LCA as a decision support tool for the environmental improvement of the operation of a municipal wastewater treatment plant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3300-3307

  Pasqualino, Jorgelina C ^a   Meneses, Montse ^a   Abella, Montserrat ^b   Castells, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b AGBAR Group   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL USE; CURRENT SITUATION; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOGAS; CEMENT PLANTS; COMPOSTING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOGAS; FERTILIZER;

BIOGAS; CEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; COMPOST; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CITIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENT; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 66449108532     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802056r     Document Type: Article

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