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Copyright Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas 2013

Abstract

Urban sewage is one of the biggest polluters of water resources. For treatment, the usual conventional technologies (CT) are based on civil and hydraulic engineering; more recently, green technologies (GT) based on biology and ecology began to be developed. The aim of this study was to assess the economic aspects of these technologies using cost-benefit analysis. The economic benefits are derived from the sale of forest products and the environmental benefits of water decontamination, valued by the avoided cost method. The results of the study establish that GT have better commercial and economic performance than CT, and that the inclusion of environmental benefit significantly improves the results. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
Tecnologías verdes para el aprovechamiento de aguas residuales urbanas: análisis económico/Tecnologias verdes no reuso de águas residuais urbanas: análise econômica
Author
Gil, Horacio Alfredo; Cisneros, José Manuel; de Prada, Jorge Dante; Plevich, José Omar; Delgado, Angel Ramon Sanchez
Pages
118-128
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas
e-ISSN
1980993X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1491064998
Copyright
Copyright Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas 2013