An approach for water pollution abatement |
| |
Authors: | Hans Olav Ibrekk Erik Børset Erik Hauan |
| |
Affiliation: | (1) Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), P. O. Box 69 Korsvoll, N-0808 Oslo, Norway;(2) Norconsult International, P.O. Box 175, N-1360 Nesbru, Norway;(3) State Pollution Control Authority, P.O. Box 8100 Dep., N-0032 Oslo, Norway |
| |
Abstract: | ![]() Previously the effects of pollution abatement were measured in terms of the size of reductions achieved. This paper demonstrates a method that can be used to measure effects in relation to the practical significance of the reductions for the people living in the area concerned. The approach used in the project Locally Adapted Regulatory Impact Analysis (LARIA), aims to overcome the problem of finding a correct balance between the size and cost of the effort required in relation to the benefit to society for conservation projects. The proposed methodology consists of four parts. First, the user interests in the Lake Mjøsa basin are determined, and relative weights expressing the importance is given to the users. Then, a water quality effect model was developed. Focus is put on developing a phosphorus effect model taking into account the biological availability of phosphorus. The third step is a model to express the benefit to society from improvement in water quality. The fourth step is to identify and rank all available abatement measures using information from the effect model and the cost of implementation of each measure. |
| |
Keywords: | water pollution abatement user interests method Lake Mjø sa Norway |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|