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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
卷 64, 期 3, 页码 517-535出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2020.1776227
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US Clean Water Act; ambient water quality model; dissolved oxygen; total maximum daily loads; over-compliance
The study provides empirical evidence that pollutant inputs from major point sources worsen downstream water quality, independent of upstream pollution levels and location-specific factors. Despite a small impact, the results are robust to distance traveled by pollutants and seasonal considerations.
This is the first study to find empirical evidence that pollutant inputs from major point sources worsen downstream water quality, net of upstream pollution levels, and controlling for location-specific factors. We utilize panel data on monthly biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) concentration for a sample of 87 municipal and industrial plants located in the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, for the period 1990-2003. Monthly dissolved oxygen (DO) from 67 locations is the measure of water quality. We find that an increase in aggregate BOD (for multiple plants) results in downstream net of upstreamDOto decline by 0.001 mg/l. Despite the small magnitude (due to natural attenuation), the results are robust to distance traveled by pollutant and seasonal considerations of high temperature or low stream flow. We infer that point sources have a significant negative impact on ambient water quality net of non-point sources of pollution at upstream locations.
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