Effects of discharge permit trading on water quality reliability
Transferable discharge permit (TDP) programs show potential as cost-effective methods of pollution control. Nevertheless, there remain uncertainties that, if not adequately addressed, might impair their success. Concerns include modeling difficulties that might cause erroneous predictions of cost sa...
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ftunivsthongkong:oai:repository.ust.hk:1783.1-57080 2023-05-15T15:26:01+02:00 Effects of discharge permit trading on water quality reliability Ng, T.L. Eheart, J.W. 2005 http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-57080 https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2005)131:2(81 http://lbdiscover.ust.hk/uresolver?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rfr_id=info:sid/HKUST:SPI&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=0733-9496&rft.volume=131&rft.issue=2&rft.date=2005&rft.spage=81&rft.aulast=Ng&rft.aufirst=T.L.&rft.atitle=Effects+of+discharge+permit+trading+on+water+quality+reliability&rft.title=Journal+of+water+resources+planning+and+management http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-14644394983&origin=inward English eng http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-57080 Journal of water resources planning and management, v. 131, (2), 2005, p. 81-88 0733-9496 https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2005)131:2(81) http://lbdiscover.ust.hk/uresolver?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rfr_id=info:sid/HKUST:SPI&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=0733-9496&rft.volume=131&rft.issue=2&rft.date=2005&rft.spage=81&rft.aulast=Ng&rft.aufirst=T.L.&rft.atitle=Effects+of+discharge+permit+trading+on+water+quality+reliability&rft.title=Journal+of+water+resources+planning+and+management http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-14644394983&origin=inward Reliability analysis River systems Stochastic models Uncertainty analysis Wasteload allocation Water policy Water quality Article 2005 ftunivsthongkong https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2005)131:2(81 2019-09-03T18:06:02Z Transferable discharge permit (TDP) programs show potential as cost-effective methods of pollution control. Nevertheless, there remain uncertainties that, if not adequately addressed, might impair their success. Concerns include modeling difficulties that might cause erroneous predictions of cost savings and environmental performance. This study focuses on environmental modeling associated with the stochastic environment. The mean-value first-order second-moment (MFOSM) method is extended to demonstrate how changes, due to discharge permit trading, in the environmental quality mean and/or variance of a system will cause the environmental quality reliability of the system to either decrease, increase, or remain unchanged. The Willamette River in Oregon and the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada, are used as example case studies. These river systems are simulated to predict how they might respond if trading were implemented. In this study, environmental quality reliability is defined as the probability of the minimum dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration over the length of the river meeting a predetermined standard. Generally, for the Willamette River, trading improves the reliability, while for the Athabasca River, trading makes the reliability worse. © ASCE. Article in Journal/Newspaper Athabasca River The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: HKUST Institutional Repository Athabasca River Canada |
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Transferable discharge permit (TDP) programs show potential as cost-effective methods of pollution control. Nevertheless, there remain uncertainties that, if not adequately addressed, might impair their success. Concerns include modeling difficulties that might cause erroneous predictions of cost savings and environmental performance. This study focuses on environmental modeling associated with the stochastic environment. The mean-value first-order second-moment (MFOSM) method is extended to demonstrate how changes, due to discharge permit trading, in the environmental quality mean and/or variance of a system will cause the environmental quality reliability of the system to either decrease, increase, or remain unchanged. The Willamette River in Oregon and the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada, are used as example case studies. These river systems are simulated to predict how they might respond if trading were implemented. In this study, environmental quality reliability is defined as the probability of the minimum dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration over the length of the river meeting a predetermined standard. Generally, for the Willamette River, trading improves the reliability, while for the Athabasca River, trading makes the reliability worse. © ASCE. |
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http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-57080 Journal of water resources planning and management, v. 131, (2), 2005, p. 81-88 0733-9496 https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2005)131:2(81) http://lbdiscover.ust.hk/uresolver?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rfr_id=info:sid/HKUST:SPI&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=0733-9496&rft.volume=131&rft.issue=2&rft.date=2005&rft.spage=81&rft.aulast=Ng&rft.aufirst=T.L.&rft.atitle=Effects+of+discharge+permit+trading+on+water+quality+reliability&rft.title=Journal+of+water+resources+planning+and+management http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-14644394983&origin=inward |
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