refer to waterlogging and salinization. As regards agrochemicals, fertilizers have been taken into account through nitrate leaching. The impact of micropollutants such as pesticides and heavy metals on water and soil quality is studied mainly by modeling. Pharmaceutical compounds emerge as pollutants when wastewater is used for irrigation without any previous treatment, situation which is now the object of new studies. There is an obvious need to study in-depth knowledge related to appropriate technologies for the use, treatment, and reuse of wastewater which is a valuable resource in arid and semi-arid regions.
author	Fernández Cirelli,Alicia Arumí,José Luis Rivera,Diego Boochs,Peter W
author_facet	Fernández Cirelli,Alicia Arumí,José Luis Rivera,Diego Boochs,Peter W
author_sort	Fernández Cirelli,Alicia
title	Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
title_short	Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
title_full	Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
title_fullStr	Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
title_full_unstemmed	Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
title_sort	environmental effects of irrigation in arid and semi-arid regions
publisher	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA
publishDate	2009
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Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

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