ABSTRACT
162With dwindling global water resources, attempts have been made by several sectors to establish alternate sources of irrigation. Under this scenario, an effort has been made to assess the potential of aquacultural wastewater for irrigation. In an integrated agri-aquaculture system when the cultured fishery is being practiced under a semi-intensive or intensive manner, fishpond water needs to be exchanged along with all the established management practices. This exchanged water is supposed to be harmful for fish growth; however, this so-called polluted water is nutrient rich and can be made use for irrigation in growing crops. In the present investigation, tomato has been grown as a test crop to study the efficacy of the fishpond wastewater.
