Toward Quantifying Water Pollution Abatement in Response to Installing Buffers on Crop Land

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 577-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Dosskey
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Crop Land

Water Pollution Abatement in Small Paper Mills in India

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Panneerselvam
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills ◽  
Recovery System

In order to reduce the demand for the forest based raw materials by the organised industrial sectors like the large integrated pulp and paper mills, the Government of India started promoting several small-scale pulp and paper mills based on non-wood agricultural residue raw materials. However promotion of these small mills has created another environmental problem i.e. severe water pollution due to non-recovery of chemicals. Because of the typical characteristics like high silica content etc. of the black liquor produced and the subsequent high capital investment needed for a recovery system, it is not economically feasible for the small Indian mills to recover the chemicals. While the quantity of wastewater generated per tonne of paper produced by a small mill is same as from a large integrated pulp and paper mill with a chemical recovery system, their BOD load is four times higher, due to non recovery of chemicals. However the existing wastewater disposal standards are uniform for large and small mills for e.g. 30 mg BOD/l. To meet these standards, the small mills have to install a capital intensive wastewater treatment plant with heavy recurring operating costs. Therefore the feasible alternative is to implement various pollution abatement measures, with the objective of not only reducing the fibre/chemical loss but also to reduce the investment and operating costs of the final wastewater treatment system. To illustrate this approach, a case study on water pollution abatement and control in a 10 TPD mill, will be discussed.

Technical progress and pollution abatement: an economic view of selected technologies and practices

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Technical Progress ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Economic View ◽  
Per Capita

The paper first presents evidence from the engineering literature on air and water pollution control, which shows that, when the pollution abatement technologies are in place, large reductions in pollution have been achieved at costs that are small relative to the costs of production. A simulation model is then developed to study the effects of technical progress on pollution abatement, and applied to particular cases in developing countries. The results are compared with the projections of an environmental Kuznets curve: they reproduce the latter if policies were not to be introduced until per capita incomes reached levels comparable to those of the industrial countries when they first introduced their policies; but show dramatically lower and earlier peaks if policies were to be introduced earlier. The conclusion is shown to apply more generally, and it is argued that developing countries can aspire to addressing their environmental problems at a much earlier phase of development than the industrial countries before them.

scholarly journals Abatement vs. treatment for efficient diffuse source water pollution management in terrestrial-marine systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 730-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Roebeling ◽  
M. C. Cunha ◽  
L. Arroja ◽  
M. E. van Grieken
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Inorganic Nitrogen ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Source Water ◽  
Diffuse Source ◽  
Marine Systems ◽  
Pollution Management ◽  
Pollution Treatment ◽  
Water Pollution Management

Marine ecosystems are affected by water pollution originating from coastal catchments. The delivery of water pollutants can be reduced through water pollution abatement as well as water pollution treatment. Hence, sustainable economic development of coastal regions requires balancing of the marginal costs from water pollution abatement and/or treatment and the associated marginal benefits from marine resource appreciation. Water pollution delivery reduction costs are, however, not equal across abatement and treatment options. In this paper, an optimal control approach is developed and applied to explore welfare maximizing rates of water pollution abatement and/or treatment for efficient diffuse source water pollution management in terrestrial-marine systems. For the case of diffuse source dissolved inorganic nitrogen water pollution in the Tully-Murray region, Queensland, Australia, (agricultural) water pollution abatement cost, (wetland) water pollution treatment cost and marine benefit functions are determined to explore welfare maximizing rates of water pollution abatement and/or treatment. Considering partial (wetland) treatment costs and positive water quality improvement benefits, results show that welfare gains can be obtained, primarily, through diffuse source water pollution abatement (improved agricultural management practices) and, to a minor extent, through diffuse source water pollution treatment (wetland restoration).

Water pollution abatement in Malaysia

2013 ◽  
pp. 173-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Vincent ◽  
Rozali Mohamed Ali ◽  
Khalid Abdul Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Pollution Abatement

Water Pollution Abatement in Malaysia*

2017 ◽  
pp. 173-193
Author(s):  
jeffrey R. Vincent ◽  
Rozali Mohamed Ali ◽  
Khalid Abdul Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Pollution Abatement

Workshop 2 (synthesis): water pollution abatement within the industrial sector

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 115-117
Author(s):  
S. Matsui ◽  
J. Oatridge ◽  
A. Blomqvist
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Pollution Abatement ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
New Public ◽  
Cleaner Technologies ◽  
Policy Measures

This workshop aimed at demonstrating and discussing how effective abatement of water pollution can be achieved through introducing cleaner technologies, recycling and reuse of water, and implementing new public policy measures.

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