Water Quality Benefits from the Conservation Reserve Program

Marc Ribaudo

No 308069, Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: The Conservation Reserve Program, a land retirement program designed to remove from production 40 to 45 million acres of highly erodible cropland, may generate an estimated $3.5 to $4 billion in water quality benefits. Potential benefits include lower water treatment costs, lower sediment removal costs, less flood damage, less damage to equipment which uses water, and increased recreational fishing. Benefits were estimated with a set of procedures that approximated the physical, chemical, biological, and economic links between soil erosion and water use.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 1989-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.308069

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