WATER PRODUCTIVITY, HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF WASTEWATER IRRIGATION IN PERI-URBAN AREAS OF PAKISTAN

Theme 3: Agriculture, Water and Cities

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Ensink J.H.J.; Mahmood, T.; van der Hoek, W.; Raschid-Sally, L.; Amerasinghe, F.P. 2004. A nation-wide assessment of wastewater use in Pakistan: An obscure activity or a vitally important one? Water Policy, 6:197-206

Ensink, J.H.J.; van der Hoek, W.; Mukhtar, M.; Tahir, Z.; Amerasinghe, F.P. 2005. High risk of hookworm infection among wastewater farmers in Pakistan. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 99 (11) :809-18

Ensink, J.H.J.; van der Hoek, W.; Amerasinghe, F.P. 2006. Giardia intestinalis infection and wastewater irrigation in Pakistan. 100(6) :538-42

Jensen, P.K.; Jayasinghe, G.; Van der Hoek, W.; Cairncross, S.; Dalsgaard, A. 2004. Is there an association between bacteriological drinking water quality and childhood diarrhea in developing countries. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 9(11) :1210-1215

Mukhtar, M.; Herrel, N.; Amerasinghe F.P.; Ensink, J.H.J.; van der Hoek, W.; Konnradsen, F. 2003. Role of wastewater irrigation in mosquito breeding in south Punjab, Pakistan. Southeast asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 34 (1): 72-80

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Ensink, J.H.J., Simmons, R.W., van der Hoek, W. and Amerasinghe, F.P. (2004). Wastewater stabilization pond performance in Pakistan and its implications for wastewater use in agriculture. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on wastewater Treatment for nutrient removal and re-use, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, pp 149-155

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Ensink, J.H.J., Matzuno, Y., Van der Hoek, W. and Simmons, R.W. 2004. Assessment of wastewater for irrigation; A case study in Pakistan. In J. Steenvoorden and T Endredy (Eds.) Methodologies for risk assessment of waste water re-use on groundwater quality. Proceedings of the Sapporo Symposium, 3-11 July 2003, IAHS Publication Series

Ensink J.H.J.; Simmons, R.W.; van der Hoek, W. 2004. Wastewater use in Pakistan, the cases of Haroonabad and Faisalabad. In Scott C.A., Faruqui, N.I.; Raschid-Sally, L. (Eds.).Wastewater use in Irrigated Agriculture: Confronting the Livelihood and Environmental Realities. Cabi Publishing, Wallingford, UK. 91-100pp.