Cost effective management of wet sulfate deposition |
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Authors: | A Castel C Griffith |
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Institution: | 1. Corporate Policy and Planning, Ontario ME 135 St. Clair Avenue West, M4V 1P5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract: | The purpose of the paper is to present the results of a study that assesses the cost and environmental implications of management options for controlling acid rain. Specifically, the paper illustrates the application of a mathematical programming model which identifies sulphur dioxide emission reductions in eastern North America such that total abatement costs are minimized subject to achieving a prescribed acidic deposition objective. The approaches to reduce acidic deposition considered are emission rollback and least cost targetted. The analysis shows that control strategies developed from a least cost targetted perspective are far less costly and no less effective than emission rollback management approaches. A sensitivity analysis of key input parameters and the effect on management options will also be discussed. |
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