Improving Water Quality (2 of 3)--A Caring for Climate Report

Water

Michelle Perez ; Katie Reytar ; Mindy Selman ; Sara Walker

World Resources Institute

关键词: conservation funding;    agriculture;    eutrophication;    targeting;    united states;    water;    water quality;   

ISBN  :  978-1-56973-826-9

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: World Resources Institute Publication

【 摘 要 】

In this second installment of our 3-part series on better targeting of U.S. farm conservation funds, WRI found that combining geographic targeting with benefit-cost principles could potentially yield seven to 12 times more environmental benefits per dollar spent than the current approach.To conduct this analysis, we used the best available data and models from the United Stated Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP). We found several technical, institutional, and political barriers preventing attainment of these modeled results and provided four recommendations which may help realize gains in improved water quality and increased cost effectiveness.