Removing nitrogen from wastewater with side stream anammox: What are the trade-offs between environmental impacts?

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 212-219

  Hauck, Mara ^a,b   Maalcke Luesken, Francisca A ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anammox; Climate change; Eutrophication; LCA; N2O emissions; Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANAMMOX; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRADE-OFF; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84956726163     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.11.019     Document Type: Article

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