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===Benefits and disadvantages of reusing wastewater for agriculture===

There are both positive and negative implications of wastewater reuse. The positive implications include: employment generation, food security for urban and peri-urban poor farmers, reliable supply of irrigation water and the recycling of nutrients in wastewater. Since wastewater is available all year round, the urban poor farmers and migrant laborers are assured of employment throughout the year. In the peri-urban areas along Musi, Hyderabad, it was found that wastewater-irrigated paddy contributes almost 43% of household food consumption. The high nutrient content of the wastewater helps farmers save on the fertilizer costs and its reliable supply helps increase the cropping intensity. Wastewater can also have a positive or negative impact on the property values. In Haroonabad, in Pakistan, the wastewater-irrigated land has a higher value than the canal-irrigated land.

[[Image:water reuse3.png|thumb|right|200px|Source: [http://apgreenjobs.ilo.org/resources/urban-wastewater-and-agricultural-reuse Asian Pacific Green Jobs Network]]]