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Farm‐level Economic and Water Quality Impacts of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Implementation in the Ohio River Basin
Author(s) -
Osei Edward,
Du Bing,
Hauck Larry,
Li Huijun,
Tanter Alexander
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/1752-1688.12518
Subject(s) - water quality , environmental science , flexibility (engineering) , water resource management , sediment , drainage basin , structural basin , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental resource management , engineering , ecology , geography , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , biology , cartography
In this article, we provide an assessment of comprehensive nutrient management plans ( CNMP s) as a tool for addressing nonpoint nutrient and sediment losses from the animal feeding operations ( AFO s) in the Ohio River Basin. We employ a macro modeling system to determine the aggregate economic and water quality impacts of CNMP implementation on AFO s in the entire basin. Results of the study indicate that implementing CNMP s on AFO s will help reduce sediment and organic nutrient losses from their current levels at moderate cost. The flexibility inherent in CNMP designs means farmers may be able to achieve water quality and other conservation goals at less cost with CNMP s than with other less flexible policy options.