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来源类型 | Journal Article in Science of The Total Environment |
规范类型 | 论文 |
Trends in Nutrient-related Pollution as a Source of Potential Water Quality Damages: A Case Study of Texas, USA | |
Yusuke Kuwayama; Sheila M. Olmstead; Derek Wietelman; Jiameng Zheng | |
发表日期 | 2020-06-08 |
出处 | Science of The Total Environment |
出版年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We examine long-run trends in surface water quality in Texas, USA, with a focus on nutrient pollution and its potential economic impacts. Using >2 million observations of total nitrogen, total phosphorous, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll a concentrations from water quality monitors in the state's 23 river sub-basins, we find that nutrient pollution may be a growing problem that is essentially statewide in scope. In addition, because economic impacts of nutrient pollution depend not just on observed water quality, but also on the typical uses of surface water resources that people value, we quantify the share of the state's surface water resources that does not meet common definitions of quality suitable for boating, fishing, swimming, and drinking, as well as the share that does not meet state regulatory standards for their designated uses. This analysis indicates that water quality improvements relative to human uses have stagnated over the last three decades and that nutrient pollution represents a much greater relative threat to attainment of designated uses than it did in the 1970s. We conclude that nutrient pollution is likely taking a toll on the economic value of Texas' water resources. |
URL | https://www.rff.org/publications/journal-articles/trends-nutrient-related-pollution-source-potential-water-quality-damages-case-study-texas-usa/ |
来源智库 | Resources for the Future (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/588322 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Yusuke Kuwayama,Sheila M. Olmstead,Derek Wietelman,et al. Trends in Nutrient-related Pollution as a Source of Potential Water Quality Damages: A Case Study of Texas, USA. 2020. |
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