Life Cycle Assessment of a municipal wastewater treatment plant: A case study in Suzhou, China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 221-227

  Li, Yi ^a   Luo, Xiaoyong ^a   Huang, Xiwang ^a   Wang, Dawei ^a   Zhang, Wenlong ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Life Cycle Assessment; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PHASE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LIFE CYCLE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WIND POWER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84883456917     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.05.035     Document Type: Article

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