Intern ________________________ 66 Page Sustainable Re Ahm College of Agricultural & M Engineering, Sultan Qab ABSTRACT The objective of the study w alternative to fresh water f methods. The experiment wa Station of Sultan Qaboos Univ furrow bed of 60 cm width. W were measured. Plants were on crop evapotranspiration v added some salts to the root leaching process occurred d significant difference (p<0.05) wastewater has some extra better with treated wastewat wastewater compared to f parameters. However, wheat furrow bed irrigation. Genera didn’t show any significant di with furrow bed compared to compared to old method of reducing evaporated water wh lower cost and high productiv KEYWORDS: drip, furrow bed, INTRODUCTION In many arid and semi-arid co planners are forced to conside effectively to promote further a high rate, the need for in included wastewater reuse a countries like Oman have a have already made considerab Oman is one of the Middle E region in the world with rapi 1990). Soil and groundwater r Rainfall is scanty to suppor Therefore, its agriculture is al resources augmentation toge national Journal of Environme ISSN 2052-3408 _____________________________________ Vo euse of Treated Wastewater for Agricu med Al-Busaidi and Mushtaque Ahmed Marine Sciences, Department of Soils, Water a boos University, P.O. Box 34, Al-Khoud123, M was to evaluate the effect of using treated for wheat (Triticum spp.) crop with old a as conducted in plots of 2*3 m in the Agricu versity, Oman. Each plot had either a drip ir Wheat was sown and all required parameters irrigated daily by drippers or every five day value. From soil salinity data, it was found t zone with less salts found in furrow bed me during irrigation. However, the general da ) in soil salinity between both irrigation meth nutrients compared to freshwater therefor ter and almost all growth parameters were h freshwater. Irrigation methods didn’t ad t irrigated by drip gave better biological ally, all measured data collected from both ifference (p<0.05). Water productivity data o drip method. This indicates the higher effici furrow irrigation. However, drip irrigation hereas furrow bed is an easy method in gett vity. , water productivity, wheat ountries water is becoming an increasingly s er any sources of water which might be used r development. At the same time, with popu ncreased food production is apparent. Ma as an important dimension of water resourc national policy to reuse all treated wastew ble progress towards this end (Al-Ajmy, 2002 East countries that are considered as the dr idly developing economy and a high popula resources of good quality irrigation water ha rt crop production with annual mean rai lmost fully dependent on groundwater (MRM ether with conservation has been adopted b ent & Water ________________ ol 3, Issue 5, 2014 ulture and Agricultural Muscat, Oman, d wastewater as an and new irrigation ultural Experimental irrigation system or s for soil and plants ys by furrows based that both methods ethod due to heavy ata didn’t show a hods. Since treated r plant growth was higher with treated dd much in plant yield compared to irrigation methods gave better results iency of furrow bed could be better in ting good yield with scarce resource and d economically and ulation expanding at any countries have ces planning. Some water effluents and 2). riest or semi-driest ation growth (MAF, ave become limited. infall of 100 mm. RMER, 2004). Water by the government