Life cycle assessment of three water supply systems: Importation, reclamation and desalination

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-448

  Lyons, E ^a   Zhang, P ^a   Benn, T ^a   Sharif, F ^a   Li, K ^b   Crittenden, J ^c   Costanza, M ^a   Chen, Y S ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Environmental impacts; Life cycle assessment; Reclamation

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND RECLAMATION; RECLAMATION; SEAWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CONSTRUCTION PHASE; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; FACILITY OPERATIONS; GLOBAL POPULATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RECLAMATION SYSTEMS; SCOTTSDALE , ARIZONA; SEAWATER DESALINATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARCINOGEN; SEA WATER;

DESALINATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POWER PLANT; SEAWATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESALINATION; DISINFECTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICROFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER IMPORTATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; SCOTTSDALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74949098822     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2009.534     Document Type: Article

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