Assessment of Marginal Quality Water for Sustainable Irrigation Management: Case Study of Bahr El-Baqar Area, Egypt

Elbana, Tamer A.; Bakr, Noura; George, Biju; Elbana, Maha

doi:10.1007/s11270-017-3397-2

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“…The MWW showed the highest significant (P < 0.05) concentrations of TSS, while the lowest onescharacterized the NFW. Generally, a high load of suspended materials is a common property of wastewater (Abuzaid, 2016 andElbana et al, 2017). Accordingly, the turbidity, a function of suspended materials, followed the same trend.…”

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Assessing the quality of untraditional water sources for irrigation purposes in Al-Qalubiya Governorate, Egypt

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“…Moreover, it is not only crop production that is affected by water pollution, but also soil quality, aquaculture, lake biodiversity, and, most importantly, human health. Furthermore, it has been documented that drainage water contains high quantities of untreated wastewater, municipal waste and fertilisers that are a hazard to the quality of potable and irrigation water [65][66][67]. Additionally, salinity of drainage water is considered a major concern for water quality used in agriculture, particularly in arid regions.…”

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“…Wastewater has poor quality, therefore, it should be treated efficiently to diminish adverse health risk. In this context El-Bana et al [67] assessed wastewater quality during 2015 in the winter crop season in the Bahr El-Baqar Drain in Sharqia, Egypt. This drain is one of the main ones in the Nile Delta that receive diverse types of wastewater.…”

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“…Moreover, concentrations of NO 3 , MoO 4 and NH 4 levels were more than the recommended standards for reusing the water of Bahr El-Baqar in irrigation. According to the results of soil analysis, cadmium contamination was detected, with levels higher than the standard values [67]. Likewise, El-Rawy et al [72] studied the quality of water in the Ismailia Canal, in the Nile Delta in Egypt.…”

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Availability and Feasibility of Water Desalination as a Non-Conventional Resource for Agricultural Irrigation in the MENA Region: A Review

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Many countries in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) are facing water scarcity, which poses a great challenge to agricultural production. Furthermore, water scarcity is projected to increase due to climate change, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. The integration of solar power and water desalination systems in greenhouses to overcome water shortages is one of the preferred technologies in crop-growing areas. Crop growth control is done through sufficient management of environmental climatic variables as well as the quantity and quality of water and applied fertilisers with irrigation. Numerous crops such as cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, lettuces, strawberries, flowers, and herbs can be grown under greenhouse conditions using desalinated water. This paper displays the state of the art in (i) solar-driven saltwater desalination to irrigate crops, (ii) the feasibility of water desalination for agriculture in the MENA region, (iii) the economics and environmental impacts of the desalination process, (iv) the quality of desalinated water compared with other non-conventional water resources and (v) recommendations for the future in the MENA region.

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“…Bahr El Baqar is sometimes referred to as the 'sewer of Cairo', containing drainage, household and industrial sewage water. Experts are concerned about the high levels of faecal coliform affecting water quality, especially for producing vegetables (Elbana et al 2017). Nevertheless, farmers at the tail proudly claim that the water is good and that its organic matter increases crop productivity.…”

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The lives of women in a land reclamation project: Gender, class, culture and place in Egyptian land and water management

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2019

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This article links feminist political ecology with the academic debate about commoning by focusing on the gendered distribution of common pool resources, in particular land and water. The research is set in the context of a coastal land reclamation project in Egypt's Nile Delta, in a region where conflicts over resources such as arable land and fresh water are intensifying. Drawing on recent literature on commoning, we analyse the conditions under which different groups of resource users are constrained or enabled to act together. The article presents three case studies of women who represent different groups using land and water resources along the same irrigation canal. Through the concepts of intersectionality, performativity, and gendered subjectivity, this article explores how these women negotiate access to land and water resources to sustain viable livelihoods. The case studies unpack how the intersection of gender, class, culture, and place produces gendered subject positions in everyday resource access, and how this intersectionality either facilitates or constrains commoning. We argue that commoning practices are culturally and spatially specific and shaped by pre-existing resource access. Such access is often unequally structured along categories of class and gender in land reclamation and irrigation projects.

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Assessment of Marginal Quality Water for Sustainable Irrigation Management: Case Study of Bahr El-Baqar Area, Egypt

Cited by 21 publications

References 28 publications

Assessing the quality of untraditional water sources for irrigation purposes in Al-Qalubiya Governorate, Egypt

Assessing the quality of untraditional water sources for irrigation purposes in Al-Qalubiya Governorate, Egypt

Availability and Feasibility of Water Desalination as a Non-Conventional Resource for Agricultural Irrigation in the MENA Region: A Review

The lives of women in a land reclamation project: Gender, class, culture and place in Egyptian land and water management

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