Pharmaceutical, personal care products show scant presence in crop irrigated with wastewater
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 13:20
in Earth & Climate
What would you do without water? Farmers in drought areas are especially concerned by this question. As fresh water resources become scarce, one option for water-conscious farmers is to water crops with treated wastewater. This effluent is becoming a more popular option for applications that don't require drinking-quality water. However, there are still questions about how the effluent interacts with and affects the rest of the ecosystem.