Author(s)

Abdelraouf Ramadan Eid, Essam Mohamed Hoballah, Sahar E. A. Mosa

Agricultural Microbiology Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Bio-Engineering Department, Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (AEnRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture, Giza, Egypt.
Water Relations & Field Irrigation Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

Two field experiments were carried out during growing seasons 2011 and 2012. It was executed in research farm of National Research Center in Nubaryia region, Egypt to study the effect of irrigation systems, fertigation rates by using the wastewater of fish farms “WWFF” in irrigation of potato. Study factors were irrigation systems (sprinkler irrigation system “SIS” and trickle irrigation system “TIS”), water quality (traditional irrigation water “TIW” and WWFF) and fertigation rates “FR” (20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% NPK). The following parameters were studied to evaluate the effect of study factors: 1) Calculating the total amount of WWFF per season; 2) Chemical and biological description of WWFF; 3) Clogging ratio of emitters; 4) Yield of potato; 5) Irrigation water use efficiency of potato “IWUE_potato”. Statistical analysis indicated that, maximum values were obtained of yield under SIS × FR_{100% NPK} × WWFF, also, there were no significant differences for yield values under the following conditions: SIS × FR_{100% NPK} × WWFF > SIS × FR_{80% NPK} × WWFF > SIS × FR_{60% NPK} × WWFF > TIS × FR_{100% NPK} × TIW. This means that, using WWFF in the irrigation can save at least 40% from mineral fertilizers and 100% from irrigation water under sprinkler irrigation system.

Wastewater of Fish Farms, Potato, Arid Regions, Fertigation Rates, Irrigation Systems

Ramadan Eid, A. , Hoballah, E. and Mosa, S. (2014) Sustainable Mangement of Drainage Water of Fish Farms in Agriculture as a New Source for Irrigation and Bio-Source for Fertilizing. Agricultural Sciences, 5, 730-742. doi: 10.4236/as.2014.58077.