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ArticleScientific reports2025

Environmental impact assessment of southern tehran wastewater treatment plant using life cycle assessment (LCA).

Zeinab Samsami, Ahmad Jonidi Jafari, Mohammad Delnavaz, Azra Naderi, Reza Barati Rashvanlou, Behnam Movassagh Inchehboroun, Emad Dehghanifard

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  2. Environmental impact of a domestic wastewater treatment plant using LCA approach under various treatment scenarios: a case study in Bangladesh.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2026
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Zeinab SamsamiDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad Jonidi JafariDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad DelnavazFaculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Azra NaderiDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Reza Barati RashvanlouDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Behnam Movassagh InchehborounFaculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Emad DehghanifardDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. dehghanifard@yahoo.com.

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Iran University of Medical Sciences 1400-3-2-22251
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The population has increased in recent decades, and as a result, the increase in urban wastewater has led to many environmental problems. In this study, the environmental impacts of the Southern Tehran treatment plant were assessed via life cycle assessment (LCA) (SimaPro 9.4.0.2). The information needed for the LCA to be input to the system from the studied treatment plant for 12 months during the year 2022 was gathered from the database and analyzed using the Recepie method. The results of the final effects group showed that in both scenarios, damage to human health, the ecosystem and resource destruction were the most sensitive. A comparison of the final effects of the first and second scenarios revealed that reusing wastewater for irrigation on the Varamin Plain was a more environmentally friendly method, and discharging treated wastewater into receiving water was the worst. Although the use of treated wastewater and digested sludge for agricultural land may save a significant amount of water, it has significant adverse effects on carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic toxicity in humans due to the presence of heavy metals and has a negative effect on global warming.

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WastewaterEcosystemEnvironmentEnvironmental MonitoringHumansIranMetals, HeavyWaste Disposal, FluidWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationMetals, HeavyWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalGreenhouse gasesLife cycle assessmentSimaProWastewater treatment

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PMID39747312
PMCPMC11696003

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