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Life cycle assessment applied to wastewater treatment: State of the art
Ll. Corominas,J. Foley,Jeremy S. Guest,Almudena Hospido,Henrik Fred Larsen,Serni Morera,Serni Morera,Andrew Shaw,Andrew Shaw +8 more
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This work presents a comprehensive review of 45 papers dealing with WWT and LCA, showing that within the constraints of the ISO standards, there is variability in the definition of the functional unit and the system boundaries, the selection of the impact assessment methodology and the procedure followed for interpreting the results.About:
This article is published in Water Research.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 468 citations till now.read more
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Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity
Adrian Leip,Gilles Billen,Josette Garnier,Bruna Grizzetti,Luis Lassaletta,Luis Lassaletta,Stefan Reis,David Simpson,David Simpson,Mark A. Sutton,Wim de Vries,Franz Weiss,Henk Westhoek +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantify the contribution of European livestock production to major environmental impacts such as terrestrial biodiversity loss, soil acidification and air pollution, ranging between 12% for global warming and 59% for water quality impact.
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Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance spread: A review
Pawel Krzeminski,Maria Concetta Tomei,Popi Karaolia,Alette A.M. Langenhoff,C. Marisa R. Almeida,Ewa Felis,Fanny Gritten,Henrik Rasmus Andersen,Telma Fernandes,Célia M. Manaia,Luigi Rizzo,Despo Fatta-Kassinos +11 more
TL;DR: Technological solutions including conventional activated sludge, membrane bioreactors, moving bed biofilm reactors, and nature-based solutions such as constructed wetlands are compared for the achievable removal efficiencies of the selected CEC and their potential of acting as reservoirs of ARB&ARGs.
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Emerging pollutants removal through advanced drinking water treatment: A review on processes and environmental performances assessment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comprehensive review of the research efforts related to the occurrence, fate, health effects and impacts of emerging pollutants on advanced drinking water treatment and the environmental performance evaluation of different technological options, with a focus on pilot and full-scale installations.
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Energy consumption for water use cycles in different countries: A review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a literature review of the current status, research gaps, dependence factors, and possible improvement measures to reduce energy consumption in the water sector, and show that water supply and wastewater services are energy intensive globally owing to old infrastructures and technologies.
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Life Cycle Assessment of wastewater treatment systems for small communities: Activated sludge, constructed wetlands and high rate algal ponds
TL;DR: In this paper, a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was carried out comparing a conventional wastewater treatment plant with two nature-based technologies (i.e. hybrid constructed wetland and high rate algal pond systems).
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The Revision of ISO Standards 14040-3 - ISO 14040: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Principles and framework - ISO 14044: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Requirements and guidelines
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Handbook on Life Cycle Assessment: Operational Guide to the ISO Standards
TL;DR: The Guide to LCA is a guide to the management of LCA projects: procedures and guiding principles for the present Guide, which aims to clarify goal and scope definition, impact assessment, and interpretation.
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IMPACT 2002+: A new life cycle impact assessment methodology
Olivier Jolliet,Manuele Margni,Raphaël Charles,Sebastien Humbert,Jérôme Payet,Gerald Rebitzer,Ralph K. Rosenbaum +6 more
TL;DR: The IMPACT 2002+ method as mentioned in this paper proposes a feasible implementation of a combined midpoint/damage approach, linking all types of life cycle inventory results (elementary flows and other interventions) via 14 midpoint categories to four damage categories.
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Occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater: Removal, mass load and environmental risk after a secondary treatment—A review
TL;DR: This analysis shows that the highest amounts discharged through secondary effluent pertain to one antihypertensive, and several beta-blockers and analgesics/anti-inflammatories, while the highest risk is posed by antibiotics and several psychiatric drugs and analgesic/ anti- inflammatories.