This article surveys selected contributions of economics to the literature on water pollution
and the regulation of water quality. While not a comprehensive review, the article highlights …

We examine policy instruments for ambient water quality protection. One objective is to
illustrate the unique and complex informational challenges that must be addressed in …

Agricultural nonpoint source water pollution has long been recognized as an important
contributor to US water quality problems and the subject of an array of local, state, and …

This paper seeks to assess the current status of water quality trading and to identify possible
problems and solutions. Water pollution permit trading programs have rarely been …

Water-quality trading is an area of active development in environmental markets. Unlike
iconic national-scale air-emission trading programs, water-quality trading programs address …

Groundwater pumping can reduce the flow of surface water in nearby streams. In the United
States, recent awareness of this externality has led to intra-and inter-state conflict and …

Nutrient pollution is one of the most important problems facing aquatic systems globally. The
problem qualifies as a wicked one, involving multiple pollutants from multiple sources …

For much of the air pollution currently regulated under US emissions trading programs,
health and environmental damages vary significantly with the location of the source. Existing …

We investigate crop rotation with legumes from economic and environmental perspectives
by asking how effective they are at providing profits and reducing nutrient runoff and …

Nutrient offsetting allows nutrient point source polluters to pay for diffuse source nutrient
reductions, or improvements in nutrient load reductions from alternative point sources …