TY - JOUR

T1 - Approaches for the evaluation of future-oriented technologies and concepts in the field of water reuse and desalination

AU - Wencki, Kristina

AU - Thöne, Verena

AU - Ante, Angela

AU - Hogen, Tobias

AU - Hohmann, Claudia

AU - Tettenborn, Felix

AU - Pohl, Dagmar

AU - Preiss, Philipp

AU - Jungfer, Christina

N1 - Funding information: The research leading to these results has received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the funding measure ‘Future-oriented Technologies and Concepts to Increase Water Availability by Water Reuse and Desalination (WavE)’.

PY - 2020/8/31

Y1 - 2020/8/31

N2 - Against the background of drastically rising global water demand and increasing pollution and overexploitation of regional water resources, the demand-driven water supply of households and industry is of central importance. Water reuse and desalination are seen as key technologies to overcome potential regional and local water shortage. In the joint projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) ‘Future-oriented Technologies and Concepts to Increase Water Availability by Water Reuse and Desalination (WavE)’, evaluation approaches for analysing innovative technologies and concepts are being developed and assessed. All evaluation methods and criteria used were selected based on the decision situation at hand and the decisionmakers preferences. Based on the analysis of six multi-criteria evaluation concepts used in selected WavE projects, this paper presents a general approach for comparative multi-criteria evaluation of water reuse systems consisting of prerequisites, minimum requirements, evaluation criteria (qualitative, semi-quantitative or quantitative) and a final aggregation of results. Exemplary sets of criteria for the application in a more industrial, municipal and/or international context are presented as an aid for the application of holistic evaluation approaches for (process) concept and technology selection in the context of water reuse and desalination.

AB - Against the background of drastically rising global water demand and increasing pollution and overexploitation of regional water resources, the demand-driven water supply of households and industry is of central importance. Water reuse and desalination are seen as key technologies to overcome potential regional and local water shortage. In the joint projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) ‘Future-oriented Technologies and Concepts to Increase Water Availability by Water Reuse and Desalination (WavE)’, evaluation approaches for analysing innovative technologies and concepts are being developed and assessed. All evaluation methods and criteria used were selected based on the decision situation at hand and the decisionmakers preferences. Based on the analysis of six multi-criteria evaluation concepts used in selected WavE projects, this paper presents a general approach for comparative multi-criteria evaluation of water reuse systems consisting of prerequisites, minimum requirements, evaluation criteria (qualitative, semi-quantitative or quantitative) and a final aggregation of results. Exemplary sets of criteria for the application in a more industrial, municipal and/or international context are presented as an aid for the application of holistic evaluation approaches for (process) concept and technology selection in the context of water reuse and desalination.

KW - Assessment framework

KW - Desalination

KW - Multi-criteria decision analysis

KW - Water management

KW - Water reuse

KW - Bewertungsmethoden

KW - Entsalzung

KW - Multikriterielle Bewertung

KW - Wassermanagement

KW - Wasserwiederverwendung

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098758925&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.2166/wrd.2020.022

DO - 10.2166/wrd.2020.022

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85098758925

VL - 10

SP - 269

EP - 283

JO - Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination

JF - Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination

SN - 2220-1319

IS - 4

ER -