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Are pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) found in soil where reclaimed wastewater has been used for irrigation?
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Are the issues of water supply and water demand for a growing population, agricultural irrigation, and ecosystem flows in the desert Southwestern United States on a collision course?
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Are there any health or water quality laws in the U.S. that apply to recycled water (reclaimed water) from wastewater effluent?
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Are there any regulations dealing with grey water use?
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Are there any signs of saline or sodic soil problems that should be readily apparent to a producer growing crops on these soils?
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Are there environmental concerns for excessive molybdenum (Mo) being applied to agricultural land from wastewater irrigation, reclaimed irrigation water, or from composted or dewatered biosolids?
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Are there significant health issues with use of recycled water (reclaimed water) from wastewater effluent for irrigated agriculture in developing countries?
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Are there specific health risks from irrigating crops with recycled water (reclaimed water) that is untreated or partially treated wastewater effluent?
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Are U.S. customers who are using recycled water (reclaimed water) for urban landscape or other irrigation required to have any special training or certification status?
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Are ultra violet (UV) technologies being used to disinfect water for other uses other than drinking water for humans?
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Are warning signs required in areas where recycled water (reclaimed water) is being used for irrigation or other purposes?
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As part of the earth's total hydrologic cycle how can evaporation and transpiration from land sources exceed what comes to a given area by rainfall when these areas are not impacted by humans?
13.-

Can a water source for irrigation or other uses be both saline and sodic?

14.-

Can contaminated irrigation water lead to food safety issues due to microbial and viral contamination of farm produce?
15.-

Can farm-scale water recovery or reuse systems improve irrigation efficiency?
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Can grey water use have an impact on reducing chemical dumping down household drains?
17.-

Can I have my house re-plumbed to separate grey water and black water so that I can use the grey water to irrigate my garden?
18.-

Can I water fruit and vegetables with blue-green algae contaminated water?

19.-

Can irradiation be use to sterilize food-borne microbial contamination of leafy vegetables caused by washing or irrigation with impure water?
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Can irradiation be used to destroy viral contamination of field grown food products such as leafy vegetables caused by spray irrigation with impure water?
21.-

Can irradiation be used to ensure the food safety of lettuce or other food products that may have been washed in E. coli contaminated water?
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Can irrigating with recycled water (reclaimed water) from wastewater effluent result in negative long-term environmental impacts?
23.-

Can over watering cause a problem for plants?
24.-

Can stock pick up blue-green algae toxins from irrigated pasture?

25.-

Can the use of grey water cause disease problems?
26.-

Can the way one waters a new lawn of placed sod affect its growth and survival?
27.-

Can wetting agents improve the efficiency of irrigation water?
28.-

Do agricultural food crops accumulate perchlorate from contaminated irrigation water?
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Do all irrigation ditch companies in the Western U.S. where water is managed by the Doctrine of Prior Appropriation operate by the exact same rules?
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Does it help to water my trees with 5 gallons of water each day?

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