Global nitrogen and phosphate in urban wastewater for the period 1970 to 2050 Export

@article{citeulike:5973028, abstract = {This paper presents estimates for global N and P emissions from sewage for the period 1970–2050 for the four Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scenarios. Using country-specific projections for population and economic growth, urbanization, development of sewage systems, and wastewater treatment installations, a rapid increase in global sewage emissions is predicted, from 6.4 Tg of N and 1.3 Tg of P per year in 2000 to 12.0–15.5 Tg of N and 2.4–3.1 Tg of P per year in 2050. While North America (strong increase), Oceania (moderate increase), Europe (decrease), and North Asia (decrease) show contrasting developments, in the developing countries, sewage N and P discharge will likely increase by a factor of 2.5 to 3.5 between 2000 and 2050. This is a combined effect of increasing population, urbanization, and development of sewage systems. Even in optimistic scenarios for the development of wastewater treatment systems, global N and P flows are not likely to decline.}, author = {Van Drecht, G. and Bouwman, A. F. and Harrison, J. and Knoop, J. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5973028}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2009GB003458.shtml}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GB003458}, day = {11}, doi = {10.1029/2009GB003458}, issn = {0886-6236}, journal = {Global Biogeochemical Cycles}, keywords = {anthropogenic, global, globalnews, millennium\_ecosystem\_assessment, nitrogen, nutrients, phosphorus, point\_sources, scenarios, urbanization, wastewater\_treatment\_systems}, month = {September}, number = {null}, pages = {GB0A03+}, posted-at = {2009-10-20 05:59:21}, priority = {0}, title = {Global nitrogen and phosphate in urban wastewater for the period 1970 to 2050}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GB003458}, volume = {23}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5973028 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5973028 N2 - This paper presents estimates for global N and P emissions from sewage for the period 1970–2050 for the four Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scenarios. Using country-specific projections for population and economic growth, urbanization, development of sewage systems, and wastewater treatment installations, a rapid increase in global sewage emissions is predicted, from 6.4 Tg of N and 1.3 Tg of P per year in 2000 to 12.0–15.5 Tg of N and 2.4–3.1 Tg of P per year in 2050. While North America (strong increase), Oceania (moderate increase), Europe (decrease), and North Asia (decrease) show contrasting developments, in the developing countries, sewage N and P discharge will likely increase by a factor of 2.5 to 3.5 between 2000 and 2050. This is a combined effect of increasing population, urbanization, and development of sewage systems. Even in optimistic scenarios for the development of wastewater treatment systems, global N and P flows are not likely to decline. IS - null JF - Global Biogeochemical Cycles SN - 0886-6236 TI - Global nitrogen and phosphate in urban wastewater for the period 1970 to 2050 VL - 23 SP - GB0A03 KW - anthropogenic KW - global KW - globalnews KW - millennium_ecosystem_assessment KW - nitrogen KW - nutrients KW - phosphorus KW - point_sources KW - scenarios KW - urbanization KW - wastewater_treatment_systems AU - Van Drecht, G AU - Bouwman, AF AU - Harrison, J AU - Knoop, JM PY - 2009/09/11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GB003458 ER -