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POLLUTER PAYS THROUGH LOAD‐BASED LICENSING: THE IMPACT FOR A COASTAL SEWAGE‐TREATMENT WORKS
Author(s) -
Raha D.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2004.tb00537.x
Subject(s) - pollutant , polluter pays principle , pollution , equity (law) , incentive , sewage , business , environmental science , environmental engineering , economics , law , microeconomics , ecology , political science , biology
Implementation of the ‘polluter pays’principle through load‐based licensing encourages the prevention and reduction of pollution through the financial incentive of lower pollutant fees. It encourages fairness and equity in environmental‐protection licence fees among industries, based upon their individual environmental performance in reducing and managing pollution and risks and endeavours, to shift (internalise) external pollution costs from society to the polluter. It takes account of (a) pollutant load, (b) toxicity and (c) sensitivity of the receiving environment to which pollutants are released. This study shows that a coastal sewage‐treatment works of 34 Ml/d average capacity will be better off every subsequent year with the implementation of load‐based licensing ‐ at least for the period 2000–2005.