Workshops on the Management of Urban Waste and on Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture Held at Tunis, Tunisia on April 7-28, 1983

摘要

The Board on Science and Technology for International Development helped organize and participated in two workshops in Tunis on Management of Urban Waste and Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture in April 1983. The workshop on Management of Urban Waste concentrated on the following topics: Overview of urban refuse disposal methods; Underlying concepts of composting; Scientific principles of composting; Pilot-scale experimentation; Heavy metals and pathogens; and Economic considerations. The Workshop of Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture focused on the following topics: Quality requirements for the use of sewage effluent for irrigation; Principles of sewage treatment and practical sewage irrigation in the U.S.