TY - BOOK AU - Chaporkar, Pranjlee (PUI21257) AU - Kumar, Ashwani (Guide) TI - Action plan for GHG emissions mitigation from wastewater management : a case of Vadodara, Gujarat (Softcopy is also available) U1 - P TH-2787 PY - 2023/// N1 - Table of contents Undertaking i Certificate iii Acknowledgments v Abstract vii Table of contents ix List of figures xiii List of tables x 1 Introduction to the project 1 1.1 Background 1 GHG emissions and climate change 1 Global Initiatives 2 Sources of GHG Emissions 4 Trends in GHG emissions from Waste Sector 4 1.2 Significance of the project 6 Relation with the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 6 1.3 About the project 8 1.3.1 Aim 8 1.3.2 Objectives 8 1.3.3 Methodology 8 1.3.4 Scope and limitation 9 2 GHG emission from Domestic wastewater management 11 2.1 Direct and Indirect emissions 11 2.2 Discharge Pathways in domestic wastewater management 12 2.2.1 Centralized or off-site wastewater treatment and discharge systems 12 2.2.2 On-site wastewater treatment and discharge systems 12 2.3 Factors Influencing the GHG Emissions 13 2.3.1 Type of treatment technology 13 2.3.2 Energy Source 14 2.4 GHG Emission Estimation Methodology 15 3 Overview of the case city- Vadodara 19 3.1 Introduction of the city 19 3.2 Prevailing domestic wastewater treatment practices 19 3.2.1 Offsite Treatment Practices 21 3.2.2 Onsite Treatment Practices 22 3.3 Quantification of the GHG emissions 22 3.3.1 Direct Emissions 22 3.3.2 Estimation for On-site Treatment/Disposal 23 3.3.3 Indirect Emissions 30 GHG emission reduction potential 35 3.3.4 Best Practices 35 4 Action Plan for Mitigation of GHG emissions 41 Annexure 1: xlvii Annexure 3 18 Reference 19 ER -