The Syrdarya River basin in Central Asia exhibits symptoms of scarcity because of growing competition between hydropower upstream and environment, cities and agriculture downstream. Different approaches to water management, based on water savings in agriculture could relieve the stress of...

The objective of this work is to develop a combined approach for performance evaluation of different irrigation practices based on the classical and neoclassical concept of irrigation efficiency, preliminary water accounting and water productivity. For this purpose, 2000ha of land under Qazvin...

Sources of water have always been critical to the success and sustainability of agricultural businesses. But with demand for food and climate variability increasing globally, pressures have been mounting on farmers to capture, store and use more water to achieve higher yields under worsening...

Virtual water and water footprints have gained recognition as indicators to guide action on issues related to water scarcity. I argue that water footprints are fundamentally different from carbon footprints, as local reductions in carbon emissions have global benefits, while global attempts to...

Irrigation with wastewater supports agricultural production and the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in many parts of the world. Considering the importance of better wastewater management at the local and national levels, there is a need for updated national data on wastewater...

A more efficient and sustainable use of available water resources, especially in arid and semiarid areas, is a real challenge for many countries. The reutilization of treated wastewater for irrigation purposes is becoming more widespread in many places around the world because of its positive...

An experimental field study was performed during the growing season to assess water and nutrient balances in a paddy field over a 3-year period. The plots were separated according to irrigation water: groundwater (TR#1), wastewater (TR#2), and filtered wastewater with ultraviolet (UV) treatment...

This study investigated the effects of irrigation using treated sewage effluent (TSE) combined with nitrogen (N) fertilization on the productivity and quality of bermudagrass, and on its economic feasibility under tropical conditions. The treatments employed were SI – no irrigation and no...

The present study aims to identify the effect of installing Suspended Shade Cloth Covers (SSCCs) on the water quality of Agricultural Water Reservoirs (AWRs) for irrigation. Four AWRs located in the irrigated coastal plane of the Segura River Basin (south-eastern Spain) were monitored for 1...

This paper aims to evaluate kaolin application as an effective tool for controlling stomatal conductance (gs) and transpiration rate (E), in order to enhance tolerance to water stress and salinity and to improve water productivity. Five experiments were carried out under open field conditions in...