{"id":12043,"date":"2014-01-01T18:06:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T18:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/2014\/01\/01\/including-the-environmental-criteria-when-selecting-a-wastewater-treatment-plant\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T16:02:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:02:36","slug":"including-the-environmental-criteria-when-selecting-a-wastewater-treatment-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/2014\/01\/01\/including-the-environmental-criteria-when-selecting-a-wastewater-treatment-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Including the environmental criteria when selecting a wastewater treatment plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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ife Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology to generate environmental impact estimates associated with the life cycle stages of a product or process. The approach facilitates a more comprehensive outlook of the end-of-pipe process impacts, in which wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are included. Here we describe the implementation of the LCA methodology within a knowledge-based Decision support system (DSS) in order to include the environmental criteria to the decision making process when selecting the most appropriate process flow diagrams for specific scenarios. A sample group of 22 actual operating facilities in Spain, corresponding to five different typologies were assessed by two relevant impact categories within the system: Eutrophication Potential (EP) and Global Warming Potential (GWP). DSS includes useful tools that support a user in choosing a consistent, near optimum solution for an environmental impact specific problem in a reduced time frame. The synergistic combination of the two methodologies to address the design and assessment of treatment facilities can serve to identify the most sustainable options, embracing simultaneously a wide variety of analysis criteria, and enhancing the calculation of environmental savings. Results of averaged paired-comparison ratios between DSS estimates and facilities operations empirical data showed up to 70% and 95% EP and GWP, respectively. Interestingly, when unbiased operational efficiencies for existing facilities were discarded, the matching ratios increased substantially, up to 99% in both cases. The in-depth analysis of different output data gathered during the conceptual design and simulation of operating facilities using DSS identified the best performing facilities; and was used to improve the environmental performance of WWTPs, even during preliminary design of new facilities. Results demonstrated that combined LCA and DSS implementation is a suitable tool to assess WWTP design during the decision-making process. Following this procedure, a reliable interpretation and discussion of the results can be performed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Authors:<\/strong><\/td>\nGarrido-Baserba, M.; Hospido, A.; Reif, R.; Molinos-Senante, M.; Comas, J.; Poch, M.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reference:<\/strong><\/td>\nEnvironmental Modelling & Software, 56, 74-82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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