Assessing location and scale of urban nonpotable water reuse systems for life-cycle energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 13184-13194

  Kavvada, Olga ^a,b   Horvath, Arpad ^a,b   Stokes Draut, Jennifer R ^a,b   Hendrickson, Thomas P ^d   Eisenstein, William A ^b,c   Nelson, Kara L ^a,b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION;

DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; PLANNING SUPPORT TOOLS; WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER REUSE SYSTEMS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

DECENTRALIZATION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INFRASTRUCTURE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; TRADE-OFF; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; WASTE WATER;

WASTE WATER; WATER;

ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; WASTE WATER; WATER;

EID: 85020479020     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02386     Document Type: Article

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