A benefit-cost analysis of total maximum daily load implementation

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1009-1023

  Borisova, Tatiana ^a   Collins, Alan ^b   D'Souza, Gerard ^b   Benson, Matthew ^c   Leigh Wolfe, Mary ^d   Benham, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northern District Virginia Cooperative Extension   (United States)

^d Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Contingent valuation; Nonpoint source pollution; Water policy; Water quality economics; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

AMERICAN WATER (CO); BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; BENEFITS AND COSTS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPS); CONTINGENT VALUATION (CV); HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATION PROGRAM FORTRAN (HSPF); LOCAL RESIDENTS; POLLUTION REDUCTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI); TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL); VIRGINIA; WATER QUALITY SIMULATION MODELS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ABRAMS CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; OPEQUON CREEK; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 48249126473     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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