Xiaobo Xue

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used LCA to compare environmental impacts of residential rain gardens constructed in the Shepherd's Creek watershed of Cincinnati, Ohio to those from a typical detain and treat system.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the issues in traditional water systems including water demand and use, centralized configuration, sewer collection systems, characteristics of mixed wastewater, and explore alternative solutions such as decentralized water systems, fit for purpose and water reuse, natural/green infrastructure, vacuum sewer collection system, and nutrient/energy recovery.

TL;DR: The strengths and weaknesses of key system-based tools and metrics are analyzed, and future directions to identify more sustainable municipal water services are discussed, which may include the need for novel metrics that address system adaptability to future changes and infrastructure robustness.

TL;DR: Insight is provided into key performance characteristics needed before an informed decision can be made for a community to transition towards the adoption of MBR technologies.

TL;DR: One of the first comprehensive studies of the whole urban water system using real case data elucidates a bigger picture of energy, resource and cost distributions in a typical urban centralized water system.