Abstract
Four important challenges arise when seeking to use an aquifer for potable water that is recharged with wastewater through farmland infiltration: a) to precisely determine organic compound concentrations, primarily non-regulated and emerging; b) to identify pathogenic and opportunistic micro-organisms of different taxa; c) to establish an efficient and economic water treatment system for purification, and d) to estimate and prevent possible impacts on public health and the environment from purification residues.
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Muñoz, J.E.C., Mólgora, C.G.C. (2012). Potable Water Use from Aquifers Connected to Irrigation of Residual Water. In: Oswald Spring, Ú. (eds) Water Resources in Mexico. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05432-7_14
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