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Preliminary Exploration of Sustainability Solutions for Wastewater Management Services: A Case Study of Organic Carbon Regulation

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In Chap. 3, the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach was used to perform an environmental impact inventory analysis of typical wastewater treatment processes. On this basis, assessment elements, such as the recovery potential of usable matter in wastewater and sludge, were incorporated for the construction of a novel assessment system for multi-objective management of municipal wastewater treatment in Chap. 4, and a method for the determination of an indicator weighting system was subsequently proposed in Chap. 5. In the following chapter, the time series prediction method was adopted to perform scenario analysis and predictions for the multi-objective management of municipal wastewater treatment in developed and developing countries.

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Wang, X. (2020). Preliminary Exploration of Sustainability Solutions for Wastewater Management Services: A Case Study of Organic Carbon Regulation. In: Energy Consumption, Chemical Use and Carbon Footprints of Wastewater Treatment Alternatives. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5983-5_7

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