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DOI	10.3389/fmars.2024.1358308
	Multi-criteria analysis for sustainable and cost-effective development of desalination plants in Chile
	Sola, Ivan; Zarzo, Domingo; Sanchez-Lizaso, Jose Luis; Saez, Claudio A.
通讯作者	Sola, I
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
EISSN	2296-7745
出版年	2024
卷号	11
英文摘要	In Chile, there is an increasing demand for freshwater supply for human consumption, agriculture, and industrial activities. In this sense, the country is highly threatened by climate change, which is drastically affecting the availability of water resources in the north-central region due to desertification processes. Therefore, seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination is becoming one of the most feasible alternatives to address current and future challenges regarding water scarcity in the country. This investigation aims to evaluate potential locations for a sustainable and cost-effective installation of desalination projects; the latter, under a multi-criteria and geographic information system (GIS)-model. The model was tested in the highly water scarcity-threatened Valparaiso Region, Chile, as a case study. The model was developed integrating economic and socio-environmental criteria involved in the development and/or construction of desalination projects. The results of the multi-criteria analysis show that the Valpara & imath;so Region presents optimal areas for developing SWRO projects. Both the northern and central areas of the Region show appropriate locations for installing SWRO plants and their freshwater distribution lines, ensuring short- and long-term water supply, especially for agriculture and population consumption. The results obtained in this study could be extrapolated as a tool to assess the desalination projects development in other world regions to make future desalination projects more viable and sustainable for addressing global water demands.
英文关键词	sustainable desalination desalination development multi-criteria analysis seawater reverse osmosis Chile
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001248453700001
WOS关键词	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ; MANAGEMENT
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Marine & Freshwater Biology
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/403844
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sola, Ivan,Zarzo, Domingo,Sanchez-Lizaso, Jose Luis,et al. Multi-criteria analysis for sustainable and cost-effective development of desalination plants in Chile[J],2024,11.
APA	Sola, Ivan,Zarzo, Domingo,Sanchez-Lizaso, Jose Luis,&Saez, Claudio A..(2024).Multi-criteria analysis for sustainable and cost-effective development of desalination plants in Chile.FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE,11.
MLA	Sola, Ivan,et al."Multi-criteria analysis for sustainable and cost-effective development of desalination plants in Chile".FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE 11(2024).