Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) to enable water reuse across sectors: wastewater from food industry turned into irrigation water for greenhouses

“The continuous availability of freshwater of very good and reliable quality is a precondition for modern intensive greenhouse horticulture. For Dinteloord, the Netherlands, a 260 hectares greenhouse area under development, the freshwater availability was not self-evident. Although the water needs are largely satisfied through the collection of rainwater and its storage in surface basins, serious shortages arise during drought periods.”

(Citaat: Raat, K.J., Zuurbier, K.G., Janmaat, P., van den Berg, G.A. – Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) to enable water reuse across sector: wastewater from food industry turned into irrigation water for greenhouses – 12th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse, Berlin, Germany, 16 – 20 June 2019, p.339-340)