PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Joel Corona
AU  - Todd Doley
AU  - Charles Griffiths
AU  - Matthew Massey
AU  - Chris Moore
AU  - Stephen Muela
AU  - Brenda Rashleigh
AU  - William Wheeler
AU  - Stephen D. Whitlock
AU  - Julie Hewitt
TI  - An Integrated Assessment Model for Valuing Water Quality Changes in the United States
AID  - 10.3368/wple.96.4.478
DP  - 2020 Nov 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 478--492
VI  - 96
IP  - 4
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/96/4/478.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/96/4/478.full
SO  - Land Econ2020 Nov 01; 96
AB  - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) often requires expertise from environmental assessors, hydrologists, economists, and others to analyze the benefits of regional and national policy decisions related to changes in water quality. This led the EPA to develop two models to form an integrated assessment model: HAWQS is a web-based water quantity and quality modeling system, and BenSPLASH is a modeling platform for quantifying the economic benefits of changes in water quality. This paper discusses the development of the component models and applies HAWQS and BenSPLASH to a case study in the Republican River basin. (JEL Q51, Q53)