Environmental assessment of an urban water system

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-165

  Lemos, Diogo ^a   Dias, Ana Cláudia ^a   Gabarrell, Xavier ^b   Arroja, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Environmental impact; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Urban water system; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS;

ABSTRACTING; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE; POTABLE WATER; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84879839697     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.04.029     Document Type: Article

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