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Material Flow Analysis - Case Study

This document summarizes a case study on regional lead pollution using material flow analysis in a Swiss region. The study tracked lead stocks and flows through various processes including private households, wastewater treatment, soils, urban areas, industry, landfills, and rivers. It found that about 1/6 of imported lead remained in the system and accumulated in soils. The study demonstrated that material flow analysis can help identify environmental hazards, establish monitoring priorities, and inform regional resource management and pollution prevention efforts.

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Material Flow Analysis - Case Study

This document summarizes a case study on regional lead pollution using material flow analysis in a Swiss region. The study tracked lead stocks and flows through various processes including private households, wastewater treatment, soils, urban areas, industry, landfills, and rivers. It found that about 1/6 of imported lead remained in the system and accumulated in soils. The study demonstrated that material flow analysis can help identify environmental hazards, establish monitoring priorities, and inform regional resource management and pollution prevention efforts.

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Material Flow Analysis –

Case Study

Pradip P. Kalbar, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor
Centre for Urban Science and Engineering (CUSE)
IIT Bombay
kalbar@iitb.ac.in
Extn. 9330

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Case Study: Regional Lead
Pollution
• Heavy meatals are part of both economic and
environmental cycles
• Mostly used in coatings and in alloys
• Most heavy metals are not useful for biosphere
• They are toxic to humans and other liviing organisms
• Hence, it is important to study their stocks and flows to
identify potential harmful sites of accumulation
• This case study is taken from a comprehensive study
(RESUB 3) on the flows and stocks of 12 elements in
a Swiss region (Bunz Valley) of 66 km 2 and 28,000
inhabitants.

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Private Households

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Wastewater Treatment Plant

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Planetary Boundary Layer

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Calculation of Lead Flows through
Process “Forest Soil”

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Calculation of Lead Flows through
Process “Agricultural Soil”

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Calculation of Lead Flows
through Process “Urban Areas”

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Sewer System

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Industry

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Landfill

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River

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Lead accumulation
in soils. Conc.
Limits??

About 1/6th of lead


imported remains
Sewage Sludge
forever in the
application to
system
soils??

MSW Management
options??

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Learnings (1/2)
• MFA serves to provide early recognition of
environmental hazards

• MFA can be used to establish priorities for


environmental measures

• MFA can be used for efficient environmental


monitoring

• MFA can be used for regional materials


management and resource conservation

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Learnings (1/2)
• MFA Compliments LCA

• MFA is used to derive inventory of primary


processes for LCA

• LCA is aimed at completeness – many


substances

• MFA is aimed at transparancy at single


substance level at each time

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