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Water pricing and abatement of industrial water pollution: study of distilleries in India

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  • Bishwanath Goldar

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  • Rita Pandey

    (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

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This paper analyses the issue of appropriate pricing of water for effectively controlling water pollution by distilleries in India. A major focus of the study is the practice of diluting effluent streams by clean groundwater to meet environmental regulations. The analysis is undertaken using a nonlinear programming model. The results indicate that under the command and control system of environmental regulation, or if it is replaced by fiscal instruments, groundwater must be appropriately priced, reflecting its economic cost, to ensure that the distilleries undertake pollution abatement to the desired extent.

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  • Bishwanath Goldar & Rita Pandey, 2001. "Water pricing and abatement of industrial water pollution: study of distilleries in India," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 4(2), pages 95-113, September.
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    DOI: 10.1007/BF03353918
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