Agricultural reuse of water and nutrients from wastewater treatment in İzmir Region

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Sarıkaya, Ebru

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Rapid urbanization and population growth have represented a great challenge to water resources management, since wastewater generated in urban areas forms a non-conventional source, wastewater reuse is being recognized as a sustainable water management approach. This study focuses on with the potential and practibility of implementing wastewater reuse techniques in İzmir region, especially with the aim to use treated wastewater and nutrient for agriculture. To this end, qualititative and quantitative agricultural water demand were considered. This thesis introduces a wastewater reuse planning model and optimization method with an emphasis on the wastewater treatment technology used as well as the agricultural demand in the area of the study. The model was developed with considerations over water quality, wastewater treatment and discharge. The objective of the model is to upgrade existing wastewater treatment plants or to design new treatment plants in regard to reuse wastewater in agriculture. The model is also capable of comparing treatment technologies from the point of design and cost. Three case studies were represented so as to demonstrate the modeling process and optimization studies for agricultural irrigation.

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Sewage, Sewage

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614337/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21556

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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E. Sarıkaya, “Agricultural reuse of water and nutrients from wastewater treatment in İzmir Region,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2012.