Estimating the economic burden from illnesses associated with recreational coastal water pollution-A case study in Orange County, California

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A survey estimated that the economic burden per gastrointestinal illness in Orange County, California amounts to $36.58, the burden per acute respiratory disease is $76.76, the burden per ear ailment is $37.86, and the burden per eye ailment is $27.31. A public health cost variable that could be applied in cost-benefit analyses when evaluating pollution abatement strategies is introduced.

California, Environmental aspects, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Cost benefit analysis

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Water transfers, agriculture, and groundwater management: a dynamic economics

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The effect of surface water transfers on agricultural production, groundwater management, and water pricing is evaluated with the help of four alternate transfer mechanisms, which are analyzed under both common property and economically efficient management. The consequences of water transfers from agriculture to environmental and residential/industrial uses are reviewed.

Models, Analysis, Influence, Industrial efficiency, Economic efficiency, Dynamic programming, Water transfer

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Ecological modeling for water quality management of Kwangyang Bay, Korea

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An estimation of the appropriate load reduction from point sources in Kwangyang Bay, Korea is studied using an eco-hydrodynamic model. The results suggested that wastewater discharge was the dominant pollution source of chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrogen (TN), and phosphorus (TP) in Kwangyang Bay.

South Korea, Methods, Bays

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