Grey water characterization in terms of sustainable water management and food safety

Year 2021, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 7 - 15, 30.06.2021

Hakan Çelebi

Abstract

Agricultural techniques applied in food production and irrigation water’s quality affect food safety. Today, agricultural food production has the most important share in water consumption. Water resources that continue to remain limited despite growing population, unplanned urbanization, global warming, agricultural use and growing economies have an importance that will affect the future of the world. The way to reduce these risks is through water management and efficient use of available quality water resources. In this context, recycled wastewater should be used instead of potable water in agricultural irrigation. Gray water has a great importance and share in recycled wastewater. In particular, the fact that it is easy to treat and its pollutant components are not complex increases the use of grey water coming out of homes. In this study, grey water characteristics were determined for a pilot house selected in Aksaray province. The suitability of it for agricultural irrigation was evaluated according to the data obtained from the selected house. For this purpose, physical, chemical and microbiological analyzes were carried out on kitchen, shower/bathroom and mixed wastewater. According to the results, recommendations were made for food safety and agricultural irrigation by making evaluations on a national scale.

Keywords

Agricultural irrigation, Grey water, Water management, Wastewater

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