**2. Impacts of wastewater reuse in agriculture**

The reuse of wastewater results in both beneficial and negative impacts on soil, some of which are explained in this section. The aim is to identify both and to understand their origins in order to assist scientists and policy makers to balance them and even to greater advantage of the benefits compared to the drawbacks in certain situations.

### **2.1. Benefits of wastewater reuse in agriculture**

Figure 1 summarizes the positive impacts of reusing wastewater in agricultural irrigation in all of its forms. The extent of the positive impacts depends on local conditions of the specific project.
