Water infrastructure in China: the importance of full project life-cycle cost analysis in addressing water challenges

Shuping Lu

International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2014, vol. 30, issue 1, 47-59

Abstract: To address serious wastewater challenges, the government of China is investing in the rapid building of new treatment plants across the country. However, current practice often favours both cost- and energy-inefficient designs and implementation, especially in smaller cities and towns. Combining a full life cycle costing (LCC) approach with financing innovations and the identification and implementation of new technologies can reduce such inefficiencies by 50% or more. One general and two wastewater-specific case studies of new approaches to efficient infrastructure design are discussed.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2013.847760

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