Effects of Considering Social Costs in Different Economic Scenarios of Water Systems in Iran

Beygi, Soheila; Tabesh, Massoud; Liu, Shuming; Safarpour, Haniye

doi:10.1007/s41742-021-00343-z

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“…3 using separate midpoint categories. Energy consumption is one of the most signi cant parts of water and wastewater systems, which has great environmental impacts (Beygi et al 2021). As shown in Fig.…”

Section: Comparing the Environmental Midpoint Impacts Of Different Phases In The Wwtpmentioning

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How Can Environmental Impacts of Water Demand Management Policies on a Wastewater System be Assessed?

Safarpour

Tabesh

Shahangian

2022

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As applying water demand management policies (WDMPs) can affect urban water infrastructures like wastewater systems from various aspects, this study proposes a novel approach to address the environmental impacts of applying WDMPs for the first time. Baharestan city, in Iran’s Isfahan province, is considered as a case study where various WDMPs, such as public awareness campaigns and water pressure management, are applied to confront water scarcity and to reduce water demand. To this end, the life cycle assessment (LCA) method is used to assess the environmental burdens of utilizing WDMPs in the operation stage of a real wastewater collection network (WWCN) and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) under different WDMPs. A detailed inventory is considered, including detailed repairing of sewer pipelines and their maintenance, replacement of manhole covers, civil works, road rehabilitation, energy consumption, chemical usage, transportation, and air emissions of both the WWCN and WWTP, in various phases. The environmental assessment is conducted in SimaPro software using the ReCipe method. Based on results, a significant part of the environmental impacts accounts for energy consumption which has strong effects on most midpoint categories and has a great change in different scenarios. Besides, the results demonstrate that the environmental effects driven by the WWTP are eightfold the corresponding WWCN’s impacts. Overall, the outcomes from the present study revealed that implementing WDMPs can lead to diminishing environmental impacts. For instance, reducing wastewater production up to 68% can decrease 18% of the WDMPs’ environmental impacts of the wastewater system in the operation stage.

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How Can Environmental Impacts of Water Demand Management Policies on a Wastewater System be Assessed?

Safarpour

Tabesh

Shahangian

2022

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“…Scenario 4, with the minimum amount of wastewater production (maximum demand reduction), has the best environmental performance in all three damage categories, which are 1.481, 0.135, and 0.010 Mpt (point (pt)) in human health, ecosystem, and resources, respectively. This is mainly because less wastewater production leads to the less adverse environmental burden, and in particular, it leads to energy consumption reduction as one of the most impactful elements of the system boundary on the environmental effects [11,59]. More details about using the LCA method for WDMPs, and effects of WDMPs on environmental midpoint categories, such as global warming and ozone depletion, can be found in Safarpour et al [11,55].…”

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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Wastewater Systems under Applying Water Demand Management Policies

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Sustainability assessment of urban water and wastewater infrastructures, especially when it comes to managing existing systems, is of paramount importance. Hence, this study presents a comprehensive approach to investigate the sustainability of a real wastewater system under different water demand management policies (WDMPs) in the operation and maintenance stage. In this regard, life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) is used through its three main pillars, which are (1) environment, (2) economy, and (3) society. Accordingly, (1) Environmental assessment is conducted using life cycle assessment (LCA) considering a thorough inventory dataset; (2) The economic assessment results are analyzed by the life cycle cost (LCC) method; and (3) Social life cycle assessment (SLCA) is conducted using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method, in which three main stakeholders “public and local community”, “workers and employees”, and “treated wastewater and sludge consumers” are considered. Finally, to prioritize scenarios, the results of LCA, LCC, and SLCA for every scenario are aggregated to account for the sustainability score using the AHP. The results of applying the proposed method to a real case study show that scenarios leading to less reduction in wastewater production are more sustainable options as they represent better performance regarding economic and social aspects. The proposed framework provides a better insight into the integrated sustainability analysis of urban water infrastructures. In addition, it can be used as a guideline for exploring the effects of WDMPs on wastewater systems in different study areas.

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Environmental Assessment of a Wastewater System under Water demand management policies

Safarpour

Tabesh

Shahangian

2022

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Effects of Considering Social Costs in Different Economic Scenarios of Water Systems in Iran

Cited by 4 publications

References 28 publications

How Can Environmental Impacts of Water Demand Management Policies on a Wastewater System be Assessed?

How Can Environmental Impacts of Water Demand Management Policies on a Wastewater System be Assessed?

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Wastewater Systems under Applying Water Demand Management Policies

Environmental Assessment of a Wastewater System under Water demand management policies

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