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/wst.2011.258

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

Københavns Energi A/S
Copenhagen Development Cooperation
HOFOR A/S
COWI A/S
FORCE Technology

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Abstract

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 categorised in environmental impact categories. The use of LCA in the water sector of this region has limitations since it does not yet consider impact categories assessing freshwater scarcity and ecological sustainability.

Original language	English
Journal	Water Science and Technology
Volume	63
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	565-572
ISSN	0273-1223
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2011.258
Publication status	Published - 2011

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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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