Approximately 23 million US households rely on private wells for drinking water. This study
first summarizes drinking water behaviors and perceptions from a large-scale survey of …

There is consensus that the Clean Water Act (CWA) has generally been effective in
addressing point source pollution in the US. There is also consensus that non-point source …

Discrete choice experiments have been used extensively to value environmental quality;
however, some important attributes are often omitted due to design challenges. In the case …

A nutrient reduction strategy for Iowa identifies land use and conservation alternatives to
reduce nutrient loss from agriculture and the resulting Gulf of Mexico hypoxia. From the …

Nutrient pollution from agricultural non-point source runoff is one of the most critical water
resource issues in the United States today. The establishment of the Mississippi River/Gulf of …

This thesis addresses the questions of how uncertain corn market and weather factors affect
optimal fertilizer application decisions of the farmer and the social planner, and what factors …

Executive Summary The Mississippi River Basin is the largest watershed in the United
States, and agriculture is the dominant industry in the Basin, impacting land-use and water …

Nitrate contamination of drinking water is a widespread and worsening environmental
concern. The magnitude of the environmental health consequences depend on an …

Three manure application limits–nitrogen limit, annual phosphorus limit, and multiple-year
phosphorus limit (P Banking) are modeled to compare economic profitability and probability …

Discrete choice experiments have been extensively used to value environmental quality;
however, some important attributes may be often omitted due to design challenges. In the …