Life Cycle Assessment of Low-Cost Membrane Bioreactor and Activated Sludge Systems for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment in Arid Regions.

Husnain Haider, Md Shafiquzzaman, Saleem S AlSaleem, Abdul Razzaq Ghumman

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Article in Membranes, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Husnain HaiderDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8600-8315

Md ShafiquzzamanDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0226-9823

Saleem S AlSaleemDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8480-684X

Abdul Razzaq GhummanDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4439-2013

Funding

Deanship of Scientific Research, Qassim University 2023-SDG-1-BSRC36121

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small communities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) without a sewerage system commonly rely on septic tanks and long-distance transport of wastewater to the nearest centralized treatment facilities, resulting in high operational costs, social nuisance, and limited opportunities for treated effluent reuse. For a small community of 1300 persons in Al Qaraa (Qassim, KSA), this study performs life cycle analysis (LCA) to evaluate the environmental sustainability of a low-cost membrane bioreactor (LC-MBR)-type for decentralized on-site treatment as an alternative to wastewater transportation to a conventional extended aeration activated sludge process (EA-ASP)-type centralized system operating in the nearest larger city of Al-Bukayriyah. SimaPro

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arid regionsdecentralized wastewater treatmentenvironmental impactslife cycle assessmentsmaller communitiessustainability

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PMID41745515

DOI10.3390/membranes16020074

PMCPMC12943324

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