SummaryConcerns about the potential impact of farm production on the quality of the Nation’s drinking and recreational water resources have risen over the past 10 years. Agricultural sources are now the largest single contributor to the Nation’ssurface water quality problem, and there is evidence that some ground water supplies may be vulnerable to leaching chemicals in agricultural areas. This report explores the use of nonmarket valuation methods, such as travel cost to a recreational lake, to estimate the benefits of improving or protecting rural water quality from agricultural sources of pollution.
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