Environmental implications of increasingly stringent sewage discharge standards in municipal wastewater treatment plants: Case study of a cool area of China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 278-283

  Wang, Xiu Heng ^a   Wang, Xu ^b,c   Huppes, Gjalt ^d   Heijungs, Reinout ^d   Ren, Nan Qi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discharge standard; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISCHARGE STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

EID: 84928768907     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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