Environmental and economic assessment of urban water services for a greenfield development

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 921-934

  Sharma, Ashok K ^a   Grant, Andrew L ^a   Grant, Tim ^b   Pamminger, Francis ^c   Opray, Lisa ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Yarra Valley Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community cost; Eutrophication; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costing; Reclaimed water; Reliability; Sustainability; Wastewater; Water balance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COST; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE COSTING; RECLAIMED WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER BALANCE;

EUTROPHICATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

STORM WATER;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHICATION; FLUID INTAKE; GREENHOUSE; LIFE CYCLE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER STRUCTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67249093776     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2008.0063     Document Type: Article

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