Fate of conventional/priority organic pollutants associated with wastewater reuse in soil irrigation in Kuwait

Soil contamination from conventional/priority organic pollutants associated the reuse of wastewater for agricultural irrigation in selected sites in K uwait is assessed in this paper using a laboratory pilot plant designed for this purpose. The permeated wastewaters included industrial and tertiary treated wastewat ers from different industrial and wastewater treatment plants in Kuwait. Ta b(potable) water will be also used as a reference base. The investigated soil sites covered representative agricultural areas in Ku wait including Al-Wafra, Al-Abdally and Sulaibiya agricultural sites. The s oil characteristics in these sites are presented. The preliminary results of pilot plant tests for Abdally area soils are dis cussed herein and related conclusions and remarks are outlined. (C) 1999 IA WQ Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.