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Sewage-fed vegetable plots pose health riskin Egypt
IRIN
Fri, 24/06/2011 - 15:55
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Villagers around this country have to use untreated sewage to irrigate their land because Nile water is becoming so scarce; the nation?s sewage treatment plants do not function properly, and irrigation canals are not dug everywhere, said Maghawri Shehata, a leading water expert and former president of Monofiya University. Egypt needs to take action to stop this or it will be in for major catastrophes in the future.
IRIN
Fri, 24/06/2011 - 15:55
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Villagers around this country have to use untreated sewage to irrigate their land because Nile water is becoming so scarce; the nation?s sewage treatment plants do not function properly, and irrigation canals are not dug everywhere, said Maghawri Shehata, a leading water expert and former president of Monofiya University. Egypt needs to take action to stop this or it will be in for major catastrophes in the future.
