Environmental life cycle assessment of different domestic wastewater streams: Policy effectiveness in a tropical urban environment

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-68

  Ng, Bernard J H ^b   Zhou, Jin ^a   Giannis, Apostolos ^b   Chang, Victor W C ^a,b   Wang, Jing Yuan ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conventional wastewater management system; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costing; Water conservation policy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SANITATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOURCE SEPARATION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION POLICY; CONVENTIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; GRAY WATER; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; SINGAPORE; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER STREAMS; WATER CONSERVATION POLICY;

WATER SUPPLY;

TAP WATER; WATER; WASTE WATER;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SANITATION; SOFTWARE; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN REGION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST; DATA BASE; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SINGAPORE; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONSERVATION POLICY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SINGAPORE; SOFTWARE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84898621406     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.01.052     Document Type: Article

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