Tools for the economic evaluation of wastewater reclamation and reuse

The economic evaluation is basic for any reclaimed water reuse project. Nevertheless, the calculation tools for this evaluation have scarcely been developed due to the lack of application of the existing models and the need to consider more circumstances that the actually used for the evaluations. T...

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Autores: Díaz Álvarez, Amelia, Salgot i de Marçay, Miquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/200348
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/200348
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Anàlisi econòmica
Aigües residuals
Depuració d'aigües residuals
Economic analysis
Sewage
Purification of sewage
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Sumario:The economic evaluation is basic for any reclaimed water reuse project. Nevertheless, the calculation tools for this evaluation have scarcely been developed due to the lack of application of the existing models and the need to consider more circumstances that the actually used for the evaluations. The authors develop a comprehensive tool, comprising several steps, as follows: analysis of the basics of any project; socioeconomic characterization; building, operation and maintenance of the facility; and evaluation of the positive and negative externalities.