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A Decision-Making Framework For Hybrid Resource Recovery Oriented Wastewater Systems, Nader Rezaei
A Decision-Making Framework For Hybrid Resource Recovery Oriented Wastewater Systems, Nader Rezaei
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Water shortage, water contamination, and the emerging challenges in sustainable water resources management (e.g., the likely impacts of climate change and population growth) necessitate adopting a reverse logistics approach, which is the process of moving wastewater from its typical final destination back to the water supply chain for reuse purposes. This practice not only reduces the negative impacts of wastewater on the environment, but also provides an alternative to withdrawal from natural water resources, forming a closed-loop water supply chain. However, the design of such a supply chain requires an appropriate sustainability assessment, which simultaneously accounts for economic, environmental, and …