Sustainable remediation of atrazine in agricultural fields by reusing contaminated water for irrigation

High yields of agricultural produce is reached traditionally by the application fertilizers and/or pesticides. When soil saturated with pesticides, any pesticide addition to leaches and thus reaches underlying groundwater. Preventing further contamination remediation this type remains be a challenge. Although monitored natural attenuation has been shown as an ultimate solution for decontamination, additional applications have introduced rapidly achieve goal. One that also contains economic benefits farmers pump reuse. The study described here evaluates possibility use reuse technique two common pesticides different chemical properties, namely atrazine cypermethrin. In study, six field samples evaluated their biodegradation capacity. By placing them in sterilized controls inoculated active columns, conditions are replicated leaching at topsoil fields. capacities columns ranged between 34 and75 mg/kg/day atrazine. results indicated using contaminated water irrigation could eliminate from Overall, method provides sustainable minimizing fields without affecting yield planted crops.