Spatial Effects of Nutrient Pollution on Drinking Water Production

Roberto Mosheim and Robin Sickles
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Roberto Mosheim: Economic Research Service, USDA

Working Papers from Rice University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This study explores the spatial effects in nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) pollution and drinking water production patterns in agriculture. Two important examples are that water utilities that deliver and treat drinking water in agricultural areas have to deal with excess nitrogen and phosphorus released to the environment by crop and livestock operations, an externality created by the agricultural sector; and, second, that the drinking water production sector in rural areas is a highly fragmented with a multitude of enterprise sizes, organization forms and network densities that have spatial components. In our analysis we present measures of N and P pollution. We employ information collected in section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act: count of impaired water bodies by N/P, and count of point source N/P pollution at the Hydrologic Unit Code 8 (HUC) or sub-basin level and estimate how these variables affect drinking water utilities scale economies, productive efficiency, and scale and scope economies.

JEL-codes: D24 Q53 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-03
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Journal Article: Spatial effects of nutrient pollution on drinking water production (2021)
Working Paper: Spatial Effects of Nutrient Pollution on Drinking Water Production (2020)
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