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Cost‐Sharing for Federal Water Resource Programs with Emphasis on Flood Protection
Author(s) -
Loughlin James C.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr006i002p00366
Subject(s) - equity (law) , flood control , cost sharing , flood myth , business , resource (disambiguation) , control (management) , environmental economics , scale (ratio) , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental resource management , computer science , economics , geography , computer network , archaeology , cartography , artificial intelligence , political science , law
Differences in cost‐sharing policy can cause inefficiencies and inequities to arise among and within federal water resource programs. Beneficiaries may not choose the least cost alternative, the optimal scale may not be chosen, and optimal use of existing capacity may not be realized. Equity problems include varying reimbursement requirements for similar, or the same programs; the ‘tilting’ of project costs toward nonreimbursable purposes; and the arbitrariness of existing cost‐sharing provisions. Case studies pertaining to flood control are presented illustrating several of the above points. A uniform cost‐sharing policy for flood protection is proposed.