Key Readings Waste Reuse in Agriculture

General documents:

Baumgartner, B., and H. Belevi (2001) A systematic overview of urban agriculture in developing countries. EAWAG/SANDEC, Duebendorf, Switzerland. [Download] pdf (120KB)

Bruinsma, W. (ed.) (2001) Annotated bibliography on urban agriculture. ETC Urban Agriculture Programme. Leusden. The Netherlands, 498pp. [Online] htm


Waste reuse and health aspects:

Ayers, R.S. and D.W. Westcot (1985) Water quality for agriculture. FAO irrigation and drainage paper 29 Rev. 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome,174pp. [Online] htm

Strauss, M. (2000) Human Waste (Excreta and Wastewater) Reuse. Contribution to: ETC/SIDA Bibliography on Urban Agriculture. EAWAG/SANDEC, Duebendorf, Switzerland, 31pp. [Download] pdf (190 KB)

Strauss, M. (1996) Health (Pathogen) Considerations regarding the use of human waste in aquaculture. In: Recycling the Resource-Ecological Engineering for Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Research Forum, 5-6. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Ecological Engineering for Wastewater Treatment, Wädenswil, Switzerland, 18-22 Sept. [Download] pdf (330 KB)

Strauss, M. and U.J. Blumenthal (1994) Health implications of excreta and wastewater use. Hubei environmental sanitation study, 2nd workshop, March 3-4, Unpublished, EAWAG/SANDEC, Duebendorf, Switzerland. [Download] pdf (160 KB)

Strauss, M. and U.J. Blumenthal (1990) Human waste use: Health Protection Practices and Scheme Monitoring. Water Science Technology, Vol 24, 9, 67-79. [Download] pdf (1.4 MB)

Pescod, M.B.(1992) Wastewater treatment and use in agriculture. FAO irrigation and drainage paper 47.Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 125pp. [Online] htm