Carbon Footprint Analyses of Mainstream Wastewater Treatment Technologies under Different Sludge Treatment Scenarios in China

With rapid urbanization and infrastructure investment, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Chinese cities are putting increased pressure on energy consumption and exacerbating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A carbon footprint is provided as a tool to quantify the life cycle GHG emissions and id...

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Main Authors: Chunyan Chai, Dawei Zhang, Yanling Yu, Yujie Feng, Man Sing Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/7/3/918