IMPACT OF A SEASONAL WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES

Chester Young, Terry Brownschidle and Donald J. Epp

No 276725, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: A mixed integer programming model is used to simulate wastewater treatment costs with seasonal variations in water quality standards for a representative stream basin. Water quality constraints are determined for two seasons (winter and summer) using a stream model. Annual cost savings range from $1,000 to $117,000 depending upon the constraints imposed. If a minimum of secondary wastewater treatment is required at all times the annual cost savings are $14,000. Relaxation of the secondary treatment requirements increases the annual cost savings to $35,000. If phosphorus removal is required during the summer but not during the winter months, the largest cost savings occur.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60
Date: 1981-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.276725

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