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Estimating Water Quality Benefits

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  • Bouwes, Nicholaas W., Sr.
  • Schneider, Robert R.

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The purpose of this paper is to present a method for estimating, ex ante, the benefits of water quality change associated with lake rehabilitation/stabilization projects. The method envolves first, presenting the theoretical basis from which the empirical analysis will proceed; second, establishing the relationship between an objective measurement of water quality utilized by water resource experts and the ratings of lake users; third, presenting a model including recreators' ratings of water quality; and fourth, synthesizing these components by advancing a method which is applied to a possible decision-making situation.

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  • Bouwes, Nicholaas W., Sr. & Schneider, Robert R., 1978. "Estimating Water Quality Benefits," Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports 329652, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerscs:329652
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.329652
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