State water pollution control policy insights from a reduced-form model

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-159

  Schultz, Martin T ^a   Small, Mitchell J ^b   Farrow, R Scott ^c   Fischbeck, Paul S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US General Accounting Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost ratios; Decision support systems; Economic analysis; Regulations; Uncertainty analysis; Water quality control

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SEWERS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER QUALITY;

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW (CSO); REDUCED-FORM MODEL (RFM); WET-WEATHER HYDROLOGY;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 1842686852     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2004)130:2(150)     Document Type: Article

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