Exam 15: Improving Water Quality: Controlling Point and Nonpoint Sources

Funding for publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) was originally in the form of loans and later moved to a federal grant program.

In the United States, the greatest proportion of resources and funding has been allocated to nonpoint source pollution.

In a tradeable effluent permit market,

All of the following statements about the Nonpoint Source Management Program are correct EXCEPT

Suppose that the costs and benefits of achieving water quality in New York are modeled as shown below. Use these relationships for any or all of questions . MSB = 80 - 2A MSC = 20 + 2A TSB = 80A - A² TSC = 20A + A², where A is the abatement level for conventional pollutants. -At the benefit-based standard, total social benefits (TSB)

The technology-based effluent limitations

In the United States, tradeable effluent markets are far less common than they are in other countries.

When an effluent fee is put in place,

Suppose that the costs and benefits of achieving water quality in New York are modeled as shown below. Use these relationships for any or all of questions . MSB = 80 - 2A MSC = 20 + 2A TSB = 80A - A² TSC = 20A + A², where A is the abatement level for conventional pollutants. -Compared to the efficient level of abatement, the benefit-based abatement standard

A watershed refers to a hydrologically defined land area that drains into a specific water body.

Funding through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program was supplemented by funds allocated through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.