标题：Determining The Cost Effectiveness Of Solutions To Diffuse Pollution: Developing A Model To Assess In-Field Mitigation Options for Phosphorous and Sediment Loss
关键词：The European Union Water Framework Directive requires governments to set water quality objectives based on good ecological status; This includes specific requirements to control diffuse pollution; Diffuse phosphorous (P) pollution plays a pivotal role in influencing water quality with losses of P associated with soil particles often linked to soil erosion; The Mitigation Options for Phosphorus and Sediment (MOPS) project; using three case study sites; is investigating the cost effectiveness of specific control measures in terms of mitigating sediment and P loss from combinable crops; The analysis is conducted at the farm level using a simple spreadsheet model; Further development of the model will allow the results to be extrapolated to generic regional farm typologies; Results from the initial farm level analysis suggest that some mitigation options may not be cost effective in reducing diffuse pollution; however; that other options may be very cost effective
