Comparison of development scenarios of a black water source-separation sanitation system using life cycle assessment and environmental life cycle costing

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-54

  Thibodeau, Charles ^a   Monette, Frédéric ^a   Glaus, Mathias ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black water; Environmental life cycle costing; Life cycle assessment; Source separation system; Wastewater treatment system

Indexed keywords

BLACK WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SOURCE-SEPARATION SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

ACIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; RECYCLING; SANITATION; SEPARATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BLACK WATERSOURCE SEPARATION SANITATION SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE COSTING; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NITRATION; OSMOSIS; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 84907529122     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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