Optimal water quality in the Trent river basin

Thesis

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.

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Authors: Wright, W

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-qqe1w5pbq
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Subjects: water quality; Watersheds