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Survey results on the benefits of water pollution abatement in the Merrimack River Basin
Author(s) -
Oster Sharon
Publication year - 1977
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/wr013i006p00882
Subject(s) - willingness to pay , socioeconomic status , structural basin , pollution , drainage basin , water resource management , environmental science , household income , socioeconomics , geography , environmental health , economics , geology , medicine , paleontology , population , ecology , cartography , biology , microeconomics , archaeology
A report on and an analysis of a survey of individuals' willingness to pay for water pollution abatement in the Merrimack R iver B asin are presented. The survey included 200 residents of the basin; data were collected on socioeconomic attributes of the respondents as well as their willingness to pay and their expected use of a clean river. The average (mean) willingness to pay for pollution abatement in the basin was found to be fairly high, about $12.00/yr per person. Home ownership, increases in income, and family size were all related to increased willingness to pay.