Human Wrongs Watch
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Their final report, ‘The Re-use of Treated Sewage Waste Water in Agriculture’ contains recommendations for a successful country-wide establishment of wastewater irrigated farms, in support of Egypt’s bit to tackle water scarcity and meet the growing demand for agricultural products.
Since its launch in 2013, the pilot project has identified crops and soils suitable for wastewater irrigation and analyzed the environmental, social and economic impacts of this method.
In the last phase of the project, the engineers conducted a market research on town, province and country level to evaluate the economic viability of wastewater irrigation.