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<br />o <br />~ <br />cr> <br />0> <br /> <br />Footnotes <br /> <br />1. Mainstream economists have generally preferred <br /> <br />1ncent1ve approac:-:es <br /> <br />(ta.)(8S. marketable effluent permits) rather than direct regulation of <br /> <br />pollution discharges (8oMl an~ Russell). <br /> <br />J<el/r,an. however argues that <br /> <br />pollution discharges should be stfsmat1zed and made illegal. wh1le Etzfon1 <br /> <br />contends that man)' 1ncentive-based strategies are extrerr.ely d1fffcult to <br /> <br />adm1" fstar 1n practice. <br /> <br />Grifffn and Bromley focus on the partfcular <br /> <br />fssues ar1s1ng from noopefnt pollution. whlle Park and Shabman emphasfze <br /> <br />the difficulties 1n obtaining general acceptance of noopafnt controls <br /> <br />because of Cfstrfbut1ve implications of such strategfes. <br /> <br />2. We estimated annual Lo....er Bas1n beneftts (damages avoicec) .!t about S26 <br /> <br />per ton of reduced salt d1scharse, e5~ of which is for mun1cipal users and <br /> <br />the balance for agriculture. Limited research resources prevented a re- <br /> <br />evaluatfon of the municfpal 1ndustrial damage estimates. <br /> <br />Relathel'j <br /> <br />little effort has been allocated to corrOborating claims of munlc1pal <br /> <br />benefit streams whose present value 1s in the multi-bfllion dollar range <br /> <br />and we would not be surpr1sed if a basis for revision also exfsts for <br /> <br />municipal damage estimates. <br /> <br />3. Considerable debate has surrounded the potentfal impacts of Changing <br /> <br />irrigation practices on water quality in upper Basin aquifers and in the <br /> <br />Colorado River, the mechanism of salt pickup 1n the upper basin <br /> <br />(particularly the proportions of man-made versus natural sources), anc the <br /> <br />effectiveness of salt-loading abatement programs in 1mproving do....nriver <br /> <br />water quallty. <br /> <br />The approach here fs based on generally ac~eJ:tec <br /> <br />assumpt10ns on the relevant po1n-:s, al-:hough our own re-evaluat10ns are <br /> <br />22 <br />