Abstract
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is an established methodology to assess the potential environmental impacts of products and processes. We reviewed 49 recent LCA studies (2010-2019) on wastewater nutrient recovery to synthesise some current methodological practices. Their scopes, variations, nutrient recovery accounting, uncertainty and sensitivity management, and future opportunities are discussed. There are many opportunities to improve the current practice such as assessing a broader scope of environmental impacts, improving model and inventory transparency, communicating uncertainties and understanding model sensitivities. While this study focuses on nutrient recovery from wastewater, a lot of the insights are also relevant to other water-related LCA.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 10th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Event | 10th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 1 Sept 2019 → 4 Sept 2019 https://www.watermatex2019.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | 10th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment |
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| Abbreviated title | WATERMATEX 2019 |
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Copenhagen |
| Period | 1/09/19 → 4/09/19 |
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Keywords
- Life cycle assessment
- nutrient recover
- wastewater
- environmental impacts
- review
