Environmental assessment and selection of indicators for urban and industrial wastewater treatment within a circular economy framework

• Autores: Sofía Estévez Rivadulla
• Directores de la Tesis: Gumersindo Feijoo Costa (dir. tes.), María Teresa Moreira Vilar (dir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela ( España ) en 2025
• Idioma: inglés
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: João Malça (presid.), Paula Oulego Blanco (secret.), Luana Ladu (voc.)
• Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Ingeniería Química y Ambiental por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• Materias:
  • Ciencias tecnológicas
    • Ingeniería y tecnología del medio ambiente
      • Tecnología de aguas residuales
      • Control de la contaminación del agua
    • Tecnología industrial
      • Ingeniería de procesos
    • Tecnología metalúrgica
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: MINERVA
• Resumen

  • The growing concern about climate change and resource scarcity has driven technological progress in the wastewater treatment sector towards the recovery of wastewater constituents rather than their removal. While the implementation of valorisation practices is generally a sound strategy for promoting a more sustainable and circular sector, robust assessment methodologies are essential to validate their performance and prevent greenwashing. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to analyse the environmental and economic sustainability of low-maturity technologies applied to various types of wastewater, treatment scales and intended objectives. Additionally, a novel methodological framework using indicators was developed for application in wastewater treatment plants.