Acronym
IRRICOLI
Code
179X6722
Duration
01 February 2022 → 31 January 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Water supply and demand
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural and food sciences not elsewhere classified
Keywords
treated domestic waste water
irrigation
food safety
Project description
This project investigates whether treated domestic waste water can be used to irrigate field vegetables. The focus is on monitoring all kinds of patogens on 3 different types of crops (cauliflower, spinach and celery). In addition, a calculation tool is being developed that should allow an approximate design of an irrigation network to transport the purified water to the various fields.