Reply to Comment on ‘Energy and air emission implications of a decentralized wastewater system’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15548550 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arman Shehabi (0000-0002-1735-6973, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, corresponding author), Jennifer Stokes-Draut (0000-0003-0240-1361, University of California, Berkeley), Jennifer R Stokes, Arpad Horvath (0000-0003-1340-7099, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 019002-019002 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/019002 |
| OpenAlex | W2037472043 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Complementing centralized water-related infrastructure with decentralized facilities is being considered in some communities and a life-cycle perspective is needed for informed decision making. Our 2012 study presents a framework for analyzing the environmental effects of decentralized wastewater systems. While the analysis framework could be applied to cases with a variety of sizes, we evaluated two currently operating systems in California, one decentralized and one centralized plant with a much larger capacity. The disparate scales of the two plants represent an ‘off-the-grid’ suburban neighborhood-scale system compared with a similarly sized neighborhood connecting to an adjacent large centralized plant. Deciding whether or not to connect expanding developments to nearby centralized plants is a realistic scenario for future growth, making the treatment plants evaluated in our study a realistic choice for comparison
Control (management · Decentralised system · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Grid · Grid system · Perspective (graphical · Scale (ratio · Variety (cybernetics · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Urban Stormwater Management Solutions · Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |