Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced?

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Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Vol. 7 No. 1, 2019.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d6.0214

Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced?

Micha Blanken ; Faculty of Technology, Innovation & Society, The Hague University of Applied Science, Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, 2521 EN Den Haag, The Netherlands
Cees Verweij ; Faculty of Technology, Innovation & Society, The Hague University of Applied Science, Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, 2521 EN Den Haag, The Netherlands
Karel Mulder ; Faculty of Technology, Innovation & Society, The Hague University of Applied Science, Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, 2521 EN Den Haag, The Netherlands

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APA 6th Edition

Blanken, M., Verweij, C. & Mulder, K. (2019). Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced?. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 7 (1), 13-27. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d6.0214

MLA 8th Edition

Blanken, Micha, et al. "Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced?." Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, vol. 7, no. 1, 2019, pp. 13-27. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d6.0214. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

Chicago 17th Edition

Blanken, Micha, Cees Verweij and Karel Mulder. "Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced?." Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 7, no. 1 (2019): 13-27. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d6.0214

Harvard

Blanken, M., Verweij, C., and Mulder, K. (2019). 'Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced?', Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 7(1), pp. 13-27. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d6.0214

Vancouver

Blanken M, Verweij C, Mulder K. Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced?. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 December 22];7(1):13-27. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d6.0214

IEEE

M. Blanken, C. Verweij and K. Mulder, "Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced?", Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, vol.7, no. 1, pp. 13-27, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d6.0214

Abstract

Innovations are required in urban infrastructures due to the pressing needs for mitigating climate change and prevent resource depletion. In order to address the slow pace of innovation in urban systems, this paper analyses factors involved in attempts to introduce novel sanitary systems. Today new requirements are important: sanitary systems should have an optimal energy/climate performance, with recovery of resources, and with fewer emissions. Anaerobic digestion has been suggested as an alternative to current aerobic waste water treatment processes. This paper presents an overview of attempts to introduce novel anaerobic sanitation systems for domestic sanitation. The paper
identifies main factors that contributed to a premature termination of such attempts. Especially smaller scale anaerobic sanitation systems will probably not be able to compete economically with traditional sewage treatment. However, anaerobic treatment has various advantages for mitigating climate change, removing persistent chemicals, and for the transition to a circular economy. The paper concludes that loss avoidance, both in the sewage system and in the waste water treatment plants, should play a key role in determining experiments that could lead to a transition in sanitation.

Keywords

Sanitary systems; Systems innovation; Transitions; Spatial development; Anaerobic digestion; Lock in; Load factor.

Hrčak ID:

217802

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/217802

Publication date:

31.3.2019.

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