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Garcia, CAuthorPérez-Sánchez, MCorresponding AuthorLópez-Jiménez, PaAuthorSánchez-Romero, FjAuthor

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October 11, 2024
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New strategies in wastewater treatment plants to evaluate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals: a case study

Publicated to: Urban Water Journal. 21 (10): 1201-1212 - 2024-01-01 21(10), DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2024.2323962

Authors:

Garcia, Camila; Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Ramos, Helena M.; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Sánchez-Romero, Francisco-Javier
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Affiliations

Univ Lisbon, Civil Engn Architecture & Environm Dept, Inst Super Tecn - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Hydraul & Environm Engn Dept - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Rural & Agrifood Engn Dept - Author
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Abstract

Water treatment plant managers have to control quality and quantity indicators to regenerate water to be used in irrigation or other municipal services. The need to improve the performance indicators as well as the achievement of sustainability in the facilities implies the need for the development of decision-making procedures. This research proposes a new strategy based on the regulation of water systems to address not only the improvement of performance indicators and therefore of economic and sustainable fulfilment. As novel, the research suggests a new methodology for the application of these pointers to targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in waste-water treatment plants (WWTPs). It showed improvements that reduced energy consumption by 22% and an evaluation of the targets of the SDGs that reached 57% globally, establishing the way the SDGs alignment in the WWTPs. The research demonstrated the evaluation of SDGs is possible and effective to be evaluated.
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Keywords

Circular economyEnergy efficiencyPerformance indicatorsSustainable development goals (sdgs)Waste water treatment plant (wwtp)Water reuse efficiency

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Urban Water Journal due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Geography, Planning and Development. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Water Resources.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-02:

  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 4
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-02:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 28 (PlumX).
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (García Meseguer, Carlos Alfonso) and Last Author (Sánchez Romero, Francisco Javier).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ, MODESTO.

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