The water footprint assessment for advanced biological wastewater treatment plant

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorAlver, Alper
dc.contributor.authorVarol, S.
dc.contributor.authorAltas, L.
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T06:58:00Z
dc.date.available2024-05-03T06:58:00Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentTeknik Bilimler Meslek Yüksekokulu
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to assess the contribution of the AB-WWTP to a sustainable environment by producing indicators through water footprint assessment. The AB-WWTP processes an average of 2,973,854 m3/month of domestic wastewater from 694,556 inhabitants and discharges it into the receiving environment with Class III water quality. This indicates that this wastewater treatment plant is contributing towards sustainability goals and providing clean water for its surrounding communities. Water footprint inputs and outputs of the WWTP were evaluated in terms of two different scenarios: (1) discharge of wastewater to the receiving water body without treatment, and (2) discharge of the treated wastewater to the receiving water body with the current performance of the WWTP. It was concluded that the WFGrey, WFBlue, and WFGreen had an effect of 95.127%, 3.981%, and 0.892% on the WFWWTP, respectively. In the first scenario, when 1 unit of wastewater is discharged without treatment, it reduces or pollutes the quality of an average of 61.91 units of freshwater in the receiving environment. When wastewater is treated in an AB-WWTP, surface water quality is maintained by observing legal receiving environment standards. The operation of the AB-WWTP causes the consumption of a total of 20,457 m3/month of freshwater, 2701 m3/month directly, and 17,756 m3/month indirectly. As a striking result, pollution of approximately 9368 units of freshwater is prevented by using 1 unit of freshwater for the treatment plant's operation. The WFA method is a good indicator to show the contribution of facilities to the natural water cycle.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13762-023-05242-8
dc.identifier.issn1735-1472
dc.identifier.issn1735-2630
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps:/dx.doi.org10.1007/s13762-023-05242-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/11759
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001083638000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofSpringer
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectWater Footprint
dc.subjectWastewater
dc.subjectTreatment Plant
dc.subjectFreshwater
dc.subjectSustainable Environment
dc.titleThe water footprint assessment for advanced biological wastewater treatment plant
dc.typeArticle

Dosyalar

Lisans paketi
Listeleniyor 1 - 1 / 1
[ X ]
İsim:
license.txt
Boyut:
1.44 KB
Biçim:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Açıklama:
İndir

Koleksiyon

Makale Koleksiyonu
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu