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Costs of Altering the Quality of Water in Cayuga Lake by Reducing Phosphorus Losses from a Rural Watershed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

George L. Casler  and
James J. Jacobs
George L. Casler
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
James J. Jacobs
Affiliation:
USDA, ERS, Cornell University
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The objective of this paper is to compare alternative ways of reducing the input of biologically available phosphorus to Cayuga Lake from the Fall Creek watershed. This watershed covers 125 square miles, contains 130 dairy farms, has a population of 12,000, and is one of the major tributaries of the lake. Comparisons are made on the basis of the cost per pound of biologically available phosphorus prevented from entering the lake. Four sources of phosphorus, three of them farm-related, are considered: (1) land runoff as related to soil erosion; (2) land runoff as related to manure applications; (3) barnyard runoff; and (4) municipal sewage.

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Resource and Environmental Economics
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , October 1975 , pp. 174 - 184
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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