An Assessment of Sustainable Airport Water Management: The Case of Osaka’s Kansai International Airport
Airports are an essential infrastructure to facilitate aviation. The substantial growth of aviation has led to a significant increase in water usage by airports. Airports also generate large volumes of wastewater that may include contaminants. Hence, understanding sustainable water management practi...
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| description | Airports are an essential infrastructure to facilitate aviation. The substantial growth of aviation has led to a significant increase in water usage by airports. Airports also generate large volumes of wastewater that may include contaminants. Hence, understanding sustainable water management practices is essential in the aviation industry. In this study, an exploratory research design was utilized in the examination of the sustainable water management strategies and systems at Kansai International Airport from 2002 to 2016. The qualitative data were examined using document analysis as part of a case study. The quantitative data were analyzed using regression analysis as part of a longitudinal study. The airport has been able to reduce the total water consumption, water consumption per passenger, and water consumption per aircraft movement, even with increased traffic in recent years. The airport sources water from the municipal authorities and reclaims water for non-potable water uses. The airport conducts regular water quality tests which measure the Chemical oxygen demand, total nitrogen, and total phosphates. The airport’s onsite wastewater processing centre processes all wastewaters, which discharges non-reclaimed water into Osaka Bay. With a decrease in water consumption, there has similarly been a decrease in the need to treat wastewater, while the reclaimed water ratio has increased over the period of the study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-857d4c1220904ed6bcab33ac528301d72022-12-22T01:36:08ZengMDPI AGInfrastructures2412-38112018-11-01345410.3390/infrastructures3040054infrastructures3040054An Assessment of Sustainable Airport Water Management: The Case of Osaka’s Kansai International AirportGlenn Baxter0Panarat Srisaeng1Graham Wild2School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Suan Dusit University, Huahin Prachaup Khiri Khan 77110, ThailandSchool of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Suan Dusit University, Huahin Prachaup Khiri Khan 77110, ThailandSchool of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, AustraliaAirports are an essential infrastructure to facilitate aviation. The substantial growth of aviation has led to a significant increase in water usage by airports. Airports also generate large volumes of wastewater that may include contaminants. Hence, understanding sustainable water management practices is essential in the aviation industry. In this study, an exploratory research design was utilized in the examination of the sustainable water management strategies and systems at Kansai International Airport from 2002 to 2016. The qualitative data were examined using document analysis as part of a case study. The quantitative data were analyzed using regression analysis as part of a longitudinal study. The airport has been able to reduce the total water consumption, water consumption per passenger, and water consumption per aircraft movement, even with increased traffic in recent years. The airport sources water from the municipal authorities and reclaims water for non-potable water uses. The airport conducts regular water quality tests which measure the Chemical oxygen demand, total nitrogen, and total phosphates. The airport’s onsite wastewater processing centre processes all wastewaters, which discharges non-reclaimed water into Osaka Bay. With a decrease in water consumption, there has similarly been a decrease in the need to treat wastewater, while the reclaimed water ratio has increased over the period of the study.https://www.mdpi.com/2412-3811/3/4/54airportcase studyKansai International Airportrecycled waterwastewaterwater managementwater pollution |
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| title | An Assessment of Sustainable Airport Water Management: The Case of Osaka’s Kansai International Airport |
| title_full | An Assessment of Sustainable Airport Water Management: The Case of Osaka’s Kansai International Airport |
| title_fullStr | An Assessment of Sustainable Airport Water Management: The Case of Osaka’s Kansai International Airport |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Assessment of Sustainable Airport Water Management: The Case of Osaka’s Kansai International Airport |
| title_short | An Assessment of Sustainable Airport Water Management: The Case of Osaka’s Kansai International Airport |
| title_sort | assessment of sustainable airport water management the case of osaka s kansai international airport |
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