NDLI: Equitable fund allocation, an economical approach for sustainable waste load allocation

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Author	Ashtiani, Elham Feizi Niksokhan, Mohammad Hossein Jamshidi, Shervin
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	This research aims to study a novel approach for waste load allocation (WLA) to meet environmental, economical, and equity objectives, simultaneously. For this purpose, based on a simulation-optimization model developed for Haraz River in north of Iran, the waste loads are allocated according to discharge permit market. The non-dominated solutions are initially achieved through multiobjective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO). Here, the violation of environmental standards based on dissolved oxygen (DO) versus biochemical oxidation demand (BOD) removal costs is minimized to find economical total maximum daily loads (TMDLs). This can save 41 % in total abatement costs in comparison with the conventional command and control policy. The BOD discharge permit market then increases the revenues to 45 %. This framework ensures that the environmental limits are fulfilled but the inequity index is rather high (about 4.65). For instance, the discharge permit buyer may not be satisfied about the equity of WLA. Consequently, it is recommended that a third party or institution should be in charge of reallocating the funds. It means that the polluters which gain benefits by unfair discharges should pay taxes (or funds) to compensate the losses of other polluters. This intends to reduce the costs below the required values of the lowest inequity index condition. These compensations of equitable fund allocation (EFA) may help to reduce the dissatisfactions and develop WLA policies. It is concluded that EFA in integration with water quality trading (WQT) is a promising approach to meet the objectives.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	11
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01676369
Journal	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Volume Number	187
Issue Number	8
e-ISSN	15732959
Language	English
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Publisher Date	2015-07-24
Publisher Place	Cham
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Waste load allocation (WLA) Water quality trading (WQT) Inequity Fund allocation Haraz River Environmental Monitoring/Analysis Environmental Management Ecotoxicology Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pollution Medicine Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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