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Cost efficiency of time‐varying discharge permit programs for water quality management

Cost efficiency of time‐varying discharge permit programs for water quality management Dynamic permits programs for water pollution control have the potential for achieving higher water quality at lower social cost by allowing discharge rates that increase and decrease according to changes in the assimilative capacity of the watercourse. This paper examines various methods for structuring dynamic permits programs, including transferable permit programs. Through two studies, the estimated costs of such programs are compared to those of traditional programs. The first study is a simulation of permit programs for biochemical oxygen demand control for 10 dischargers on the Willamette River in Oregon. The second is a study of seven hypothetical treatment plants using a two‐season optimization model. The results of the first study show significant potential cost savings under dynamic permits, while the results of the second, for which the capital options are limited to variations in one type of wastewater treatment process train, show an insignificant improvement in overall cost. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Water Resources Research Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 by the American Geophysical Union.
ISSN
0043-1397
eISSN
1944-7973
DOI
10.1029/WR023i002p00245
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Abstract

Dynamic permits programs for water pollution control have the potential for achieving higher water quality at lower social cost by allowing discharge rates that increase and decrease according to changes in the assimilative capacity of the watercourse. This paper examines various methods for structuring dynamic permits programs, including transferable permit programs. Through two studies, the estimated costs of such programs are compared to those of traditional programs. The first study is a simulation of permit programs for biochemical oxygen demand control for 10 dischargers on the Willamette River in Oregon. The second is a study of seven hypothetical treatment plants using a two‐season optimization model. The results of the first study show significant potential cost savings under dynamic permits, while the results of the second, for which the capital options are limited to variations in one type of wastewater treatment process train, show an insignificant improvement in overall cost.

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Water Resources ResearchWiley

Published: Feb 1, 1987

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