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Costs for Equivalent Upstream Reduction in Waste Water Discharges
Author(s) -
Heaney James P.,
Carter Buford J.,
Pyatt Edwin E.
Publication year - 1971
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/wr007i003p00458
Subject(s) - upstream (networking) , environmental science , pollution , environmental engineering , wastewater , water quality , downstream (manufacturing) , reduction (mathematics) , water resource management , waste management , engineering , operations management , mathematics , ecology , telecommunications , geometry , biology
Regional water quality management models for river systems with multiple sources of pollution are reviewed. The optimal solution is analyzed from the point of view of comparing the efficacy of more intensive waste treatment by the individual waste discharger with the efficacy of increased upstream treatment. The value of upstream waste treatment to the individual discharger diminishes the further upstream one moves. A relationship for evaluating this trade off is presented. The alternative situations that might occur in a regional system are then analyzed. An application of the analysis to a hypothetical region is presented.