The carbon footprint of water treatment as well as sewer and sanitation utilities of Pamplona in Colombia
| Autor: | Guido Sonnemann, Raquel Amanda Villamizar-G, Oscar Orlando Ortíz-Rodriguez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Economics and Econometrics
education.field_of_study Municipal solid waste Sanitation Geography Planning and Development Population 0211 other engineering and technologies Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Wastewater Environmental protection Greenhouse gas Carbon footprint Environmental science 021108 energy education Life-cycle assessment 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Environment, Development and Sustainability. 24:3982-3999 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2975 1387-585X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10668-021-01598-4 |
| Popis: | At a global level, it has been scientifically reported that the processes of water purification, management and disposal of wastewater, and solid waste generate environmental impacts, especially they contribute to global warming potential (GWP), which, in turn, is caused by the greenhouse gases emissions (GHGs). In this context, the main objective of the present research has been to assess the GWP of the water treatment, sewer and sanitation services of the city of Pamplona (Colombia) with a population of 50.000 inhabitants through Life Cycle Assessment but focusing only on the global warming potential impact. The results show that the operation of the three services emitted 1.07E+01 kg CO2-eq per inhabitant and per year, which emissions of GWP produced in water treatment is the most influential utility, accounting for 66% of the entire GWP, while the CO2 emitted from the sewer accounts for 20%, and the sanitation count for 14% of the total. Finally, strategies leading to the mitigation of the adverse GHGs currently produced by these public utilities are proposed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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