| Autor: |
Chaabane, Safa, Ghattassi, Anis, Mensi, Khitem, M’hiri, Fadhel, De Ketelaere, Dirk, Spiteri, Anna, Plakas, Konstantinos |
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Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science; 20240101, Issue: Preprints p1-8, 8p |
| Abstrakt: |
Optimal site selection for the establishment of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is an amazingly complex task that involves several factors such as regulations, as well as environmental, economic, and social considerations. This paper presents the criteria and applied methods (Geographic Information System (GIS)/ Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)) in the screening of potential sites for the WWTP of Bent Saidane rural locality (Northern Tunisia). For this reason, the nine factors accompanied by three sets of site selection criteria were used. GIS based multi-criteria analysis (MCA) techniques based on standardized fuzzy logic concept and weighted overlay were applied for generation of all maps in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates system. Multi-scale evaluations based on the weighted linear combination (WLC) method were also assessed. The study indicated that, respectively 0.14% and 0.11% of the Bent Saidane locality’s total area were found to be highly suitable and very highly suitable. According to these results, the GIS followed by Fuzzy AHP method could pinpoint the optimal sites selected as the most suitable, due to their minimum environmental impact, as well as on public health, for the construction of a future WWTP in Bent Saidane rural area. |
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