Optimal water quality in the Trent river basin

<p>The thesis examines the theoretical bases for determining optimal pollution levels in the Trent River Basin, demonstrates that neither the organization of a so-called "market in pollution rights" nor the construction of marginal effluent treatment cost and marginal damage functio...

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Main Author: Wright, W
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 1972
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Summary:<p>The thesis examines the theoretical bases for determining optimal pollution levels in the Trent River Basin, demonstrates that neither the organization of a so-called "market in pollution rights" nor the construction of marginal effluent treatment cost and marginal damage functions is a practical means of finding those levels, and proposes ways for using existing data and the Trent Research Programme river model to determine "roughly optimal" pollution levels.</p> <br/> <p>[Abstract continues in thesis]</p>