Environmental impact analysis of chemicals and energy consumption in wastewater treatment plants: Case study of Oslo, Norway

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1018-1031

  Venkatesh, G ^a   Brattebø, Helge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acidification; Chemicals; Energy; Environmental impacts; Eutrophication; Global warming; Life cycle environmental analysis; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS; TREATED EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOGAS; CHEMICALS; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; BIOGAS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOGAS; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EFFLUENT; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORWAY; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; NORWAY; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

EID: 79955376987     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.284     Document Type: Article

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