SimaPro is a software package designed to make a valuable contribution for analyzing the environmental
impact on products during their whole life cycle. A huge amount of knowledge about
the environment is built into the program and database, enabling to analyze a product with a
minimum of specialized knowledge. In this study, SimaPro was used to analyze and evaluate the
impacts that resulted from sewerage network in Al-Hilla city, Iraq. The results of Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) showed that sewerage network had an impact and damage on the environment by
291 points for every cubic meter of collect wastewater. The most potential environmental impacts
were global warming, respiratory inorganics and non-renewable energy, contributing to the sewerage
network. The study also showed that most of the effects were as a result of energy consumption
in the pumping of wastewater, pipes used and diesel using for network operation.
Keywords
SimaPro, Environmental Impact, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Sewerage Network, Al-Hilla, Iraq