Cost-effectiveness analysis for the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive

Engelen, Donne van; Seidelin, Christian; Veeren, Rob van der; Barton, David N.; Queb, Kabir

doi:10.2166/wp.2008.041

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“…In this situation, costeffectiveness analysis (CEA) is a good choice (Yuan et al, 2010). For the same objectives (quantified in physical terms), CEA can be used to identify an alternative that minimizes actual cost or maximizes output for a certain cost, alternatively (Van Engelen et al, 2008).…”

Section: Economic Evaluation Methods (Eem)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Constructing the ecological sanitation: a review on technology and methods

Fan

Wang

et al. 2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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a b s t r a c tWastewater often contains valuable resources (e.g. organic matter and nutrients). Different from conventional sanitation approaches, the ecological sanitation (Eco-San) system is based on the closure of material flow cycles to recover resources with minimized demands on other resources. The review comprehensively summarized the main components of the Eco-San system (user interface, collection and conveyance, storage and primary treatment, and reuse/disposal), the frequently-used evaluation methods, and the framework of evaluation index system. Some typical practical cases were discussed to demonstrate the managerial implications and popularize the applications of the Eco-San system. The results show that the Eco-San systems are beneficial to resource efficiency, agricultural use of the organic matters and nutrients, and energy recovery although some shortages exist (e.g. high cost, cultural constraints, and complex operation and management). The evaluation methods can help to identify the restriction factors, contributing factors and measures to improve the efficiency of the future Eco-San system. The setting, selection and quantification are three critical steps when using the evaluation indices to complete the evaluation process. This study not only provides the methods for both developing novel Eco-San systems (combinations of the components) and improving the Eco-San systems (evaluation of the combinations) to solve the wastewater problem in rural areas. Considering the challenges or limitations in the Eco-San research, the recommendations for future research may mainly focus on the combination of different components, methods for sustainability assessment, quantification of the evaluation index, and implementation of more real Eco-San cases.

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confidence: 99%

Constructing the ecological sanitation: a review on technology and methods

Fan

Wang

et al. 2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…It demonstrates that the EU is not only an 'Economic Union' but a Union that guides its member states toward a sustainable and healthy environment with particular regard to its management and use of water resources (Franceys 2006;Van Engelen et al 2008).…”

Section: The European Union and Water Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A comparison of the legal frameworks supporting water management in Europe and China

Yang

Griffiths

2010

Water Science and Technology

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This paper has compared the legal frameworks supporting water management in Europe and China, with special focus on integrated river basin management (IRBM) to identify synergies and opportunities in policymaking and implementation. The research shows that China has committed to the efficient management of water resources through various policy tools during the current period. This commitment, however, has often been interrupted and distorted by politics, resulting in the neglect of socioeconomic and environmental priorities. The European legal framework supporting water management underwent a complex and lengthy development, but with the adoption of the Water Framework Directive provides a policy model on which to develop an integrated and sustainable approach to river basin management, elements of which may help to meet the demands of the emerging 21 st century Chinese society on these critical natural resources.

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“…The WFD requires an economic description of the use of the river basins, cost recovery of water services, the application of the polluter pays principle, and costeffective Programs of Measures. Experiences from these analyses show that once reliable estimates of the effectiveness and costs of measures are available, a CEA is straightforward, in theory (van Engelen et al 2008, Balana et al 2011). An important difference between the economic analyses required for the MSFD and the WFD is that the latter requires that the Program of Measures is cost-effective, whereas in addition to the CEA the MSFD requires the conduction of CBA.…”

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confidence: 99%