Life cycle assessment of three water systems in Copenhagen - A management tool of the future

Berit Godskesen; K.C. Zambrano; A. Trautner; N.-B. Johansen; L. Thiesson; L. Andersen; J. Clauson-Kaas; T.L. Neidel; Martin Rygaard; N.H. Kløverpris; Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen

doi:10.2166/ws.2010.631

Life cycle assessment of three water systems in Copenhagen - A management tool of the future

Berit Godskesen
, K.C. Zambrano
, A. Trautner
, N.-B. Johansen
, L. Thiesson
, L. Andersen
, J. Clauson-Kaas
, T.L. Neidel
, Martin Rygaard
, N.H. Kløverpris
, Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen

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Environmental life-cycle assessment (LCA) was applied to evaluate three different water systems of the water sector in Copenhagen, Denmark, including technologies within water supply, facilities recycling water and treatment of sewer overflow. In these three water systems LCA was used to evaluate the environmental impacts of each of the processes involved. The overall conclusion was that LCA is suitable as a decision support tool in the water sector as it provides a holistic evaluation platform of the considered alternatives categorized in environmental impact categories. The use of LCA in the water sector of this region has limitation since it not yet considers impact categories assessing freshwater scarcity and ecological sustainability.

Original language	English
Journal	Water Supply
Volume	10
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	953-960
ISSN	1606-9749
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2010.631
Publication status	Published - 2010

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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Sewer overflow
Decision support
Water reuse
Technology comparison
Water supply
Life-cycle assessment

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Life cycle assessment of three water systems in Copenhagen - A management tool of the future

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