期刊
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
卷 36, 期 5, 页码 685-696出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.12.010
关键词
Sewage treatment ecosystem; Emergy based indicator; Reclaimed water; Sludge; Sustainability
资金
- China NSF [50410719]
Discharge of treated wastewater and sewage sludge landfilling are the most common practice, which poses threats to the local environment. In this work we first constructed a general sewage treatment ecosystem (STE) which integrated the three systems. Emergy synthesis, with several improved emergy-based indicators which considered the waste input contribution and impacts of emissions, was applied to evaluate two alternative scenarios (scenario 1: sewage treatment system + treated water discharge + sludge landfilling: scenario 2: sewage treatment subsystem + reclaimed water reuse subsystem + aerobic compost production subsystem) for Mingjingtan sewage treatment plant in Wanzhou City of Chongqing in China. Results point out the environmental pressure of scenario 2 is much smaller than scenario 1 although its economic performance is somewhat poorer than scenario 1, and finally the sustainability of scenario 2 is still much better than scenario 1. Therefore, the treated water and sewage sludge reuse can further improve the environmental benefit of the sewage treatment process: however, the STE should be optimized in order to enhance its economic benefit. The proposed methods can help policy-makers make decisions and guide designers and operators to improve the comprehensive performance of sewage treatment processes. In addition, this paper also briefly discusses wastewater integrated management strategy. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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