Triple bottom line assessment of raw water treatment: Methodology and application to a case study in the municipality of Oppegård in south-eastern Norway

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1954-1965

  Venkatesh, G ^a   Azrague, Kamal ^b   Bell, Stig ^c   Eikebrokk, Bjørnar ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c Wastewater and Renovation Section at the Municipality of Oppegård   (Norway)

Author keywords

chemicals; energy; triple bottom line; water quality; water treatment sustainability

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALUMINIUM SULPHATE; ENERGY; FERRIC CHLORIDE; RAW WATER TREATMENT; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALUMINUM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COAGULATION; DECISION MAKING; GRANULAR MEDIUM; SULFATE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CITY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

NORWAY;

ALGORITHMS; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84929277013     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2015.1018337     Document Type: Article

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