Planning regional document delivery services for the Water Decade : the Latin American and Caribbean region

PhotocopyPresents the objectives, scope, structure and operations of REPIDISCA, a cooperative information network covering the areas of water supply, sanitation and environmental health

Towards an agenda for improving wastewater use in agriculture

This paper sets out the trends and challenges of wastewater use in agriculture; identifies the risks and benefits of wastewater irrigation; describes the risk-assessment and management framework adopted by the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other international and national organizations; and proposes measures for applying the framework to reduce health risks by moving from unplanned to a planned, integrated, approach to wastewater use for irrigation