Comparing environmental impacts of tertiary wastewater treatment technologies for advanced phosphorus removal and disinfection with life cycle assessment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1742-1750

  Remy, C ^a   Miehe, U ^a   Lesjean, B ^a   Bartholomaus C ^b  

^a Berlin Ctr of Competence for Water   (Germany)

^b BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced phosphorus removal; Environmental footprint; Life cycle assessment; Tertiary wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MICROFILTRATION; PHOSPHORUS; RECLAMATION; WATER QUALITY;

CERAMIC MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; DUAL-MEDIA FILTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; TERTIARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PHOSPHORUS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILTRATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; DISINFECTION; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICROFILTRATION; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84900452998     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.087     Document Type: Article

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