ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR

The objective of this study is to evaluate the environmental impacts of two small water treatment plants with water intake from surface water sources with a high content of organic substances was evaluated. Open-LCA software is used for the LCA model and CML 2001 method is used to calculate the results in terms of global warming potential (GWP), acidification potential (AP), marine aquatic ecotoxicity potential (MAEP), terrestrial ecotoxicity potential (TETP), eutrophication potential (EP), human toxicity potential (HTP). The results are given per 1 m3 of drinking water produced at a water treatment plant.