Valuing Ground Water: Economic Concepts and Approaches

by National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences

Because water in the United State has not been traded in markets, there is no meaningful estimate of what it would cost if it were traded. But failing to establish ground water's value--for in situ uses such as sustaining wetlands as well as for extractive uses such as agriculture--will lead to continued overuse and degradation of the nation's aquifers.

In Valuing Ground Water an interdisciplinary committee integrates the latest economic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309056403
• ISBN13: 9780309056403
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"