Category: Groundwater

Market-based approaches and tools for improving water and air quality

By CostBenefit on Nov 8, 2009 | In General, Air, Water, Land + Water, U.S., Academic Study/Journal Article, Groundwater, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Nitrogen/Nitrates, Regulatory Analysis, Costs and Benefits, Wastewater | Send feedback »

Abstract: Nitrogen (N) losses from agriculture are negatively impacting groundwater, air, and surface water quality. National, state, and local policies and procedures that can mitigate these problems are needed. Market-based approaches where waste treat… more »

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Issues for Indian Agriculture

By CostBenefit on Nov 2, 2009 | In General, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Groundwater, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, India, Regulatory Analysis, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Executive SummaryBy some estimates, agricultural practices account for 20 percent of India’s total greenhouse gas (GSG) emissions; thus, cost-effective reductions in agricultural emissions could significantly lower India’s overall emissions.We expl… more »

Atlantic Richfield Company to spend $10.2 million for cleanup at Anaconda Mine site in Yerington, Nev. / Settlement includes costs incurred by the EPA and future cleanup costs

By CostBenefit on May 6, 2009 | In Water, Land + Water, Contaminated Properties, Legal, Fines, Government Report, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Groundwater, West, Contamination Cost, Press Release (May be biased) | Send feedback »

In a settlement announced today, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARC) agreed to perform cleanup work, estimated at $8 million, at the former Anaconda Copper Mine site in Yerington, Nev., and pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $2.2 million for respo… more »

The projected costs and benefits of water diversion from and to the Sultan Marshes (Turkey)

By CostBenefit on Mar 6, 2009 | In Asia, Academic Study/Journal Article, Groundwater, Wetlands, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: The Sultan Marshes in the Develi Basin, Anatolia, one of twelve internationally important wetlands of Turkey, have been severely affected by the construction of an irrigation project in 1988. Intensive use of surface and ground water in irrigat… more »

New Additions to The Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Cost Databases

By CostBenefit on Oct 20, 2008 | In Contaminated Properties, Government Report, U.S., Groundwater, Hazardous Waste, Computer Software/Database, Contamination Cost, Free Report at Time of Entry | Send feedback »

The Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR)works to build a collaborative atmosphere among federal agencies involved in hazardous waste site cleanup. FRTR was established in 1990 to bring together top federal cleanup program managers and other… more »
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