ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE:
Rethinking Desalinated Water Quality and Agriculture
U. Yermiyahu,1 A. Tal,2,* A. Ben-Gal,1 A. Bar-Tal,3 J. Tarchitzky,4 O. Lahav5
Damage to crops after irrigation with extremely pure water from the world's largest reverse-osmosis desalination plant reveals a need for revised treatment standards.
1Agricultural Research Organization, Gilat Research Center, Mobile Post Negev 2, 85280 Israel.
2Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institutes of Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Israel.
3Institute of Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Post Office Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250 Israel.
4Extension Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Post Office Box 25, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel.
5Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Haifa, 32000 Israel.
6Author for correspondence: E-mail alontal{at}bgu.ac.il
