@article{Kandulu:48190,
      recid = {48190},
      author = {Kandulu, John and Bryan, Brett},
      title = {Evaluating alternatives for mitigating Cryptosporidium  risk and generating environmental service benefits in water  supply catchments},
      address = {2009},
      number = {420-2016-26680},
      pages = {23},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {Evaluations of pathogen management options have focussed  on assessing relative removal effectiveness as a basis for  prioritising alternative management investment decisions.  Using a case study of the Myponga catchment, South  Australia, this paper presents results of a  cost-effectiveness risk analysis of 13 catchment- and  treatment-based water quality management alternatives for  mitigating Cryptosporidium risk. A range of costs and  benefits including set-up and operating costs, farm  business costs and benefits, and environmental service  benefits are considered in comparing the net cost  associated with each management alternative. Considering  the broader range of costs and benefits changes the  relative cost-effectiveness of water quality management  alternatives significantly. Combinations of catchment- and  treatment-based management alternatives proved to be  relatively more cost-effective at mitigating  Cryptosporidium risk. Specifically, the combination of  spatially targeted water course management upstream of the  catchment with reservoir treatment by ultra-violet  radiation provides a cost-effective Cryptosporidium risk  mitigation strategy especially when the adoption of dung  beetles and treatment by enhanced coagulation are included  as complementary low cost alternatives. Considering the  broader range of costs and benefits enhances the potential  to increase the cost-effectiveness of investment in  Cryptosporidium risk mitigation as well as produce a range  of significant secondary benefits for water quality,  biodiversity, and carbon sequestration.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/48190},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.48190},
}