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RECORD NUMBER: 715 OF 2069Main Title | Economic Evaluation of Alternative Farm Water Sources in the Claypan Area of Illinois. | |||||||||||
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Author | Moor, C. L. ; Swanso, E. R. ; Seit, W. D. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Illinois Univ., Urbana. Water Resources Center. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1973 | |||||||||||
Report Number | UILU-WRC-73-0062 ;WRC-RR-62; DI-14-31-0001-3513; OWRR-A-054-ILL; 07804,; A-054-ILL(2) | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-219 239 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | ( Water supply ; Cost analysis) ; ( Farms ; Illinois) ; Water quality ; Water pollution ; Nitrates ; Coliform bacteria ; Waterwells ; Ponds ; Water treatment ; Public health ; Potable water ; Economic analysis ; Washington County(Illinois) ; Farm water supply ; Rural water systems ; Claypan area | |||||||||||
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Collation | 89p | |||||||||||
Abstract | The claypan area of Illinois is characterized by unreliable water supplies. In addition, water quality problems have recently been recognized in the form of widespread nitrate and coliform contamination of water in private wells in Washington County. A ten-square mile area in this county was selected for study. The nature of present water supplies was described and the costs of six alternative supply systems were estimated: (1) present on-farm sources, (2) treatment of pond water, (3) combination of present on-farm sources plus hauling, (4) hauling all water, (5) purchasing all water from nearby municipality via pipeline, and (6) combination pipeline plus present on-farm sources. (Author Modified Abstract) |