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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.
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/471102
IRIN
Fri, 24/06/2011 - 15:55
snip
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.
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/471102