USE OF TREATED DOMESTIC WASTEWATER FOR IRRIGATION OF ORNAMENTAL TREES

Abstract

The use of treated household wastewater is a significant factor in water resource conservation, ensuring ecological sustainability, and promoting the development of "green economy" in urban infrastructure. The use of treated wastewater for irrigating green areas has been widely implemented in countries such as Israel, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and the USA. In the USA, Israel, Latin America, Australia, the Mediterranean, Arab countries, North Africa, and India, irrigating green spaces with treated wastewater is common practice. In several countries (Israel, Jordan, Peru, Saudi Arabia), the use of wastewater for irrigation is part of state policy. In Israel, by the year 2000, several hundred reservoirs and storage facilities were established for collecting, neutralizing, and reusing treated wastewater, with a total volume of 300 million cubic meters.