SALEM — Oregon lawmakers may mobilize a team of state agencies to fix the bureaucratic pitfalls that often prevent treated wastewater from being reused for irrigation. House Bill 2169 would direct ...

Irrigating crops with treated wastewater is widely considered a promising but underused way to help relieve drought impacts in Oregon and across the West. Given that consensus, it would seem ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Researchers with the Oregon State University College of Engineering are working to develop a technology that aims to make agriculture more economically and environmentally ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A carefully controlled lettuce irrigation study reveals that while secondary-treated wastewater can ...

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The use of wastewater in crop and pasture systems has emerged as a viable strategy to mitigate water scarcity while enhancing nutrient recycling in agriculture. By reusing treated—or in some cases, ...

We got lucky this summer with milder weather and more rain than normal. Recent years brought Austin’s hottest summers on record – 2018 was the third-hottest with 48 days on record reaching 100 degrees ...

For decades, farmers in California’s Kern County have turned to wastewater from oil production to help irrigate their crops during extended dry spells. The wastewater provides an alternative to ...

A new study gives pause to the idea of using oil and gas wastewater for irrigation. The team conducted a greenhouse study using produced water to irrigate common wheat crops. Their study showed that ...