Sewage for irrigation ?
Saudi vegetable farmers found using sewage for irrigation
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN, Arab News
JEDDAH: Hundreds of vegetable farmers in the Saudi Kingdom use sewage water for irrigation while containers of fresh vegetables that come through King Abdulaziz International Airport are cleared without inspection, members of the Municipal Council said.
A five-member committee set up by the council has urged authorities to tackle the problems facing the vegetable and fruit market as well as to send samples of vegetables and fruits to laboratories for checking whether they are contaminated or not.
“We are now in the process of setting up a laboratory to inspect all products that enter the vegetable market in Jeddah,” said Bassam Akhdar, chairman of the committee.
The investor, who is operating the market, has agreed to conduct a feasibility study on the laboratory, including its location, cost and manpower requirements.
The committee urged the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry to support the project, adding that it would benefit the whole Makkah province.
Muetasim Abuzinada, a senior official at the central vegetable market, said clearance of foreign vegetables without checking posed a danger to the public.
The date palms dotted along corniche and various streets are also irrigated by the same water isnt it?
Terrible. Even worse is that some of it ends up in Qatar.
STW - does not involve warts, Sewage Treatment Works
TSE - no itch involved, Treated Sewage Effluent
I believe TSE is not up to the mark when it still contains too many solids! Although these might be beneficial if someone was trying to grow a bumper crop! :-)
none of your business.
TSE : re-read the thread, you will get it!
when due to heavy loads at STW's, the TSE quality was not upto the requiured mark.
This had been improved considerably now and then vegetable are being grown using TSE.
what is meant by TSE, 2khans are you working in sewerage manhole section?
Khanan there is directive from the Ministry of Agruculture that any plant bearing crops are bared from using TSE.
that is used for irrigation pupose.
It is supplied through tankers where there is no network of TSE.
So, isn't that then used for irrigation puposes ?
for drinking!
In Qatar its the general term used for Treated Sewage Effluent.
Ice, brit.
What is Non-Potable water ?
sewage water is being used in qatar as well for irrigation, but after purification.
coming from Rakhiya Farm (Qatar) are grown using TSE.
TSE is also used for the irrigation of the underconstrution Grand Park.
MBK - our client at NDIA has been sucking shyte out of septic tanks and spraying on the ground to keep the dust down!!!!!
B2D I think he means TSE.
It is fobidden here in Qatar to use Treated Sewage Effluent for Irrigation of crops, only use for landscaping is allowed.
Sewage or treated effluent? there's a huge difference!