Environmental Assessment of AI-Hilla City Wastewater Treatment Plants
Environmental Assessment of AI-Hilla City Wastewater Treatment Plants作者机构:College of Engineering Babylon University Babylon lraq Department of Civil Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering Lulea University of Technology Lulea 97187 Sweden
出 版 物:《Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture》 (土木工程与建筑(英文版))
年 卷 期:2015年第9卷第6期
页 面:749-755页
学科分类:083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程(可授工学、理学、农学学位)] 07[理学] 08[工学] 09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 081304[工学-建筑技术科学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0713[理学-生态学]
主 题:SimaPro environmental impact life cycle assessment wastewater treatment plant A1-Hilla.
摘 要:Iraq is one of the countries that is suffering from water shortage problems and, for this reason, wastewater treatment plants become a necessity to minimize this problem. In this study, the impact of A1-Hilla WWTP (wastewater treatment plant) on the environment has been studied. This was achieved using SimaPro software package. This software is a powerful tool for analyzing the environmental impact on products during their whole life cycle. A huge amount of knowledge about the environment is built into the program and database, enabling to analyze a product with a minimum of specialized knowledge. The results of LCA (life cycle assessment) showed that the impact and damage on the environment by A1-Hilla WWTP was 41 bad points for each 1 m3 of treated wastewater. The most environmental impacts potentially were global warming, respiratory inorganics and non-renewable energy. The study also showed that most of the effects were the result of the use of cement, steel and electricity consumption.