Environmental impacts of using desalinated water in concrete production in areas affected by freshwater scarcity

Up to 500 litres of water may be consumed at the batching plant per cubic meter of ready mix concrete, if water for washing mixing trucks and equipment is included. Demand for concrete is growing almost everywhere, regardless of local availability of freshwater. The use of freshwater for concrete pr...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Arrigoni, Tamar Opher, Sabrina Spatari, Valeria Arosio, Heather L. MacLean, Daman K. Panesar, Giovanni Dotelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Technical University in Prague 2022-03-01
Series:Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
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Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/7973
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