Economic Benefit Considerations In Selecting Water Quality Projects: Insights from the Rural Clean Water Program

Steven Piper, Richard S. Magleby and Chester Young

No 278194, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: The Rural Clean Water Program was initiated in 1980 to demonstrate the effectiveness of improved agricultural land management practices in enhancing water quality. Projects that preserve or improve water quality in a heavily used lake or estuary appear to have the greatest potential for generating net benefits. This appears particularly true for projects with recreational or commercial fishing impairments. About a third of the projects have good prospects for generating net benefits under current circumstances. Another third have the potential for generating benefits if they become part of a larger program that successfully preserves or expands downstream water uses.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 1989-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278194

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