Spatiotemporal pattern of greenhouse gas emissions in China’s wastewater sector and pathways towards carbon neutrality

• Published in: Nature water Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 166 - 175
• Main Authors: Du, Wen-Jie, Lu, Jia-Yuan, Hu, Yi-Rong, Xiao, Juanxiu, Yang, Cheng, Wu, Jie, Huang, Baocheng, Cui, Shuo, Wang, Yang, Li, Wen-Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group 01.02.2023
• Subjects: By products; Carbon; Carbon footprint; Climate change; Discrepancies; Effluents; Emissions; Energy consumption; Energy industry; Greenhouse gases; Monte Carlo simulation; Municipal wastewater; Net zero; Neutrality; Parameters; Pollutants; Sewers; Sludge; Sludge disposal; Spatiotemporal data; Treatment methods; Trends; Utilities; Wastewater; Wastewater management; Wastewater treatment; Wastewater treatment plants; Water treatment; China

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the wastewater sector are a major contributor to the overall GHG emissions of all countries, however, there is currently a lack of global, national-scale, detailed spatiotemporal emission data. In this study we elaborated dynamic plant-resolved emission factor val...