Including the environmental criteria when selecting a wastewater treatment plant

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-82

  Garrido Baserba, M ^a,d   Hospido, A ^b   Reif, R ^d   Molinos Senante, M ^c   Comas, J ^d   Poch, M ^a,d  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision support system (DSS); Decision making process; Eutrophication; Global warming; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; KNOWLEDGE BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LIFE CYCLE;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

SPAIN;

POLYGALA INCARNATA;

EID: 84901499246     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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