@ARTICLE{Mahfoud_Zakari_Wastewater_2020,
 author={Mahfoud, Zakari},
 number={No 46},
 pages={153-161},
 journal={Journal of Water and Land Development},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2020},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute},
 abstract={This work aims to evaluate the treated wastewater from the activated sludge treatment plant in the City of Sidi Bel Ab-bes (North-Western Algeria) which is required for reuse in irrigation. The control of irrigated areas downstream is done based on a pedological study. Physico-chemical analysis such as (pH, BOD5, COD and SS) indicate results in Algerian and international standards required by the WHO. The Sodium Adsorption Ratio and Electrical Conductivity values of the treated wastewater belong to the C3-S1 class. The treated wastewater has a fairly good microbiological quality that meets Algerian standards. The helminth eggs are practically absent. The concentrations of heavy metals are much lower than the limits prescribed in the Algerian decrees. Therefore, the overall processing plant efficiency is satisfactory and has the char-acteristics of a good treated water quality for reuse in the field of irrigation while protecting the environment. The pedolo-gical study of the soil samples shows that the most dominant fraction is undeveloped calcimagnetic. The planned irrigation plain covers an area of about two thousand hectares. Depending on the crops to irrigate; the development and nature of the necessary or recommended improvements, the proposed irrigation perimeter could be classified into five categories in which only three categories are irrigable. Water projects have been proposed to ensure the irrigation of three subdivided sectors.},
 type={Article},
 title={Wastewater reuse and mapping of irrigable soils: Case of Sidi Bel Abbes City, Algeria},
 URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/117290/PDF/Mahfoud%20et%20al%20618.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/jwld.2020.134208},
 keywords={bacteriology, physico-chemical parameters, reuse, soil, Sidi Bel Abbes City, wastewater, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)},
}