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<br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />LJ <br />J <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Water Resource Economics and Management <br />Utilizing staff expertise in economics, risk assessment, statistical analysis, and r gulatory policy, <br />RCG/Hagler, Bailly has become a leader in the field of water resource managem nt. Conducting <br />studies on drinking water, surface and groundwater, and the marine environment, R /Hagler, Bailly <br />provides regulatory polity analysis, economic valuation, and risk assessment on ter quality and <br />water quantity issues, on the cost and public health benefits of regulation, on recrea ion and nonuse <br />values of water, and on the effectiveness of woservation measures. Examples inc de: <br />^ Bene[it-Cost Analysis of Federal Dtinking Water Standards <br />RCG/Hagler, Bailly has assessed the benefits (health risk reductions) and mpliance casts <br />associated with federal drinking water quality standards including those or lead, radon, <br />uranium, and other radionuclides, as well as disinfection by-products. These esearch studies <br />were conducted for the American Water Works Association and its resear h foundation. <br />^ Benefit-Cost Analyses of Reducing Nonpoint Sources of Water Pollutlon <br />This work, which has included quantifying recreation, aesthetic, httman h alth, and other <br />economic benefits, was conducted for the Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Department of <br />Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, EPA, and natural resource agencies or seven states. <br />^ Assessment of the Feasibilities and Costs of Alternative Sources of Safe D nking Water <br />RCG/Hagler, Bailly provided expert consultation and litigation support for California city <br />where the sole water supply is an aquifer with widespread contaminatio by agricultural <br />chemicals. <br />^ Analysis of Water Quality Impacts 4om Electric Power Generatlon <br />In studies conducted for Consolidated Edison and other participating New Y rk area utilities, <br />Bangor Hydro, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, RCG/Hagler, Ba' y has analyzed <br />benefits and costs of options to mitigate electric power generation impacts o water resource <br />quality and fisheries on the Hudson, Penobscot[, and Colorado rivers. These fforts included <br />estimating recreation and nonuse value benefits, power replacement re ueements, and <br />related social costs. <br />^ Strategic Environmental Planning and Priority Setting <br />RCG/Hagler, Bailly has integrated economic and risk assessments with en ' Bering analyses <br />to develop a broad range of polity options for protecting and enhancing unicipal water <br />supplies, sewage and wastewater treatments, recreational water sources, and heries. These <br />studies have included the Republic of Korea's Environmental Master Plan Project for the <br />Han River Basin, and a joint effort by the U.S. Agency for International Deve opment (AID), <br />the EPA, and the Government of Hungary to address contamination proble s in surface and <br />subsurface waters. <br /> <br />