Site selection for wastewater treatment plant using integrated fuzzy logic and multicriteria decision model: A case study in Kahak, Iran

Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research (JAEHR) - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

One of the environmental issues in urban planning is finding a suitable site for constructing infrastructures such as water and wastewater treatment plants. There are numerous factors to be considered for this purpose, which make decision-making a complex task. We used an integrated fuzzy logic and multicriteria decision model to select a suitable site for establishing wastewater treatment plant in Kahak, Iran. We used super decision software and a geographic information system (GIS) for scoring the parameters. The western part of Kahak was found to be a suitable place for constructing municipal wastewater treatment plant. Our findings indicated that decision makers and policy makers would be able to achieve better results concerning the most suitable location for wastewater treatment plant easily through combining these two models.

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  • EP ID EP415163
  • DOI 10.22102/JAEHR.2013.40125
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(2013). Site selection for wastewater treatment plant using integrated fuzzy logic and multicriteria decision model: A case study in Kahak, Iran. Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research (JAEHR), 1(1), 51-61. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-415163