Life Cycle Assessment of an Innovative Combined Treatment and Constructed Wetland Technology for the Treatment of Hexachlorocyclohexane-Contaminated Drainage Water in Hajek in the Czech Republic

Maria Bałazińska, Paul Bardos, Grzegorz Gzyl, Vojtech Antos, Anna Skalny () and Tomas Lederer
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Maria Bałazińska: Water Protection Department, Central Mining Institute—National Research Institute, 40166 Katowice, Poland
Paul Bardos: r3 Environmental Technology Ltd., Reading RG4 7DH, UK
Grzegorz Gzyl: Water Protection Department, Central Mining Institute—National Research Institute, 40166 Katowice, Poland
Vojtech Antos: Photon Water Technology s.r.o., 460 01 Liberec, Czech Republic
Anna Skalny: Water Protection Department, Central Mining Institute—National Research Institute, 40166 Katowice, Poland
Tomas Lederer: Department of Environmental Technology, Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technology and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 11, 1-20

Abstract: The paper presents the results of an LCA analysis of the “Wetland+ ® ” technology compared to conventional wastewater treatment technology. Wastewater contaminated with pesticide production residues from lindane was treated. The analysis is based on data from a full-scale Wetland+ ® installation located in Hajek, the Czech Republic. Conventional wastewater treatment technology was selected as a comparator. For the comparative system, data for the LCA came from design calculations assuming the location of such a system in the same place and function as the Wetland+ ® technology implemented. The LCA analysis was carried out using system boundaries covering the stages of construction and operation of the systems. The results indicate that with the Wetland+ ® technology, a system’s overall environment burdens are >11 times less than that of conventional wastewater treatment technology.

Keywords: LCA; Wetland+ ® technology; wastewater treatment technology; lindane contamination; pesticide contamination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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