O RECLAIMED WASTEWATER FOR AGRICULTURAL AND LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION Most important The water itself -but also its nutrients irrigation of farmland and crops irrigation of golf courses and sporting grounds irrigation of parks and green fields Important challenges Safeguarding hygienic quality of water(H0, 1973, 1989) Preventing contamination of soil (heavy metals) Preventing contamination of ground water(metals, organic micropollutants, nitrates etc) NINU- Norwegian University of Science and Technology Prof Hallvard Odegaard Dep Hydraulic and Environmental EngineeringNTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Dep. Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Prof. Hallvard Ødegaard RECLAIMED WASTEWATER FOR AGRICULTURAL AND LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION Most important : The water itself - but also its nutrients • irrigation of farmland and crops • irrigation of golf courses and sporting grounds • irrigation of parks and green fields Important challenges : • Safeguarding hygienic quality of water (WHO, 1973,1989) • Preventing contamination of soil (heavy metals) • Preventing contamination of ground water (metals, organic micropollutants, nitrates etc)