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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (2): 197-200.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2014-2294

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An Investigation of the Situation of Sewage Irrigation and Local Farmers Concern the Relationship between Sewage Irrigation and Human Health along the Fu River

Sun Hongxin, Yang Yang, Wang Qianqian, Guan Peibin, Xue Peiying, Liu Wenju   

  1. (College of Resources and Environment Sciences, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding Hebei 071000)
  • Received:2014-08-22 Revised:2014-10-30 Accepted:2014-10-30 Online:2015-03-19 Published:2015-03-19

Abstract: To clear the conditions for sewage irrigation and Farmer’s awareness of relationship between sewage irrigation and human health along the Fu River and to provide the supporting information for remediation of soil with heavy metals contamination. Sewage irrigation has been existed for more than 60 years in the area along the Fu River in Baoding. The nine villages along Fu River were investigated by the questionnaires. Local farmers irrigate the farmlands with groundwater, mixture of groundwater and sewage , and sewage, accounting for 66.7%, 8.33% and 25.0% respectively. About 22.2% of local farmers has been irrigating the lands only using sewage. Most of the farmers is not clear effects of sewage irrigation on soil environmental quality, crop production and human health, accounting for 72.2%, 83.3% and 79.2%; About 16.7%, 11.1% and 10.7% of farmers could recognize the impact of sewage irrigation on soil environmental quality, crop production and human health; About 5.56% of farmers only knew the adverse influence of sewage irrigation on soil environmental quality and crop production. Only 10.1% of farmers can realize the sewage irrigation will have an harmful impact on on human health. In addition, there are 5.54% of farmers surveyed did not realize the impact of sewage irrigation on soil pollution.Local farmers should pay more attention to the consequences of sewage irrigation, and the relationship between sewage irrigation and soil contamination and human health.