Economic feasibility study for new technological alternatives in wastewater treatment processes: A review

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 898-906

  Molinos Senante, María ^a   Hernández Sancho, Francesc ^a   Sala Garrido, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Directional distance function; Economic valuation; Environmental benefits; Feasibility study; Shadow prices; Support decision making

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; SHADOW PRICE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PLANNING; RECLAMATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CALCULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SLUDGE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84857886822     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.936     Document Type: Review

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