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An effluent charge schedule: Cost, financial burden, and punitive effects
Author(s) -
Brill E. Downey,
Revelle Charles S.,
Liebman Jon C.
Publication year - 1979
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/wr015i005p00993
Subject(s) - charge (physics) , schedule , payment , effluent , equity (law) , business , finance , punitive damages , environmental science , economics , environmental engineering , physics , management , quantum mechanics , political science , law
Alternative effluent charge programs are examined with regard to cost, charge payments, financial burden, and punitive effects. These efficiency and equity issues are evaluated for constant unit charge programs and for effluent charge schedule programs; the latter are found to reduce the charge payments and the financial burden significantly. Example charge schedule solutions are also shown to compare favorably to the corresponding direct regulation solutions.