Development of an Environmental Impact Assessment and Decision Support System for Seawater Desalination Plants

ISBN-13: 9780415583268 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str.

Sabine Latteman;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This book contains a comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of the potential environmental impacts of desalination plants, with emphasis on the marine environment and aspects of energy use, followed by the development of strategies for impact mitigating. A concept for BAT for seawater desalination technologies is proposed, in combination with a methodological approach for the EIA of desalination projects. The scope of the EIA studies are outlined, including environmental monitoring, toxicity and hydrodynamic modelling studies, and the usefulness of multi-criteria analysis as a decision support tool for EIAs is explored and used to compare different intake and pretreatment options for seawater reverse osmosis plants.

Spis treści

Preamble  Part I. Potential environmental impacts of seawater desalination  1. Global desalination situation  2. Seawater desalination processes  3. Marine environmental impacts  4. Air quality impacts  5. Summary and evaluation of impacts  6. Impact mitigation measures  Part II. Environmental impact assessment (EIA)  7. Concept and methodology  8. Marine environmental monitoring  9. Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) as a decision support system (DSS) in EIA  Part III. General conclusions and recommendations  10. Summary, conclusions and recommendations  Appendices

O autorze

Sabine Latteman