D51.2 Final guidelines for sustainability assessment of water technologies

Nine micropollutant substances have been identified as high priority substances to be reported in all case studies based on their environmental relevance, coverage of chemical and physical properties, elimination rates by various technologies and existence of an analytical method to identify them. Characterization factors for the toxicity model USEtox® have been developed for all these substances based on the EPISuite v4.1 software for physico-chemical properties, data from project partners (EAWAG) for aquatic toxicity properties and a literature review for human toxic properties.

WP5.1 Defining unique selling propositions for each technology

The objectives of this work package are:

To conduct a comprehensive and holistic assessment of the sustainability profiles of promising new water technologies identified in WA 1-4
To quantify potential benefits, in environmental and economic terms, to foster uptake and implementation of emerging technologies by the water sector

The following tasks (with deliverables and milestones) are planned:

T5.1.1: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)