title: Life cycle assessment of three water systems in Copenhagen--a management tool of the future.
abstract: Environmental life-cycle assessment (LCA) was applied to evaluate three different water systems of the water sector in Copenhagen, Denmark, including technologies within water supply, facilities recycling water and treatment of sewer overflow. In these three water systems LCA was used to evaluate the environmental impacts of each of the processes involved. The overall conclusion was that LCA is suitable as a decision support tool in the water sector as it provides a holistic evaluation platform of the considered alternatives categorised in environmental impact categories. The use of LCA in the water sector of this region has limitations since it does not yet consider impact categories assessing freshwater scarcity and ecological sustainability.
authors.affiliation: Københavns Energi A/S, Ørestads Boulevard 35, 2300 København S, Denmark. bego@ke.dk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Godskesen
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Zambrano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trautner
authors.forename: N-B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Johansen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thiesson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clauson-Kaas
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Neidel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rygaard
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kløverpris
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Albrechtsen
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D004777:Environment; D059027:Recycling; D012722:Sewage; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage