Objective Domestic wastewater is more and more regarded as an important water resource in particularly arid climate areas. Development of cost-effective reclamation techniques will stimulate the usage of this potential resource. In the current proposal, the project partners are aiming to develop such techniques, making a direct link between wastewater treatment and agricultural production, and in the mean time studying the impact of the water quality on the agricultural production systems ( including soil and health risks). The core technology for BOD removal will consist of an anaerobic treatment step avoiding any energy demand. This will be followed by appropriate post-treatment for meeting reuse criteria. Based on the effluent criteria, the most suitable water distribution / irrigation system will be researched coupled to agricultural production systems. In addition, a bottom-up approach will be followed in which the agricultural demand sets the effluent criteria and, consequently, the specifications for the treatment system. The advantage of the latter approach is that a low-grade application (e.g. cotton production, trees, animal fodder) will require only a plain, low-cost technique. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processesengineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringirrigationnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureindustrial cropsfodder Programme(s) FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002" Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY EU contribution No data Address Bomenweg 2 6700 EV WAGENINGEN Netherlands See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY Palestine EU contribution No data Address BIRZEIT See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION Greece EU contribution No data Address Kastorias 71110 IRAKLION See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE Egypt EU contribution No data Address Tahreer Street 12622 CAIRO See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY Ireland EU contribution No data Address University Road 90 GALWAY See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN Jordan EU contribution No data Address Salt Road AMMAN See on map Total cost No data