Cost and Benefits of Drinking Water Treatment
As inflationary and regulatory pressures increase and regulated industries and the public question the usefulness of investing in environmental control measures, a need to relate environmental control costs to their benefits is more apparent. This article develops a framework for evaluating the cost...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of environmental systems 1984-01, Vol.14 (1), p.1-30 |
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Sprache: | eng |
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Zusammenfassung: | As inflationary and regulatory pressures increase and regulated industries and the public question the usefulness of investing in environmental control measures, a need to relate environmental control costs to their benefits is more apparent. This article develops a framework for evaluating the costs and benefits of environmental control and preventive public health practices and asks the policy question: How do we achieve the best mix of protection against infectious disease and toxic chemicals in drinking water? In an attempt to answer this question, the costs and benefits of chlorination and filtration are analyzed retrospectively, and the results of this analysis extended to include a newer technology, granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration. Both a net benefit and cost per life saved approach is used in the analysis. |
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ISSN: | 0047-2433 1541-3802 |
DOI: | 10.2190/QV81-1QU6-QNHJ-T95G |