Management of Agricultural Drainage Water Quality By Chandra A Madramootoo

Product details

Publisher ‏: Daya Publishing House-FAO
Author : Chandra A Madramootoo
Language ‏: English
Edition : Latest By Publishers
Book Cover : Hard Back
ISBN : 9788170354116

Table of Content

Chapter 1: Introduction by Chandra A Madramootoo; Need for artificial drainage Agricultural environmental and socio-economic benefits of drainage Types of drainage systems Surface drainage Subsurface drainage Secondary drainage treatments Environmental impact assessment Water quality issues Drainage water management and disposal options On-farm source control Re-use of drainage water Disposal and management of drainage water in closed basins Water table management Planning and designing drainage systems to protect and enhance water qualityChapter 2: Drainage Water Quality by Dennis Westcot; Water quality charactersitics Pesticides Toxic trace elements Nutrients Sediment Bacteria Temperature Salinity and major ions Sulphurous compounds Protection of beneficial uses Domestic and drinking water Industrial supply Agricultural supply Aquatic life RecreationChapter 3: Water Table Management by Daniel Zimmer and Chandra A Madramootoo; General features Water table control structures Water quality benefits Drainage hydrology and water quality Nutrients Pesticides Operational aspects Farm or catchment scale Topography and soils Monitoring requirementsChapter 4: Drainage Water Re-Use; Re-use for crop irrigation by Michael C Shannon; Effects of salinity on crop growth and yield Agricultural management practices Managing cycling and blending strategies Re-use for saline agriculture and forestry by Vashek Cervinka Concept of agriculture-forestry systems and solar evaporators System design and planning Re-use in a natural wetland by Dick A Daniel Re-use of surface drainage water Re-use of subsurface drainage waterChapter 5: Drainage Water Treatment by Lawrence Owns; Physical chemical and biological treatment processes Selection of treatment process Methods of treatment Physical/chemical treatment Biological treatment A treatment example Treatment in constructed wetlands by Walter J Ochs Flow-through wetland functions Planning and design of flow through wetlands Hydraulic and geohydraulic characteristics Soils and geologic characteristics Vegetative characteristics Implementation monitoring and managementChapter 6: Drainage Water Disposal; Disposal to natural hydrological systems by William R Johnston Land application and retirement by William R Johnston Evaporation ponds by Kenneth K Tanji Constructed evaporation ponds Pond hydrology Pond water chemistry and mineralogy Pond biology and toxicity Biological chemical and physical treatment options Deep will injection by Robert T Burns Concept and technology Environmental considerations Geological considerations Case studyChapter 7: Health Issues Related to Drainage Water Management by Martin S Fritsch; The interactions between drainage water management and health Water related diseases and their vectors Incidence of diseases - cases and mortality Vector-borne diseases: transmission by insects Water-based diseases: tra