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ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR SALINITY CONTROL PROJECTS
Author(s) -
Coffey Philip J.,
Ortolano Leonard
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1969.tb03746.x
Subject(s) - flood control , salinity , control (management) , water resource management , water quality , environmental science , environmental planning , soil salinity control , quality (philosophy) , business , natural resource economics , flood myth , economics , geography , soil salinity , geology , ecology , philosophy , management , epistemology , biology , oceanography , leaching model , archaeology
Enhancement of water quality has been decreed by Congress, but is sometimes incompatible with intense consumptive use. A theoretical planning framework has been constructed, comparable to that used in flood control planning, which maximizes net economic benefits of salinity control and indicates a critical level of water quality associated with that goal.