The Cycle life analysis as a tool for sustainability in water treatment projects

The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a standardised tool for sustainability, recognized in many international forums, applicable to water treatment projects, but not usually applied to this type of projects. The LCA should be included into this type of projects since it allows making strategic decisions from the study of sustainability at different stages of the project, compares water purification technologies and its phases, and allows optimizing processes and determining the overall impact of the WWTP's life cycle.Postprint (published version

Development Agencies and Local Governments—Coexistence within the Same Territory

This article proposes a discussion on the form of coexistence of local Development Agencies in Uruguay, with local governments in the face of the new scenarios marked by the decentralization process, initiated in the country with the Constitutional Reform of 1996 and culminating in February 2009, with the Law of Political Decentralization and Citizen Participation. The discussion applies in particular to the local development agency of the city of Rivera (ADR), located in the northeast of the country. A descriptive, mixed, bibliographic, documentary investigation was carried out with primary data collection to internal and external references to ADR. The results show that the coexistence of both institutions has been difficult, without defining clear roles. Promoting dialogue to define the role of each seems to be the great challenge facing the sustainability of the agency