1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 Environmental assessment of drinking water transport and distribution network use phase for small to medium-sized municipalities in Spain David Sanjuan-Delmás a ; Anna Petit-Boix a ; Carles M. Gasol b ; Ramon Farreny b ; Gara Villalba a,c ; María Eugenia Suárez-Ojeda d ; Xavier Gabarrell a,e ; Alejandro Josa f,g ; Joan Rieradevall a,c a Sostenipra, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. 2014 SGR 1412. b Inèdit innovació. Spin off of UAB Research park. Cabrils Road Km 2(IRTA) 08348, Cabrils, Barcelona, Spain. c Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. d GENOCOV. Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. e Department of Chemical Engineering, (Catalan Biotechnology Reference Network - XRB-), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. f Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences, School of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Catalonia – Barcelona Tech, Campus Nord, C/Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D2, 08034 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain g Institute of Sustainability (IS.UPC), Technical University of Catalonia—Barcelona Tech, UPC, Campus Nord, Building VX. Pl. Eusebi Güell, 6, 08034 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Corresponding author: David Sanjuan-Delmás, Sostenipra, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. 2014 SGR 1412. Phone number: (34)935813760 Email: david.sanjuan@uab.cat Word count: 7,325 *Manuscript Click here to view linked References This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of cleaner production (Elsevier). Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of cleaner production, vol 87, Jan. 2015, p. 573-582. DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.042