Life cycle assessment of ecological sanitation system for small-scale wastewater treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1506-1516

  Benetto, Enrico ^a   Nguyen, Diep ^a   Lohmann, Torben ^a   Schmitt, Bianca ^a   Schosseler, Paul ^a  

^a CRTE ^*  (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Ecological sanitation; LCA; Life cycle assessment; Umberto; Uncertainty; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL SANITATION; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; UMBERTO; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PLANNING; RECLAMATION; SANITATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LIFE CYCLE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PLANNING PROCESS; SANITATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 59149087631     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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