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(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G000 INT Record No: H038812)
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This Water Policy Briefing was produced by IWMI in partnership with the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Advisory Center at IWMI and the GWP Technical Committee. It is based on the book Wastewater Use in Irrigated Agriculture: Confronting the Livelihood and Environmental Realities, edited by C.A. Scott, N.I. Faruqui, and L.Raschid-Sally (CABI/IWMI/IDRC, 2004), and the revised WHO Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater (2006, In Press). The brief complements Catalyzing Change, the GWP handbook for developing IWRM and water efficiency strategies and plans, and the associated policy and technical briefs. In developing countries, fast-growing urban populations are demanding more fresh water and food, while generating greater volumes of domestic wastewater. Due to the lack of comprehensive wastewater management, a major portion of the wastewater pollutes natural water bodies. These polluted sources are used in and around the cities for agriculture and other purposes. In drier climates, farmers often use the wastewater itself from drains and sewers because it is the only (reliable) source of water. Although municipalities increasingly recognize the importance of this sector in supplying cities, amongs other things with vitamin rich vegetables, they are also aware of the associated health risks through microbial crop contamination1, especially when it concerns food consumed uncooked. Among wastewater-related infections, diarrhoeal diseases are the top cause of death among children in the developing world. Fragmented attempts have been made to address this problem, by relying on technical solutions (wastewater treatment) or regulatory measures (such as banning wastewater irrigation or restricting the types of crops irrigated). Both approaches have failed in the context of low-income countries. What’s required is an integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach which looks at the whole urban water cycle and across the urban-rural continuum at environmental consequences downstream, as well as socio-economic benefits of resource recovery. This has to be combined with locally appropriate and sustainable risk reduction measures. It should also recognize that solutions require the active involvement of stakeholders from different sectors. This is a vital point in a sensitive and multi-sectoral issue like “peri-urban wastewater irrigation”, which commonly concerns different ministries and municipal departments.
2 WHO. 2006. WHO guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater: Volume 2 - Wastewater use in agriculture. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. xxiii, 196p.
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3 Herold, R. 2006. The privacy management toolkit: a complete set of privacy management tools. Houston, TX, USA: Information Shield. 1 CD.
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4 Abdullah, M. (Ed.) 2005. Risks in agriculture and their coping strategies in SAARC countries. Dhaka, Bangladesh: SAARC Agricultural Information Centre (SAIC) 72p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G570 ABD Record No: H038971)
5 Sudmeier-Rieux, K.; Masundire, H.; Rizvi, A.; Rietbergen, S. (Eds.) 2006. Ecosystems, livelihoods and disasters: An integrated approach to disaster risk management. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 57p. (IUCN ecosystem management series no.4)
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6 Martinez Austria, P.; van Hofwegen, P. (Eds.) 2006. World Water Forum, 4th: Synthesis. Mexico City, 16-22 March, 2006. Mexico, DF, Mexico: National Water Commission of Mexico. 131p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 WOR Record No: H039787)
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8 WHO. 2006. Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater: Volume 2 – Wastewater use in agriculture. 3rd ed. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. 196p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7284 G000 WHO Record No: H040279)
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9 WHO. 2006. Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater: Volume 3 – Wastewater and excreta use in aquaculture. 3rd ed. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. 140p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7284 G000 WHO Record No: H040280)
10 WHO. 2006. Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater: Volume 4 – Excreta and greywater use in agriculture. 3rd ed. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. 182p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7284 G000 WHO Record No: H040281)
11 Yokoyama, S.; Concepcion, R. N. (Eds.) 2003. Coping against El Nino for stabilizing rainfed agriculture: Lessons from Asia and the Pacific: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop held in Cebu, the Philippines, September 17-19, 2002. Bogor, Indonesia: CGPRT Centre. 223p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 632.1 G570 YOK Record No: H040284)
12 Howard, G.; Schnoll, O. 2006. Water safety plans: Risk management approaches for the delivery of safe drinking-water from groundwater sources. In Schmoll, O.; Howard, G.; Chilton, J.; Chorus, I. (Eds.). Protecting groundwater for health: Managing the quality of drinking-warter sources. London, UK: PUB IWA Publishing for WHO. pp.431-463.
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13 Ghassemi, F.; White, D.; Cuddy, S.; Nakanishi, T. (Eds.) 2001. MODSIM 2001, International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 10-13 December 2001: Integrating Models for Natural Resources Management Across Disciplines, Issues and Scales: Proceedings, Volume 4, General Systems. Canberra, Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. pp.1589-2178.
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15 Chinvanno, S.; Souvannalath, S.; Lersupavithnapa, B.; Kerdsuk, V.; Thuan, N. 2008. Strategies for managing climate risks in the Lower Mekong River Basin: a place-based approach. In Leary, N.; Adejuwon, J.; Barros, V.; Burton, I.; Kulkarni, J.; Lasco, R. (Eds.). Climate change and adaptation. London, UK: Earthscan. pp.228-246.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 304.25 G000 LEA Record No: H040842)
16 2007. Managing risks of a changing climate to support development: report of the Asia Regional Workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal, 23-26 April 2007. Geneva, Switzerland: UNDP. 42p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.6 G570 UND Record No: H040920)
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20 Dercon, S. 2002. Income risk, coping strategies, and safety nets. The World Bank Research Observer, 17(2):141-166.
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