Water footprint calculation: application to urban water cycle

Water use impact assessment, also named water footprint, has an increasing interest and thus methodologies are quickly evolving within the frame of life cycle assessment. In this work, we proposed to apply an adaptation of Ridoutt and Pfister (Int J Life Cycle Assess 18(1):201–207, 2013 ) methodolog...

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Published in:International journal on interactive design and manufacturing 2016-08, Vol.10 (3), p.213-216
Main Authors: Penru, Y., Antoniucci, D., Barrero, M. J. Amores, Chevauché, C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acidification
CAE) and Design
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD
Decision making
Drinking water
Electronics and Microelectronics
Energy consumption
Engineering
Engineering Design
Footprint analysis
Hydrologic cycle
Industrial Design
Instrumentation
Life cycle assessment
Mechanical Engineering
Nitrogen
Original Paper
Pesticides
Reagents
Recipes
Surface water
Water consumption
Water quality
Water treatment
Water use
Working groups
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Summary:Water use impact assessment, also named water footprint, has an increasing interest and thus methodologies are quickly evolving within the frame of life cycle assessment. In this work, we proposed to apply an adaptation of Ridoutt and Pfister (Int J Life Cycle Assess 18(1):201–207, 2013 ) methodology to address both consumptive and degradative use of water for several options of urban water cycle management. We implemented several new endpoints such as ecotoxicity and human toxicity from USEtox, and aquatic acidification from IMPACT2002+. The assessment encompassed the life cycle of three urban water cycle scenarios. The functional unit was the distribution of one cubic meter of water to users.
ISSN:1955-2513
1955-2505
DOI:10.1007/s12008-016-0327-2