Life cycle and human health risk assessments as tools for decision making in the design and implementation of nanofiltration in drinking water treatment plants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 377-386

  Ribera, G ^a   Clarens, F ^a   Martinez Llado X ^a   Jubany, I ^a   V Marti ^a,b   Rovira, M ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓ CTM CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic risk; Drinking water; Environmental impacts; Nanofiltration; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENIC RISK; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; TRIHALOMETHANE FORMATION POTENTIAL; TRIHALOMETHANES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE; NANOFILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NANOPARTICLE;

CARCINOGEN; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; INFILTRATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NANOFILTRATION; OZONE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SPAIN; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FILTRATION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENT; FILTRATION; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84881259712     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.085     Document Type: Article

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